Huawei is preparing its own ARM processor with HBM memory
The Chinese are working on a new, advanced processor for servers. It is expected to offer several interesting solutions and be produced by Chinese SMIC plants.
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The latest information suggests that HiSilicon – subsidiary company Huawei responsible for the development of integrated circuits – working on a new processor from the series Kunpeng equipped with memory HBM. The data comes from the e-mails of Chinese engineers who introduced support for an unannounced system into the Linux kernel.
Fighting against AMD or Intel will be difficult, but not impossible
Kunpeng is family server SoCs originally based on cores ARM Cortexand in later generations on their own cores Taishan. The last known model, Kunpeng 920, offers 64 cores on the base 7nm lithography from TSMC. However, in the face of US sanctions, a switch to production should be assumed SMIC.
The upcoming processor will offer support for HBM, which will allow for significant increase in memory bandwidth useful in computationally demanding HPC and AI applications. The revised controller allows HBM to be turned on and off depending on load, announcing high flexibility in managing both power consumption and performance.
Technical details of the new system are not yet known, but it is expected to remain with the ARM architecture (probably Armv8 or Armv9). Chinese manufacturers, including Huawei, cannot use the latest and most advanced cores Neoverse Vso they are forced to develop their own implementations.
Therefore, for now it is difficult to assess how the new Kunpengas from HBM will compete with the upcoming generations of processors AMD Turin Whether Intel Granite Rapids. However, the situation is worth watching, especially considering China’s growing ambitions in the field of independent development of advanced integrated circuits.
