China’s Domestically Produced GPUs Now As Fast As NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1080, JM9 Series GPU Tapes Out
By Hassan aMujtaba / Sep 15, 2021 09:34 EDT
China has taped out its first domestically produced GPU which is as fast as the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 & AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics cards. The GPU which falls under the JM9 series has been produced by the Chinese firm, Jingjia Micro and has been under production for a little over 2 years.
The Jingjia Micro JM9 Series GPUs have two chips, an entry-level version known as 'JM9231' which would offer performance levels similar to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 graphics card & a higher-end 'JM9271' which would offer the performance level of a GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card. Jingjia went through some development hell to get these GPUs out in the market as they were indented for a launch in 2020 but the first chip is taping out in late Q3 2021.
On September 14 , Jingjiawei, a domestic GPU chip company, issued an announcement stating that the company’s new-generation graphics processing chip has completed the tape out and packaging phases. The product has not yet completed the test work, and has not yet formed mass production and external sales, and will not affect the company. The current performance has a greater impact, and the degree of impact on the company’s future performance is still unpredictable.
On September 14 , Jingjiawei, a domestic GPU chip company, issued an announcement stating that the company’s new-generation graphics processing chip has completed the tape out and packaging phases. The product has not yet completed the test work, and has not yet formed mass production and external sales, and will not affect the company. The current performance has a greater impact, and the degree of impact on the company’s future performance is still unpredictable.
Based on the new statement from the manufacturer, it looks like while the Jingjia Micro has taped out its very first JM9 series GPU, it is still far from launching an actual product since the firm has not yet completed the test work and has not planned out mass production or external sales. So we are looking at at least 1 year before we can see this product in action in the retail segment. It is still one big achievement for the Chinese domestic GPU market which is on par with high-end GPUs that are 2 generations old.
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