Moore Threads Technology Co. Ltd ( zh, 摩尔线程) is a Chinese
technology company
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specializing in
graphics processing unit
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal ...
(GPU) design, established in October 2020 by Zhang Jianzhong (), the former global
vice-president
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of
Nvidia
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and
general manager
A general manager (GM) is an executive who has overall responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income statement, known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. A general manager usually oversees most or all of ...
of Nvidia China.
The company claims to be the first Chinese company to introduce a domestic, "fully-featured" GPU solution.
History
In October 2020, the company was founded by former global VP and China GM of
Nvidia
Nvidia Corporation ( ) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware. Founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang (president and CEO), Chris Malachowsky, and Curti ...
, Zhang Jianzhong, and subsequently received funding through the first year in three funding rounds from investors such as
Shenzhen Capital Group,
GGV Capital
GGV Capital was an American venture capital firm. The firm was established in 2000 and was headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Formerly known as Granite Global Ventures, the firm had become one of the most active American investors in the C ...
,
Sequoia Capital China,
ByteDance
ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.
Founded by Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo, and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the video-sharing ap ...
, and
Tencent
Tencent Holdings Ltd. ( zh, s=腾讯, p=Téngxùn) is a Chinese Multinational corporation, multinational technology Conglomerate (company), conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimed ...
.
U.S. sanctions
In October 2023, the
United States Department of Commerce
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added Moore Threads to the
Bureau of Industry and Security
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's
Entity List
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Products
On 31 March 2022, it announced its first products, the MTT S60 for
desktop PCs and
workstation
A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or computational science, scientific applications. Intended primarily to be used by a single user, they are commonly connected to a local area network and run multi-user operating syste ...
s, and the MTT S2000 for
server
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Computing
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Role
* Waiting staff, those who work at a restaurant or a bar attending custome ...
s, based on the first generation MUSA (Moore Threads Unified System Architecture, also known as "").
See also
*
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California and maintains significant operations in Austin, Texas. AMD is a hardware and fabless company that de ...
*
Biren Technology
*
Semiconductor industry in China
The Chinese semiconductor industry, including integrated circuit design and manufacturing, forms a major part of mainland China's information technology industry.
China's semiconductor industry consists of a wide variety of companies, from integ ...
References
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Computer companies established in 2020
Graphics hardware companies
Manufacturing companies based in Beijing