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guan leiming

technical director | java

china's gpu myth: the collision of dreams and reality

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the company's founder, tang zhimin, once boasted: "xiangdixian is determined to provide a safe, reliable, high-performance core computing engine for the prosperity of china's information industry." the dream burned like a flame, but eventually turned to ashes.

in the fiercely competitive gpu market, xiangdixian is facing heavy pressure. the company's confidence has been hit by factors such as small financing scale, imperfect profit model and long cycle of the information and innovation market. the company has also tried to ease the market pressure through the slogan of "peace and happiness", but in the end it was unable to offset the cruelty of reality.

however, xiangdixian is not the only gpu company that has encountered difficulties. lisuan technology is also experiencing a life-and-death test. they tried to develop gpu products with independent intellectual property rights based on their own architecture as a breakthrough, but due to lack of funds and high operating costs, the company had to fall into a "dormant" state, and employees could only struggle in the shadow of waiting for "life-saving money".

the four words "peaceful and worry-free" now seem absurd. the dreams of the past seem to be blown away by the wind, leaving behind the cruel reality. xiangdixian's wechat public account has been updated again, this time releasing a mid-autumn festival poster that reads "may everyone's family be prosperous and harmonious, and may the full moon bring peace and happiness to everyone." but the four words "peaceful and worry-free" now seem particularly absurd in the market.

this story reflects an era, a dilemma of pursuit, and the end of a dream. however, from another perspective, the ending of xiang dixian also reflects our expectations for the prospects of scientific and technological development and our desire for dreams.

2024-09-19