Enflame Technology

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Enflame Technology is a prominent Chinese AI chip company specializing in high-performance processors for AI training and inference workloads in cloud data centers and edge deployments. Founded in 2018 and based in Shanghai, Enflame has rapidly emerged as a major player in China's domestic AI semiconductor industry, developing competitive alternatives to dominant international AI accelerators. The company's flagship CloudBlazer series processors are designed for large-scale AI training in cloud environments, delivering hundreds of teraFLOPS of compute performance optimized for deep learning workloads including large language models, computer vision networks, and recommendation systems. CloudBlazer chips feature innovative architecture incorporating high-bandwidth memory, efficient interconnects for multi-chip scaling, and optimized tensor computation units that accelerate matrix operations fundamental to neural network training and inference. Enflame's DTU (Deep Learning Training Unit) products target enterprise AI infrastructure, providing cost-effective performance for organizations deploying AI at scale across various industries. The company has developed a comprehensive software ecosystem called TopsRider that supports major AI frameworks including TensorFlow, PyTorch, and PaddlePaddle, enabling seamless deployment of existing models with minimal code changes. Enflame emphasizes ease of migration and developer productivity through extensive optimization libraries, debugging tools, and performance profiling capabilities. The technology serves diverse applications including autonomous driving perception and planning, natural language processing and chatbots, recommendation engines for e-commerce and content platforms, intelligent video analytics, and scientific computing simulations. With over $500 million in funding from leading Chinese venture capital firms and strategic investors, Enflame has built a team of over 500 engineers and established partnerships with major cloud service providers, telecommunications companies, and internet giants throughout China. The company represents China's push toward AI semiconductor independence and technological self-reliance in critical computing infrastructure.