As the core component of electronic products, chips have always played the role of "brain". Depending on their functions, there are many types of chips, such as CPU, GPU, DSP, etc. Among them, GPU (graphics processing unit), as a core chip of digital chips, has a wide range of application scenarios, whether it is film and television, game special effects scenes, or search engines, e-commerce platforms, smart advertising, social networking sites and other scenes, as well as smart driving scenes. , are inseparable from the GPU.
However, it is undeniable that China started late in the field of GPU, and its technological development level and industrial scale are far behind the first echelon in the world. In recent years, domestic manufacturers have been increasing research and development efforts and striving to catch up.
Recently, China’s first fully self-developed 7nm process GPGPU training chip based on GPU architecture was successfully lit. It is reported that the chip was developed by Shanghai Tianshu Zhixin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. and will be released after mass production. It is widely used in scenarios such as AI training and high-performance computing.
Huawei’s self-developed GPU chip has recently successfully achieved a technological breakthrough and been put into commercial use. Although the HiSilicon 1GB independent graphics card is an entry-level graphics card product, it is a new technology that Huawei has entered into. It has allowed Huawei to create something from scratch in the graphics card chip, and it has also given China Chip a shot in the arm. Needle.
In addition, there is also good news at the capital level. Recently, Muxi, which is committed to building the most powerful commercial GPU chip in China, has recently completed hundreds of millions of yuan in Pre A round of financing. The main application directions of its products include traditional GPU and mobile applications, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, data centers and other high-performance heterogeneous applications. Computing field.
In fact, the chip industry is an industrial chain that is extremely technology- and capital-intensive. Behind these companies and capital, there is a solid driving force - the national large fund.
In September 2014, the National Fund was established with the Ministry of Finance as the major shareholder and 15 state-owned enterprises. It focuses on investing in the integrated circuit chip manufacturing industry, taking into account equipment and materials, chip design, packaging and testing. and other industries, implement market-oriented operations and professional management. At present, the first phase of the big fund has ended and the second phase has been launched.
In fact, the state has not only established large funds to allow companies to focus on technology research and development from a financial perspective, but has also intensively introduced relevant policies to continuously optimize the tax and subsidy policy environment for semiconductor companies to help the rise of China's chip industry. In the "Recommendations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-term Goals for 2035", it is clearly pointed out that the development and expansion of strategic emerging industries such as new generation information technology must be developed from the top Design guides industrial development, makes up for the shortcomings of my country's semiconductor industry chain, and gradually breaks away from the situation of being controlled by others.