Timing and fate.Two months ago, Jensen Huang made a rare comment about ASICs, stating, “90% of the many ASIC projects worldwide will fail.” Given that NVIDIA focuses on general-purpose GPU architecture, which has a clear competitive relationship with ASICs, this prediction sounds more like a curse.The key point is that this “curse” quickly manifested in … Read more
In recent days, there has been a lot of discussion about a major company shifting from NPU to GPGPU, but the internet is filled with many mindless interpretations. First, I recommend reading a professional analysis: the author is Zha Zong. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/iqRXwdHjyMI7egMrXEIfFw The content is quite lengthy, so let’s summarize it briefly: NVIDIA’s GPU development shows … Read more
On July 11, according to a report released by The Information, Chinese tech giant Huawei is seeking to change its artificial intelligence chip design strategy, shifting from ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) to GPGPU (General-Purpose Graphics Processing Unit) chips in order to capture more market share from NVIDIA. Despite the U.S. implementing semiconductor export sanctions to … Read more
The original text is a discussion on Zhihu regarding “Is Huawei’s NPU Ascend chip a major strategic misstep, and should GPGPU have been chosen, leading to the CANN software stack facing obsolescence?” Many respondents provided insightful comments, and this article organizes the excellent responses from several contributors. —————————————— The main text begins: The essence of … Read more
Recently, the Loongson 2K3000 (3B6000M) has completed preliminary functionality and performance assessments, with all indicators meeting expectations. The Loongson 2K3000 and Loongson 3B6000M are different packaging versions based on the same silicon wafer, targeting industrial control applications and mobile terminal fields, respectively.The chip integrates 8 LA364E processor cores, achieving a measured SPEC CPU 2006 Base … Read more
Focus on Model Compression, Low-Bit Quantization, Mobile Inference Acceleration Optimization, and Deployment Introduction: This issue contains 15 items. 【News】Shanghai Zhangjiang – News from several GPGPU companies: BoHan released cloud AI inference chip performance exceeding T4 with mass production expected in Q4 this year; Suipian released the largest AI chip in China, Birun’s first 7nm GPU … Read more
On April 3, Loongson Technology officially announced that recently, the Loongson 2K3000 and Loongson 3B6000M have successfully completed tape-out, and preliminary functionality and performance assessments have been completed, with all indicators meeting expectations. The Loongson 2K3000 and Loongson 3B6000M are different packaging versions based on the same silicon wafer, targeting the industrial control application field … Read more
In today’s digital age, chips are the core of modern technology, and their importance is self-evident. Recently, Loongson Technology announced exciting news that its self-developed Loongson 2K3000 and Loongson 3B6000M processors have successfully completed tape-out, with all indicators meeting expectations. This achievement not only reflects Loongson Technology’s technical strength but also marks an important step … Read more
1 Introduction In today’s increasingly fierce global technology competition, Chinese chips have once again made headlines! Loongson Technology officially announced that the 2K3000/3B6000M chips for industrial control and mobile terminals, as well as the new generation server processor 3C6000 series, have successively achieved technical breakthroughs, marking a key step in China’s journey towards an independent … Read more
On April 3rd, Loongson Technology officially announced the successful tape-out of the Loongson 2K3000 (3B6000M) processor. The company stated that the Loongson 2K3000 (3B6000M) has completed preliminary functionality and performance assessments, with all indicators meeting expectations. The Loongson 2K3000 and Loongson 3B6000M are different packaging versions based on the same silicon wafer, targeting industrial control … Read more