Moore Threads Technology Co. Ltd (Chinese: 摩尔线程) is a Chinese technology company specializing in graphics processing unit (GPU) design, established in October 2020 by Zhang Jianzhong (张建中), the former global vice-president of Nvidia and general manager of Nvidia China.[1] The company claims to be the first Chinese company to introduce a domestic, "fully-featured" GPU solution.[2]
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Native name | 摩尔线程 |
|---|---|
| Industry | GPUs |
| Founded | October 2020 |
| Founder | Zhang Jianzhong |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
Key people | Zhang Jianzhong (CEO) |
| Website | www |
History
editIn October 2020, the company was founded by former global VP and China GM of Nvidia, Zhang Jianzhong, and subsequently received funding through the first year in three funding rounds from investors such as Shenzhen Capital Group, GGV Capital, Sequoia Capital China, ByteDance, and Tencent.[2][3]
U.S. sanctions
editIn October 2023, the United States Department of Commerce added Moore Threads to the Bureau of Industry and Security's Entity List[4]
Products
editOn 31 March 2022, it announced its first products, the MTT S60 for desktop PCs and workstations, and the MTT S2000 for servers, based on the first generation MUSA (Moore Threads Unified System Architecture, also known as "苏堤").[1][5]
| MUSA MTT S60 | MUSA MTT S2000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Process | 12 nm | 12 nm |
| MUSA GPU cores | 2,048 | 4,096 |
| Performance | 6 TFLOPS (192 GPix/s fill rate) | 12 TFLOPS |
| VRAM | 8 GB LPGDDR4X | 32 GB (unconfirmed memory type) |
| Form factor | Single slot blower | Single slot passive |
| API support | DirectX, Vulkan, OpenGL, OpenGL ES | DirectX, Vulkan, OpenGL, OpenGL ES |
| OS support | x86/ARM/LoongArch; Windows/Linux | x86/ARM/LoongArch; Windows/Linux |
| Display support | DisplayPort 1.4, up to 8K | DisplayPort 1.4, up to 8K |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Mark Tyson (March 30, 2022). "China's First Domestic GPU Announced With 1080p League of Legends Demo". Tom's Hardware.
- ^ a b Francisco Pires (November 30, 2021). "Chinese Company 'Moore Threads' Announces Full GPU Development Capabilities". Tom's Hardware.
- ^ "Chinese GPU Newbie Moore Threads Bags USD313 Million in Series A Round". www.yicaiglobal.com.
- ^ "美更新对华芯片出口控制规定，你需要知道的四大要点". 美国之音 (in Chinese). 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ Wilson, Jason R. (March 31, 2022). "Moore Threads MTT S60 GPU Is China's First Domestic GPU With DirectX Support & Ability To Play eSports Games".