INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Huawei is preparing to enter the cloud computing market in a big way with the unveiling of the world's fastest AI computing chipset center
and a pledge to spend $1.5bn as it looks to recruit more software developers.The Chinese tech giant's new venture will compete with local
rivals such as Alibaba and Tencent as well as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other US cloud computing companies
While Huawei is the world's largest telecom equipment maker and the second-largest smartphone manufacturer, the company is still a
newcomer to the cloud computing business which it entered just two years ago.Huawei's rotating chairman, Ken Hu said that the company will
spend $1.5bn over the next five years as it aims to expand its base of developers from its current 1.4m to 5m
Hu provided further insight on the company's cloud computing plans in a press release, saying:"The future of computing is a massive market
worth more than two trillion US dollars
We'll keep investing with a strategy that focuses on four key areas
We will push the boundaries of architecture, invest in processors for all scenarios, keep clear business boundaries, and build an open
The Atlas 900 is actually comprised of thousands of the firm's Ascend processors which is why it is so powerful.To give a better idea of
just how powerful the Atlas 900 is, Huawei said that it takes the AI training cluster only 59.8 seconds to train ResNet-50 which is the gold
standard for measuring AI training performance
Atlas 900's time is also 10 seconds faster than the previous world record.According to Huawei, Atlas 900 will bring new possibilities to
different fields of scientific research and business innovation including astronomy, weather forecasting, autonomous driving and oil
exploration.The company has also deployed its new AI training cluster on Huawei Cloud as a cluster service to help make extraordinary
computing power more broadly accessible to its customers across different industries."This is a new age of exploration
An ocean of boundless potential is waiting, but just one ship won't cut it
Today we launch a thousand ships
Let's work together, seize this historic opportunity, and advance intelligence to new heights," Hue said as he concluded his speech at
