About Hygon Information Technology
Hygon designs x86 server processors and the DCU, a data-centre accelerator for AI and scientific computing. Its Dhyana CPUs derive from AMD's first-generation Zen design, which AMD licensed to a joint venture with Hygon in 2016, so they run standard x86 software while being sold for the Chinese market. Hygon began in October 2014 as Tianjin Haiguang Advanced Technology Investment and is now headquartered in Beijing. The US added it to the Entity List in June 2019, which restricts access to American technology.
Hygon Information Technology was founded in 2016 and is based in Beijing, China. It is listed under Custom Silicon, ASICs, CPUs & RISC-V. Its shares trade as 688041.SS on SSE.
Compute Technologies
- x86 CPUs
- Server Processors
What Hygon Information Technology works on
Custom Silicon
Custom silicon means a company designs its own chips for its own products or data centers instead of buying standard parts. The chip is made by a foundry such as TSMC, but the design belongs to the customer.
ASICs
An ASIC, or application-specific integrated circuit, is a chip designed to do one job or a narrow set of jobs. Its circuits are fixed when the chip is made. A CPU can run any program; an ASIC does what it was designed for and nothing else.
CPUs & RISC-V
A CPU, or central processing unit, is the general-purpose chip that runs a computer. It reads instructions, does arithmetic and logic, and decides what happens next. Every phone, laptop and server has at least one.
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