This document introduces TiDB, an open source distributed SQL database developed by PingCAP. It provides a 3-part summary:
1) TiDB is a hybrid transactional/analytical database inspired by Google Spanner/F1 that provides horizontal scalability, MySQL compatibility, and ACID transactions. It consists of TiDB, TiKV, and Placement Driver.
2) Mobike, a bike sharing platform with 200 million users, uses TiDB to power operations like bike locking/unlocking tracking and real-time analytics to handle high concurrency and permanent storage needs.
3) Over 200 companies use TiDB for two major uses - MySQL scalability and hybrid OLTP/OLAP architecture
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