1. The Cambrian launches two AI chips with heavy weight, so that there is no intelligent processor that is hard to do in the world;
Original title: Cambrian heavy release terminal, cloud two AI chips, to make the world not difficult to do intelligent processor
Gathering micro-messages (reporter Yasukawa) 'With 1M, there is no hard-to-find terminal intelligent processor. 'At today's press conference held in the Cambrian Shanghai, Chen Tianshi excitedly pointed out that 'and the Cambrian does not Bragging! '1M is the latest generation terminal IP product of the Cambrian era. It also released the latest generation of cloud AI chips - MLU100 and cloud intelligent processing card equipped with MLU100. The Cambrian landmark new product sets a global high A new benchmark for performance chips.
Cambrian third-generation intelligent terminal processor IP 1M, establish a new benchmark for AI chip
Dr. Chen Tianshi, founder and CEO of Cambrian, delivered a keynote speech. He reviewed the original intention of the Cambrian venture and introduced the Cambrian open, collaborative, and win-win business philosophy: Close cooperation with the global upstream and downstream partners. Cooperation to build a core material carrier for humans in an intelligent era.
Last year, Huawei released the Mate 10 series of smart phones equipped with the world's first artificial intelligence processor, the Unicorn 970. The chip architecture includes the Cambrian-1 Cam terminal processor. 1A has also become the world’s first A successful commercial intelligent terminal processor IP product has been used in tens of millions of intelligent terminals.
Today, Chen Tianshi released the Cambrian third-generation IP product 1M. Based on TSMC's 7-nanometer process, the 8-bit computing performance ratio reaches 5 Tops/watt (5 trillion operations per watt), providing three sizes of processor cores ( 2Tops/4Tops/8Tops) to meet different levels of intelligent processing requirements in different application scenarios, and to further improve performance through multi-core interconnection.
Chen Tianshi emphasized that the Cambrian 1M processor continued the remarkable completeness of the pre-Cambrian IP products of the pre-Cambrian era (Cambrian 1H/1A), and a single processor core can support diverse deep learning models such as CNN, RNN, and SOM. It further supports classic machine learning algorithms such as SVM, k-NN, k-Means, and decision tree, supports local training, and provides a flexible and efficient computing platform for visual, speech, natural language processing, and various classic machine learning tasks. Will be widely used in smart phones, smart speakers, smart cameras, smart driving and other different areas.
End coverage, cloud support, let the world use smart processors
Afterwards, he and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, professor of the University of Science and Technology of China, and doctoral supervisor Chen Guoliang jointly released the Cambricon MLU100 cloud-based smart chip based on TSMC's 16-nm process. Chen Tianshi said that the company has developed two test chips for three years and is always ready The MLU100 uses Cambrian's latest MLUv01 architecture, which can work in balanced mode (1GHz main frequency) and high performance mode (1.3GHz main frequency). The equivalent theoretical peak speed in balanced mode is 128 per second. With tera-bit fixed-point operations, the equivalent theoretical peak speed in high-performance mode can reach 166.4 trillion fixed-point operations per second, but the typical board-level power consumption is only 80 watts, and the peak power consumption does not exceed 110 watts.
Like the Cambrian series terminal processors, the MLU100 cloud chip still continues the outstanding versatility of Cambrian products, supports various types of deep learning and classic machine learning algorithms, fully meets visual, speech, natural language processing, classic data Mining cloud intelligent processing needs in complex scenarios such as large data volumes, multitasking, multimodality, low latency, and high throughput.
It is worth noting that the MLU100 Cloud Smart Chip is the result of nearly two years of research and development in the Cambrian Period in Shanghai. It is the crystallization of Shanghai's wisdom. The future Cambrian of Shanghai will continue to rely on the concentration of talents in Shanghai's IC and artificial intelligence industries. Advantages, hand in hand with upstream and downstream companies at home and abroad, and strive to build advanced basic chip technology and products for the world's smart industry.
At this point, the Cambrian has already had two product lines, terminal and cloud, which can technically implement the concept of 'end-cloud collaboration'. The MLU100, released this time, can not only accomplish all kinds of complicated cloud intelligence tasks independently, but also be able to communicate with the Cambrian. The 1A/1H/1M series terminal processor is perfectly adapted to allow the terminal and the cloud to perform complex intelligent processing tasks collaboratively based on a unified intelligent ecology.
Industry partners demonstrate applications, cooperation and win-win to create 'core' ecology
MLU100 released has already ushered in a heavyweight partner, Lenovo announced at the conference the first server platform equipped with the Cambrian MLU100 intelligent processing card Thinksystem SR650, breaking the world record of 37 server benchmarks. Implementation server Platform system, smart card, application of three-way cooperation tuning, jointly accelerate the promotion of artificial intelligence market.
China Scientific announced the new PHANERON series, the world's first cloud server based on the Cambrian MLU, and the artificial intelligence management platform SothisAI, which can seamlessly integrate with the Cambrian chip and its development environment.
HKUST has disclosed an in-depth cooperation and development project with the Cambrian chip. According to the introduction, an hour's worth of voice data processing on a conventional processor requires 10,000 hours to complete, so HKUST has been tracking. Advances in the development of artificial intelligence dedicated chips. According to the latest test results, the Cambrian intelligent processors delivered excellent answers to voice intelligence processing, and their energy efficiency was more than five times that of their competitors' cloud GPU solutions. The powerful processing power of the Wuji intelligent processor enables the local terminal of the mobile phone to handle more sophisticated machine learning algorithms, resulting in a speech local recognition accuracy rate that is 9.8% faster than traditional processors, significantly improving the user experience.
Chen Tianshi emphasized that 'One flower alone is not spring and colorful spring garden'. The Cambrian continued its open and collaborative spirit in the academic community at the beginning of its establishment. It shares the company’s latest status with its counterparts in the world in the form of processor IP licensing. Technical achievements, to help customers around the world quickly design and produce chip products with artificial intelligence processing capabilities. He said that the Cambrian expect to work hand in hand with upstream and downstream counterparts of artificial intelligence and integrated circuits around the world to build humans from cores. The smart age of society is moving towards a common future for all mankind.
2. The open letter of the Cambrian Chen Tianshi – The connotation of the DianNao series is to pursue the ultimate performance;
On May 3rd, Cambrian Technology, an industry-leading smart chip design company, today announced Cambricon MLU100 cloud-based smart chip and board products in Shanghai. Cambrian 1M terminal smart processor IP products. Lenovo, Dawning and HKUST As a partner of the Cambrian era, Information Flight also released applications based on the Cambrian chip.
The founder and CEO of the Cambrian Chen Tianshi said that the MLU100 cloud chip released this time not only can efficiently perform multi-tasking, multi-modality, low-latency, high-throughput complex intelligent processing tasks, but also can be combined with the Cambrian The 1A/1H/1M series terminal processors are perfectly adapted to provide our customers with an unprecedented intelligent application experience in an end-to-cloud collaboration approach.
He pointed out that the core idea of the DianNao series lies in the constant pursuit of intelligent processing of the most extreme performance. However, to enable ordinary people outside the academic community to benefit from such innovative ideas, more efforts and collaboration are needed.
The open letter is as follows:
As the founder and CEO of the Cambrian era, I am very proud to share with you a message: On May 3, 2018, the Cambrian released the first cloud-based smart chip MLU100 and corresponding board products in Shanghai, China. MLU100 The chip is mainly used for cloud machine learning inference tasks, and can support various types of cloud application scenarios such as visual, speech, and natural language processing. The equivalent theory in balanced mode reaches a peak of 128 trillion fixed-point operations per second. The equivalent theoretical peak value can reach 166.4 trillion fixed-point operations per second, but the typical board-level power consumption is only 80 watts, and the peak power consumption does not exceed 110 watts. The MLU100 chip is a brand-new milestone in the Cambrian history. It indicates that the Cambrian era has become China's first (and a few in the world) commercial companies that also have terminals and cloud-based smart processor products. The founding team of the Cambrian period came from academia, and I am also a professor at the Institute of Computing, Chinese Academy of Sciences. And doctoral tutors. In the past decade of basic academic research, we have worked closely with international counterparts to dedicate a range of artificial intelligence and intelligence to international academic and industrial colleagues. New ideas for the crossover study of computer architecture. Around 2013, as a major player, I joined the colleagues of the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the French Institute of Information and Automation (Inria) to witness the DianNao series of deep learning processor architectures in the international academic community. The sensational effect caused. Now we are very proud to see that the DianNao series of academic papers have spread the innovative ideas of smart processors to the world and received from top international organizations such as Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Princeton, Intel, and Google. The high-frequency academic citation has become an important material for many international top universities in processor architecture teaching. It has become a reference that every smart chip design company in the world can't ignore. Glory belongs to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Inria, and belongs to my long-term academic collaborator Chen Yunxi. Prof. Olivier Temam also belongs to my outstanding students. Knowledge belongs to all human beings. The core idea of the DianNao series lies in the constant pursuit of intelligent processing of the most extreme performance. However, the general public outside the academic community can benefit from it. This innovative thinking requires more effort and collaboration. The purpose of establishing the Cambrian out of the laboratory was to allow the world to use smart processors instead of allowing ideas to remain on the papers of papers and fall into the dust of history. 'One flower alone is not a spring, colorful spring. “Manyuan”, the Cambrian era was founded at the beginning of the continuation of the spirit of openness and collaboration in the academic community, sharing the company’s latest technological achievements with its counterparts in the world in the form of processor IP licensing, helping our global customers to quickly design and produce A chip product with artificial intelligence processing capabilities. The Cambricon-1A developed by the company is the world's first commercial terminal intelligent processor IP product. The Huawei unicorn 970 chip has become the world's first artificial smart phone chip. Huawei Mate10, P20 and other four mobile phones are plugged into Wisdom Wing. In the future, more domestic and foreign customers will also release their integrated Cambrian processor chip products. This press conference, I introduced the Cambrian era to everyone. More details of the third generation processor IP product Cambrian 1M, look forward to working with customers worldwide, spreading intelligence to every terminal and making the entire earth smart. Ji also implements the concept of "end-cloud collaboration" in technology. While developing and promoting terminal processor IP products, it also attaches great importance to the research and development of cloud-based smart chips. This release of the MLU100 cloud-based chip not only can efficiently accomplish multi-tasks in itself. , Multi-modal, low-latency, high-throughput complex intelligent processing tasks, can also be perfectly adapted to the Cambrian 1A/1H/1M series terminal processors, providing customers with unprecedented intelligence in an end-cloud collaborative way Application Experience. The MLU100 cloud chip is a milestone in the Cambrian era. It is a new starting point for this great startup company and a new benchmark in the field of smart chips. We look forward to working with upstream and downstream peers of artificial intelligence and integrated circuits worldwide. , From the 'core' to the intelligent era of casting human society, to a common future for all mankind.
3. The Konagawa auto generator voltage regulator chip exported to the United Kingdom;
Hebei News Network (Correspondent Wang Jijun's reporter Li Shuli) The reporter learned yesterday from Konagawa Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. in Hebei Qinhuangdao Economic and Technological Development Zone that the company's automotive generator voltage regulator chip AVR03C is being stepped up production. It will be sent to the United Kingdom in the early days.
The number of auto generator voltage regulator chip products exported from these batches totaled 200, and digital voltage adjustment was implemented using binary coding technology. With overcurrent protection, overheat protection, and fixed frequency, the motor operation was more stable and reliable; in addition, the product Adapt to a wide range of ambient temperatures, safe operation between -50 °C -150 °C.
It is understood that Qinhuangdao Konagawa Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. is a joint venture established by the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Qinhuangdao Nachuan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. The company has a number of core technologies in the field of automotive core chips and chip packaging and testing. Currently, the only company specializing in the R&D and manufacturing of high-reliability automotive integrated circuits and related products. After more than two years of development, the company has broken through the technical difficulties of automotive-grade semiconductor chips and successfully developed AVR series voltage regulator-specific chips. The company has mastered core technologies such as ultra-high voltage withstand, reliability protection, and harsh environment applications. It has the ability to develop all automotive-grade semiconductor chips and can be used in military chip R&D, filling domestic automotive voltage regulator integration technologies. blank.
4. Silicon Rui shares 2017 revenue of 17.38 million yuan loss of 3.72 million yuan;
Dibao News reported May 3, Silicon Rui shares (832957) recently announced 2017 annual report shows that operating revenue in 2017 was 17.3848 million yuan, down 36.7% over the same period last year; attributable to the shareholders of the listed company's net profit -372.11 million yuan, compared with -785.06 million yuan in the same period of last year, the degree of loss decreased; basic earnings per share was -0.37 yuan, the same period last year was -0.79 yuan.
As of 2017, the total assets of Silicon Swiss stocks totaled 10,409,900 yuan, a decrease of 37.53% from the end of the previous year. The asset-liability ratio was 36.18%, which was a decrease of 1.16 percentage points from 37.34% at the end of the previous year. The net cash flow from operating activities The period was -23.157 million yuan, which was 2.792 million yuan in the same period of last year.
During the reporting period, Silicon Renesas achieved an operating income of 17.3848 million yuan, which was 36.7% lower than the same period of last year. This was mainly due to the declining effectiveness of market development in the current period, resulting in the loss of some customers and a significant reduction in sales.
According to the data from the Dibei New Third Board Research Institute, Si Rui Rui is a high-tech enterprise specialized in R&D, design and sales of power management ICs.
5. Hou Jianguo Research Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Recently, the deputy party secretary and deputy head of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Hou Jianguo joined the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Institute, and the newly appointed leading group of the Institute of Semiconductors appointed an announcement meeting to conduct research on three units.
Hou Jianguo heard work reports from responsible persons of various institutes, visited related laboratories, research platforms and achievements, and communicated with researchers in-depth to understand the main scientific research work and innovation results of the Institute, and implemented various research institutes in major projects. Achievements in major achievements, platform construction, talent team building, grassroots party organization construction, etc. are fully affirmed.
For the next step in the development of various institutes, Hou Jianguo made clear requirements:
First, we must continue to thoroughly study and implement the socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics and the party's Nineteenth Congress spirit in the new era of Xi Jinping. Practically strengthen the 'four consciousnesses' and firmly establish 'four confidences'. We must resolutely safeguard the core position of General Secretary Xi Jinping, and resolutely safeguard it. Party Central Authority and Centralized Leadership. Understanding from a strategic perspective, understanding of major deployments such as scientific and technological innovations and accelerating the construction of innovative countries in the Nineteenth Report, always keeping in mind the mission, responsibilities and responsibilities of the Chinese Academy of Sciences as a national strategic scientific and technological force, and continuing to further promote The Institute's 'First Action' program and the Institute's "1-3" plan are implemented.
The second is to build a world-class scientific research institution with the goal of concentrating on tackling difficulties and continuously promote the 'three major' outcomes. We must focus on strengthening the top-level layout, focusing on major national science and technology deployments, and combining the Institute’s comprehensive advantages to enhance the development capabilities. , Actively plan and seize the initiative. We must continue to strengthen collaborative research, continuously improve system construction, and vigorously upgrade scientific and technological innovation capabilities and sustainable development capabilities, and strive to achieve breakthroughs in more key core technologies. To further strengthen the building of the talent team, we must To increase the introduction of talents, we must also work hard to stabilize and train existing talents, and constantly improve the research evaluation system and incentive mechanism so as to effectively stimulate innovation in various talents.
Third, we must adhere to high standards and strict requirements, and constantly strengthen the team’s own construction. The new leadership team of the Institute should continue to arm the mind with Xi Jinping’s socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in a new era, guide practice, and effectively implement the party’s leadership in all technologies. In the work of innovation, we must follow the requirements of the Party's construction in the new era, and focus on the two major tasks of 'service center and construction team'. We must persist in planning and actualization, pay close attention to implementation, and work in a solid manner. We must effectively fulfill the principles of managing the party in managing the party. Strict governance of the party’s main responsibilities, consciously took up 'one post with two responsibilities', closely linked with the masses, continued to galvanize the powerful impetus for the development of the institute’s various undertakings, and lived up to the trust of the party group and the expectations of the comrades.
The Personnel Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the person in charge of the Beijing Branch participated in research and cadres' announcement and other activities.
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