3 6 Ke·2025-07-01 02:10Core Insights - Lingchuan Technology, an AI chip company, has completed a multi-hundred million yuan Series A financing round led by Beijing AI Industry Investment Fund and Kuaishou Group, with plans to use the funds for next-generation chip development, mass production of existing products, and overseas market expansion [1] Company Overview - Lingchuan Technology was established in March 2024, originating from Kuaishou Group's heterogeneous computing and chip division, and became independent after successfully deploying thousands of SL200 chips, which significantly reduced costs [1][4] - The CEO, Liu Lingzhi, emphasized that the company's internet background allows it to reverse-engineer chip design based on application needs, a competitive advantage over traditional chip companies [1] Product Details - The SL200 chip is the first domestic ASIC chip to integrate video encoding, AI inference, and multi-core CPU functionalities, achieving a fault rate of 0.0001 and nearly 100% coverage among top clients [2] - The chip's video compression performance surpassed Intel and NVIDIA in competitions, with a 40% reduction in single-stream processing costs [2] - The next-generation chip is designed for large model training and inference scenarios, supporting high computational demands for applications like LLM and generative video models [2] Technology and Architecture - The Transtreams Advanced Compute Unified Architecture combines CPU and NPU for efficient task collaboration and performance optimization, allowing seamless code switching between CPU and NPU [3] - The TC programming language simplifies complex data layouts and parallel computing, enhancing programming efficiency and reducing errors [3] Market Applications and Expansion - The SL200 chip is deployed in various sectors, including internet data centers for Kuaishou, Alibaba, and Baidu, and has over 20 collaborative cases in broadcasting, smart cities, and intelligent inspection [4] - The company is expanding into Southeast Asian markets like Singapore and Brazil through Kuaishou's overseas business [4] - Future plans include adapting the next-generation chip for autonomous driving robots and edge computing scenarios [4] Team Composition - The team has tripled in size since the company's split, with over 80% of staff in R&D, and more than 70% holding master's degrees, while over 20% have PhDs [4] - The team has filed over 100 patents in key technologies and has participated in international competitions, contributing to significant technology projects in Beijing and Shanghai [4]