This article provides a comprehensive overview of the generative AI industry, detailing its upstream foundation layer, midstream large‑model and tool layers, downstream application scenarios, and an extensive glossary of models, techniques, platforms, and concepts.
An extensive survey of the global AI chip market lists over 90 companies—including major manufacturers, Chinese startups, and traditional IP vendors—detailing each firm's representative AI processors, development history, and key technological features to illustrate current industry trends and competitive landscape.
This article explains the complete chip design workflow—from specification, HDL coding, and simulation to back‑end steps like floorplanning and verification—while detailing the dominance of foreign EDA vendors, profiling Chinese EDA companies, academic research groups, government support policies, and future trends such as cloud services and agile design.
