Horizon founder and CEO Yu Kai at the conference site
Set micro-grid December 20 reported that two years after the founding of the domestic artificial intelligence leader Horizon held a press conference in Beijing to launch China's first embedded artificial intelligence vision chip, taking China's artificial intelligence chip manufacturing a key step, which also believes that Two years after its establishment, the horizon began to unleash energy gathering in the field of artificial intelligence.
Embark on AI China's core 'rising sun' journey
Horizon released products including the Smart Driving 1.0 processor and smart camera processor for the sun, the processor based on the Gaussian architecture, while providing 'algorithm + chip + cloud' one-stop solution to the sun, Process name processor, indicating the horizon in the artificial intelligence road determination and expectations.
It is understood that the journey 1.0 processor with the same time, pedestrians, motor vehicles, non-motor vehicles, lane lines, traffic signs, traffic lights and other targets accurately detect and identify the processing power can be used for high-performance L2-level Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS).
The rising sun 1.0 processor is a collection of the world's leading deep learning algorithm, with front-end large-scale face detection tracking, video processing capabilities, can be widely used in smart cities, smart business and other scenarios.
According to Horizon's chief chip architect, Dr. Zhou Feng, the advantage of the new processor is that it can process 1080P @ 30 frames in real time and detect, identify and track 200 targets in each frame. Meanwhile, only 1.5W ultra-low power Low latency, less than 30ms, and easy to use with mainstream application processors.
Zhou Feng said that in January next year, the United States CES, Horizon will work together partners Intel introduced Bernoulli architecture of the second-generation processor products, you can simultaneously handle 6-8 video, recognition, prediction, pixel analysis, support Multi-sensor fusion.In 2019, the third generation of Horizon-based high-performance artificial intelligence processor based on Bayesian architecture will come out and handle 12 videos at the same time, which will be the processor with the strongest artificial intelligence algorithm.
Traffic commercial applications obvious advantages
At the conference, Horizon also launched a one-stop solution of 'algorithm + chip + cloud' in the industry of smart driving, smart city and smart business.
Released in the session, the horizon shows the real-time face capture and recognition capabilities of the camera based on the sun 1.0 processor, in the scene of complex lighting conditions, the mobile camera with accurate capture from a few hundred people identified the guest speaker - Dr. Zhou Feng, chief chip architect of Horizon, also set up a real-time large-scale face capture experience outside the exhibition area, which can simultaneously capture more than 100 people.
In the smart business, the smart camera can also be structured offline business operations data, passenger flow analysis, personnel management, personal analysis, etc., so that business becomes easy to understand, to help business operations system.
The on-site horizon shows the actual use case of the solution in a shoe store, with the camera identifying real-time customer identities, likes and in-store trajectories.
Yu Kai, founder and CEO of Horizon, said the ultimate goal of the solution is to turn the physical scene into a digital space that contributes to the management of urban transport and the enhancement of commercial operational efficiency.
Empowerment in the field of artificial intelligence
Horizon was established in the month of 2015. It is the first artificial intelligence company in China to propose independent research and development of artificial intelligence chips and the first volume production film. In the field of artificial intelligence in China, Horizon is a leader in technology development with the Cambrian and Deep Science Kam Square array.The latest launch of the horizon chip products, but also be regarded as the pioneering move in the field of artificial intelligence in China.
Zhang cymbal, a professor of computer science at Tsinghua University and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that artificial intelligence can not be separated from the speed and storage support of hardware today, but the traditional way is to design artificial intelligence based on the existing computer architecture and hardware Algorithm and software, which will seriously affect the efficiency based on the traditional hardware architecture in the face of deep learning represented by data-intensive computing.
Based on this, the direction of artificial intelligence hardware design is based on the scene with algorithms and software to define the hardware, the algorithm and the chip are strongly coupled, while the optimization of both parties, thereby increasing efficiency, reducing power consumption, cost savings. 'Horizon recently released Product is a groundbreaking step in this direction. "Zhang cymbal said.
Zhang Lei, founder and CEO of Takatsuki Capital, said that the Chinese artificial intelligence company represented by the horizon has led and created a number of industrial ecological environments and become an enabler in the field of artificial intelligence in China. This has enabled more traditional enterprises and management models Able to catch up with artificial intelligence and improved by leaps and bounds, more balanced, more inclusive, more temperature, is the artificial intelligence technology represented by the direction of the future development of China's science and technology industry, but also for the future participation of Chinese enterprises in the global competition , Provided an opportunity.