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Huawei introduces AI chips for data centres, smart devices
Shanghai, Oct 10 (IANS) Chinese technology giant Huawei on Wednesday unveiled new chips with Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities that can run data centres and smart devices, thereby pitting it against some of the world’s major semiconductor companies such as Nvidia and Qualcomm.
The new AI chips — Ascend 910 and Ascend 310 chips – were announced at Huawei Connect, a global event for the ICT industry held at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre.
These chips will help greatly accelerate AI adoption in all industries, Huawei said, adding that the company was ready to work with all stakeholders to turn AI into a practical reality, making it inclusive and available for every person, every home and every organisation.
“Huawei’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy is to invest in basic research and talent development, build a full-stack, all-scenario AI portfolio, and foster an open global ecosystem,” Huawei Rotating Chairman Eric Xu said at the event.
Huawei’s full-stack portfolio includes chips, chip ‘enablement’, a training and inference framework, and application ‘enablement’.
The “all scenarios” refers to different deployment scenarios for AI, including public Clouds, private Clouds, Edge computing in all forms, industrial IoT (Internet of Things) devices, and consumer devices.
The Ascend series delivers excellent performance per watt in every scenario, whether it is minimum energy consumption or maximum computing power in data centres, Huawei said.
Their unified architecture also makes it easy to deploy, migrate, and interconnect AI applications across different scenarios.
Apart from the Ascend series of chips, Huawei’s full-stack AI portfolio also includes CANN (Compute Architecture for Neural Networks) — a chip operators library and highly automated operators development toolkit.
MindSpore — a unified training and inference framework for device, Edge, and Cloud (both standalone and cooperative) — is another part of the portfolio, along with application enablement that refers to the full-pipeline services, hierarchical application programming interfaces (API) and pre-integrated solutions.
“Within Huawei, we will continue exploring ways to improve management and efficiency with AI,” Xu said.
In September 2017, Huawei released Huawei Cloud EI, an AI service platform for enterprises and governments. In April this year, it announced HiAI, its AI engine for smart devices.
The company’s full-stack, all-scenario AI portfolio is designed to provide powerful support for Huawei Cloud EI and HiAI.
Backed by its AI portfolio, Huawei said its Cloud EI will be able to deliver a full-stack portfolio for enterprise and government customers, and HiAI will provide a full-stack portfolio for smart devices. HiAI services are deployed on Huawei Cloud EI.
Huawei smartphones are powered by its “Kirin” processors. On August 31 of this year, the Chinese giant introduced the world’s first 7nm (nanometre) chipset for mobiles– the Kirin 980.
Huawei predicts that by 2025, the world will see upwards of 40 billion personal smart devices, and 90 per cent of device users will have a smart digital assistant.
AI, according to the company, has become a new general purpose technology and will change all industries and organisations on Earth.
–IANS
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Dr. Abhishek Verma Dedicates a Shelter in Memory of His Mother, Veena Verma, at KGMU; Inaugurated by Daughter Nicolle Verma
World-renowned business tycoon Dr. Abhishek Verma has supported Foodman Vishal Singh’s Hunger-Free World mission. In memory of his mother, Late Veena Verma, who was a 3 term Rajya Sabha MP.
Dr. Verma dedicated a state-of-the-art free permanent shelter for the attendants of patients at KGMU Medical University, Lucknow, under the aegis of Vijay Shree Foundation. His daughter, Nicolle Verma, inaugurated the shelter.
During the event, Foodman Vishal Singh honored Nicolle Verma by presenting her with a memento. Mrs. Nidhi Sharma and Avantika Yadav, associated with the organization, welcomed her with garlands. Following this, Nicolle Verma distributed essential items to the attendants and also handed out fruits. She became emotional remembering her grandmother on her birth anniversary.
On this occasion, she also inaugurated the “Veena Verma Sevalaya” in memory of her grandmother, Veena Verma, to serve the attendants. She expressed, “I feel proud that my family is engaged in nation-building as well as social service. Today, in collaboration with Vijay Shree Foundation founder Foodman Vishal Singh Ji, I feel immensely proud to dedicate this shelter for the poor, helpless, and needy attendants of patients battling serious illnesses like cancer. I am honored to be associated with the Hunger-Free World Mission for humanity.”
Inspired by the continuous humanitarian service provided by Vijay Shree Foundation over the past 17 years, Nicolle Verma donated 10 lakh rupees to support the cause. The purpose of this donation is to ensure that services continue for the needy attendants of patients suffering from severe illnesses in hospitals, as facilitated by Foodman Vishal Singh.
It is noteworthy that Dr. Abhishek Verma’s family has a legacy of public and philanthropic service. They are helping millions to carry forward the values and service work of their parents. On the occasion of his mother’s birth anniversary, Dr. Abhishek Verma dedicated this state-of-the-art permanent shelter at Lucknow Medical College to serve the attendants of patients through the Vijay Shree Foundation.
Supporting Foodman Vishal Singh’s Hunger-Free World mission, Dr. Abhishek Verma assured that he would continually support keeping this flame of humanity alive. He also promised to assist in providing medicines to the helpless patients.
Continuing her grandmother’s legacy of service, Nicolle Verma personally served food to the needy patients and attendants. She said, “It is our good fortune to have received the joy of doing this noble work today through Foodman Vishal Singh. I have taken another step forward in carrying my family’s values and cooperation by joining hands with the Vijay Shree Foundation. My father taught me to serve and help the needy, and I feel happy when I bring a smile to someone’s face.”
On the birth anniversary of the late Veena Verma, the event organizer, Vijay Shree Foundation founder Foodman Vishal Singh, said, “We feel proud and happy that Dr. Abhishek Verma, a globally renowned business tycoon, has extended his support to uplift our country from the hunger index. Today, on his mother’s birth anniversary, he inaugurated a state-of-the-art permanent shelter at Lucknow Medical College, which will always be helpful for the needy attendants of patients. It is a pleasure for me and the organization to receive the affection of Mr. Verma.”
The event was attended by General Manager Verma Family Office Hemant Garg, Sonu Rajput, and the organization’s volunteers, including Sandeep Singh, Parmeshwar Ji, Prashant Rao Gautam, Balram Singh, Ramesh Chaudhary, Suman, Jeetu, Anil, Suraj, Vinay, Manish Bhadauria, Manas Mehrotra, Vivek, Apurv, Happy, and others.