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Sophon
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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

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

High-performance

 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

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

 List of Sophon Neural Processors
ModelLaunchedProcessTDPPeak Perf (INT8)
BM188017 October 20182 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

Facts about "Sophon - Bitmain"
designerBitmain +
first announcedOctober 25, 2017 +
first launchedOctober 25, 2017 +
full page namebitmain/sophon +
instance ofintegrated circuit family +
main designerBitmain +
manufacturerTSMC +
nameSophon +
process28 nm (0.028 μm, 2.8e-5 mm) + and 12 nm (0.012 μm, 1.2e-5 mm) +
technologyCMOS +