至少在短期内我们会看到过多的芯片,一些直接相互竞争,另一些则专注于培训和推理的特定方面。这对行业意味着开发人员会有很多选择。与大规模商品化的CPU市场不同,该行业看起来更像是一个更加多样化,异构化和特定于应用程序的未来。
【编者按】是实现AI实现智能的当然载体,“无芯片,不AI”。这也使得如今的芯片行业进入到一个高爆发和强竞争的阶段。AI应用落地还有很长的路要走,而对于从业者来讲,当务之急是研究芯片架构问题。
congjisuandezaoqikaishi,renmenjiuyizhirenweirengongzhinengyouchaoyirihuigaibianzheigeshijie。jishinianlai,womenyijingkandaowushuliuxingwenhuacankaoheweilaizhuyisixiangjiasuomiaoshudeweilai,danjishubenshenrengrannanyizhuomo。zengliangjinbuzhuyaoguigongyubianyuanxueshujiehexiaofeixingqiyeyanjiubumen。
zheiyiqiedouzaiwunianqianfashenglebianhua。suizhexiandaishenduxuexidechuxian,womenyijingkandaolezheixiangjishuzaixingdongzhongdezhenshiyipie:jisuanjikaishikandao,tingdaohetanlun。rengongzhinengdiyiciganjueyouxing,chushoukeji。
jintianderengongzhinengkaifazhuyaoweiraoshenduxuexisuanfa,rujuanjiwangluo,xunhuanwangluo,shengchengduikangwangluo,qianghuaxuexi,jiaonangwangdeng。suoyouzheixiedouyouyigegongtongdian,jiushitamenxuyaodaliangdejisuannengli。weilezaituiguangzheizhongzhinengfangmianqudeshijijinzhan,womenxuyaochedijianchaweizheixiangjishutigongdonglidejisuanxitong。
2009nianfaxiangpuzuoweijisuanshebeitongchangbeishiweiyigeguanjianshike,bangzhuyinfaleweiraoshenduxuexidehanwujibaofa。congneishiqi,duibingxingjisuanjiagoudetouzibaozhashizengzhang。gugetpu(tensor processing unit)dexingfenjiushiyigehenhaodelizi,dantpucaiganggangkaishi。 cb insightsdefayanrengaosuwodetuandui,jinzai2017nian,xindezhuanyongaixinpianchuangyegongsijiuchoujile15yimeiyuan。zheitaijingrenle。
womenyijingkandaoxindechuangyegongsijinruxianchang,tiaozhanyingteer,amd,nvidia,weiruan,gaotong,gugeheibmdenglaopaiqiye。xianggraphcore,nervana,cerebras,groq,vathys,cambricon,sambanova systemshewave computingzheiyangdexinxinggongsizhengzaichengweiweishenduxuexideweilaipupingdaoludexinxing。suiranzheixiechuchuanggongsikendingzijinchongzu,danzheixiedoushizaoqide,womenhaimeiyoukandaosheijiangchengweiyingjia,jianglaihuiyoushenmeyangdelaoweibing。
Nvidia的统治地位
nvidiajianggpuzuoweirengongzhinengheshenduxuexidetidaipinyinruzhuliu。 gaigongsijisuancongxiaofeizheyouxilingdaozhedaoaixinpiangongsidezhuanbianyizhidouhenbucuo。 jiuxiangqiduivoltade30yimeiyuantouziyijixiangcuda / cudnnzheiyangdeshenduxuexiruanjiankudetuidong,tajiangqiconglingxiandiweituixiangshichangzhudaodiwei。 qunian,tadegupiaozoudaolejintou,shouxizhixingguanjensen huangbei“caifu”zazhipingweinianduzuijiashangren,bingyincihuodele“xinyingteer”demeiyu。
danshisuirannvidiazaiwaiguanshangkenengkanqilaiwanquanbutong,dantarengranzhishizhizaolejishinianlaizhizuodexiangtongxianka。dangpuzuoweiaijishudeweilaishangbuqueding。pipingzherenwei,gpuyijingjimanle20niandebushiyongyushenduxuexi。 gpushitongyongshebei,kezhichigezhongyingyong,baokuocongwulimonidaodianyingxuanrandesuoyouyingyong。womenbuyaowangji,zai2009nianshenduxuexizhongshoucishiyonggpujibenshangshiyizhongheikexingwei。
ASIC的兴起
攻击芯片市场的公司正在证明AI将在专用芯片上更快地执行光照。最可能的候选者是ASIC(专用集成电路),它可以高度优化以执行特定任务。
ruguoninrenweixinpianshicongtongyongdaozhuanyongdefazhan,neimepinpubaokuoyifangmiandecpu,zhongjiandegpuhefpga,lingyifangmianbaokuoasic。
cpuzaizhixinggaodufuzadecaozuofangmianfeichangyouxiao - jibenshangyuzhichishenduxuexixunlianhetuilidetedingshuxueleixingxiangfan。xinjinruzhezhengzaiyazhuasic,yinweitamenkeyizaixinpianjisheji,yichulidaliangjiandanderenwu。gaibankeyizhuanyongyuyizuzhaihanshu - zaizheizhongqingkuangxia,xishujuzhenchengfa,juyougaodubingxingxing。jishishishejiweikebianchengqieyincishaoweigengjiatongyonghuadefpga,qiyinhandeduogongnengxingyeshoudaozuai。
zhuanyongaixinpiandexingnengtishengshixianeryijiande。neimezheiduigengguangfandejishulingyuyiweizheshenmeni?
未来是非商品化的
相对于CPU而言,GPU已经没有商品化了,而我们所看到的AI芯片投资的巨大增长是GPU最终会被更专业的东西取代。kaolvdaonvidiadecunzai,yingteerdex86 cpujishuguoyupubianhua,wufamanzuduituxingmijixingyingyongbuduanzengzhangdexuqiu,zheiliyouyidianfengci。zheiyici,yingteerhenvidiadoubuhuixiushoupangguan,rangchuangyegongsitunshizheigexinshichang。jihuitaidale。
kenengdeqingkuangshi,womenhuikandaonvidiaheyingteerjixudalitouzivoltahenervana(yijitamendejirenzhe)。youyuhucaozuoxingwenti,amdyizhizaikukuzhengzha(canjianxiamianderuanjianbufen),danhenkenenghuihenkuaitichukeyongdedongxi。weiruanhegugezhengzaiyubrainwavehetpuyijixuduoqitaxiangmuhezuo。ranhoushisuoyouchuangyegongsi。zheifenmingdansihumeizhouzengzhang,nihennanzhaodaoyigefengxiantouzijijin,gaijijinmeiyouduizhishaoyigecanyuzhejinxingguoxiangdangdadeduzhu。
xinpianlingyudelingyigewentishibianyuanjisuan,qizhongtuilishizhijiezaishebeishangjisuande,erbushiyunneihuanjinghuogongsishujuzhongxin。moxingkeyizhijiebushuzaibianyuan,yimanzudiyanchiyaoqiu(yidong)huoduidigonghao,jianxielianjieshebei(qianrushi,wulianwang)jinxingyuce。zuijinyoujigeguanyujiyubianyuandeaijiasuqidegonggao,lirugoogledeedge tpu。
打开有关未来的问题
xinpianlingyuderenhexinrenmianlindezuidatiaozhankenengbushiyingjian - tashiruanjian。 nvidiapingjiecuda / cudnnzaishichangshangzhanyouyixizhidi,cuda / cudnnshiruanjianku,gouchengleweiyuxinpiandingbudebiyaochouxiangceng,shitensorflowhepytorchdengkuangjiawuxubianxiefuzadedijizhilingjikeyunxing。ruguomeiyouzheixiegaojiku,tongchanghennancongdaimadejiaodulaidingweixinpian。
wentishi,cudahecudnnbushikaiyuande。tamenshizhuanyoubao,zhinengzainvidiayingjianshangyunxing。zaikaifarenyuankeyiliyongasiczhiqian,tigongshangxuyaoshouxianzhaodaoyizhongxinfangfa,shikuangjiakeyiqingsongfangwenqixinpian。ruguomeiyouzheiyidian,kaifarenyuanjiangbuhuicaiyongzhongyaode(ruguoyoudehua) - kaifarenyuanzhihuijianchishiyongnvidia,yinweitakexing。xuyaoyouyigedengtongyucuda / cudnndekaiyuanhuoxuyaoyizhidaotedingasicdekuangjia,jiuxianggoogleduitpuhetensorflowsuozuodeneiyang。meiyoumingxiandejiejuefangan,zheishiyigejudadezhangai。
这是什么意思呢?
至少在短期内,我们会看到过多的芯片,一些直接相互竞争,另一些则专注于培训和推理的特定方面。这对行业意味着开发人员会有很多选择。与大规模商品化的CPU市场不同,该行业看起来更像是一个更加多样化,异构化和特定于应用程序的未来。
虽然我们不知道具体结果是什么,但有一点是肯定的:人工智能的未来在于专用ASIC而不是商品硬件。
airuhechixushentoupinganchengshi?anfangqiyeweihefenfen“jinjun”shangye?zhihuijiaotongchule“danao”haigaiguanzhushenme?ruhezhuazhunjiatingshequanquanlingsandeshichang?
2019nian5yue23/24ri,yioujiangjubangiis2019zhongguozhihuichengshifenghui,bencifenghuijiangyanxuqianliangcihuidezhuti,yaoqingzhimingzhuanjiaxuezhe、xingyelongtouqiye、biaoganchuchuangqiye、zhimingtouzirendeng,jujiaojishuzaizhihuichengshilingyu(pinganchengshi、zhinengshangye、zhihuijiaotong、jiatingshequanquan)deyingyongxianzhuangjiweilaifazhan。
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