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'''Sophon''' is a family of low-power [[neural processors]] designed by [[Bitmain]].
 
'''Sophon''' is a family of low-power [[neural processors]] designed by [[Bitmain]].
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== Overview ==
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[[File:sophon roadmap (2018).jpg|thumb|right|2018 Roadmap]]
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Announced in late 2017 at the AIWORLD 2017 Artificial Intelligence Conference in Beijing, Sophon is a family of low-power [[neural processors]]. [[Bitmain]] started exploring the field of artificial intelligence and neural processors as early as [[2015]]. By April 2017, their first product, the BM1680, has taped-out. Their chips are designed for both inference and training of neural networks, suitable for working with the common ANNs such as CNN, RNN, and DNN.
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=== High-performance ===
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In late 2018, Bitmain introduced a new series targetting edge computing. Those chips have much lower power consumption.
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== See also ==
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* Intel Movidius {{movidius|Myriad}}
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* Cambricon {{cambricon|MLU}}

Latest revision as of 11:02, 25 December 2018

Sophon
sophon logo.png
Sophon Logo
Developer Bitmain
Manufacturer TSMC
Type Neural Processors
Introduction October 25, 2017 (announced)
October 25, 2017 (launch)
Process 28 nm
0.028 μm
2.8e-5 mm
, 12 nm
0.012 μm
1.2e-5 mm
Technology CMOS

Sophon is a family of low-power neural processors designed by Bitmain.

Overview[edit]

2018 Roadmap

Announced in late 2017 at the AIWORLD 2017 Artificial Intelligence Conference in Beijing, Sophon is a family of low-power neural processors. Bitmain started exploring the field of artificial intelligence and neural processors as early as 2015. By April 2017, their first product, the BM1680, has taped-out. Their chips are designed for both inference and training of neural networks, suitable for working with the common ANNs such as CNN, RNN, and DNN.

Models[edit]

High-performance[edit]

 List of Sophon Neural Processors
ModelLaunchedProcessTDPPeak Perf (SP)
BM16808 November 201728 nm
0.028 μm
2.8e-5 mm
41 W
41,000 mW
0.055 hp
0.041 kW
2 TFLOPS
2,000,000,000,000 FLOPS
2,000,000,000 KFLOPS
2,000,000 MFLOPS
2,000 GFLOPS
0.002 PFLOPS
BM1682March 201828 nm
0.028 μm
2.8e-5 mm
3 TFLOPS
3,000,000,000,000 FLOPS
3,000,000,000 KFLOPS
3,000,000 MFLOPS
3,000 GFLOPS
0.003 PFLOPS
BM1684September 201812 nm
0.012 μm
1.2e-5 mm
6 TFLOPS
6,000,000,000,000 FLOPS
6,000,000,000 KFLOPS
6,000,000 MFLOPS
6,000 GFLOPS
0.006 PFLOPS
BM1686June 201912 nm
0.012 μm
1.2e-5 mm
9 TFLOPS
9,000,000,000,000 FLOPS
9,000,000,000 KFLOPS
9,000,000 MFLOPS
9,000 GFLOPS
0.009 PFLOPS
Count: 4

Edge[edit]

In late 2018, Bitmain introduced a new series targetting edge computing. Those chips have much lower power consumption.

 List of Sophon Neural Processors
ModelLaunchedProcessTDP (Typical)Peak Perf (INT8)
BM188017 October 20182.5 W
2,500 mW
0.00335 hp
0.0025 kW
2 TOPS
2,000,000,000,000 OPS
2,000,000,000 KOPS
2,000,000 MOPS
2,000 GOPS
0.002 POPS
Count: 1

See also[edit]

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