36氪 was informed that China’s first general-purpose GPU high-end chip and high-performance computing power system provider, Shanghai Tianshu Zhixin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Tianshu Zhixin”) announced the completion of the C+ round of over 1 billion yuan. C++ round of financing.
The C+ round was led by Financial Street Capital, and the C++ round was led by Hopu Investments and its subsidiary Hoan Innovation Fund (ie, a joint venture fund management company between Hopu Investments and ARM, a world-renowned semiconductor technology IP company). Zhongguancun Science City Science and Technology Growth Fund, Shanghai Guosheng, Xicheng Zhiyuan, Emerging Assets, Dingxiang Capital, Dingli Capital, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Industry and Finance, Shanghai Free Trade Zone Equity Fund and other well-known enterprises and institutions participated in the investment.
This round of financing will help the company mass-produce the AI inference chip Zhikai 100, develop the second and third generation AI training chips Tiangai 200 and 300, expand the “Tianshu Zhixin” software platform, and accelerate the integration of AI and graphics for computing power infrastructure and The digital society provides powerful basic computing power.
“Tianshu Zhixin” officially launched the design of general-purpose GPU chips in 2018. It is a general-purpose GPU high-end chip and super computing power system provider. It is committed to developing self-controllable and internationally leading high-performance general-purpose GPU products to accelerate AI computing and graphics. Rendering fusion, explore the development path of general-purpose GPU to catch up.
It is understood that “Tianshu Zhixin” successfully lit up the first 7nm cloud training general-purpose GPU product “Tiangai 100” in China in December 2020, and will be officially released in March 2021. This chip has achieved mass production and sales. As of the end of March 2022, Tiangai 100 products have achieved sales orders of nearly 200 million yuan, and helped customers land more than 200 application scenarios. The second product of “Tianshu Zhixin” 7nm cloud edge reasoning chip “Intelligent Armor 100” was successfully lit up two months ago.
Diao Shijing, Chairman and CEO of “Tianshu Zhixin”, “The sudden epidemic has caused many companies to face major challenges, and integrated circuit companies are not surprised. Under this circumstance, Tianshu Zhixin successfully obtained financing against the trend, which is undoubtedly the capital to Tianshu. Zhixin’s great trust.”: “This round of financing will further promote the company’s development. In the future, Tianshu Zhixin will keep its development mission in mind, base itself on the vast Chinese market, strengthen independent innovation, and explore the development path of general-purpose GPUs to catch up and surpass.”
Lv Jianping, chief technology officer of Tianshu Zhixin, told 36氪, “Tianshu Zhixin will adhere to the path of independent development, with the requirements of DSA generalization, graphics computing, computing graphics, and hardware differentiation, based on the successful mass production of Tiangai 100. Based on the foundation, we will continuously improve product performance, and develop Tiangai series follow-up products, Tiangai 200 and Tiangai 300, that surpass the international market and meet national conditions.”
Employer evaluation
Cheng Ruiqi, chairman of Financial Street Capital, pointed out: “GPGPU is the infrastructure for the computing power base of my country’s new generation of information technology in the future, and it is also the basic channel for building a digital and intelligent city. Financial Street Capital continues to be optimistic about the prospects of China’s semiconductor industry and the development of Tianshu Zhixin. Technical strength, we have seen the innovation strength of Tianshu Zhixin in tackling the general GPU core technology and the forward-looking production capacity layout ability of the company’s management. We hope this round of financing can help Tianshu Zhixin accelerate the mass production process and expand the general-purpose GPU market. Further, continue to lead the independent general-purpose GPU track.
Fang Fenglei, founder and chairman of Hopu Investments, said: “With the advancement of 5G, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data, IoT and other technologies, the demand for computing power will increase. Just master the initiative of development.” Lin Sihan, head and managing director of Houan Innovation Fund, said: “GPU is a key element to promote the development of computing power. Tianshu Zhixin has a very deep technical accumulation in this field and has successfully realized commercial We look forward to Tianshu Zhixin’s ability to empower industrial development with computing power and promote the intelligent transformation of all walks of life.”
Zhu Ping, general manager of Zhongguancun Science City Technology Growth Fund Manager, Zhongguancun Science City Innovation and Development Co., Ltd. said: “Tianshu Zhixin has a top general-purpose GPU R&D team with rich industry experience, and its research and development cloud training product – Tiangai 100 has been It has been verified by the market. We are optimistic about such a down-to-earth company, and hope to develop and build an ecosystem together with this company.” With the advent of the intelligent era, the rise of independent general-purpose GPU chips is accelerating, bringing infinite possibilities.
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