Hardware to make up for shortcomings, software to build ecological domestic "core" track multi-directional speed
A year ago, freshmen at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences received a "Loongson" chip in the admission notice.
A year later, at the same university, several senior students "win" with their own designed chips to obtain graduation certificates.
Through measures such as accelerating domestic substitution, building an independent ecology, and planting talent reserves, the domestic "core" track is speeding up in many ways.
Make up for shortcomings: gradually transition from "usable" to "easy to use"
The newly released Loongson 3A4000/3B4000, based on independent design, integrates domestic cryptographic algorithms, security and credibility and access control mechanisms in the CPU chip.
"Safety and performance are further improved, and costs are greatly reduced." said Hu Weiwu, chairman of Godson Technology Co., Ltd.
As one of the representatives of independent chip research and development, after nearly 20 years of accumulation, Loongson has basically completed hardware "make-up lessons" and has gradually transitioned from "usable" to "easy to use".
What used to be a single-plank bridge now has more newcomers.
At the end of August, Kunshan, Jiangsu, an industrial-grade 5G terminal baseband chip was released here.
In cooperation with the local government, the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is promoting mass production of the chip.
Industrial-grade 5G technology is the backbone of the next-generation industrial system.
Shi Jinglin, chairman of Zhongke Jingshang Technology Co., Ltd. from the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced that the chip has the characteristics of large bandwidth, low latency, and high reliability. It supports software definition and is provided for industrial manufacturing, transportation and logistics, ocean mining and other fields. Industrial-grade 5G solutions.
In the view of Ni Guangnan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, external squeezing has also brought unprecedented opportunities for independent innovation in my country's core technologies.
"Chinese IT companies should shift from following foreign ecology and catching up with foreign technology to building an independent ecosystem and developing independent technologies based on actual needs." Ni Guangnan said.
Ecological construction: "can be done" but also "used widely"
After 5 months, the "Pioneer Cup" Parallel Computing Application Grand Prix hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences came to an end, producing nearly 100 innovative software application results.
Since its launch in March this year, the event has attracted more than 600 contestants from more than 200 key universities, scientific research institutions, and well-known companies across the country to compete in three major areas: basic algorithms, artificial intelligence, and open applications.
Some excellent works have been selected into international academic journals and obtained domestic software copyrights, which has contributed to my country's parallel computing software application ecology.
Parallel computing can quickly solve large and complex computing problems, which greatly supports the explosion of computing power.
In the field of classification, such as predicting virus evolution, large-scale screening of drugs, material analysis, weather forecasting, etc., if computing power is to be used, specific software is necessary.
Chi Xuebin, deputy director of the Computer Network Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that the development of hardware supporting computing power in my country has reached the world's advanced level, but software and applications are still lacking.
High-performance computers "can be done" must be "used extensively", condensing the strengths of industry, academia and research, and will accelerate the construction of a good ecosystem from algorithms to software to applications.
Li Guojie, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that in recent years, my country has gradually built a high-performance computing application ecosystem and achieved a zero breakthrough in the international high-performance computing application field, the highest award "Gordon Bell" in 2016.
In the future, we will continue to vigorously strengthen the development of algorithms and software, and increase the promotion of applications, which will drive the improvement of the entire industry.
Educate talents: increase innovation reserves in a targeted manner
Design, tape-out, testing, verification, and successful operation of the chip-this summer, five undergraduates from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences handed in a "hardcore" graduation project answer sheet.
This RISC-V processor chip is taped out based on a 110-nanometer process and can run the Linux operating system.
Although it is not very advanced, it has successfully achieved the goal of the first phase of "One Core for Life" program of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The plan is to allow undergraduates to design processor chips and complete tape-outs in order to train processor chip design talents with solid theoretical and practical experience.
Universities are accelerating the training of more high-tech talents that are in short supply in the country, and localities are vying to introduce top teams in the field of integrated circuits... "China Chip" innovation is inseparable from talent reserves.
In order to make up for the talent gap in my country's chip industry, the State Council issued in August this year, "Several Policies to Promote the High-Quality Development of the Integrated Circuit Industry and Software Industry in the New Era", which specifically emphasized strengthening integrated circuit and software professional construction and accelerating the promotion of integrated circuit first-level disciplines. Set up to support the integrated development of production and education.
Sun Ninghui, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that creating a permeable and challenging practical course, expanding the scale of related talent training, and shortening the cycle from training to investment in research and industry frontline will help to train processor chip design talents more and more quickly .