Photo courtesy of respondents from Chen Yunyi and Chen Tianshi
'The successful development of the sample is not the most pleasing thing to us. What we are most concerned about is to make the smart chip convenient for everyone's life.'
The artificial intelligence chips that they developed have once again allowed the world to appreciate the extraordinary science of China...' Music sounded, the founders of Cambrian Technology - Chen Yunfu and Chen Tianshi, brothers embarked on the stage of a grand ceremony of science and technology. The child's dark suit took a white shirt, inched his head and glasses. However, his older brother Chen Yunyi had a tie with his suit, and Chen Tianshi, a half-headed brother, was casually shirtless.
When they took over the tech innovation trophy of 2017 from Academician Li Guojie and Academician Deng Zhonghan respectively, they were determined to change the enthusiasm of the world. In the not-too-distant future, they are confident that they will put AlphaGo in their mobile phones.
Self-mockery is the bottom of the 'learning scum' ranking
On January 30th, MIT Technology Review released the 2017 China 35-year-old 35-year-old science and technology innovation hero list. Chen Yunfu was nominated for the Youth Innovation Talents List after 2015.
Many people are curious. How can this “Gemini” from Jiangxi Province achieve academic success? How can a company start a “unicorn” company?
Chen Yunfu attended high school at the age of 9 and was admitted to the Junior College of Chinese Science and Technology at the age of 14. At the age of 24, he obtained a doctoral degree from the Institute of Computing at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was promoted to a research fellow at the age of 29 and was awarded the China Youth Science and Technology Award and the Young Scientist Award of the Chinese Academy of Science at the age of 33. The younger brother of the age of two, Chen Tianshi , Almost following his brother's footsteps from the Junior College of China University of Science and Technology to the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Computing.
In the eyes of many people, this kind of open life undoubtedly left behind the so-called school fighter. 'Unlike many people think, I am not a student. On the contrary, most of the time is a school residue.' Seeing the reporter's dismal expression, Chen Yunxiao said with a smile that during the 19-year study career, not only was the number of first place exams not very high, but they also often counted down or even bottomed out in class.
To Chen Yunyun's confusion and pain, after entering the HKUST class, the classmates were very good, but his grades were in the second half of the class. This stimulating experience benefited him so far, and he really learned to be with him. , will develop a modest and low-key character.
'I have a big advantage. The psychological quality is particularly good. It is more calm to encounter major events. Therefore, the key exams that affect the direction of life, such as the college entrance examination, and Kaoyan, have not been missed. 'There is a calm atmosphere in every major event. Into Cheng Yun-hsuan's heartfelt thanks to her parents for the 'fighting fish farming' education.
Under the guidance of their parents, the dream of the two brothers playing small is to become a scientist in the College of Science and Technology. “Parents are very much aware of our ability to cultivate our curiosity and acquire knowledge. Books on the bookshelf at home, whether in engineering or history, I They love to watch. 'Now, as a twin daughter's father, Chen Yunji has a deeper feeling of enlightenment education. 'Cultivating interest is more important than specifying the direction. I hope they can grow up healthily. The further hope is that they can go on scientific research. Road. 'Chen Yunjun said.
Develop chips This is a game that has no Raiders
Chatting with Chen Yunxi did not imagine the boring dullness of the Chinese Polytechnic. When it comes to how to 'mix in' under the door of Professor Hu Weiwu, he smiled proudly. 'When I graduated from graduate school, my instructor Hu Weiwu saw me playing StarCraft. Yes, I feel that I have the potential for scientific research, so I'll try my best to recruit graduate students who are not top-notch.
In 2002, Chen Yunyi followed Hu Weiwu to do 'Longxin' and he worked for 12 years. 'Without 'Langxin', there is no today's Chen Yunxu. It is Hu's words and deeds that led me to the chip industry. 'He said.
Chen Yunzhao most admires the powerful willpower of Hu Weiwu. 'He can think that others do not dare to think and do things that others do not want to do. His work style has deeply influenced me and later the Cambrian team.'
In Chen Yunxuan's view, chip design and even scientific research can also be seen as a very complicated and fierce game in a certain sense. However, this game has no reference to the Raiders and no opponent. We need to do is to explore Ways to go beyond yourself.
Walking on the road to scientific research, most of the time it is lonely. But Chen Yunyi is not lonely because he has his younger brother.
Chen Yunfu focused on chip research and Chen Tianshi focused on artificial intelligence. In 2008, the two brothers followed the inner choice and decided to join hands to do cross-over research between artificial intelligence and chip design. After years of hard work, the world’s first deep learning dedicated processor was born. They are The name "Cambrian" was used to symbolize the future of artificial intelligence in the era of geological life.
After ten years of grinding a sword and testing Feng Mang. In 2016, Cambrian 1A, the world's first commercially available deep learning processor, was developed. It simulates the human brain's calculation method, enabling it to analyze more quickly and accurately. .
"The successful development of the sample is not the most pleasing thing for us. What we are most concerned about is to make smart chips convenient for everyone's lives." Chen Tianshi still remembers that the first version of the Cambrian chip was mostly coder. The elder brother did not come out day and night.
Put AlphaGo Into Mobile Phone Dare to Challenge It Impossible
Returning time back to November 2017, Cambrian ushered in its own glory moment: the release of a new generation of AI chips, a line of high-performance intelligent processors for the cloud, and three new smart processor products.
Looking at Chen Tianshi, who was eloquent on the stage, his elder brother chose to look down at the stage. Chen Yunxi said that business matters are handed to his younger brother. He is more cautious. Every step will be well thought out and feasible. He can avoid the pit in the development of the industry. Suitable for leading a business forward.
'I am outgoing, bold, like to do some unconventional things, more suitable for scientific research.' Chen Yunxi said that the two brothers' communication is direct and simple, often fights when they grow up, grow up and quarrel when they fall apart.' Had it not been for blood relations, it would have collapsed. Noisy, we will eventually let the truth speak.
The 'Cambrian' AI chip simulates the calculation of neurons and synapses in computers and intelligently processes information. By designing specialized storage structures and instruction sets, it can handle 16 billion neurons per second and more than 2 trillion Synapse, power consumption is only 1/10 of the original.
Chen Yunfu told a reporter from the Science and Technology Daily that Huawei's Mate 10 mobile phone with the Cambrian 1A processor was used to scan a page of English papers with a mobile phone. The Microsoft translation software translated it into Chinese in real time. The embedded terminals for mobile phones and computers were embedded. After the processor, the speed of understanding images, audio, etc. can be increased by nearly 100 times.
The long-term goal of the Cambrian era is to increase the computational efficiency of artificial intelligence chips by 10,000 times and reduce power consumption by 10,000 times. 'That means that we can put AlphaGo in mobile phones and let mobile phones help us," Chen Yunxi said. All sorts of things, even after long-term observation and deep learning, may eventually lead to intelligence that humans cannot imagine.
The chip must be 10,000 times more smart and 10,000 times more energy-efficient. Imageically, the smartness of a mobile phone in the future will exceed that of an Alpha Dog. It will learn people, nature, and the way society handles problems. The robot that is as clever as humans is artificial. The ultimate goal of intelligence. Chen Yunxi said that perhaps in his own lifetime, he could not see the day the goal was achieved.
For the commercialization of the Cambrian chip market, his younger brother Chen Tianshi is confident that this year will be promoted through the terminal and the cloud. The terminal products are mobile phones, smart glasses, bracelets, etc., and need chips to identify images, videos and texts; In the cloud, well-known cloud clients like HKUST, Shuguang, Ali, Lenovo, etc., are all partners of the Cambrian.
Today's Chen Yunjun is a leader of the Basic Research Team of the Cambrian Institute of Computing at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He likes to maximize his interest in things like engaging in scientific research to be loyal to his interests, instead of taking projects and sending papers to hot areas.
'If you engage in research, you dare to do what most people dare not try. When Professor Hu Weiwu was doing 'Landcore', it was quite awkward. Everyone felt that he couldn’t do it, but he dared to fight it. He insisted on moving forward. 'In Chen Yunxuan's opinion, It's too late to follow the trend of scientific research. If you don’t get together, when you’re unpopular, do some basic research ahead of time. When the tune comes, you can catch up.