This article is compiled by artificial intelligence observation
Translator: Sandy
The development of the chip industry has increasingly become a topic of widespread concern.
Recently, market research consultancy Compass Intelligence released the 2018 ranking of global AI chip companies. This list conducted a survey of more than 100 companies around the world, and the results show that: two A-List lists (respectively, the list containing only AI chip suppliers, the AI chip suppliers and the software and hardware companies providing AI chipsets). In the list), NVIDIA leads with high scores, ranking first. It is a pity that the top ten of the two lists do not have the presence of Chinese companies.
( AI chip supplier )
The TOP 24 is listed on the list of only AI chip suppliers, and a total of seven Chinese companies are shortlisted. Among them, Huawei ranked 12th among Chinese enterprises, MediaTek and Imajination ranked 14th and 15th respectively; Cambrian, which had previously been brilliant in the AI field, ranked 23rd on the list; the other 3 The Chinese companies on the list are: Rockchip, VeriSilicon and Horizon.
In the list of AI chip suppliers and software and hardware companies that provide AI chipsets, the TOP 15 are listed, and only Chinese companies Huawei and MediaTek are on the list.
( AI chip suppliers and companies that provide AI chipset software and hardware )
In addition, research results show that in the past three years, major companies have invested more than US$60 billion in AI research and development through the acquisition of AI and AI startups. At present, there are about 1,700 AI startups, and the industry's demand for AI chipsets is gradually expanding.
From this list, we can see that there is still a big gap between Chinese chip companies and foreign leading companies. As the world's largest integrated circuit market, China still relies heavily on imports, especially high-end chips.
In fact, with the development of artificial intelligence, the technological potential behind it and the foreseeable technological revolution in the future have made more and more technology companies flock to it, and almost the vast majority of technology companies are tilting towards artificial intelligence. However, powerful AI systems often depend on matching AI hardware, so the development of AI chips also affects the development of artificial intelligence to a certain extent.
As the popularity of AI continues to increase, we will wait and see the investment and returns of the giants in the chip field.