Heading for China (again), Moore Threads announces a new graphics card. The card in question is none other than the MTT S4000, a model designed for the artificial intelligence sector. When you consider how the country is sanctioned by the United States, we’re not surprised that solutions are being developed in-house.
MTT S4000: China’s AI card!
With this new board, the Chinese company is of course offering us a new model equipped with a PCIe 5.0 interface. It’s worth noting that even the MTT S70 and S80 exploit this interface, making them the first GPUs in history to run on PCIe 5.0.
But that’s not the most important aspect, far from it. What interests us most here are the features and computing performance announced. On this subject, we learn that the card benefits from 48 GB of VRAM and offers a memory bandwidth of 768 GB/s. We also know that it exploits 3rd-generation MUSA architecture, but how all this is arranged remains unknown. We also note the new presence of MTLink 1.0, a kind of NVLink in Moore Threads sauce.
In terms of performance, the company announces :
- 25 TFLOPs in FP32
- 50 TFLOPs in TF32
- 100 TFLOPs in FP16/BF16
- 200 TOPs in INT8
Of course, we can’t jump to conclusions about performance, since the brand’s first models were disappointing.
Otherwise, the card’s dual-slot format and passive cooling system stand out. Power is supplied via a 12VHPWR connector on the rear of the PCB. Otherwise, despite its server orientation, the board boasts four video outputs for 8K displays. It will also support up to 96 1080p streams.
Last but not least, this board will make its first appearance in a Chinese data center (the first 1,000 units). Otherwise, it will be available as part of KUAE MCCX solutions integrating up to 8 cards. Think of it as a sort of Chinese NVIDIA DGX.
All that remains is to find out the retail price of such a card, but we’re expecting an affordable solution.
