As one of the biggest beneficiaries of the heterogeneous era and emerging applications, with the continuous improvement of computing power and AI performance requirements in the fields of servers, automobiles, artificial intelligence, edge computing and other fields, GPUs have made great progress with their advantages in parallel processing and general-purpose computing, and the market has been able to continue to grow at a high speed.
According to Verified Market Research, the global GPU market is worth $25.41 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach $185.31 billion in 2027, with an average annual growth rate of 32.82%.
In recent years, a large number of GPU start-ups have been born in China, and almost all first-line investment institutions have participated in the fundraising of these enterprises. Because the entrepreneurial teams of these companies are mostly from internationally renowned GPU companies and have rich development experience, they have developed rapidly.
Moore Thread is undoubtedly one of the brightest ones. At the spring press conference held today with the theme of "Meta-Power Creation Unlimited", Zhang Jianzhong, founder and CEO of Moore Thread, interpreted the industry trend of "metacomputing" and released a new architecture and a series of blockbuster new products, including: MUSA (Moore Threads Unified System Architecture) unified system architecture; sudi, the first generation of multi-functional GPU chip Based on MUSA architecture; and MTT, a desktop graphics card for PCs and workstations The S60 and the MTT S2000, a graphics rendering and computing card built specifically for the data center; the GPU physics engine AlphaCore ;D igitALME digital human solution; and a multi-meta computing application solution that powers the digital economy.
At the press conference, Moore Thread also demonstrated the rich application of multi-functional GPUs based on its MUSA architecture, covering digital office, audio and video entertainment, industrial and architectural design, geographic information systems, cloud desktops, cloud games and other scenarios, fully demonstrating the wide application of Moore thread products and the strong impetus provided for the acceleration of the digital economy. Numerous guests from governments, universities, developers, ecosystem partners and industry customers, as well as the media, witnessed this important moment of the Moore thread.
"Metacomputing" empowers the next generation of the Internet
Moore threads first proposed the concept of "metacomputation". Metacomputing is a universal computing power platform that supports the next generation of Internet applications, including metacosm, with graphic computing and AI computing as the cornerstone, which is the underlying computing support for the digitization of the physical world and the physicalization of the digital world, which will open up a broader space for development of the digital economy.
Zhang Jianzhong, founder and CEO of Moore Thread, said: "The era of metacomputing has begun, and multi-functional GPUs are the computing power infrastructure of metacomputing and the origin of our innovation. Moore Thread is committed to the innovation of a new generation of GPU for metacomputing applications, building a universal computing platform that integrates visual computing, 3D graphics computing, scientific computing and artificial intelligence computing, establishing an ecosystem based on cloud-native GPU computing, and helping the development of the digital economy. ”
Zhang Jianzhong further pointed out that the release of this series of new products is a major milestone in the company's development, and it is also a concentrated embodiment of our research and development strength, ecological cohesion and innovation execution. ”
MUSA unified system architecture and the first generation of chips "SuDi"
In order to break through the barriers of foreign giants in the GPU, it is not only necessary to optimize the performance of the chip, but also to closely couple at the level of software and hardware architecture.
MUSA is a unified system architecture for the Moore threading product family, including a unified programming model, software runtime, driver framework, instruction set architecture, and chip architecture. Applications developed by developers based on MUSA will be widely portable and can run simultaneously on a wide range of computing platforms in the cloud and at the edge, including a variety of product lines for graphics, computing, multimedia, and artificial intelligence.
At the same time, the first generation of Moore thread multi-function GPU chip based on MUSA unified system architecture - Su Di was officially unveiled. It is reported that the chip has built-in modern graphics rendering engine, intelligent multimedia engine, AI computing acceleration engine, physical simulation and scientific computing four engines, aiming to fully meet the multi-computing power needs of the cloud edge of the digital economy with advanced modern GPU architecture, extensive platform versatility and full-stack computing capabilities. So far, with its profound insight into the GPU market, proven successful experience in GPU design, rigorous and mature technical routes and strong execution, Moore Thread has become one of the first companies in the Chinese market to carry out multi-functional GPU R&D and design, and can achieve GPU mass production and delivery at a very fast speed.
AlphaCore, the next-generation multi-platform GPU physics engine
It is also worth mentioning that AlphaCore is a next-generation multi-platform GPU physics simulation system independently designed and developed by Moore Thread, which can perform ultra-high-precision physical simulation processing of complex solids, flexible bodies, fluids and other effects in the physical world, and make the physical interaction effect of cloth, hair and physical muscle tissue of digital characters reach the film level through computational simulation.
The AlphaCore physics engine enables a wealth of material interaction dynamics with powerful material mechanics modules, such as: elastoplastic materials, various opposite-sex materials, down jackets, leather, silk, wool, etc. The series of tools developed on AlphaCore includes: VeraFiber, a cloth hair making tool; Catalyst, a gas fluid simulation tool; and Bionics, a biomimetic calculation tool. Compared to Houdini Vellum's soft wool release and PyroFX's pyrotechnic fluids, AlphaCore has a 5-10x performance improvement.
At the same time, AlphaCore also provides multi-platform compatible versions to maximize compatibility with the Runtime API environments such as Vulkan, CUDA, directX and other Runtime in the existing ecosystem, as well as Houdini, Unreal, Unity and D5 game engines and design software, covering a wide range of practical application scenarios in the fields of film and television post-production, animation, games, architectural performance and other fields.
Desktop-class graphics MTT S60 for PCs and workstations
At the press conference, the MTT S60, the new first-generation desktop graphics card MTT S60 based on MUSA unified system architecture, was launched and became the focus of the audience. As Moore Thread's first breakthrough multi-functional smart graphics card, MTT S60 graphics card is mainly for PCs and workstations, with its excellent mainstream graphics capabilities, extensive AI algorithm support, breakthrough video processing capabilities, and unique green energy efficiency technology, it can provide strong computing power support for entertainment needs such as graphic rendering, digital office, audio and video entertainment, intelligent manufacturing CAD/CAE, geographic information GIS, architectural design BIM, video editing, artificial intelligence applications, and mainstream games.
MTT S60 graphics card is made of MUSA unified system architecture GPU Sudi core chip, using 12nm process, including 2048 MUSA cores, single-precision floating-point operation up to 6TFLOPS, pixel fill rate of 192G Pixel/s, equipped with 8GB of video memory, supporting 4K/8K HD display. MTT S60 graphics card not only supports the mainstream H.264 and H.265 encoding formats, but also provides hardware encoding support for AV1 video formats leading similar products in the industry; in terms of hardware decoding, it supports hardware decoding of AV1, H.264, H.265 and many other formats. Not only that, the MTT S60 graphics card also supports many graphics API interfaces such as DirectX, Vulkan, OpenGL and OpenGL ES, which can meet the needs of 2D and 3D graphics rendering for a variety of high graphics workload applications.
The introduction of the MTT S60 made Moore Threads the first GPU company to support the Windows 10 operating system. The MTTS60 graphics card's superior graphics performance also meets the esports gaming needs of e-sports users. Not only can it provide a smooth gaming experience for "League of Legends" e-sports players in the Environment of Windows 10 operating system, 1080P resolution and highest picture quality, but also complete the smooth operation of many popular games such as "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" and "Dota 2" in the domestic Linux operating system environment.
At present, the Moore thread MTT S60 supports mainstream CPUs such as Intel, AMD, Loongson, Feiteng, and Mega-core, as well as operating systems such as Windows, Kirin, Tongxin, Ubuntu, and has begun to cooperate with many PC partners, including Lenovo, Inspur, Tsinghua Tongfang, Great Wall Chaoyun, etc. (in no particular order). At the same time, a number of partners based on MTT S60 graphics card to create industry applications at the scene demonstrated, including: Kingsoft Office, Xiaoyu Easy Lian, Tai Chi Graphics, Zhongwang CAD, Guanglianda, D5, Cangqiong Digital, SuperMap Software, Yi Zhirui, Zhongdi Digital, OSG Community and Gala Sports.
Ecological collaboration has always been the key to driving industry and experience upgrading. Therefore, Moore Thread initiated and joined hands with many industry partners to build China's "Perfect Experience System Alliance (PES Alliance)", aiming to create more value for ecological partners and create a perfect experience for end users through collaborative cooperation in product planning, research and development, and final production stages, focusing on unified standards, integrating resources, and sharing technology.
MTT S2000 for data centers
The MTT S2000, a data center-class multifunctional GPU product built by Moore Thread based on the MUSA unified system architecture Sudi core chip, is also eye-catching. The Moore Thread MTT S2000 has built-in hardware modules such as rendering, audio and video codec, artificial intelligence acceleration and parallel computing, which can provide full-stack functions including graphic image rendering, video cloud processing, AI and scientific computing. With its unique rendering, virtualization and other capabilities and extensive ecological support, the MTT S2000 can comprehensively contribute to the development of the green digital economy in cloud desktop, Android cloud games, video cloud, cloud rendering and AI inference computing acceleration.
MTT S2000 adopts 12nm process, uses 4096 MUSA cores, configures 32GB of video memory, single-precision computing power up to 12TFlops, supports H.264, H.265, AV1 multi-channel HD video encoding and decoding, and a wide range of AI model algorithm acceleration, supports PyTorch, Tensorflow, PaddlePaddle and other mainstream deep learning frameworks. In order to improve the performance of MUSA architecture products in the actual production environment, Moore Thread also launched a unified programming model, runtime, driver and other software tools specially optimized for hardware architecture for MTT S2000 series products, which can facilitate developers to complete the porting and adaptation of applications and fully call the hardware resources and computing power of MTT S2000. MTT S2000 supports OpenGL, OpenGL ES, DirectX, Vulkan and other graphics APIs; supports audio and video processing ecology through FFMPEG and VA-API/DXVA; and satisfies AI and scientific computing programs through OpenCL and Vulkan.
At present, moore thread MTT S2000 has supported x86 and ARM architecture CPU, and server partners include OEMs such as Inspur, New H3C, Lenovo, Tsinghua Tongfang, Great Wall Chaoyun, and Siteng Heli (in no particular order). It was also announced that Moore Thread will work with partners in cloud games, audio and video codecs and heterogeneous distributed computing such as Weiling Times, Sound Network and First-class Technology to jointly invest in research and development, and work together to build an ecosystem and create the most optimized industry solutions. In addition, Moore Thread also launched a strategic cooperation with Inspur to jointly promote the development of industrial AI.
Metacomputing solutions power the digital economy
Based on the core computing power of the Moore thread multi-function GPU, for complex practical application scenarios, Moore thread is working with many partners to create metacomputing solutions in various industries, and contribute to the accelerated development of the digital economy with the support of computing power.
Digital energy, promoting intelligent applications - Moore thread and State Grid e-commerce technology jointly promote the application of "artificial intelligence in the power industry" and "industrial meta-universe power scenarios". The two sides jointly establish a joint application research laboratory for intelligent computing chips, explore and promote the application of GPU chips in the field of power, support the basic demand for software and hardware in the construction of new energy and power systems, and realize the construction, application and promotion of a dual-carbon high-performance intelligent computing platform.
Digital agriculture, to help rural revitalization - Moore thread and Escher Technology jointly build a digital demonstration planting base, build a digital twin model of agricultural base, fully realize standardized and intelligent management, and escort the whole process of product processing. Through digital planting, we can trace the origin of varieties, ensure the high quality and good price of varieties, scientifically guide the rotation ability, and promote the new development trend of rural digitalization, standardization and scale.
Digital city, promote the transformation of government and enterprises - GPU universal computing, high-definition video processing, GPU modeling and 3D rendering capabilities for big data can quickly transfer data from the physical world to the digital twin world in time and space dimensions, promote the digital transformation of government and enterprises, and promote economic development. Moore Thread is exploring cloud-native rendering and digital twins with Ray Cloud and 51 World.
Digital life, to help scientific exploration - cryo-EM protein three-dimensional reconstruction includes million-level particle classification, re-projection, model reconstruction and other intensive calculation links. The multi-core parallel architecture of molar threaded GPUs can accelerate the process of software protein remodeling and facilitate the study of medical pathology and structural biology.
DIGITALME Digital Human Solution - Moore Thread has built a low-cost, lightweight solution for generating digital people in real time with a single picture and a small amount of audio through visual deep learning technology and TTS speech generation technology. Moore Thread Digital Man currently has functions such as expression learning, talent imitation, and explanation of the natural state of a given text.
With Moore Thread's relentless pursuit of innovation, its products and solutions will continue to expand and upgrade, providing a stronger core power for more industries and win-win cooperation with a wider range of partners in the tide of the digital economy. (Proofreader | Li Yan)