zuotian(5yue22ri)xiawu,armzhongguodegongguanzhijiedianhuahuxiu,biaoshiyuandingyu6yuechuzaishenzhenjuxingdexinchanpin(aixiangguan)fabuhuibeitongzhi“quxiao”,erqieyemeiyouyanhoujuxingdejutijihua。
zaiguaduandianhuazhihou,wodeneixinqishiyijingyoulezuihuaideshexiang。
果不其然,就在昨晚7点多,BBC直接拿到了ARM的内部通知文件:因为包含来自美国的技术,ARM(英国)已经要求员工“停止所有与华为及其子公司正在生效的合约、支持及未决约定”。
看到这条新闻之后,虎嗅也向ARM中国相关人士了解到了部分情况——ARM中国的新产品发布会取消,同样是因为来自英国母公司的压力,显然是想彻底避嫌。
huaweizaiwanxieshihouyefabiaoleyifenjianduanshengming:
womenzhongshiyuhezuohuobandemiqieguanxi,danyerenshidaotamenzhongdeyixieyouyuzhengzhidongjidejuedingerchengshoudeyali。womenxiangxinzheiyilingrenyihandejumiannenggoudedaojiejue,womendeshouyaorenwurengranshijixuxiangquanqiukehutigongshijieyiliudejishuhechanpin。
zhici,armchedizantingyuhuaweihezuoyichengdingju。danwomendaodiyinggaizenmekanzheijianshi?
yi、armshishenmeyangdecunzai?
duiyushaoshurenlaishuo,armdemingzibingbumosheng,bijingzheishiyijiapingjiezishenjishuzhutuizhenggezhinengshoujishidaidegongsi。
armgongsidequantouchanpinjiushi“armchuliqi”,tadetedianshicaiyongrisc(jingjianzhilingji,xiangduiyupcshiyongdeciscfuzazhilingjieryan),tongguoduijisuanjidicengyunxingdejingjian,rangzhenggechuliqigengjiagaoxiao。zheiyerangqizaidianyuanyouxian、yidongshiyongdezhinengzhongduanshidai,chengweilezuiyoudexuanze。
当然,还有一点非常重要,就是ARM公司自己的运行机制——ARM自己不销售实体产品,而是只销售技术授权,从最基础的指令集,再到特定的Core设计,甚至是后续的处理器优化魔改,都有专门的技术授权项目。
这种模式本身就是一个伟大的发明,某种程度上堪比台积电的晶圆代工业务,原因主要有两点——
一是大幅降低了移动端处理器的进入门槛。
设计kebushishenmeqingsonghaowandeshiqing,qiebushuoruhezhaolanzugouduoderencaijinxingqianyanjishuyanfa,haiyoujiushiyicijiukenenghaozishangqianwandedeliupian、ceshi,zuihouhaiyouruanyingjiandejianrong、youhuadengdeng。
danshiyouyuarmdecunzai,shoujichuliqichangshangdefudanyixiazijiuqinglexialai,yinweitamenbuzaixuyaoqujinxingfengxianzuigaodechuliqidicengkaifa,ershikeyizhijiecongarmshouzhongmailaishouquan,ranhounazhezheifenshouquanqudaozijiajingyuanchanghuozhebiejiajingyuandaigongchang,liyongarmjidexinpianshejiziliao“kuaisu(xiangjiaoyuziyanxinpianeryan)”shengchanchuzijisuoxuyaodecpu、socdengxinpian。
erqiezheizhongmoshiqishiyeyalizhongzhong,armtongyangxuyaobeifuzhenggeshengtaiduiyuchuliqixingnengjinzhandeqidai,jiaruxiangyaozhuanqugengduodeyingshou,yezhiyoujinyibujiangarmshengtaizuodayitiaolu。zheihaowuyiwenshiyijiazhidejingpeidegongsi(shuoarmtangzheshouqiandemeitidoukeyihuiquxixishuile)。
其二,是ARM的授权机制,保证了整体生态的秩序,维护了软硬件生态的良好兼容。
butongyupcshidaidex86jiagou,armderiscjiagouqishiyanjindefuduyizhihenda,zaipangdadexingnengxuqiumianqian,armdezhilingjiyijingjinxingleshiduocideyanjin。ruguoxiangyaobayigechuliqideyingjianxingnengchongfenfahuichulai,neimeruanjianxitongbixuduizheixiezhilingjijinxinglianghaodezhichi。
yezhengshiyinweiarmdecunzai,zhenggearmchuliqidezhilingjiyanjinjiezouyizhibeikongzhidehenhao,xitongjibuxuyaopinfandiqushiyingxindezhilingji,younenggengshencengcidiquduizhilingjijinxingyouhua。
zhiyuarmweishenmexianzaiye“fanlianburen”huawei,jiujingxianyoudearmchuliqizhongbaohanduoshaolaizimeiguodejishu?jiezhifagaohuxiuyeweinengcongxiangguanrenshichudedaoshuofa。danxiangxinhaishishoudaolelaizimeiguozhengfudezhijieyali。
taoyongrenzhengfeiqiantianjieshoucaifangshideyijuhuida:“meiguoshifazhiguojia,meiguoqiyebunengbuzunshoufalv,shitijingjiyaozunshoufalv。meitiyebuyaolaomameiguoqiye,dajiaduoweimeiguoqiyeshuohua,yaomajiumameiguozhengke。”
er、armzhongguojiujingshigeshenmeqingkuang
jiuzaiqunian5yuefen,huxiucengduiarmzhongguohezigongsidechenglizuoguozhuanmendebaodao(《zhongguoxindiyici“tuweizhan”》)。
此前流出的ARM中国集资PPT
zheijiahezigongsizuidadeliangdianjiuzaiyuzhongfangtouzizhezhangu51%,armzhangu49%,qiezhijiejieguanlearmzaizhongguojingneidesuoyouyewu。
此前流出的ARM中国集资PPT
kexideshi,guanlizhudaoquanbingbudengyuzhengtijishudezhuanrang。zaidangshiliuchudeyifenarmzhongguojizipptzhong,jiumingquedizhanshilearmzhongguohearmyingguomugongsiyijizhongguokehuzhijiandeshouquanguanxi:armyingguomugongsixianxingduiarmzhongguogongsijinxingshouquan,suihouarmzhongguocaikeyiduizhongguokehujinxingshouquan,zheigeshunxubingbunengdaluan。
kaolvdaoxianzaiarmyingguomugongsiyijingxiafatongzhizantinghezuo,armzhongguozigongsishimeiyoubanfakuaguoyingguomugongsideyunxu,duihuaweijinxingxiangyingjishushouquande。
lveyoushenyideshi,armzhongguodechengliqishiyuhaisijueqiyoumibukefendeguanxi。yilaihuaweidezhinengshoujichixukuaisuchengzhang,erlaihuaweibenshenzaizhenggetongxinlingyujiushilongtou,xianzaigengshiyijingyanfachulekunpeng920zheiyangdearmfuwuqicpu。zhuanmenchuangjianyigezhongguozigongsiwuyihuirangshuangfangdehezuogengjiafangbian。
san、huaweihuizaoshoudaoduodadeyingxiang?
keguandishuo,yinggaibidabufenrenxiangdedouda。
根据ARM自己的财报,2018财年中国区的销售额占了ARM全球销售额的约20%,而这个数字绝大部分都是贡献的。
zhengruwomenshangwensuotidaode,armduiyuchuliqideshouquanshiduozhongduoyangde,dancongzuidicengdejichujiagoudaozuizhongdechuliqi,zhuyaokeyifenweizheimejidang:
1. 首先是处理器的指令集。zhilingjiqishijiushiarmchuliqideyibufenyingjianshejiluoji,yeshizhenggearmchuliqizuijichudebufen。nikeyibaxianshizhongdecpukanchengyigediandeng,zhilingjijiushiyifenxiangxideshuomingshu。jiarunizugouqiangda,niyekeyianzheshuomingshulaizixingzao“deng”。zhiyaonianzhaozhilingjilaizuochuliqi,neimenijiuyidingnenggouzhaodaojianrongdexitong,bingqiezuizhongzaishengtaidebangzhuxiashixianyingyong。
2. 其次是Core“核心”的授权。yinweizhilingjihaishitaijichu,suoyiarmyehuitigongshijidechuliqishejituzhijikehu。liruzuixindecortex-a76、cortex-a55。zheixieshejituzhishiyijingnenggouzhijietigongjijingyuanchangtourushengchandejibie。
3. 最后是要对ARM处理器改进、调整的授权。例如华为、高通、,geziqishidouduiarmchuliqiyouyidingdejishujilei,douhuixuanzezaiarmshangyanfaxinchuliqi,shenzhishijiagoujieduanjiucanyujinqu,jinxingzijidechuliqiyouhua,zheiyeshiweishenmexianzaigaotong、sanxingduiyuzijisocxinpianzhonghexindechenghuzhongmeiyoulearmzijidaihaodeyuanyin。
根据现有的信息,华为很可能已经获得了ARMv8指令集的永久授权。huanyanzhi,huaweizhishaokeyizixingyanfaarmchuliqi,bingqiejixuxiangshoudaozhenggeshengtaiduiyuzheizhongzhilingjidejianrongxing。
danzaogaodeshi,haizaibuduandiedaigengxindearm coreshouquan、yijichuliqigaijinyouhua、shencengcidexiezuodeng,kendingdouhuishoudaozantinghezuodeyingxiang。
而从实际的产品层面说,假如接下来美国的相关禁令继续持续,假如华为依旧想要在自家产品上保持芯片足够的竞争力,那么华为实际上就要完成原来“ARM+竞争对手”的工作量。yaozhidao,qianzhekeshiyijiazairiscchuliqilingyushengenglekuai30nian、yongyouchaoguo6000mingyuangongdelaopaibandaotigongsi。
华为海思大概率很难一下子承受如此之大的挑战。
不过前几个月已经曝光、坊间传闻下个月就将发布的麒麟985处理器很可能不会受太大影响,bijinganzhaobandaotixingyetongchangdeyanfashizhangjisuan,qilin985yinggaizaoyijinruledaguimoliupiandejieduan。zhiyupaizai985zhihoudeqilin990,muqianzemeiyouzugoudexinxiliangnalaipanduanyingxiangchengdu。
dankeyikendingdeshi,qilin990zhihoudexiangmudoujiangzaoyubuxiaodemafan。gengbuyaotixiangfuwuqichuliqi、jizhanxinpianzheixiehuaweizijiaxinpianzhengzaishejidexinlingyule。
四、个人看法及总结
mouzhongchengdushanglaishuo,wogerenjuedearmzantinghezuodaobusuanzuiyanzhongde。
jiunashoujisocxinpianlaishuo,huaweideqilin980qishiyijingdadaoleshijielingxianshuiping(xingneng、tongxinnengli、nenghao),erqiewomenxianzaizhengchuyu4gwangluojixudafanweipuji,5gtuiguanghaizaichixujinxingzhongdekongdangqi。erzhinengshoujibenshendexingnengyejinruleyigexiangduipinghuandefazhanqi,yaoshizhendexiangnaqilin980jiangjiuyongyiliangnianyebushibukeyi。
相比之下,芯片的生产要要命得多。麒麟980的出色一定程度上也要归功于台积电的7nm制程工艺,目前国内的晶圆厂稳定量产水平最高还停留在14nm左右。做一个简单的算法,工艺差2倍,面积就要大4倍(工艺是边长,面积需要平方),功耗和发热也要同步上涨。变“胖”之后的麒麟980,那是绝对如何都塞不进你现在的手机的。
haowuyiwen,jintianguoneikendingyouhuiyinweiarmdezantinghezuoxianqiyibo“zizhuchuangxin”dehusheng,danyezhengshizheigeshihou,womenfaneryoubiyaozaifanhuitouqududurenzhengfeiqiantiancaifangshishuoguodeliangduanhua:
weishenmebuxiyige“lengshuizao”ni?worenwei,womenzuizhongyaodeshiyaoyaolengjing、chenzhe。rexuefeiteng、kouhaomantianfei,zuihoudazhangshibuxingyemeiyong,zuizhongyaonengdayingcaishizhende。
zizhuchuangxinzuoweiyizhongjingshenshizhidegulide,zhanzairenleiwenmingdejichushangchuangxincaishizhengquede。danshiwomenyaokandao,kejichuangxinshixuyaozhanzaiqianrendejianbangshangqianjinde,biruwomendehaisibingfeicongyuantoukaishizizhuchuangxin,yejibierenjiaonaledaliangzhishichanquanfeiyong,youxieshiqiandinglejiaochaxukexieyi,youxiexieyishiyongjiushouquande,nizhongyouwo,wozhongyouni,zaibierendejichushangxingchenglewomenzijidechuangxin。
yinweibandaotizhendeshiyigebudebu“quanqiuhua”dexingye。
图片来自:摩尔精英
guangshi2017nian,zhenggebandaotichanyedezongchanzhijiugaoda4300yimeiyuan,suizhicuishengdedianzichanyegengshigaoda1.5wanyimeiyuan。zheihaibusuanbandaotixingyejugaobuxiadecailiaofeiyongheyanfatouru。
在如此高速迭代而竞争激烈的前沿科技行业,一味追求自主创新,那或许才是最糟糕的结果。