GPU Architecture and Desktop Graphics
An integrated circuit high-tech company that designs GPU chips. Committed to innovating a new generation of GPUs for meta-computing applications, building a comprehensive computing platform integrating visual computing, 3D graphics computing, scientific computing and artificial intelligence computing, and establishing an ecosystem based on cloud-native GPU computing to help drive the development of the digital economy.
Focus on R&D and design of domestic full-featured GPU chips and related products, build a computing acceleration platform for data centers, edge computing, high-performance PCs and workstations, and provide powerful computing acceleration capabilities for Chinese technology ecological partners.
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Released the first-generation MUSA architecture GPU to empower the next-generation Internet with meta-computing
On March 30, 2022, Moore Threads founder and CEO Zhang Jianzhong interpreted the industry trend of "meta-computing", and released a new architecture and a series of blockbuster new products, including: MUSA (Moore Threads Unified System Architecture) unified system architecture; based on The first-generation multi-function GPU chip Sudi built with MUSA architecture; MTT S60, a desktop-level graphics card for PCs and workstations, and MTT S2000, a graphics rendering and computing card designed for data centers; GPU physics engine AlphaCore; DIGITALME digital human solution; And multiple meta-computing application solutions that help the development of the digital economy.
At the press conference, Moore Thread also demonstrated the rich applications of multi-function GPUs based on its MUSA architecture, covering multiple scenarios such as digital office, audio-visual entertainment, industrial and architectural design, geographic information systems, cloud desktops, cloud games, etc. The wide applicability of thread products and the strong driving force for the acceleration of the digital economy. Many guests from the government, universities, developers, ecological partners and industry customers, as well as the media, witnessed the important moment of Moore Thread.
"Metacomputing" empowers the next generation of Internet
Moore thread first proposed the concept of "meta-computing". Metacomputing is a general computing power platform that supports the next generation of Internet applications including the Metaverse. Based on graph computing and AI computing, it is the underlying computing power support for the digitization of the physical world and the physicalization of the digital world. It will open up more opportunities for the digital economy. Broad development space.
Zhang Jianzhong, founder and CEO of Moore Thread, said: "The era of meta-computing has begun, and the multi-function GPU is the computing power infrastructure of meta-computing and the origin of innovation. Moore Thread is committed to the innovation of a new generation of GPUs for meta-computing applications and building a fusion vision. It is a general computing platform for computing, 3D graphics computing, scientific computing and artificial intelligence computing, and establishes an ecosystem based on cloud-native GPU computing to help the development of the digital economy. The release of this series of new products is a major milestone in the company's development, as well as its R&D strength. , a concentrated expression of ecological cohesion and innovative execution.”
MUSA unified system architecture and the first generation chip "Sudi"
MUSA is a unified system architecture adopted by Moore's thread product family, including a unified programming model, software runtime, driver framework, instruction set architecture and chip architecture. Applications developed by developers based on MUSA will have extensive portability and can run on numerous computing platforms in the cloud and at the edge simultaneously, including various product lines for graphics, computing, multimedia and artificial intelligence.
At the same time, the first-generation Moore thread multi-function GPU chip based on the MUSA unified system architecture, Sudi, was officially unveiled. The chip has built-in four engines: modern graphics rendering engine, intelligent multimedia engine, AI computing acceleration engine, physical simulation and scientific computing. It aims to fully meet the requirements of digital economy cloud with advanced modern GPU architecture, extensive platform versatility and full-stack computing capabilities. Diverse computing power requirements on the side. With deep insight into the GPU market, proven successful experience in GPU design, rigorous and mature technical routes and strong execution, Moore Thread has become the first in the Chinese market to carry out multi-functional GPU R&D and design, and can realize GPU at an extremely fast speed. A company that delivers mass production.
Next-generation multi-platform GPU physics engine AlphaCore
AlphaCore is a next-generation multi-platform GPU physical simulation system independently designed and developed by Moore Thread. It can perform ultra-high-precision physical simulation processing on complex solids, flexible bodies, fluids and other effects in the physical world. The physical interaction with the soft musculature of digital characters is cinematic.
With its powerful material mechanics module, the AlphaCore physics engine can realize rich dynamic effects of material interaction, such as: elastic-plastic materials, anisotropic materials, down jackets, leather, silk, cotton, etc. The series of tools developed based on AlphaCore include: cloth and hair production tool - VeraFiber; gas fluid simulation tool - Catalyst; and bionic computing tool - Bionics. Compared with Houdini Vellum's soft hair cloth and PyroFX's pyrotechnic fluid, AlphaCore has a 5~10 times performance improvement.
At the same time, AlphaCore also provides a multi-platform compatible version to maximize compatibility with the existing ecosystems such as Vulkan, CUDA, DirectX and other Runtime API environments, as well as Houdini, Unreal, Unity and D5 game engines and design software, covering a wide range of film and television post-production, Practical application scenarios in the fields of animation, games, architectural performance, etc.
Desktop Graphics MTT S60 for PCs and Workstations
At the press conference, Moore Thread's new first-generation desktop graphics card MTT S60 based on MUSA's unified system architecture was launched and became the focus of the audience. As Moore Thread's first breakthrough multi-function smart graphics card, the MTT S60 graphics card is mainly for PCs and workstations. With its excellent mainstream graphics capabilities, extensive AI algorithm support, breakthrough video processing capabilities, and unique green energy efficiency technology, it can It provides strong computing power support for entertainment needs such as graphics rendering, digital office, audio-visual entertainment, intelligent manufacturing CAD/CAE, geographic information GIS, architectural design BIM, video editing, artificial intelligence applications, and mainstream games.
The MTT S60 graphics card is made based on the MUSA unified system architecture GPU Sudi core chip. It adopts a 12nm process and contains 2048 MUSA cores. The single-precision floating-point operation can reach up to 6TFLOPS, and the pixel filling rate is 192G Pixel/s. It is equipped with 8GB video memory and supports 4K/8K HD display. MTT S60 graphics card not only supports mainstream H.264 and H.265 encoding formats, but also provides hardware encoding support for AV1 video format ahead of similar products in the industry; in terms of hardware decoding, it supports AV1, H.264, H.265 and many other formats. hardware decoding. Not only that, the MTT S60 graphics card also supports many graphics API interfaces such as DirectX, Vulkan, OpenGL and OpenGL ES, which can meet the needs of various high graphics load applications for 2D and 3D graphics rendering.
The launch of the MTT S60 makes Moore Thread the first GPU company to support the Windows 10 operating system. The excellent graphics performance of the MTT S60 graphics card can meet the needs of e-sports users for e-sports games. Not only can it provide a smooth gaming experience for "League of Legends" e-sports players under the Windows 10 operating system, 1080P resolution, and the highest picture quality environment, but also can complete "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" and "Dota" under the domestic Linux operating system environment. 2" and many other popular games run smoothly.
At present, Moore Thread MTT S60 supports mainstream CPUs such as Intel, AMD, Loongson, Feiteng, Zhaoxin and other operating systems such as Windows, Kirin, Tongxin, Ubuntu, etc., and has begun to cooperate with many PC partners, including Lenovo, Inspur, Great Wall Super Yun et al. (in no particular order). At the same time, a number of partners demonstrated industry applications based on the MTT S60 graphics card, including: Kingsoft Office, Xiaoyu Yilian, Taiji Graphics, Zhongwang CAD, Glodon, D5, Sky Digital, SuperMap Software, Yizhirui, Zhongdi Digital, OSG Community and Gala Sports, etc.
Ecological collaboration has always been the key to promoting industry and experience upgrades. Therefore, Moore Thread initiated and worked with many industry partners to build China's "Perfect Experience System Alliance (PES Alliance)", aiming to focus on unifying standards, integrating resources, sharing technologies, etc. through collaboration in product planning, R&D, and final production stages , to create more value for ecological partners and create a perfect experience for end users.
MTT S2000 for Data Centers
Moore Thread's data center-level multi-function GPU product MTT S2000 based on the MUSA unified system architecture Sudi core chip is also eye-catching. Moore Thread MTT S2000 has built-in hardware modules such as rendering, audio and video codec, artificial intelligence acceleration and parallel computing, and can provide full-stack functions including graphics and image rendering, video cloud processing, AI and scientific computing. With unique rendering, virtualization and other capabilities and extensive ecological support, MTT S2000 can fully contribute to the development of the green digital economy in application scenarios such as cloud desktop, Android cloud gaming, video cloud, cloud rendering, and AI inference computing acceleration.
MTT S2000 adopts 12nm process, uses 4096 MUSA cores, has a maximum configuration of 32GB video memory, single-precision computing power can reach up to 12TFlops, supports H.264, H.265, AV1 multi-channel high-definition video codec, and a wide range of AI model algorithm acceleration , supports mainstream deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, Tensorflow, and PaddlePaddle. In order to improve the performance of MUSA architecture products in the actual production environment, Moore Thread also launched a unified programming model, runtime library, drivers and other software tools specially optimized for the hardware architecture for MTT S2000 series products, which can facilitate developers to complete application migration. and adaptation, fully utilize the hardware resources and computing power of MTT S2000. MTT S2000 supports OpenGL, OpenGL ES, DirectX, Vulkan and other graphics APIs; supports audio and video processing ecosystems through FFMPEG and VA-API/DXVA; and satisfies the program compatibility of AI and scientific computing through OpenCL and Vulkan.
At present, Moore Thread MTT S2000 has supported x86 and ARM architecture CPUs, and server partners include Inspur, H3C, Lenovo, Tsinghua Tongfang, Great Wall Chaoyun, Si Teng Heli and other OEMs (in no particular order). It was also announced at the scene that Moore Thread will jointly invest in research and development with partners in cloud games, audio and video codecs and heterogeneous distributed computing, such as Weiling Times, Shengwang and First-class Technology, to jointly build an ecosystem and create the most optimized industry solutions. plan. Moore Thread also launched a strategic cooperation with Inspur on Yuanbrain Ecology to jointly promote the development of industrial AI.
Metacomputing solutions power the digital economy
Based on the core computing power of Moore Thread's multi-functional GPU, facing complex practical application scenarios, Moore Thread is working with many partners to create meta-computing solutions in various industries, and contribute to the accelerated development of the digital economy with computing power support.
Digital energy, promote intelligent application - Moore Thread and State Grid E-commerce Technology jointly promote the application of "artificial intelligence in the power industry" and "industrial metaverse power scene". The two parties will jointly build a joint application research laboratory for intelligent computing chips to explore and promote the application of GPU chips in the power field, support the basic software and hardware requirements in the construction of new energy power systems, and realize the construction, application and promotion of a dual-carbon high-performance intelligent computing platform.
Digital agriculture, helping rural revitalization - Moore Thread and Escher Technology jointly build a digital demonstration planting base, build a digital twin model of the agricultural base, fully realize standardized and intelligent management, and escort the entire process of product processing. Through digital planting, variety traceability can be achieved, high quality and high price of varieties can be guaranteed, crop rotation ability can be scientifically guided, and the new development trend of rural digitization, standardization and scale will be promoted.
Digital city, promote the transformation of government and enterprises - GPU general computing, high-definition video processing and GPU modeling and 3D rendering capabilities for big data can quickly transfer data from the physical world to the digital twin world in time and space dimensions, promoting government and enterprise Digital transformation to promote economic development. Moore Thread is exploring cloud-native rendering and digital twins with Ray Cloud and 51 World.
Digital Life, Helping Scientific Exploration - Cryo-EM protein three-dimensional reconstruction includes intensive computing links such as million-level particle classification, reprojection, and model reconstruction. The Moore Thread GPU multi-core parallel architecture can accelerate the process of software protein reconstitution and facilitate research in medical pathology and structural biology.
DIGITALME digital human solution - Moore Thread has built a low-cost and lightweight solution to generate digital human in real time with a single picture and a small amount of audio through visual deep learning technology and TTS voice generation technology. Moore Thread Digital Human currently has functions such as expression learning, talent imitation, and explanation of the natural state of a given text.
With the relentless pursuit of innovation by Moore Thread, its products and solutions will continue to expand and upgrade, which will provide more powerful core power for more industries, and cooperate with a wider range of partners to achieve win-win results in the tide of the digital economy.
Moore Thread Releases the First Generation Desktop Graphics Card MTT S60 Based on MUSA Unified System Architecture
March 30, 2022, Beijing – Moore Thread officially released its first multi-function smart graphics card MTT S60 today. This is the first desktop-level graphics card created by Moore Threads based on its MUSA (Moore Threads Unified System Architecture) unified system architecture. With its excellent graphics capabilities, extensive AI algorithm support, breakthrough video processing capabilities and its unique green energy efficiency technology, the MTT S60 graphics card enables PCs and workstations equipped with the graphics card to provide graphics rendering, digital office, audio-visual entertainment, intelligent Provide strong computing power support for manufacturing CAD/CAE, geographic information GIS, architectural design BIM, video editing, artificial intelligence application development, and mainstream games.
Advanced hardware specifications enable diverse applications
MUSA is a unified system architecture adopted by Moore's thread product family, including a unified programming model, software runtime, driver framework, instruction set architecture and chip architecture. Applications developed based on MUSA will have extensive portability and can run simultaneously on numerous computing platforms in the cloud and at the edge, including various product lines for graphics, computing, multimedia and artificial intelligence.
The MTT S60 graphics card is made based on the MUSA unified system architecture GPU Sudi core chip. It adopts a 12nm process, contains 2048 MUSA cores, has a single-precision computing power of up to 6TFlops, is equipped with 8GB video memory, and is based on software tools such as MUSA software runtime library and drivers. , MTT S60 graphics card can show multiple advantages in different application scenarios:
Extensive ecological platform support: MTT S60 graphics card supports various CPU platforms including Intel, AMD, Feiteng, Loongson, Zhaoxin, Haiguang, and supports Windows 10, Kirin, Tongxin and various Linux operating systems. With its leading modern GPU architecture, platform versatility and support for emerging CPUs and operating systems, the MTT S60 graphics card will greatly promote China's digital infrastructure.
Rich graphics API interface: MTT S60 graphics card supports many graphics API interfaces such as DirectX, Vulkan, OpenGL and OpenGL ES, which can meet the graphics performance requirements of GIS, BIM, design, mainstream games, native Android, 3D rendering and other applications.
General AI function support: Based on the general computing power of the full-stack GPU, the MTT S60 graphics card can accelerate the inference calculation of a wide range of AI models such as DBNet, CRNN, Yolo, Restnet50/101, and support a variety of complex artificial intelligence such as OCR, image processing, and video enhancement. Smart scene. As a result, powerful AI capabilities can be released and the popularization of PC-level AI applications can be accelerated.
Leading hardware video encoding and decoding capabilities: MTT S60 graphics card not only supports mainstream H.264 and H.265 encoding formats, but also leads similar products in the industry, providing hardware encoding support for AV1 video format, which can help enterprises and institutions reduce video processing. Cost; in terms of hardware decoding, the MTT S60 graphics card supports hardware decoding of many formats such as AV1, H.264, and H.265. With powerful video encoding and decoding capabilities, computers equipped with Moore Thread MTT S60 graphics cards can reduce CPU load in applications such as audio-visual entertainment, video surveillance, and video editing, and improve overall computer performance and performance.
High-standard display output up to 8K: The MTT S60 graphics card provides 3 DisplayPort 1.4 specification interfaces, supports 8K/4K screen display, and can meet the needs of large-screen high-resolution entertainment and work.
8GB large-capacity video memory: The MTT S60 graphics card is equipped with 8GB low-power LPDDR4x video memory; due to supporting a variety of texture compression algorithms, the utilization of video memory bandwidth is also significantly improved, making the MTT S60 graphics card suitable for complex model design, high-definition video processing and large AI. In high-load applications such as models, it provides higher memory bandwidth utilization and maximizes performance.
PES Control Center: MTT S60 graphics card provides users with a one-stop graphical management control center. With this tool, users can not only monitor the running status of the GPU and make relevant 2D/3D image output settings, but also provide functions such as graphics card driver update without manual intervention, so that the graphics card can be continuously optimized and compatible in different application environments. Sexual improvement.
Strong performance has won wide industry recognition
The MTT S60 graphics card fully supports various CPU architectures such as X86, ARM, LoongArch, and many operating systems such as Windows, Tongxin, and Kirin. In many high-load graphics applications, the MTT S60 performs well with its powerful graphics capabilities.
In the application of geographic information system, the advanced hardware features of Moore Thread MTT S60 graphics card can shorten the loading time of big data of GIS application, and provide smooth high-precision real-time image rendering, which greatly improves the work efficiency and experience of GIS application. In 2D/3D CAD and architectural design BIM applications, the MTT S60 graphics card can provide designers with a smooth design experience in 2D and 3D environments, helping enterprises to efficiently complete various design tasks. In video conferencing and online learning, the integrated solution of accelerated video encoding and decoding and optimized rendering and encoding enhances the user's real-time interactive experience.
At the same time, the graphics performance of the MTT S60 graphics card can also meet the needs of e-sports games. The graphics card can not only provide a smooth gaming experience for "League of Legends" e-sports players under the Windows 10 operating system, 1080P resolution, and the highest picture quality environment, but also complete "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" and "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" under the domestic Linux operating system environment. Smooth running of many popular games such as Dota 2.
At present, Moore Thread MTT S60 graphics card has been widely recognized and praised by early users.
Dr. Shi Yunfei, head of Glodon’s graphics engine, said: “Glodon is a leading enterprise in the digital transformation of the domestic construction industry, and can provide a complete set of 2D and 3D BIM-aided design software solutions for the construction industry. The smooth operation of these software requires workstations to provide Powerful graphics capabilities. The MTT S60 series products launched by Moore Thread have rich graphical interfaces and leading performance; with the cooperation of the engineering teams of both parties, Moore Thread series graphics card products not only realize the completeness of Glodon's various BIM solutions Adaptation also provides a stable and smooth operation experience, which can help architecture and design companies to cope with digital challenges calmly.”
Zhou Gang, general manager of the Ecology Division of Zhongwang Software, said: "The transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry is the cornerstone of the sustainable and high-quality development of China's economy. Zhongwang Software has been focusing on the research and development of independent CAx core technology for more than 20 years, relying on high-quality CAD products. And timely and meticulous customer service, not only has accumulated a large number of users and a good reputation in the industry, but also supports many enterprises to move towards intelligent manufacturing, flexible manufacturing, and high-precision manufacturing. In addition to software support, the majority of manufacturing users also need Relying on workstations with powerful performance and excellent reliability to realize digital workflow. After in-depth verification and optimization of the two teams, Moore Thread MTT S60 series graphics cards can provide the performance required for the fast running of ZW series CAD software, and can be used in long-lasting high-speed operation. It remains stable in load applications and provides strong underlying hardware support for the digital transformation of manufacturing enterprises."
Zhu Jiang, general manager of Cangqiong Digital Software Division, said: "As an important carrier of spatial information, geographic information system is not only the basis for the development of informatization in the fields of natural resources, agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, transportation and water conservancy, and ecological environment, but also the foundation of smart city construction. However, with the user's desire for new technologies, higher requirements for product performance, and high demand for real-world 3D China and digital twin city construction, the loading and display of large-scale high-precision 3D simulation scenes has become a pain point that plagues the development of GIS. Today, The emergence of the Moore Thread MTTS60 series of local graphics cards has brought rich graphics interfaces, powerful 3D rendering performance and outstanding AI computing capabilities. Taking the adaptation effect of the domestic sky geographic information platform as an example, the graphics card can be used in a domestic environment. Significantly reduces information loading and rendering time, brings significant acceleration to related applications, and provides strong support for innovation and industrial upgrading in China's GIS industry."
Huang Xiang, CTO of Wangchen Technology, said: The ever-changing arena situation and the strong duel between skills and power are the source of the charm of football games, and also the root of football games' popularity. Now, with the powerful AI performance of Moore Thread MTT S60 series graphics cards, Gala Sports can finally integrate the player and team numerical system with competitive fun in "Best Club", allowing AI real-time calculation to present players with more realistic strength showdown. At the same time, MTT S60 can also provide complete support for advanced graphics technologies such as global illumination and volumetric light, so that players can not only see the real game results, but also feel the atmosphere of the game as if they were on the scene.
With leading hardware architecture, advanced features and powerful performance, PC and workstation products based on Moore Thread MUSA unified system architecture MTT S60 graphics card can meet the work and entertainment needs of mainstream users, provide users with high-definition, smooth 2D and 3D application experience, can Provide a wide range of value to users in different fields. The Moore Thread MTT S60 graphics card has also become a brand new choice worthy of attention in today's desktop graphics card market.
About Moore Thread
Moore Thread Intelligence Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. is an integrated circuit high-tech company that focuses on GPU chip design. It focuses on the research and development of full-featured GPU chips and related products, which can provide powerful computing acceleration capabilities for Chinese scientific and technological ecological partners. .
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