#ai_processing

There are two operating system options to choose from Huawei has launched a new laptop on the home market - Qingyun L540. Despite the name (usually “five” refers to 15-inch models), the device is equipped with a 14-inch screen. At the same time, the IPS panel is quite modern - with a resolution of 2160 × 1440 pixels and coverage of 100% of the sRGB color space. [caption id="attachment_85619" align="aligncenter" width="746"] Huawei Kirin 9006C processor[/caption] The hardware platform is based on a 5-nanometer single-chip system Huawei Kirin 9006C. Of its characteristics, only the frequency is known: 3.13 GHz. The operating systems are KOS (Kirin Operating System) and UOS (Unity Operating System), the customer can choose any one. Huawei Kirin 9006C processor was presented in China [caption id="attachment_85620" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Huawei Kirin 9006C processor[/caption] Qingyun L540 is housed in an all-metal body with a thickness of 15.9 mm. The weight of the device is 1.45 kg. Interestingly, the device is well protected - in accordance with the requirements of the American military standard MIL-STD-810G. [caption id="attachment_85621" align="aligncenter" width="742"] Huawei Kirin 9006C processor[/caption] The battery capacity is 56 W, it supports 65 W charging. The connectors include one Type-C, two USB-A, HDMI, RJ45. Prices look like this: 8/256 GB - $845, 8/512 GB - $915, 16/512 GB - $985.

Almost all parameters are unknown The Chinese company Loongson produces not only some of the most modern Chinese processors, but also GPUs. And its new development is designed to compete with Nvidia accelerators for AI, although they are far from the most productive and modern. [caption id="attachment_85288" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Loongson introduced LG200 AI accelerator[/caption] The accelerator (or its GPU) is called LG200. The characteristics of this solution, unfortunately, are unknown. The block diagram shows that the GPU consists of 16 small ALUs, four large ALUs, and one huge ALU or special purpose unit. Loongson introduced LG200 AI accelerator But the performance is known, albeit for the whole node: from 256 GFLOPS to 1 TFLOPS. Here, unfortunately, the details are again unknown, so it is unclear for which mode the performance is indicated, but even if it is FP64, the figure is quite modest, since modern monsters Nvidia and AMD offer 50-60 TFLOPS or more. At the same time, Loongson’s solution is a GPGPU, that is, it supports general-purpose computing. Unfortunately, there are no details here yet. Separately, we can recall that Loongson promised next year to release a video card that can compete with the Radeon RX 550 , whose performance (FP32) is just over 1.1 TFLOPS. It is possible that the LG200 will be a direct relative of this adapter.