On April 28, the 2024 China Mobile Computing Network Conference kicked off in Suzhou, and ZTE participated in the exhibition with the theme of "Xing Intelligence, a New Era", showcasing a full range of computing/storage/network products, large models, data centers, smart terminals and other full-stack and full-scenario intelligent computing solutions and products, helping China Mobile deeply implement the concept of "strong computing with networks", igniting a new engine of the digital economy and lighting up a new era of AI. Zhang Wanchun, Senior Vice President of ZTE and President of the Wireless and Computing Products Business Department, attended the main forum and delivered a keynote speech titled "Advanced AI, Opening a New Era of Extremely Intelligent Computing Network".
The advancement of AI has opened a new era of extremely intelligent computing network
Zhang Wanchun said in his speech that over the past year, large models and generative AI have changed with each passing day, with high-speed iteration, the era of all-AI has begun, and the industry has formed a general consensus that the world has entered an AI-driven industrial revolution, and AI will have a far-reaching impact and change on production and life. Carriers have also embraced generative AI technology from the perspective of "internal efficiency improvement, external empowerment, and digital intelligence innovation".
Regarding the advancement of AI, Zhang Wanchun said that ZTE adheres to the core proposition of openness and decoupling, strong computing with the network, and simultaneous training and promotion. The first is to open up and decouple and build a prosperous ecosystem. ZTE advocates the construction of a full-stack open intelligent computing solution at the level of infrastructure, capability platform, and computing power network, and promotes the componentization and sharing of various capabilities through software and hardware decoupling, training and deferring decoupling, and model decoupling, accelerating the commercialization process of AI technology innovation, R&D, and application, building an open technology ecosystem, and achieving a win-win business ecosystem. Secondly, the network strength is calculated to create an efficient base. In the field of intelligent computing, high-speed network connection is crucial, and innovation and breakthroughs in network connection technology are required from four aspects: bare die interconnection within the chip, between chips, between servers, and between DCs. Third, we should accelerate the closed loop of business by training and promoting at the same time. China has a large and rich application scenarios and private domain data, which is the biggest advantage in the global AI competition, training and pushing at the same time, training and promoting at the same time, to train the ability to create, to reason and apply to verify the value, to build a data flywheel, the dual cycle will further promote the iteration of AI capabilities and business monetization, so as to forge the core advantage. In terms of specific operations, it is recommended to anchor high-value industries and angel customers, and it is recommended to support on-demand services.
Zhang Wanchun emphasized that ZTE has always focused on customer value, providing full-stack and full-scenario intelligent computing solutions from computing power, network, capability, intelligence to application, and has formed a number of key technologies such as high-speed interconnection, on-network computing, computing power native, non-inductive migration, data processing and algorithm optimization. ZTE adheres to the principles of diversity, complementarity, openness and altruism, fully supports the mission and responsibility of China Mobile's industry chain leader, and builds an open and decoupled full-stack intelligent computing solution, which will be the company's most important strategic track, increase investment, and help the intelligent computing industry become bigger and stronger.
"Xing Intelligent New Era" ZTE booth made a wonderful appearance
Intelligent computing infrastructure
As the wave of digitalization sweeps the world, intelligent computing infrastructure, as the cornerstone of the development of new quality productivity, is crucial to promote the leapfrog development of computing power networks. ZTE provides one-stop training server, inference server, training and pushing all-in-one machine, general computing server, high-performance file storage, high-performance RoCE switch, and large-scale networking solutions to meet the construction needs of diversified intelligent computing centers such as Wanka intelligent computing resource pool, Tongzhi fusion resource pool and edge inference cluster. The 200G high-speed RDMA NIC and lossless network switches support large-capacity forwarding capabilities, device-network collaboration to meet the high-speed interconnection requirements of 10,000-card clusters, support diversified GPU computing power, and fully adapt to multiple mainstream large models in the industry, support customers for rapid and low-cost migration and adaptation, and accelerate AI service innovation.
Large model
With its powerful data processing capabilities and deep learning capabilities, large models provide a new way to solve complex problems, become an important driving force for intelligent upgrading, and are leading a new revolution. At the same time, based on the end-to-end intelligent computing platform, ZTE provides customers with a full-process large model tool chain, reduces customer entry barriers and development and use costs, facilitates the inclusive application of large models in the industry, and achieves a win-win situation with China Mobile and industry customers.
Intelligent Computing Data Center
As an important part of the new infrastructure, data centers play a vital role in the strategy of "Eastern Data and Western Computing", and put forward higher requirements for energy saving, reliability, and intelligence. For intelligent computing data centers, ZTE provides end-to-end full lifecycle service capabilities from consulting and planning to integrated delivery. Launched all-scenario data center solutions, continued to innovate in the fields of power supply and distribution, refrigeration, and control, launched energy-saving products such as prefabricated power modules, liquid cooling, inter-steaming, and AI management, combined with cold-plate liquid cooling technology, to help China Mobile build an extremely energy-saving, safe and reliable data center in the era of intelligent computing.
GoldenDB database
Databases are the core engine of data management and analysis, and play an irreplaceable role in ensuring data security, improving operational efficiency, and driving business innovation. ZTE's GoldenDB database has a comprehensive leader in the operator market and fully participates in the upgrading and reconstruction of operators' business support systems, providing solid support for operators' digital and intelligent transformation, ensuring business continuity, data security, and efficient system operation.
All-scenario smart terminals
Smart terminals are an important bridge connecting people and the digital world, and the intelligence, diversification and personalization of terminals greatly enrich the user experience, redefine the way we interact with technology, and lead a new trend of digital life. ZTE's consumer terminals have built a full-scenario smart ecosystem 3.0, 5G+AI glasses-free 3D has participated in ecological co-construction, from flagship to 100-yuan mobile phones to help the whole people popularize AI, simplified and intelligent all-optical networks have helped China Mobile expand the ToB blue ocean market, and a full range of cloud terminals have helped China Mobile build an integrated cloud computer solution of "connection + computing power + application", jointly building a new cloud-edge integrated ecosystem, and comprehensively empowering enterprises, families and individuals.
In the face of the broad opportunities brought about by the new round of artificial intelligence boom, ZTE is willing to join hands with China Mobile to drive development with innovation, lead the future with intelligence, build a digital intelligence foundation of "connection + computing power" for the development of new quality productivity, draw a new blueprint for computing power network, and seek a new future of digital intelligence in China.