Suiyuan Technology Gaoping: Challenge the world's advanced level and lead the AI computing industry to land
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2022-03-16 09:26
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The scientific research ecology is centered on the national cutting-edge technology. Whether in terms of computing power or technology, it should be in our own hands to eliminate the risk of being stuck and ensure independent innovation of technology.
Source: China IDC Circle 2021-11-05 09:52
Make big chips and fight hard technology.
From the beginning of its establishment, Suiyuan Technology has set the challenge of "big chip" - cloud artificial intelligence training chip as the goal of research and development, and in the three years since its establishment, it has successively released the cloud artificial intelligence training chip "Suisi 1.0" and Based on this chip, the "Yunsui T10" training accelerator card, the first-generation inference product "Yunsui i10"; the second-generation training chips "Suisi 2.0" and "Yunsui T20/T21" and other training products have become the only domestic and A start-up company with cloud AI training and inference acceleration products, and the first company in China to launch the second-generation cloud AI training acceleration product portfolio.
On October 26, at the 2021 Artificial Intelligence Computing Conference (AICC 2021) with the theme of "Intelligent Computing · New World", Gao Ping, general manager of Suiyuan Technology's product market, participated in the conference with the latest products and commercialization results of Suiyuan Technology, and The innovative ideas of Suiyuan Technology were shared with the industry. After the meeting, Gao Ping accepted an interview with the media and further elaborated on Suiyuan Technology's original intention and efforts in the direction of "bigger chips and hard technology".
Gao Ping, General Manager of Suiyuan Technology Product Market
Gao Ping, General Manager of Suiyuan Technology Product Market
Five years and three generations to challenge the "big chip" industry leadership
Suiyuan Technology was established in March 2018. The founders and members of the team have leadership and work experience in internationally renowned chip companies. Zhao Lidong, the CEO of one of the two founders, served as the senior director of AMD's Computing Division and Product Engineering Department before becoming the vice president of Unisplendour Communication Technology Group Co., Ltd. and in charge of semiconductor investment. He was responsible for CPU/GPU/APU product planning and multiple He is one of the few domestic chip founders in the industry who has experience in the whole chain operation of semiconductor industry chain from architecture and product design to commercialization. Another founder, COO Zhang Yalin, once served as one of AMD's global chip R&D chiefs, and successfully led the development and mass production of several world-class chips in AMD's Shanghai R&D Center. He has rich experience in engineering and productization.
"Choosing an entrepreneurial route must be in line with the team's capabilities, as well as the team's mission, and do valuable things." As for the choice of the entrepreneurial route, Gao Ping said that at the beginning of the team's establishment, the company's R&D and production direction was positioned as AI chips. On the other hand, we saw that the AI computing power market is basically monopolized by foreign GPUs, and the development of original and innovative AI acceleration chips is a mission that dissolves in the corporate DNA of Suiyuan Technology; at the same time, he It is emphasized that compared with the C-side GPU field such as games, the artificial intelligence chip is "difficult, but more valuable" in the eyes of Suiyuan Technology. Especially for cloud data center scenarios, it is the most important artificial intelligence computing power and market size. the biggest scene.
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Similarly, the artificial intelligence chip track also has many market segments and many players. Since Suiyuan Technology has chosen the road of "hard technology and big chips", it cannot blindly pursue "explosive models", but follow the fast track Iterative, step-by-step product planning and research and development principles, through gradual iteration to achieve the goals of technological leadership, product implementation and commercial success.
"The work of training chips must be solid." Gao Ping said that although there are simpler paths, AI training chips are a long-term track that can only be taken step by step. Suiyuan Technology released the second-generation product in July this year and mass-produced it at the end of the year. It took a year for the preliminary design, and it took another half a year for the tape-out. In the mass production stage, it has to undergo more technological tests.
At present, Suiyuan Technology is the only start-up company in China that has both cloud training and inference acceleration products. It is also the first company in the industry to launch the second-generation cloud AI training acceleration product portfolio. Gao Ping said that from the perspective of short-term vision, the company's The goal is to achieve three generations in five years. At that time, Suiyuan Technology will have the level and capability of the world's first-class chip companies and reach the industry-leading level.
Fighting hard technology, focusing on cloud AI computing power
According to Gao Ping, as a leader in domestic AI computing power, Suiyuan technology products have now achieved impressive results, including liquid-cooled clusters in cooperation with Inspur, automatic production of video content in cooperation with large laboratories, and full-stack independent innovation. Financial AI solutions and applications in smart cities and other aspects.
Gao Ping believes that computing power will gradually migrate to the cloud, and data centers will become the main AI chip usage scenarios. Suiyuan Technology's products and directions also focus on cloud AI applications. He said that in the future, segments such as transportation and finance will also be dominated by cloud AI computing power. Both cloud AI applications and data center applications require long-term technical exploration and accumulation, which is also in line with Suiyuan Technology's original intention of "bigger chips and hard technology".
With several incomparable advantages, it is destined that cloud AI computing power will gradually replace the local system and become the mainstream.
The first is 24/7 accessibility, and cloud AI computing power allows users to access and use it anytime, anywhere; secondly, there are ultra-high requirements for the stability and reliability of access; thirdly, virtualization and other technologies bring about Multi-tenant sharing capability; the last is energy saving. The energy consumption management and utilization efficiency of large and ultra-large data centers are much higher than that of general self-built server rooms, thus achieving large-scale energy saving.
At present, Suiyuan Technology mainly provides services to customers with accelerator card products and complete machine products, and at the same time cooperates with partners in the ecological chain to provide customers with AI solutions. "What we are better at is to help customers lay a solid foundation at the chip level, and the upper-level applications are solved by partners." Gao Ping said.
In Gao Ping's view, cloud data center computing power is technically difficult and has broad market prospects. my country must make breakthroughs in this field with a high threshold and deeper barriers. Therefore, Suiyuan Technology will continue to focus, put its capabilities and resources into the cloud AI field, continue to polish and accumulate, and strive to firmly root and solidify its roots.
Create ecology with value
In terms of competition with international counterparts, Gao Ping said that Suiyuan Technology is still in the stage of gradually challenging the world's advanced level. He believes that Suiyuan Technology currently has two external advantages: First, in the general environment, the society has developed from the information age to the artificial intelligence era. Currently, the AI chip industry is booming, and it is the right time for Suiyuan Technology to join in. Second, at the national level, the state strongly encourages independent innovation, and primitive innovative companies like Suiyuan Technology will receive great support.
In addition to product technology, in the field of AI chips, ecology is often the basis for determining whether a product will gain wider recognition and application. For start-ups like Suiyuan Technology, ecological construction often determines the future development path. At the same time, this is also a problem that enterprises in the entire AI industry have to face. In the future, Suiyuan Technology will focus on the three aspects of scientific research ecology, business ecology and developer ecology based on original and innovative AI chips.
In terms of scientific research ecology, Suiyuan Technology actively cooperates with national and provincial laboratories through independent innovation, complements value in frontier technology research and engineering realization, and slowly expands its own ecosystem through the early application of original innovation. Gao Ping believes that the scientific research ecology is centered on the national cutting-edge technology. Whether it is in terms of computing power or technology, it should be in our own hands to eliminate the risk of being stuck in the neck and ensure independent innovation of technology; and considering the large migration cost, the most The good thing is to develop based on domestic computing power in the early stage to avoid the waste of resources caused by later migration.
In terms of business ecology, Suiyuan Technology focuses on the realization and maximization of the upstream and downstream commercial value of the industrial chain. Gao Ping said that only by providing value to the industrial chain can it be recognized by upstream and downstream enterprises, and it is possible to integrate into and even create an ecosystem. How to build partners and a complete supply chain system is the focus of building a business ecosystem.
"In the end, we still have to rely on strength to speak," Gao Ping said. Suiyuan Technology is walking in the right general direction, and the next step is to make the best product technology.
Gao Ping emphasized that in the future, driven by the vision of "bigger chips, hard technology" and the cultural drive of "right-mindedness, pioneering and execution", and the support of leading products and technologies, Suiyuan Technology will accelerate commercial implementation, create customer value, and Vigorously invest in the research and development of follow-up core technologies, and make full efforts to develop and make continuous contributions in the field of commercial data centers.
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