China's AI chip breakthrough has triggered a new pattern of technology competition
In the context of the United States constantly pressuring its allies to tighten restrictions on Chinese chips, the Chinese scientific research team has developed the world's first large-scale interference diffraction heterogeneous integrated chip "Taiji" with the strength of independent innovation, making a major breakthrough in the field of AI chips. This breakthrough is not only expected to promote the development of China's AI industry and achieve overtaking in corners, but also trigger a new pattern of technology competition between China and the United States.
In recent years, the United States has been trying to curb China's scientific and technological development and has continuously increased its control over the export of Chinese technology. Recently, the United States has begun to pressure allies such as the Netherlands and Japan to further restrict the export of advanced chip-making equipment and key materials to China.
According to reports, the United States has asked the Netherlands to prevent lithography machine manufacturer ASML from serving Chinese customers, cutting off China's access to advanced lithography machines. The U.S. has also asked Japan to restrict the export of chemicals used in chip production. The governments of the Netherlands and Japan have resisted additional US restrictions for the time being, hoping to spend more time assessing the impact of existing export restrictions on their domestic industries, while waiting to see whether they will adjust their China policies after the election results.
At a time when the United States continues to pressure its allies to increase restrictions on China, the Chinese scientific research team announced a major breakthrough in the field of AI chips. The research team of the Department of Electronic Engineering and the Department of Automation of Tsinghua University pioneered the distributed breadth intelligent optical computing architecture and developed the world's first large-scale interference diffraction heterogeneous integrated chip "Taiji". The chip achieves a general intelligent computing capability of 160 TOPS/W, and the computing energy efficiency exceeds that of existing intelligent chips by 2-3 orders of magnitude, which is expected to support applications such as large model training and inference, general artificial intelligence, etc.
The United States pressured its allies to meet resistance, and China's "Taiji" chip breakthrough performance was excellent
In order to curb China's scientific and technological development, the United States has continuously increased its technology export controls to China, but it has encountered resistance in pressuring its allies to tighten restrictions on Chinese chips. China's self-developed "Taiji" chip has made breakthroughs in technological innovation and performance.
According to reports, the United States has asked the Netherlands to prevent lithography machine manufacturer ASML from serving Chinese customers, cutting off China's access to advanced lithography machines. Lithography machine is the key equipment for chip manufacturing, and mastering advanced lithography machine technology will help improve the level of chip manufacturing process. But the Dutch government has resisted the U.S. request for the time being, saying it needs more time to assess the impact of existing export restrictions on its industry.
The U.S. has also asked Japan to restrict exports of chemicals used in chip production, but the Japanese government has also taken a wait-and-see approach. These key materials are essential for chip manufacturing, and any interruption in supply will seriously affect the development of China's chip industry. The Japanese government seems to be more concerned about the interests of its own enterprises and is not willing to easily submit to US pressure for the time being.
It is worth noting that while resisting the additional restrictive measures of the United States, the Netherlands and Japan also deliberately expressed the hope that after the results of the US election, the United States will adjust its China policy. This reflects the concerns of allied countries about the uncertainty of US policy toward China.
In stark contrast, at a time when the United States is constantly pressuring its allies, China's scientific research team has made major breakthroughs in the field of AI chips by innovating independently. The "Taiji" chip developed by the Tsinghua University team pioneered the distributed breadth intelligent optical computing architecture, achieving a general intelligent computing capability of 160 TOPS/W, and the computing energy efficiency exceeds that of existing intelligent chips by 2-3 orders of magnitude.
The breakthrough of "Tai Chi" chip is of great significance, calling for increasing independent innovation in science and technology
The advent of the "Taiji" chip not only marks a major breakthrough in the field of AI chips in China, but also has a far-reaching impact on the development of the AI industry in China and even the world. This breakthrough is of great significance and deserves great attention.
The breakthrough computing power of the "Taiji" chip will greatly improve the level of AI computing power. The chip achieves 160 TOPS/W of general-purpose intelligent computing power, and the computing energy efficiency is 2-3 orders of magnitude higher than that of existing smart chips. This means that the computing power of AI systems will be greatly increased with the same energy consumption, which is expected to support applications such as large model training and inference, general artificial intelligence, and promote the rapid development of AI technology.
The independent research and development of the "Taiji" chip will help break the blockade of foreign technology and enhance China's independent and controllable ability in the field of AI chips. In recent years, the United States has continuously increased its export controls on China's technology, and China has always had a "bottleneck" problem in key chips and equipment. The advent of the "Taiji" chip marks a breakthrough in China's independent research and development of AI chips, which will greatly improve the independent and controllable level of China's AI industry.
The emergence of the "Taiji" chip will accelerate the pace of China's development in the field of AI, and is expected to achieve corner overtaking. AI is a strategic technology leading a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and whoever masters AI technology will be able to take the initiative in the future scientific and technological competition. With the breakthrough performance of the "Taiji" chip, China is expected to achieve overtaking on the road of AI development and narrow the gap with developed countries.
In order to truly realize the autonomous controllability and overtaking of the AI industry, it is still necessary to sustain innovation investment and industrial layout. We should further intensify basic research and original innovation, cultivate high-level scientific and technological talents, improve the industrial ecological layout, and provide strong support for the development of cutting-edge technologies such as AI.