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Liyini ikusasa lama-FPGA ngemuva kokutholwa yi-AMD?

Esinye sezimemezelo esinzima kakhulu emhlabeni we-semiconductor ngesikhathi sobhubhane lwango-2020 kwaba ukutholwa kweXilinx yi-AMD, okwalandela ukutholwa kwe-Intel kwe-Altera, kanye nokutholwa kwenye inkampani ye-FPGA ngenye inkampani ye-CPU emakethe (imakethe ye-FPGA ibaluleke kakhulu. ngokufanayo nemakethe ye-CPU, nezinkampani ezimbili ezihlukanisa ngaphezu kuka-90% wesabelo semakethe).

Kungani ama-CPU ethanda ama-FPGA kakhulu?

Lokhu kuhlobene eduze nokuvela kwezakhiwo zekhompiyutha.Lapho ikhompyutha esebenza kahle kakhulu futhi esebenza kahle kakhulu iba ibaluleka ngokwengeziwe, ukwakheka kwekhompiyutha okungafani kwe-CPU + FPGA amapulatifomu amabili enhloso ejwayelekile yekhompiyutha kungahlanganisa kahle izinzuzo ze-serial computing kanye ne-parallel computing, le ngxenye ingabhekisela ekuhlaziyweni umbhali lapho izinhlangothi zombili zesivumelwano seziqedwa.

Njengoba isikhulu sesine se-Xilinx, uVictor Peng, osesikhundleni iminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu, wabhekana nabezindaba baseShayina okokuqala ngemuva kwesivumelwano, ngaphezu kokufingqa impumelelo yakhe eminyakeni emithathu edlule, waphinde wagxila kweyakhe. umbono wenkampani ehlanganisiwe: “Ukuhlanganiswa ne-AMD kuzosinikeza inkundla enkudlwana ukuze usisize sihlomise amathalente aqanjwe kabusha kanye neziqalo ezintsha.Ukuhlanganiswa ne-AMD kuzosinikeza inkundla enkulu ezosisiza sithuthukise ithalente elithuthukile kanye neziqalo ezintsha”.

Njengenkampani yokuqala ye-FPGA emhlabeni kanye nenkampani yokuqala ye-Fabless, i-Xilinx ihole izinguquko eziningi emkhakheni we-semiconductors kanye ne-computing.Uma ukuhlanganiswa okusemthethweni kuqediwe ekupheleni kuka-2021, njengoba kwakuhlelwe ngaphambilini ekuthengiseni, umlando we-Xilinx uzobekwa eminyakeni engu-37 ubudala.Uma sibheka emuva kurekhodi lama-CEO amane e-Xilinx eminyakeni engu-37 edlule, kulula ukubona ukuthi abantu abaphethe esigabeni ngasinye bazihlanganise kahle izici zabo nokuthuthukiswa kwenkampani.

- UJim Barnett, i-CEO yokuqala kanye nomsunguli wenkampani, kanye noRoss Freeman, umsunguli we-FPGAs, bakhulise ngempumelelo imbewu kaCeleris ngemodeli yabo yokuqala ethi Fabless;

- U-Wim Roelandts, u-CEO wesibili, ulethe ingcebo yesipiliyoni sembonini esivumele ama-FPGA ukuthi agxile ngokushesha ezimakethe ezihlukahlukene njengabathengi, ezezimoto, izimboni, nezokuvikela, futhi andisa ukusebenza kwenkampani ngokuphindwe kahlanu esikhathini esingangeminyaka eyishumi;

- I-CEO yangaphambilini, u-Moshe Gavrielov, umakadebona emkhakheni we-EDA, uchithe isikhathi sakhe ephusha isizwe sesoftware yamathuluzi e-FPGA kanye nezwe lesoftware ye-FPGA architectures, futhi kungaphikiswana ukuthi kulesi sikhathi esibucayi ekwamukeleni inkathi yesoftware ukuthi uCeleris yakwazi ukushiya kancane kancane imbangi yayo endala i-Altera ngokwesabelo semakethe.

- Ngokungafani nama-CEO amabili angaphambilini, uVictor Peng wajoyina uCeleris esikhundleni sokuphatha kwenye inkampani, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba abe yi-CEO, ubenesipiliyoni seminyaka engu-10 ezikhundleni eziningi eCeleris, eqala njengePhini Likamongameli Omkhulu Wezobuchwepheshe kanye ne-COO yenkampani. ngaphambi kokuthatha isikhundla se-CEO.Kungakho, lapho efika, washintsha isu lika-Xilinx lisuka ekugxileni elibanzi lagxilisa ekugxileni - “isu lokuqala lesikhungo sedatha, elisheshisa ukukhula ezimakethe eziyinhloko kanye nokushayela isu lekhompuyutha elishelelayo neliguquguqukayo” ukuze agxilise izinsiza ze-Xilinx kumkhiqizo nezobuchwepheshe Ngokusebenzisa ngokugcwele izinzuzo zezakhiwo zama-FPGA kukhompyutha efanayo nokusebenza kahle kwekhompyutha, singahambisana nezimakethe ezimbili ezikhula ngokushesha zezikhungo zedatha kanye ne-AI futhi sibambe izinzuzo zabangena emakethe yokuqala.

- Ikakhulukazi, njengomholi weqembu le-R&D, u-Xilinx wakwazi ukubuyela enkathini yokugqamisa izinzuzo ezibalulekile ngemuva kwama-FPGA anikwe amandla isoftware ngokugcwele, ngokwethulwa komkhiqizo we-Versel ACAP oholwa nguVictor, ohlonipha isidingo. ukusebenza okuphezulu okugxile esikhathini esizayo kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza zekhompuyutha ze-AI ezisebenza kahle, kuyilapho kugcinwa ngokugcwele ukuguquguquka kwesofthiwe yokuthuthukiswa kwe-FPGA.Izinhlelo zokusebenza zekhompyutha ze-AI.Ungakubiza ngokuthi "okungajwayelekile" noma "okuvukelayo" njenge-FPGA, kodwa awukwazi ukuphika ukuthi "inguquko" efaneleke kakhulu yedivayisi ehlelekayo esebenza kahle nesebenziseka kalula yezinhlelo zokusebenza zesikhathi esizayo ze-AI ezisebenza kahle. .“.

Isu lesikhungo sedatha okokuqala ngqa lapho i-Xilinx ikhomba ngokusobala indawo yesicelo njengesu eliwumgogodla wenkampani, ikakhulukazi njengoba leli qhinga laliyi-"tit-for-tat" ngemuva kokuthi imbangi yayo enkulu, i-Altera, itholwe yi-Intel, umholi ku-ecosystem yeseva, futhi njengoba wonke umugqa womkhiqizo we-Altera uphela ngemva kokutholwa, ukuba khona kuka-Xilinx esikhungweni sedatha kwaba kubaluleke nakakhulu.Ikhadi lombiko likaVictor libonisa ukuthi imali yesikhungo sedatha ka-Xilinx iphindeke kathathu eminyakeni emithathu edlule, futhi uthi ukuthunyelwa kwesikhungo sedatha kusesezigabeni zokuqala futhi sisenendawo enkulu yokuthi i-Xilinx ikhule, ikakhulukazi ngokwakhiwa kwe-FaaS. (I-FPGA njengesevisi) imodeli.service) imodeli yazalwa, ukuthuthukiswa kwe-FPGA njengemodeli yebhizinisi lesevisi, manje esetshenziswa kabanzi ku-AWS ne-Azure.

Mayelana nesu eliwumgogodla lokuthuthukisa imakethe, uVictor Peng wafingqa impumelelo yenkampani ngokuthi ngaphandle kokwethula imikhiqizo emisha emakethe yezokuxhumana yendabuko kanye nokuzuza ukukhula okusheshayo kwe-RFSoC ne-O-RAN, ezinye izimakethe eziyinhloko ze-Xilinx zigcine izinga eliphezulu kakhulu. izinga lokukhula elinamadijithi amabili eminyakeni emithathu edlule.Emkhakheni wezimoto, okhule ngo-22%, inani eliqoqiwe lemishini yezinga lezimoto ezithunyelwe ku-ADAS manje selidlule izigidi ezingama-80, futhi onyakeni wezimali osanda kuphela i-Xilinx ithole izinga lokukhula kwamarekhodi kumbono wezimboni, ezokwelapha, kanye nocwaningo, futhi. njengokukhula kwerekhodi eliseduze emkhathini.

Ekhuluma ngemizwa nezinselelo zakhe ekuholeni u-Xilinx phambili eminyakeni emithathu edlule, u-Victor Peng uqale wakhala ngokuthi izinguquko ezihlukahlukene zangaphandle kwakuyizinselele ezinzima kakhulu, njengempi yezohwebo kanye nobhubhane olusha lomqhele.Ebhekene nalezi zinselele, yena nabaphathi be-Xilinx bamukele izinhlelo ezisebenzayo zokuphendula, okuhlanganisa ukufundisa amakhasimende amasha angaba namandla ngamakhompiyutha aguquguqukayo, ukuthuthukisa kanye nokukhipha izitaki zesofthiwe ezingadingi ulwazi lomklamo we-chip, kanye nokuthuthukisa i-ecosystem.