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a little update from Biren after nothing important for a while.
They participated in Baidu PaddlePaddle ecosystem events. Was invited by PaddlePaddle as a representative for hardware side of things

The important part here is that it's BR series of GPUs are now in mass production

PaddlePaddle AI Studio hardware ecosystem refers to cooperation bw Baidu PaddlePaddle & AI chips firms. Biren Tech joined this in Aug 2022 & was certified that month.
In the past few months, it's been increasing number of models that it is "adapted" (or validated) for.
Looks like it's been validated for Baidu's Erniebot


It's creating a software/hardware solution to intelligently manage thousands of GPUs in machine learning & high performance computing libraries & communication libraries in large model training.


another comment here about looking to work deeper with Baidu PaddlePaddle deep learning platform and Erniebot large model platform. The point here is that it's already been used for these purposes.

They haven't been doing nothing. Just been really quiet

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As I suspect, now that Biren tech has mass produced its GPUs, it's making news again.

This time, Biren Tech became a partner for China Telecom cloud. It's actually one of many partners for that cloud

Again, expect more news from them in the future

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This time, Biren Tech became a partner for China Telecom cloud. It's actually one of many partners for that cloud

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1655663401262108672

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Biren better make at least some designs at SMIC or HLMC. You cannot be too successful in the US's eyes as a Chinese company.

Kaishitong (wanye) launched a new R & D and manufacturing base to gather "core" for the industrialization of key equipment ion implanters​

Jiwei.com reported that on May 8, the power-on and opening ceremony of the new R&D and manufacturing base of Shanghai Keystone Semiconductor Co., Ltd. A new chapter in quality development. Dr. Zhu Xudong, chairman of Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co., Ltd., the controlling shareholder of Keystone's parent company, Mr. Liu Rongming, general manager of Shanghai Wanye Enterprise Co., Ltd., the parent company, and Dr. Li Yongjun, chairman of Keystone Company, and other senior executives and technical backbones gathered together , to witness the highlight moment of the official opening of Kaishitong's new base!



Picture: The launching ceremony of the new base

Strive to write a new chapter in semiconductor equipment

Kaishitong is the first equipment company in China to obtain verification and acceptance of integrated circuit ion implanters with large beam currents and high-energy ion implanters. The company has continued to cultivate the industry for many years, and its product development has covered multiple application fields such as logic, storage, and power. Core key models such as high-energy ion implantation and ultra-low temperature ion implantation equipment. Today, Kaishitong once again ushered in a new development milestone - the new R & D and manufacturing base in Jinqiao was officially opened.

As the latest industrialization center of Kaishitong, Jinqiao new R & D and manufacturing base has a total area of more than 4,400 square meters of dust-free workshops and offices, covering functions such as technology research and development, CIP improvement, component assembly, manufacturing, process verification, and customer training. Significantly expand the production capacity of the existing equipment of Kaishitong ion implanter, and provide customers and partners with the evaluation of a full range of products such as low-energy and large-beam, ultra-low-temperature low-energy and large-beam, heavy metal low-energy and large-beam, high-energy ion implanters, etc. Time from technical validation to customer import.

Li Yongjun, chairman of Kaishitong, said that the opening of the new base is also one of Kaishitong's important measures to enhance the research and development and industrialization capabilities of key equipment ion implanters. High-quality development of integrated circuit equipment. "After the opening of the new base, Kaishitong's comprehensive, rapid and in-depth response to customer needs will be greatly improved. We will go all out to resonate with customers at the same frequency and fight side by side to promote cost reduction and efficiency increase, innovative development and production capacity improvement for customers," Li Yongjun said the doctor.

Taking advantage of the opening of Kaishitong Jinqiao new base, Liu Rongming, general manager of Wanye Enterprises, said, "Today is a new starting point and beginning. I hope Kaishitong will seize the opportunity, take advantage of the trend, and make our own contribution to the development of China's integrated circuits. due contribution".

Helping the steady growth of the domestic semiconductor industry

For a long time, Kaishitong has maintained a strong development momentum. Recently, the company has frequently reported good news in the development of new markets. It is reported that since 2022, Kaishitong has obtained ion implanter purchase orders from mainstream customers of a number of 12-inch integrated circuit manufacturing plants, and the cumulative equipment orders have exceeded 850 million yuan. At present, the low-energy and large-beam, low-energy and large-beam heavy metal ion implanters, low-energy and large-beam ultra-low temperature ion implanters and high-energy ion implanters developed by Keystone at the 28nm process node have all been successfully commercialized, and continue to lead domestically produced low-energy, large-beam and high-energy implanters. Industrialization of ion implanter series products.



Picture: Kaishitong Jinqiao new base

Embracing the "paradigm shift" of chip design, domestic EDA software is emerging with "best practices"​

ChipEasy, a rookie in China's EDA industry, has officially released its field-specific processor generation tool based on C language - FARMStudio, marking a major breakthrough in this field for local manufacturers.

According to the information provided by Xinyihui, FARMStudio is the key element of its FARM (Flexible Advanced RISC Machine) design methodology. After the developer completes the application layer software and algorithm analysis, he can combine the basic core and instruction level/data by configuration. Level parallel super instructions, DSP/AI/CV and other preset templates, automatically generate DSA software and hardware through FARMStudio.

From concept to implementation, FARMStudio has brought eight major technological breakthroughs, including:

•Based on RISC-V basic instructions, no need for micro-architecture knowledge, self-controllable;

• Based on C language, the software and hardware design language is unified, the world's first;

•Automatically generate DSA processor and supporting tool chain at the minute level;

•High-performance compiler, supports automatic VLIW, automatic pipeline arrangement;

•Multi-level verification environment, the instruction level verification is realized on the X86 platform, which is unique in the world;

•Cycle-accurate simulator, the simulation speed reaches MHz level, the fastest in the industry;

• FPGA cloud development and testing environment, plug and play;

• Embedded OS, automatic configuration;

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Embracing the "paradigm shift" of chip design, domestic EDA software is emerging with "best practices"​

ChipEasy, a rookie in China's EDA industry, has officially released its field-specific processor generation tool based on C language - FARMStudio, marking a major breakthrough in this field for local manufacturers.

According to the information provided by Xinyihui, FARMStudio is the key element of its FARM (Flexible Advanced RISC Machine) design methodology. After the developer completes the application layer software and algorithm analysis, he can combine the basic core and instruction level/data by configuration. Level parallel super instructions, DSP/AI/CV and other preset templates, automatically generate DSA software and hardware through FARMStudio.

From concept to implementation, FARMStudio has brought eight major technological breakthroughs, including:

•Based on RISC-V basic instructions, no need for micro-architecture knowledge, self-controllable;

• Based on C language, the software and hardware design language is unified, the world's first;

•Automatically generate DSA processor and supporting tool chain at the minute level;

•High-performance compiler, supports automatic VLIW, automatic pipeline arrangement;

•Multi-level verification environment, the instruction level verification is realized on the X86 platform, which is unique in the world;

•Cycle-accurate simulator, the simulation speed reaches MHz level, the fastest in the industry;

• FPGA cloud development and testing environment, plug and play;

• Embedded OS, automatic configuration;

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This sounds really interesting as some sort of replacement for FPGA in embedded devices.

How i read this FARMStudio have fused software and hardware in a C like programming language.
This could introduce a concept as "Hardware as Code" like you now have "Infrastructure as Code" in cloud environments.
Seems like a nice step toward commodification of semi conductors at least in China.

Rongda Photosensitive: Photoresist has been sold in batches, which will drive the company's future performance growth​

Jiweiwang news (article/Yang Yuan) Recently, Rongda Sensitivity said in an agency survey that the company's current expansion plan is mainly the ongoing construction of the Zhuhai production base. The company plans to raise no more than 670 million yuan by issuing stocks to specific objects, which will be used to build an annual output of 120 million square meters of photosensitive dry film photoresist, 15,300 tons of display photoresist and semiconductor photoresist; the current pile foundation project The work has been completed, and follow-up work will be carried out step by step according to the plan, such as project construction fund raising, engineering design, civil engineering, equipment procurement, equipment installation, etc., to lay a solid foundation for the full-scale production in 2024.

In addition, there are projects with an annual output of 15,300 tons of display photoresist, semiconductor photoresist and supporting chemicals. PCB photoresist is the foundation of the company's business. In the future, the company will increase the business expansion of display photoresist, semiconductor photoresist and PCB photosensitive dry film on the basis of stabilizing PCB photoresist sales.

Regarding the risks faced in the future, Rongda Photosensitive said that it is mainly due to the risk of a decrease in gross profit margin due to fluctuations in raw material prices. The company controls the cost of raw materials in the following ways: 1. The company reduces the cost of raw material procurement by deploying the upstream enterprise Ningxia Wokailong New Material Co., Ltd. for key raw materials; 2. The company reduces costs and increases profits through technological improvement.

Equipment manufacturer Lieqi Intelligent received tens of millions of investment from Yida Capital​

Founded in April 2012 , Lieqi Intelligent is a production and R&D enterprise focusing on optics, semiconductors, lidar, and packaging and testing equipment. The factory is located in Suzhou Kunshan National High-tech Zone and Wuhan Caidian Sino-German Industrial Park . Chip machine, high-speed dispensing and placement machine, chip aging/testing machine, and high-precision coupling packaging machine.


Suzhou Lieqi Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. was established on April 10, 2012 with a registered capital of 10 million yuan. It is an industrial automation company that provides customers with customized design, manufacturing, industrial control, test control, traceability system development, software development and services. Solutions Inc. At present, we have successfully cooperated many times with the world's first-class optical communication companies, auto parts companies, and consumer electronics

Baode released the first generation of Powerstar (Shock) x86 desktop processor

Baode, a well-known domestic server and PC manufacturer, held a press conference yesterday and released the first-generation x86-based desktop processor Powerstar.

Baode, a well-known domestic server and PC manufacturer, held a press conference yesterday and released the first-generation chip Powerstar. According to the official, Baode Powerstar chip is based on x86 architecture, has strong performance and a mature ecosystem, which is a solid step for Powerstar on the road of independent innovation, and it is also a key step in building a domestic complete machine industry chain. ring.



He Li, vice president of Baode and general manager of Baotong, introduced that Baode Powerstar (chip) chip is based on x86 architecture, and many performance indicators are at the leading level in the industry. It is suitable for government, education, energy, industry, finance, medical, areas such as gaming and retail. "The Powerstar chip already has a complete product roadmap, and will continue to exert its inherent advantages and excellent performance, bringing more surprising experiences and commercial value to machine users." He Li said. At the press conference, a variety of complete machine products such as desktops, workstations, and industrial computers based on the first-generation Powerstar chip were announced. They are all produced by Powerstar in Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan, Beijing, The intelligent production bases established in Hebei, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Jiangsu and other places develop and produce.

Zhang Weijin, product director of Blastchip, introduced that on the basis of releasing multi-form complete machine products, it will continue to devote itself to the "Bao De" of power supply, memory, SSD, graphics card and many other component products, ensuring supply security under the premise of ensuring product performance . In addition, Baode also provides a variety of cooperation modes from CPU, board, platform level, and complete machine level, and supports on-demand customization. With the expansion of the education informatization market and the promulgation of policies such as education digitalization, security, and integration of scientific research and training, Powerstar computing power products are used in smart classroom teaching such as smart teaching space, smart training space, and smart teaching platform construction. applications in the field have attracted much attention.

It seems that this Baode CPU is just Intel CPU with a "shell". This company is an Intel distributor in China