In many people's impression, Alibaba = Taobao, that is, Alibaba is just an e-commerce company, but this is not the case. Alibaba has long changed and has successfully transformed into a technology company.

In many people's impression, Alibaba =Taobao, that is to say, Alibaba is just an e-commerce company, but this is not the case. Alibaba has long changed and has successfully transformed into a technology company. Alibaba's flat-headed , DAMO Academy and Alibaba Cloud have also grown rapidly into leading companies in the chip field, AI field and cloud computing field, and its scientific research strength cannot be underestimated.

Recently, at the Cloud Conference , Alibaba officially announced that China's first self-developed "cloud" CPU - Yitian 710, has been successfully applied to Alibaba Cloud Data Center. Regarding the Yitian 710 chip, there are three data that are crucial.

1, 5nm

Yitian 710 chips adopt ARMv9 architecture and adopt TSMC's 5nm process. It has excellent performance and power consumption. has a higher energy efficiency than . Its performance exceeds the industry standard by 20%, and its energy efficiency ratio has also been improved by more than 50%.

As we all know, the more advanced the process level of the chip, the lower the value. Compared with the 7nm and 14nm processes, the 5nm process is more advanced and more difficult. In a small enough area, it is not that simple to integrate more transistors . Moreover, the Yitian 710 chip is basically used on servers in data centers and is operated continuously 24 hours a day. In order to better save power costs, the more advanced the process, the better it will naturally be. The performance of the 5nm process is still quite good.

2, 60 billion

Yitian 710 chip has 60 billion transistors, so what is the transistor? Simply put, it is a variable resistor, which can be used to adjust voltage or current, and can also be used as a switch or amplified signal. Transistors are like water valves that can control opening and closing, as well as the flow rate. Therefore, the more integrated transistors of the chip, the faster its computing speed will be.

3, 3.2GHz

The highest main frequency of Yitian 710 reaches 3.2GHz. What level is this? The maximum main frequency of Kunpeng 920 is 2.8GHz, which is obviously an improvement for domestic chips. Although the main frequency can only represent one aspect of CPU performance, it can prove the strength of Yitian 710.

There is no doubt that server CPU Yitian 710 is a major improvement in domestic chips, and has narrowed the gap between domestic CPU chips and Intel and AMD. Of course, the gap still exists, especially in terms of chip architecture and chip foundry technology, domestic technology companies still have room to continue to work.

Let’s say that, in addition to the good news of large-scale application of Yitian 710, the Yunqi Conference also ushered in the new RISC-V chip - Xuantie C908, as well as the high-performance chip K230 jointly developed by Pingtouge and Canaan Technology . At present, the black iron series chips have "five trump cards" and have shipped over 2.5 billion in total. Alibaba has gradually become a leader in China's chip industry.

It is undeniable that China's chip industry started late and has established many technical barriers by Western companies. However, Chinese technology companies are still working hard and have not been discouraged or given up. Therefore, we must also give these companies more confidence, patience and encouragement, and keep cheering!