Ali has the most patents.

Why can the Kirin chip that Huawei grinds a sword for ten years be made in Ali's hand in one year? In fact, chips and chips are still very different. Huawei Kirin adopts arm architecture and belongs to a highly integrated SOC, which is composed of CPU, GPU, NPU and other parts, and even integrates baseband chips. It is a highly complex chip set, and it also involves many patented technologies. Pingtou Ge Xuantie 9 10 belongs to NPU chip, which mainly deals with AI calculation, and its design and manufacturing complexity is lower.

On the other hand, Tie Xuan 9 10 did not start from scratch. Alibaba Dharma Institute has been established for several years and has been developing chips. Alibaba acquired Zhongtianwei, then acquired Dharma Institute, and finally achieved flat head. In recent years, Ali has also invested heavily in chip technology research and development, attracting high-end talents from all walks of life, so it is not surprising to develop an AI chip in a short time.

Although the function of Tie Xuan 9 10 is not as comprehensive as that of Huawei Kirin 980, we can't underestimate this chip. It supports 16 cores at most, and the single-core performance reaches 7. 1 C/MHz, which is more than 40% higher than that of similar processors. The main frequency reaches 2.5GHz, and it also has a three-launch instruction architecture. Although it is an application-level chip mainly aimed at AI computing on the surface, it has great potential.

Finally, there is a very important point. No matter how powerful Huawei Kirin chips are, they are mainly self-sufficient and will not be sold to third parties in a short time. The positioning of Tie Xuan 9 10 is open. If Ali revitalizes the entire ecological chain, it has great potential.