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Sophon - Bitmain
Sophon is a family of low-power neural processors designed by Bitmain.
Overview
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
High-performance
List of Sophon Neural Processors | |||||
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Model | Launched | Process | TDP | Peak Perf (SP) | |
BM1680 | 8 November 2017 | 28 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 | |
BM1682 | March 2018 | 28 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 | ||
BM1684 | September 2018 | 12 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 | ||
BM1686 | June 2019 | 12 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
In late 2018, Bitmain introduced a new series targetting edge computing. Those chips have much lower power consumption.
List of Sophon Neural Processors | |||||
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Model | Launched | Process | TDP | Peak Perf (INT8) | |
BM1880 | 17 October 2018 | 2 TOPS 2,000,000,000,000 OPS 2,000,000,000 KOPS 2,000,000 MOPS 2,000 GOPS 0.002 POPS | |||
Count: 0 |
See also
Facts about "Sophon - Bitmain"
designer | Bitmain + |
first announced | October 25, 2017 + |
first launched | October 25, 2017 + |
full page name | bitmain/sophon + |
instance of | integrated circuit family + |
main designer | Bitmain + |
manufacturer | TSMC + |
name | Sophon + |
process | 28 nm (0.028 μm, 2.8e-5 mm) + and 12 nm (0.012 μm, 1.2e-5 mm) + |
technology | CMOS + |