The world's first chip designOpen Source Big ModelSemiKongOfficially released, it is fine-tuned based on Llama3 and its performance exceedsUniversal large modelThis is not only a technological breakthrough, but also a victory for the open source spirit, which indicates that the $500 billion semiconductor industry will usher in earth-shaking changes in the next five years.
The launch of SemiKong marks a solid step forward in the application of AI in chip design. It was jointly developed by Aitomatic and FPT Software and made its debut at the Semicon West 2024 conference, attracting widespread attention from the industry. This open source big model not only outperforms general big models in processing industry-specific tasks, but also has made significant progress in accuracy, relevance, and understanding of semiconductor processes.
Official website address: https://www.semikong.ai/
Project address: https://github.com/aitomatic/semikong
LeCun and other industry leaders have forwarded this open source chip design AI model, and its code weight has been made public on Hugging Face and GitHub for global developers to download and use. This unprecedented open move is undoubtedly a bold attempt in the semiconductor industry, which is known for competition and confidentiality.
Aitomatic CEO Christopher Nguyen said that the company chose open source because they believe that the benefits of sharing R&D results at the basic layer far outweigh the value of confidentiality. They hope that through open source, they can stimulate more innovation and competition and promote the development of the entire industry.
The training process of the SemiKong model is divided into three stages: pre-training domain knowledge, self-fine-tuning, and merged quantization. It has 8B parameters and is specially trained with semiconductor domain knowledge, providing a powerful basic platform for chip companies to help them build proprietary models that suit their needs.
The emergence of SemiKong will not only accelerate innovation in the semiconductor industry, but also reduce production costs. In the next few years, consumers may find that more powerful smartphones, laptops and smart home devices enter the market at lower prices.
What’s even more exciting is that the next version of SemiKong is scheduled to be launched in December this year, and the first process-specific model is expected to be released in September. This marks the beginning of a new era for the semiconductor industry.
The birth of SemiKong is the result of the joint efforts of the AI Alliance. As one of the leaders of the AI Alliance, CEO Christopher Nguyen’s foresight and openness to cooperation laid the foundation for the birth of this breakthrough.
SemiKong has received high praise from the industry. Atsushi Suzuki, director of product lifecycle management at the Tokyo Electronics and Artificial Intelligence Alliance, said SemiKong represents an important step forward in the application of artificial intelligence in semiconductor manufacturing. Phong Nguyen, chief artificial intelligence officer at FPT Software, also said they believe SemiKong will consolidate FPT Software's leadership in the global semiconductor industry.