X- Silicon Announces a NEW Low-Power Open-Standard Vulkan-Enabled C-GPU - a RISC-V Vector CPU Infused With GPU ISA and AI/ML Acceleration in a Single Processor Core
X- Silicon Announces a NEW Low-Power Open-Standard Vulkan-Enabled C-GPU - a RISC-V Vector CPU Infused With GPU ISA and AI/ML Acceleration in a Single Processor Core
The Open-Standard C-GPU solutions, offered as IP blocks and software, enable leading processor companies to develop low-power SoCs for Next Generation 3D Graphics, Compute, and AI/ML enabled wearables, AR/VR headsets, auto displays, edge and cloud processing, industrial systems, robotics, and other connected embedded/IoT devices.
开放标准 C-GPU 解决方案以 IP 模块和软件的形式提供，使领先的处理器公司能够为下一代 3D 图形、计算和 AI/ML 支持的可穿戴设备、AR/VR 头戴式耳机、自动显示器、边缘和云处理、工业系统、机器人和其他联网嵌入式/物联网设备开发低功耗 SoC。
SAN DIEGO, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- X-Silicon Inc (XSI), a San Diego-based startup, announced today their new NanoTile open-standard low-power "C-GPU" architecture that infuses GPU acceleration into a RISC-V Vector CPU Core with tightly coupled memory for a monolithic processor solution. It will be the first to open-source its unified RISC-V Vector CPU-with-GPU Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) and provide register-level access to its hardware via a Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL). This strategy allows OEMs and Content Providers to leverage a RISC-V Vector Standard ISA with GPU extensions to customize their drivers and applications to a greater level than is currently possible. X-Silicon is also the first to offer Vulkan on RISC-V with fused GPU acceleration, making it a natural choice for development on Android devices.
圣地亚哥，2024年5月1日 /PRNewswire/ — 总部位于圣地亚哥的初创公司X-Silicon Inc（XSI）今天宣布了其新的NanoTile开放标准低功耗 “C-GPU” 架构，该架构将GPU加速注入RISC-V Vector CPU内核，为单片处理器解决方案提供紧密耦合的内存。它将是第一个开源其统一的RISC-V Vector CPU与GPU指令集架构（ISA）的公司，并通过硬件抽象层（HAL）为其硬件提供寄存器级访问权限。该策略允许原始设备制造商和内容提供商利用带有 GPU 扩展的 RISC-V 矢量标准 ISA 来定制其驱动程序和应用程序，使其达到比目前更高的水平。X-Silicon也是首款在RISC-V上提供具有融合GPU加速功能的Vulkan的公司，这使其成为在安卓设备上进行开发的自然选择。
GPUs today were designed originally to run games and are predominantly triangle-processors. As new workloads for parallel computing are defined, these legacy architectures are being taxed and patched to perform tasks that were never intended for them. As a consequence, memory latencies and compute inefficiencies for dynamically changing content are not well handled by these devices. X-Silicon's solution is designed from the ground up to optimally render and manage this new type of dynamic content using a single C-GPU processor with multiple NanoTiles. As such this new architecture is ideally suited to implementing more efficient graphics, AI and compute algorithms without being bound by the limitations of today's GPUs.
今天的 GPU 最初是为运行游戏而设计的，主要是三角处理器。随着并行计算的新工作负载的定义，这些传统架构正在被征收和修补以执行本来不打算执行的任务。因此，这些设备无法很好地处理动态更改内容的内存延迟和计算效率低下。X-Silicon 的解决方案是从头开始设计的，旨在使用带有多个 NanoTiles 的单个 C-GPU 处理器以最佳方式渲染和管理这种新型的动态内容。因此，这种新架构非常适合在不受当今 GPU 限制的情况下实现更高效的图形、人工智能和计算算法。
The NanoTile architecture is supported by 14 patents. The patent portfolio is focused on bringing a new generation of AI/ML Compute and GPU rendering using a single processor. The key claims deal with ways in which data is shuttled among the processing cores and memory, reducing latencies, and improving compute efficiency. The patented IP also enables the NanoTile architecture to be deployed within edge and cloud configurations, enabling a federated model for GPU compute.
NanoTile 架构受到 14 项专利的支持。该专利组合侧重于使用单处理器带来新一代的人工智能/机器学习计算和 GPU 渲染。关键主张涉及数据在处理内核和内存之间穿梭、减少延迟和提高计算效率的方式。该专利 IP 还允许在边缘和云配置中部署 nanoTile 架构，从而为 GPU 计算提供联合模型。
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"We want to enable enhanced visual experiences directly on industrial and consumer devices where users have become accustomed to using their mobile phone displays for UI, while enhancing the intelligence on these edge devices. We also want to enable low power visual computing in the cloud that supports novel methods, leapfrogging the capabilities that are available with closed systems. Our Open-Standard, Patented C-GPU Nano Tile architecture is ideally suited for processor companies targeting SoC solutions for low-power markets," said Dan Nilsson, CEO of X-Silicon. "By providing register level access through a Hardware Abstraction Layer, we not only enable novel and more efficient methods for rendering but also ensure compatibility across multiple hardware generations – a feature highly desired by consumer, industrial IoT and automotive OEMs with longer product life cycles."
“我们希望直接在工业和消费类设备上实现增强的视觉体验，在这些设备上，用户已经习惯使用手机显示屏进行用户界面，同时增强这些边缘设备的智能。我们还希望在云中实现支持新方法的低功耗视觉计算，超越封闭系统的可用功能。我们的开放标准、获得专利的 C-GPU Nano Tile 架构非常适合以低功耗市场 SoC 解决方案为目标的处理器公司，” 说 丹尼尔森，X-Silicon 首席执行官。“通过硬件抽象层提供寄存器级访问权限，我们不仅实现了新颖和更高效的渲染方法，而且还确保了多代硬件的兼容性——这是消费者、工业物联网和汽车原始设备制造商非常需要的功能，产品生命周期更长。”
"For over twenty years, the industry has been seeking an open-standard GPU flexible and scalable enough to support a variety of markets such as AR/VR, automotive, connected IoT and the vast embedded verticals including robotics," said Jon Peddie, the respected graphics market analyst and GPU enthusiast since the 1980's. "I am intrigued by X-Silicon's dynamic and highly scalable C-GPU Nano Tile architecture and its capability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously or sequentially, including OS, applications, graphics, compute and AI/ML processing. They are unique in this regard."
他说：“二十多年来，该行业一直在寻求一种灵活且可扩展的开放标准GPU，以支持各种市场，例如增强现实/虚拟现实、汽车、互联物联网和包括机器人在内的庞大的嵌入式垂直领域。” 乔恩·佩迪，自20世纪80年代以来一直是备受尊敬的显卡市场分析师和GPU爱好者。“我对X-Silicon动态且高度可扩展的C-GPU Nano Tile架构及其同时或按顺序处理多项任务（包括操作系统、应用程序、图形、计算和人工智能/机器学习处理）的能力很感兴趣。它们在这方面是独一无二的。”
"X-Silicon's new C-GPU architecture is an exciting new contribution to the expanding world of edge computing by leveraging the massively parallel nature of RISC-V with AI/ML and graphics elements" said Pete Bernard of EDGECELSIOR.
他说：“X-Silicon的新C-GPU架构利用了RISC-V的大规模并行性质以及人工智能/机器学习和图形元素，为不断扩大的边缘计算世界做出了令人兴奋的新贡献。” 皮特·伯纳德 的 EDGECELSIOR。
The RISC-V ecosystem is reacting positively to the launch of a new Computer-Graphics company that is fully committed to furthering the Open Standard ecosystem.
RISC-V生态系统对一家新的计算机图形公司的推出做出了积极的反应，该公司完全致力于推动开放标准生态系统的发展。
"We are pleased to work with X-Silicon as they bring their Vulkan-enabled graphics rendering solution for the RISC- V ecosystem and add exciting 3D graphics to the edge platforms that cannot access other proprietary GPUs available in the market," said John Runco, Senior Vice President of Product at SiFive. "X-Silicon's solution enables these platforms to offer enhanced UI capabilities with a single high-performance RISC-V processor. We look forward to working together to bring new graphics capabilities to consumer & embedded customers with X-Silicon's RISC-V-based Open-Standard Vulkan-Enabled implementation."
他说：“我们很高兴与X-Silicon合作，他们为RISC-V生态系统带来了支持Vulkan的图形渲染解决方案，并为无法访问市场上其他专有GPU的边缘平台添加了令人兴奋的3D图形。” 约翰·伦科，产品高级副总裁 SiFive。 “X-Silicon 的解决方案使这些平台能够通过单个高性能 RISC-V 处理器提供增强的用户界面功能。我们期待共同努力，通过X-Silicon基于RISC-V的开放标准Vulkan实现方案，为消费类和嵌入式客户带来新的显卡功能。”
"Ventana Micro Systems is excited to partner with X-Silicon as a key graphics and compute solution provider within the RISC-V ecosystem. X-Silicon's innovative software-accelerated graphics and compute solution aligns seamlessly with RISC-V's vector capabilities, showcasing a powerful combination that enhances the performance and efficiency of edge computing solutions," said Balaji Baktha, Founder & CEO of Ventana Micro Systems. "By combining X-Silicon's Open-Standard Vulkan-enabled GPU architecture with our high-performance RISC-V CPUs, we seek to enable new and versatile applications for edge computing and data centers."
“Ventana 微系统 很高兴与 X-Silicon 合作，成为 RISC-V 生态系统中重要的显卡和计算解决方案提供商。X-Silicon 创新的软件加速显卡和计算解决方案与 RISC-V 的矢量功能无缝一致，展示了增强边缘计算解决方案性能和效率的强大组合，” 说 Balaji Baktha，创始人兼首席执行官 Ventana 微系统。“通过将X-Silicon的开放标准支持Vulkan的GPU架构与我们的高性能RISC-V CPU相结合，我们力求为边缘计算和数据中心启用新的多功能应用程序。”
The company plans to make its software development kits available to a select set of early development partners later this year.
该公司计划在今年晚些时候向部分早期开发合作伙伴提供其软件开发套件。
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Founded in March 2022 by compute, graphics and programmable processor industry experts, X-Silicon offers the industry's only open-standard combined Compute-Graphics (C-GPU) cores and other IP cores for silicon manufacturers. Our new open-standard patented C-GPU architecture combines a RISC-V Vector CPU core with Vulkan enabled GPU and AI/ML extensions to bring highly efficient graphics, compute, and AI/ML functionalities into a single processor. X-Silicon's dynamic compute-graphics engine, architected to be highly scalable and power efficient, brings power, performance, size, and cost advantages for the next generation of wearables, AR/VR headsets, auto displays, edge and cloud processing, industrial systems, robotics, and other connected embedded/IoT devices. For more information, visit x-silicon.com
X-Silicon 由计算、图形和可编程处理器行业专家于 2022 年 3 月创立，为芯片制造商提供业界唯一的开放标准组合计算图形 (C-GPU) 内核和其他 IP 内核。我们新的开放标准专利 C-GPU 架构将 RISC-V Vector CPU 内核与支持 Vulkan 的 GPU 和 AI/ML 扩展相结合，将高效的图形、计算和 AI/ML 功能集成到单个处理器中。X-Silicon 的动态计算图形引擎旨在实现高度可扩展和高能效，为下一代可穿戴设备、AR/VR 头戴式耳机、汽车显示器、边缘和云处理、工业系统、机器人和其他互联嵌入式/物联网设备带来功率、性能、尺寸和成本优势。欲了解更多信息，请访问 x-silicon.com
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