Transcript of an expert call with a ByteDance specialist

Cambricon 690, Ascend, Bytedance's ASIC, China's token consumption, Nvidia's market share

Q: What are the evaluation results for the 690 chip, including its improvements over the previous generation 590, and its advantages and disadvantages compared to Huawei's contemporary Ascend 910 chip?
A: The 690 chip performs exceptionally well in single-card and full-system tests, although the testing scope did not cover specific cluster environments, and no specific progress comparison with the previous generation 590 chip has been mentioned. In terms of specific parameters, the 690 chip achieved a score of 813 in FP16 tests, is equipped with 196GB of HBM3 memory, and its measured interconnect performance exceeds 890 Gbps. From an overall assessment, the server version of the 690 chip demonstrates outstanding single-card performance. Compared to Huawei's contemporary Ascend 910 chip, the 690 holds certain advantages in all aspects. Notably, the HBM memory parameters of the Ascend 910C single card are relatively lower, making the 690 more competitive in memory-dependent computing scenarios.