Zhi DongXi (public number: zhidxcom)
Author | Li Shuiqing
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Zhidong reported on March 29 that with the recent launch of the national project of eastern and western computing, the construction of computing power network has become a hot topic. As the leading player in this field, Sugon Zhisuan, a subsidiary of the domestic server leader Sugon, held the first press conference in 2022 today.
At the meeting, Cao Zhennan, vice president of Sugon and general manager of Shuguang Intelligent Computing, announced that in the face of the current demand for the construction of computing power networks, Shuguang intelligent computing services have been fully upgraded. "Computing power link value" has become the new brand proposition of Shuguang Intelligent Computing.
Cao Zhennan recalled that in recent years, under the background of the epidemic, the mainland has used the ability of information technology organizations to outperform the spread of the virus, and a consensus has been formed that computing power has become an indispensable productive force in the era of digital economy.
In the "14th Five-Year Plan" national informatization plan, the word "production" has been mentioned 30 times; at the moment the East And West Computing Project is launched, the NDRC experts predict that it will drive 400 billion yuan of investment per year; from the perspective of global industry development, 17 of the top 20 countries in terms of computing power are the world's top 20 economies.
▲Cao Zhennan, vice president of Sugon and general manager of Shuguang Intelligent Computing, interpreted the current industry background
So in this context, what kind of new demand does the market have for computing power? What are the challenges? What kind of strategy and tactics should the computing power service provider adopt? Cao Zhennan made an in-depth interpretation of these issues.
First, let the computing power play its value, facing three major challenges
So how to make the computing power better play its value? Cao Zhennan believes that the following challenges are faced:
1. At the level of basic resources, two major problems need to be solved. First, the distribution of computing power resources in industries, regions and fields is uneven.
2, the second is the imbalance between supply and demand, the east produces a large amount of data, which needs to be calculated; the west has a vast power supply and has no place to play.
3. The diversification of output hashrate types is also a challenge. For example, the computing power generated by CPU computing power, GPU computing power, and special chips are not the same, and the accuracy is also different. There is a mismatch between application and computational needs and the matching of different hash rates.
Cao Zhennan pointed out that computing power itself is productivity, and only by linking it with application can the attributes of productivity be stimulated. Entering 2022, Shuguang Zhisuan hopes to exert its own value and let the computing power link value.
So what is the value of the link to shuguang wisdom calculation? Cao Zhennan boils it down to three points:
1. The value of computing power linking "paradigm innovation"
At present, the integration of massive heterogeneous computing power and machine learning and scientific computing has collided with a new scientific paradigm. Scientific research has moved from experimental science, theoretical science, and computational science to a data-intensive science paradigm.
Shuguang Intelligent Computing and Deep Potential Technology launched a joint solution of "multi-scale model + AI + high-density computing", which uses the massive general and heterogeneous computing power of Shuguang Intelligent Computing at the bottom level to support ultra-large-scale operation tasks and provide a broad stage for the combination of deep learning and molecular dynamics.
2. The value of "autonomous and efficient" computing power link
95% of the R&D and design industrial software in the mainland relies on imports, why is there a large number of industrial software involuntary problems? The poor commercialization environment is a significant reason.
The commercial environment consists of two layers, one is a friendly development environment, and the other is the application environment, that is, after the software design, can not be fully used, and constantly iterate.
Shuguang Zhisuan hopes to contribute to the research and development and commercialization of domestic software through the computing power services and platforms it provides.
3. The value of "openness and win-win" in the hashrate link
In the process of delivering computing power to end users and generating value, it is necessary not only the computing power provider, but also the basic software provider, application software developer, data provider, designer and user to participate.
Therefore, Shuguang Intelligent Computing hopes to create an open platform so that all ecological partners in the computing ecological chain can realize value and achieve win-win results.
Second, publish the panorama of value, and practice the three routes
So in what way will Dawn link the three values of anticipation?
Cao Zhennan said: "I think we should use a diversified business model on the basis of the interconnection of computing power resources, take the integrated business architecture as the engine, and use diversified business models to achieve it. ”
1. Based on the interconnection of computing power resources
Shuguang Intelligent Computing currently operates more than ten computing centers, reserves millions of physical core processors, tens of thousands of heterogeneous acceleration cards, exabytes of storage and other massive resources, although distributed throughout the country, but through the private network to interconnect the operating centers, initially forming a huge pool of computing resources.
2. Computing Power Service Engine (AC) platform empowerment
Shuguang Intelligent Computing's computing power service is accessed through the AC platform of the intelligent computing engine, which has multi-center access capabilities, which can not only access Shuguang's own center, but also access the cooperation center and the user's private center, integrate scientific computing, engineering computing and intelligent computing capabilities in the computing service middle platform, and provide user access and access through various channels.
3. Link a broader ecosystem, multi-cloud model
Shuguang Intelligent Computing provides components such as job submission, file transfer, intelligent services, and user management to users and partners through OpenAPI, linking a broader ecosystem.
Shuguang Intelligent Computing is oriented to the three major fields of scientific computing, engineering computing and intelligent computing, forming a field application mall for many subdivisions. At present, the application mall has integrated 50+ commercial applications and 60+ open source application software, and integrated 30+ domestic industrial software such as Guangzhou Zhongwang, BGI Jiutian, Shanghai Dongjun, Shenzhen Shifeng and so on to form a national industrial software application mall.
Shuguang Smart Computing has created a multi-cloud business model, which makes users have more choices for computing power services. For example, Shuguang connects with the university-level computing power platforms of some colleges and universities, allowing teachers and students to choose the hybrid cloud mode to access Shuguang intelligent computing in the case of occasional large-scale computing power or insufficient hashrate computing power. In addition, Sugon provides dedicated cloud services to customers with special architectures, customized services, and special security needs.
Cao Zhennan believes that the reason why Shuguang Intelligent Computing can connect the value of computing power is because Shuguang has three forces, including cross-regional computing power scheduling capabilities, integrated computing power operation capabilities, and comprehensive ecological integration.
Finally, Cao Zhennan released the panorama of the value of Shuguang Wisdom Calculation, summarizing all the above contents.
Conclusion: The integration of numbers and reales requires the integration of computing networks
Cao Zhennan said that relying on Sugon's 30 years of technology accumulation, service experience and integrated enterprise operation and management capabilities in the field of computing, Shuguang hopes to become the most valuable computing power operator in China through the value of paradigm innovation, openness and win-win connection and independent and efficient computing power.
We see that in the context of the integration of data and reality, the market demand for computing power and network is also updating. The requirements for cloud-network integration, computing power network and even computing network integration are more significant, and the computing scenarios are diversified and there are many ubiquitous connection requirements, which requires computing power suppliers to give better solutions through innovative breakthroughs.