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Menene makomar FPGAs bayan sayan ta AMD?

Ofaya daga cikin sanarwar mafi girma a cikin duniyar semiconductor yayin bala'in 2020 shine siyan Xilinx ta AMD, wanda ya biyo bayan siyan Altera na Intel, da kuma siyan wani kamfani na FPGA ta wani kamfanin CPU a kasuwa (yanayin kasuwar FPGA ya fi yawa. daidai da kasuwar CPU, tare da kamfanonin biyu sun rabu sama da kashi 90% na kasuwar kasuwa).

Me yasa CPUs ke fifita FPGAs sosai?

Wannan yana da alaƙa sosai da juyin halittar gine-ginen kwamfuta.Lokacin da babban aiki da ingantaccen ƙididdigewa ya zama mafi mahimmanci, ƙirar ƙirar ƙirar CPU + FPGA guda biyu dandamali na ƙirar ƙira na iya haɗawa da fa'idodin lissafin serial da lissafin layi ɗaya, wannan ɓangaren na iya komawa zuwa nazarin binciken. marubucin lokacin da aka kammala bangarorin biyu na yarjejeniyar.

A matsayinsa na shugaba na hudu na kamfanin Xilinx, Victor Peng, wanda ya shafe fiye da shekaru uku yana kan karagar mulki, ya fuskanci kafofin watsa labaru na kasar Sin karon farko bayan yarjejeniyar, baya ga takaita nasarorin da ya samu a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata, ya kuma mai da hankali kan ayyukansa. hangen nesa ga haɗin gwiwar kamfanin: "Haɗin kai tare da AMD zai samar mana da babban dandamali don taimaka mana ƙarfafa ƙarin hazaka da sabbin abubuwan farawa.Haɗin kai tare da AMD zai samar mana da babban dandamali wanda zai taimaka mana ƙarfafa ƙarin hazaka da sabbin abubuwan farawa”.

A matsayin kamfanin FPGA na farko a duniya kuma kamfanin Fableless na farko, Xilinx ya jagoranci juyin juya hali da yawa a fagen semiconductor da kwamfuta.Idan an gama haɗin kai na yau da kullun zuwa ƙarshen 2021, kamar yadda aka tsara a baya a cikin ma'amala, to za a saita tarihin Xilinx a shekaru 37.Idan aka waiwayi tarihin shugabannin Xilinx guda hudu a cikin shekaru 37 da suka gabata, yana da sauƙi a ga cewa mutanen da ke kan gaba a kowane mataki sun haɗa halayensu daidai da ci gaban kamfanin.

- Jim Barnett, Babban Shugaba na farko kuma wanda ya kafa kamfanin, tare da Ross Freeman, wanda ya kirkiro FPGAs, sun sami nasarar ciyar da tsaba na Celeris tare da ainihin samfurin su na Fabless;

- Wim Roelandts, Shugaba na biyu, ya kawo ɗimbin ƙwarewar masana'antu wanda ya ba FPGAs damar yin sauri a cikin kasuwanni daban-daban kamar mabukaci, motoci, masana'antu, da tsaro, kuma ya faɗaɗa ayyukan kamfanin sau biyar cikin kusan shekaru goma;

- Shugaban da ya gabata, Moshe Gavrielov, wani tsohon soja a fannin EDA, ya shafe wa'adinsa yana tura kasar software na kayan aikin FPGA da kuma kasar software na gine-ginen FPGA, kuma ana iya cewa a wannan muhimmin lokaci ne a cikin rungumar zamanin software da Celeris. sannu a hankali ya iya barin tsohuwar abokin hamayyarsa Altera ta fuskar rabon kasuwa.

- Ba kamar shugabannin biyu na baya ba, Victor Peng ya koma Celeris daga wani matsayi a wani kamfani, amma kafin ya zama Shugaba, yana da shekaru 10 na gogewa a mukamai da yawa a Celeris, ya fara a matsayin Babban Mataimakin Shugaban Fasaha sannan kuma a matsayin COO na kamfanin. kafin ya karbi mukamin CEO.Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa, da isowarsa, ya canza dabarun Xilinx daga babban tushe zuwa mai da hankali - "dabarun cibiyar farko-bayanai, haɓaka haɓakawa a cikin manyan kasuwanni da haɓaka dabarun sarrafa kwamfuta mai dacewa" don mai da hankali kan samfuran Xilinx da albarkatun fasaha zuwa Ta hanyar haɓaka fa'idodin gine-gine na FPGAs a cikin layi ɗaya da ingantattun ƙididdiga, za mu iya ci gaba da haɓaka kasuwannin cibiyoyi biyu masu saurin girma na cibiyoyin bayanai da AI kuma mu kama rabon masu shiga kasuwa na farko.

- Musamman ma, a matsayin tsohon shugaban ƙungiyar R&D hardware, Xilinx ya sami damar komawa zuwa zamanin nuna fa'idodi masu ƙarfi bayan FPGAs mai cikakken software, tare da ƙaddamar da samfurin Versel ACAP wanda Victor ke jagoranta, wanda ke mutunta buƙata. don aiwatar da babban aiki na gaba kuma musamman ingantattun aikace-aikacen kwamfuta na AI, tare da cikakken kiyaye sassaucin software na ci gaban FPGA.AI kwamfuta aikace-aikace.Kuna iya kiransa ɗan "marasa al'ada" ko "tawaye" a matsayin FPGA, amma ba za ku iya musun cewa shine mafi dacewa "juyin halitta" na na'urar da za a iya ƙididdigewa da sauƙin amfani don aikace-aikacen AI mai girma na gaba. .“.