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DeutschIluvatar CoreX
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| Iluvatar CoreX | |
Native name | 上海天数智芯半导体有限公司 |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | December 2015 |
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| Headquarters | Shanghai, China |
| Website | www |
Shanghai Tianshu Zhixin Semiconductor Co. Ltd. (Iluvatar CoreX; Chinese: 天数智芯; pinyin: Tiānshù Zhìxīn) is a Chinese technology company headquartered in Shanghai.
The company develops GPGPUs for use in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). It has been compared to Nvidia due to their similar focus.
Background
[edit]Iluvatar CoreX was founded at the end of 2015 by Li Yunpeng who had previously at Oracle Corporation for 10 years.[1]
Investors of Iluvatar CoreX have included Centurium Capital[1] and HongShan.[2] It has been noted for its strong government ties with partnerships with government entities such as Shanghai Supercomputer Center and CECport.[3]
In May 2021, Diao Shijing was appointed as Iluvatar CoreX 's chairman and CEO. He was previously the co-president of Tsinghua Unigroup.[4] In July 2022, Diao was taken away for investigation as part of the Chinese government's anti-graft probe.[3]
In 2024, Iluvatar CoreX reached unicorn status with a valuation over US$1 billion.[2]
Product history
[edit]ln January 2021, Iluvatar CoreX released the TianGai-100 series (also known as Big Island), a 7nm GPGPU used for training purposes. The performance was considered competitive to the Nvidia A100 and the AMD Instinct MI100.[5] The product took four years of development and is used in cloud computing applications.[3] Considered the first domestically produced 7nm GPGPU, it was seen as a possible challenger to the foreign monopoly in China.[6] As of September, it has received 230 million yuan worth of orders.[3]
In May 2022, Iluvatar CoreX completed the design of the Zhikai-100 series, a 7nm GPGPU used for AI inference purposes.[3][7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Song, Jingli (20 September 2019). "Chinese AI chipmaker raises hundred of millions of yuan". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ a b Osawa, Juro (11 January 2024). "Sequoia's Former Chinese Arm Backs Another Nvidia Challenger". The Information. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Jiang, Yaling (9 September 2022). "Shanghai start-up with disgraced chairman is China's new hope in AI chips race". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ 孙, 艺真 (27 May 2021). "工信部电子信息司原司长刁石京任天数智芯董事长兼总经理". The Paper. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ Laird, Jeremy (20 January 2021). "New Chinese 7nm GPU rivals Nvidia and AMD for performance". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 27 January 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ 孫聖然 (2 April 2021). "首款國產7納米GPGPU芯片上海問世 或將打破壟斷技術". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ Li, Panpan (25 July 2022). "China's leading provider of high-performance computing solutions Iluvatar CoreX secures more than RMB1 billion($148 million) in funds". JW Insights.
