【清华大学芯片研究实现重大突破，光计算架构开启高性能算力新篇章】
近日，清华大学在芯片研究领域取得重要进展，为高性能计算带来革新性的解决方案。据财联社11日报道，清华大学电子工程系副教授方璐及其课题组，与自动化系戴琼海院士课题组通力合作，针对大规模光电智能计算的挑战，成功研发出分布式广度光计算架构——太极（Taichi）芯片。
这款名为太极的芯片，摒弃了传统的电子深度计算模式，采用创新的光子计算原理，实现了异构集成，展现出强大的计算效能。据报道，太极芯片能够达到160 TOPS/W的通用智能计算性能，这在当前大模型通用人工智能快速发展的背景下，无疑为高性能算力开辟了新的思路和路径。
这一科研成果的发表，标志着中国在光子计算领域的领先地位，也为全球科技界提供了新的灵感和架构设计。相关研究论文已发表在国际顶级期刊《科学》的最新一期上，引起了业界的广泛关注和高度评价。清华大学的这一突破，不仅推动了芯片技术的边界，也为未来智能计算的能效比提升打开了新的可能。
英语如下：
News Title: “Tsinghua University Breaks Through in Chip Technology with Photonic Computer Chip ‘Taiji’ Featured in ‘Science’ Journal”
Keywords: Tsinghua University, chip breakthrough, optical computing
News Content:
**Tsinghua University Makes Major Chip Research Breakthrough, Pioneering High-Performance Computing with Optical Computing Architecture**
Recently, Tsinghua University has made significant progress in the field of chip research, offering an innovative solution for high-performance computing. According to a November 11 report by Cailian Press, Associate Professor Fang Lu from the Department of Electronic Engineering and Academician Dai Qiong Hai’s research group from the Department of Automation at Tsinghua University collaborated to tackle the challenges of large-scale optoelectronic intelligent computing. Together, they successfully developed a distributed broadband optical computing architecture – the Taiji chip.
The Taiji chip, deviating from conventional electronic deep computing methods, employs innovative principles of photonic computing, achieving heterogeneous integration and demonstrating impressive computational efficiency. As reported, the chip can deliver 160 TOPS/W of general intelligent computing performance. This is particularly significant in the context of the rapid development of large-scale models in general artificial intelligence, opening up new avenues and strategies for high-performance computing.
The publication of this research outcome underscores China’s leading position in photonic computing and offers fresh inspiration and architectural designs to the global scientific community. The related research paper has been published in the latest issue of the prestigious international journal ‘Science,’ attracting widespread attention and high praise from the industry. Tsinghua University’s breakthrough pushes the boundaries of chip technology and unlocks new possibilities for improving the energy efficiency of future intelligent computing.
【来源】https://www.cls.cn/detail/1644516
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