Moore Threads Technology is set to launch its latest graphics processing unit (GPU) architecture next week, fresh from the Chinese artificial intelligence chip designer’s stellar trading debut last Friday in Shanghai.
Founder, chairman and CEO Zhang Jianzhong will unveil the Beijing-based firm’s fifth-generation GPU architecture during its inaugural MUSA Developer Conference on December 19 and 20 in the nation’s capital, according to the company’s latest post on WeChat.
MUSA refers to the firm’s proprietary platform, Meta-computing Unified System Architecture – a Chinese-developed alternative to Nvidia’s widely used CUDA platform, for Compute Unified Device Architecture, released in 2007. These platforms provide the software layer that lets developers harness the power of GPUs for applications.
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In his conference keynote, Zhang will also present Moore Threads’ MUSA road map, with a focus on full-stack development capabilities for enterprise users, according to the company’s post.
The event next week underscores Moore Threads’ efforts to step up its hardware and software capabilities, as well as grow its developer community, amid heightened competition with other Chinese GPU designers and Nvidia’s renewed push into the mainland market with its H200 chips after getting the green light from Washington.
The staging of the conference next week also reflects Moore Threads’ increased confidence after raising about 8 billion yuan (US$1.1 billion) in Shanghai, which ranked as the mainland’s second-largest initial public offering this year.