AI Accelerator

In-Depth Analysis of Automotive SoC Chip Technology Architecture and Industry Ecosystem (2025 Edition)

by
In-Depth Analysis of Automotive SoC Chip Technology Architecture and Industry Ecosystem (2025 Edition)

1. Heterogeneous Computing Units: The Collaborative Logic of the Car’s “Brain” 1. What is Heterogeneous Computing? The “heterogeneous computing” in automotive SoC chips refers to the integration of multiple processing units (such as CPU, GPU, AI accelerators, etc.) within the same chip, collaborating to meet the diverse needs of vehicles—from real-time control (like braking) to … Read more

Rapidus Provides Version 0.5 of 2nm PDK, Tenstorrent Aims for Tape-out of Collaborative Chip This Year

by
Rapidus Provides Version 0.5 of 2nm PDK, Tenstorrent Aims for Tape-out of Collaborative Chip This Year

On April 21, news emerged that AI chip company Tenstorrent held the opening ceremony of its Tokyo office on the 17th of this month. The company’s CEO and renowned chip designer Jim Keller attended the event in Japan and also visited its partner Rapidus located in Hokkaido. During a press conference, Jim Keller stated that … Read more

The Close Relationship Between SoC Design and IP Management

by
The Close Relationship Between SoC Design and IP Management

For most System-on-Chip (SoC) designs, the most critical task is not RTL coding, nor is it creating the chip architecture. Nowadays, SoCs are primarily designed by assembling various silicon Intellectual Property (IP) modules from multiple vendors. This makes managing silicon IP a major task in the design process. Generally speaking, in new SoC designs, less … Read more

Initial AI Model Trials in Circuit Board Production

by
Initial AI Model Trials in Circuit Board Production

Introduction:The new wave of technological revolution and industrial transformation driven by artificial intelligence, represented by large models, is developing deeply, presenting immense opportunities and disruptive challenges across various industries. In the industrial sector, artificial intelligence is a key variable in advancing new industrialization, and the implementation of industrial large models will provide new pathways for … Read more

Why Add an NPU to Core Ultra Processors?

by
Why Add an NPU to Core Ultra Processors?

At the Intel Innovation conference, Intel introduced the Meteor Lake processor, which includes an AI inference acceleration unit: NPU. What is the significance of this for PCs? In this article, we will discuss the NPU (Neural Processing Unit) of Meteor Lake. This series of articles also includes an introduction to the key technologies of Meteor … Read more

Differences Between DPU and GPU

by
Differences Between DPU and GPU

(Source: techspot) Today, hardware and software applications for artificial intelligence have evolved into systems designed specifically to optimize AI and neural network operations. This includes Neural Processing Units (NPU), whose capabilities in accelerating AI tasks are often comparable to those of Graphics Processing Units (GPU). NPUs are increasingly common hardware designed to execute cutting-edge AI/machine … Read more

Understanding NPU: The Future of AI Processing

by
Understanding NPU: The Future of AI Processing

What does “NPU” stand for? What can it do? Here’s what you need to know about this emerging technology. In the past year, there has been increasing discussion about Neural Processing Units (NPUs). Although NPUs have appeared in smartphones for several years, Intel, AMD, and more recently Microsoft have launched consumer laptops and PCs equipped … Read more

Huawei Kirin 980 Dual-Core NPU Unveiled: It’s Still Here

by
Huawei Kirin 980 Dual-Core NPU Unveiled: It's Still Here

The Huawei Kirin 970 opened the era of AI in smartphones with its integrated NPU neural network unit, but this NPU was not developed by Huawei itself; it came from the AI unicorn Cambrian Technology’s A1 processor IP. This year, Cambrian Technology released the latest AI 1M processor IP, while Huawei introduced the Kirin 980, … Read more

NPU as Standard After GPU: How Phones and PCs Support AI Models?

by
NPU as Standard After GPU: How Phones and PCs Support AI Models?

2024 is destined to be an extraordinary year for the AI industry. Although we have just entered March, AI news has already repeatedly occupied the headlines. Last month, OpenAI released the text-generating video model Sora, whose realistic effects have directly cleared the market for entrepreneurs struggling in this niche. A few days later, Nvidia’s market … Read more

High-Performance NPU IP Demand Under AI Boom

by
High-Performance NPU IP Demand Under AI Boom

According to reports from Electronic Enthusiasts (by Zhou Kaiyang), the sudden popularity of generative AIs like ChatGPT has once again driven the demand for high AI computing power. This impact is not limited to data center GPUs, FPGAs, and ASIC chips; NPUs in terminal devices have also entered a new round of computing arms race. … Read more