Tsinghua University recently released the world's first integrated storage and computing chip, and this breakthrough achievement marks an important step in the field of artificial intelligence. This chip not only supports efficient on-chip learning, but also can quickly complete model training for different tasks on-chip, bringing revolutionary performance improvements to edge computing devices.
In terms of energy efficiency, this all-in-one storage chip shows significant advantages. Its energy consumption is only 1/35 of that of ASIC chips under advanced processes, and it is expected to achieve energy efficiency improvement of up to 75 times. This breakthrough not only greatly reduces the power consumption of AI computing devices, but also provides a more reliable hardware foundation for user privacy protection.
The researchers verified the ability of on-chip learning through a series of innovative experiments. Among them, the car experiment that tracks light spots demonstrates the chip's rapid response ability in dynamic environments, while the image recognition test proves its efficiency in visual processing tasks. These experimental results have laid a solid foundation for the practical application of chips.
This technological breakthrough is expected to overcome the computing power bottleneck formed by the traditional von Neumann architecture. By integrating storage and computing functions into a single chip, the time and energy consumption of data transfer between the processor and memory is greatly reduced, providing a more efficient solution for AI computing.
The successful development of this chip will have a profound impact on the field of AI. It not only can promote the development of edge computing devices, making them better adapt to user habits and new scenarios, but also provides a new technological path for privacy protection. This innovative achievement is expected to be widely used in smart terminals, Internet of Things devices and other fields.
The research team of Tsinghua University said that this achievement is the crystallization of years of technological accumulation and innovation. In the future, they will continue to optimize chip performance, explore more application scenarios, and contribute more Chinese wisdom to the development of artificial intelligence technology. This breakthrough achievement also demonstrates my country's R&D strength in the field of AI chips and provides a new technological direction for the global development of artificial intelligence.