Move over GPUs, with 1,536 cores the Thunderbird RISC-V CPU is ready to eat your lunch

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"Thunderbird means to inherit the power efficiency of the RISC-based architecture. InspireSemi claims a 30-60% power efficiency compared to similarly capable solutions. One metric is up to 24 FP64 TFLOPS at 50 GFLOPS/W (480W). The comparison is made against Nvidia's Ampere A100 at 19.5 FP64 TFLOPS, it sounds promising considering that Thunderbird's pricing would start at $6,500.

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The speed at which companies are utilizing open-source solutions is remarkable. The Unified Acceleration Foundation's (UXL) mission is to develop universal standards for vendor-agnostic hardware and software, with Intel being one of the main contributors through its oneAPI framework.

If open-source initiatives for building a more open platform continue to gain momentum, then companies like InspireSemi may have a bright future."

Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/103607-move-over-gpus-1536-cores-thunderbird-risc-v.html
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
I have absolutely no idea what I'd use this for, but I kind of want one.
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RISC-V's the best

"Milk-V Debuts Unique “RISC-V-Based” Mini-ITX Motherboard, Featuring PCIe 2.0 Connections" https://wccftech.com/milk-v-debuts-unique-risc-v-based-mini-itx-motherboard/

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erek said:
RISC-V's the best

"Milk-V Debuts Unique “RISC-V-Based” Mini-ITX Motherboard, Featuring PCIe 2.0 Connections" https://wccftech.com/milk-v-debuts-unique-risc-v-based-mini-itx-motherboard/

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I'd totally try something like that from a different manufacturer.

I won't trust any tech from a Chinese brand, not now, not ever.

It's bad enough that we have to buy stuff manufactured in China, but there is absolutely no way I'm buying or using any networked tech that has a design authority with a Chinese brand.

Bottle openers, key-chains, alarm clocks, table lamps, I don't really care. But as soon as something connects to any network, I insist the design authority resides with a business owned and operated out of a liberal democracy.

This is not a national pride or race/culture war. I'd totally buy Japanese, Taiwanese or South Korean products. I'd never buy Russian, Chinese or North Korean products.

This is non-negotiable for me.

I understand I have little option but to buy some products that are assembled in China. That is bad enough. Design is a bright red line.
 
It would be nice to see GPU-based solutions get pushed out of this space. Then maybe we can get back to having GPUs that are actually designed for gaming.
 
uOpt said:
So it's just a PCIe card? No MMU and other things to run an OS?
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From the press release linked in the TS article, that's what it looks like. Each chip has 1536 cores, and the initial product will be a quad-chip add-in card. Note that as of two weeks ago, the press release simply said they'd completed tapeout. IIRC that just means "it's not ready for production" so I'd guess no silicon exists yet?
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
I'd totally try something like that from a different manufacturer.

I won't trust any tech from a Chinese brand, not now, not ever.

It's bad enough that we have to buy stuff manufactured in China, but there is absolutely no way I'm buying or using any networked tech that has a design authority with a Chinese brand.

Bottle openers, key-chains, alarm clocks, table lamps, I don't really care. But as soon as something connects to any network, I insist the design authority resides with a business owned and operated out of a liberal democracy.

This is not a national pride or race/culture war. I'd totally buy Japanese, Taiwanese or South Korean products. I'd never buy Russian, Chinese or North Korean products.

This is non-negotiable for me.

I understand I have little option but to buy some products that are assembled in China. That is bad enough. Design is a bright red line.
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Zarathustra[H]

What you wrote here. You are my new god.

I only wish the congress would have the balls to ban all Chinese-designed motherboards, GPU boards, etc. Bad enough that some of these companies sell crap on Amazon and hide their true identities behind "brand names" that look like passwords created by a password manager. No real company tries to obscure their brand.
 
1_rick said:
From the press release linked in the TS article, that's what it looks like. Each chip has 1536 cores, and the initial product will be a quad-chip add-in card. Note that as of two weeks ago, the press release simply said they'd completed tapeout. IIRC that just means "it's not ready for production" so I'd guess no silicon exists yet?
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Of course not. Sometimes companies put out press releases like that to scare away competitors and investors in those companies. Bet any amount of money (all my Bitcoin) that the product will be years late, buggy and not perform the way it's being promised.
 
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