Tachyum has once again postponed the launch of Prodigy processors to the second half of 2024

Mondo Digital Updated on 2024-01-29

As early as 2018 at Hot Chips, Tachyum disclosed the design concept of the Prodigy general-purpose processor, which can run any ** with dynamic binary translator at the same time, and has a very high execution and translation efficiency, which caused a sensation in the industry. Tachyum brought Prodigy last year and began accepting pre-orders for the evaluation platform, but it has not been officially listed, and it has been postponed from 2022 to 2023.

According to Tomshardware, Tachyum has once again delayed the launch of Prodigy processors, and the latest roadmap has pointed to the second half of 2024. At the same time, Tachyum is also preparing the Prodigy 2 processor, which is manufactured on a 3nm process and supports PCIe 60 and CXL agreements, which are expected to arrive in the first half of 2026. Billed as the world's first Universal Processor, Prodigy can perform CPU, GPU and TPU tasks on the same chip, and can run native and x86, ARM and RISC-V binaries, providing cost savings and high-performance computing power compared to competitive products. It uses Tachyum's self-developed architecture, is manufactured using TSMC's 5nm process, has up to 128 64-bit cores, and is equipped with 96 PCIe 50 channels, and 16 DDR5 memory controllers, which support DDR5-6400, can support the massive memory capacity of large language models, and can build dual-socket and quad-socket platforms.

Previously, Tachyum also announced that it had achieved better design results by using the new EDA tool during the physical design phase of the Prodigy processor, successfully increasing the number of cores from a maximum of 128 to 192, an increase of 50%, and the chip size growth was also small, from 500mm2 to 600mm2, to accommodate more cores. In addition, the chip's L2 L3 cache has also been increased from 128MB to 192MB, while also supporting higher frequency DDR5-7200. However, Tachyum's latest roadmap shows that the Prodigy processor has up to 128 cores, and it is not known if it is a seniority error.

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