Zhihui Microelectronics, a developer of graphics processors based in China, introduced Its first GPU. The graphics chip promises greater energy efficiency while targeting the performance levels of Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1650.
Zhihui’s IDM929 graphics processor is based on the company’s proprietary IDMV architecture, but its feature set is undisclosed. The only thing we know is that the GPU has a pixel fill rate of 19.2 GPixels/s, a texture fill rate of 76.8 GTexel/s, and a compute performance of 2.5 TFLOPS (probably FP32), making Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1650 to be comparable. (Released mid-2020). The graphics processor also supports video decoding in H.264, MPEG2, MPEG4, VC-1, DivX and VP6 formats. Meanwhile, the unit has four display engines and supports DVI, HDMI and D-Sub/VGA interfaces.
Since the GPU is made using 14nm class process technology, it is likely made by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC). The clock frequency is up to 1.2 GHz, which is relatively low for a chip manufactured at the 14nm node. At 1.2 GHz, the power consumption of the chip is likely to be very low.
From a performance standpoint, the IDM 929 is unlikely to join the ranks of the best graphics cards for gaming, but since this is Zhihui’s first GPU, it could compete with top graphics boards from AMD and Nvidia. sex is low. Still, the GeForce GTX 1650’s performance is good enough for an office PC or basic home theater PC.
Zhihui Microelectronics is a new name in China’s rapidly developing GPU industry, but its main investor, Hangzhou Guoxin Technology, is a relatively well-known developer of embedded system-on-chips for applications such as televisions. . That said, it’s possible that Zhihui will primarily target embedded applications, at least initially. Zhihui and Guoxin, on the other hand, plan to offer a platform consisting of a CPU and a GPU, without directly mentioning whether it will be for PCs or embedded applications.
