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1. Ziguang Group: No negotiation or cooperation with SK hynix on flash memory technology license;
Set micro-grid December 26 news, the Purple Group recently some foreign media came out on 'SK hynix Semiconductor is working with the Qinghua Ziguang chip flash memory technology licensing negotiations and cooperation' and other news, to be solemnly declared:
The content is purely speculative market rumors, there is no factual basis. Purple Group did not engage in commercial contact with the company in related fields, and to carry out technical licensing negotiations and other matters.
In September this year, the production and powerhouse of National Memory Base Project (Phase I) jointly invested by Ziguang Group, National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund of Hubei Province, Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund of Hubei Province and Hubei Kentou jointly invested and implemented the pre-capping It is estimated that after the project (Phase I) is put into operation, the total production capacity will reach 300,000 pieces / month and the annual output value will exceed 10 billion U.S. dollars.
2. Net unicorn 970 run points to get snapdragon 845 is not a complete run points;
According to the recent run-down data from the Weibo in China, Huawei's new generation of "Kirin 970" processor is 7% above the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845.
Android Headlines, iGyaan Network and other foreign reports, the outflow from the mainland run point of view, the unicorn 970, Snapdragon 845 difference is actually not large, and the network only show a few independent test results, not the average of the complete run points Even though the disparity in value may be even smaller than the surface, the performance of field operations may not be as good even if the processor runs high, especially if the disparity is so small.
Having said that, the result of the new leaked run still hinted that the computing power of Huawei's flagship processor has largely caught up with Qualcomm. Huawei claims that Kirin 970 is the world's first AI SoC, The chip comes with a neural processing unit (NPU) designed for machine learning and general AI applications.
In contrast, Snapdragon 845 also focus most of the AI, and the penetration rate will undoubtedly be higher than Kirin 970. Kirin 970 is currently only built in Huawei and subsidiary Huawei glory introduced mobile phones, such as "Huawei Mate 10 Pro "," Honor V10 "and Snapdragon 845 will support a host of Android flagship smartphones, including high-end products from Samsung, Sony, LG and Xiaomi.
The Kirin 970 uses TSMC 10nm chipset process technology (20% reduction in power consumption and 40% reduction in volume). The main specifications are as follows: 8-core CPU (up to 2.4GHz), Mali G72MP12, Kirin NPU (1.92T FP16 OPS), Image DSP (512bit SIMD), Dual Camera ISP with Face Detection, HiFi Audio (32bit / 384k), UFS 2.1, inSE & TEE, (1.2Gbps @ LTE Cat 18), 4K Video (HDR10), LPDDR 4X, i7 Sensor Processor.
According to Huawei, the Kirin 970's high-performance 8-core CPUs are four A73@2.4GHz and four A53@1.8GHz respectively, and the high-efficiency 12-core GPU adopts the Mali G72MP12, which is the first in the market. In short, the Kirin 970 can even Power-saving, and faster processing of the same AI computing tasks.An image recognition test, Kirin 970 can handle 2,000 images per minute, faster than any other chip on the market.
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3 domestic first-generation gene sequencing FPGA acceleration program landing Tencent cloud;
BEIJING, December 25 Xinhua: With the rapid development of genetic sequencing technology, the generation of genetic data exponential growth, the analysis of the higher requirements.Recently, Tencent cloud officially launched the first self-developed based on FPGA aurora NGS acceleration program to greatly improve the efficiency of human genome-wide analysis and effectively improve the field of gene data analysis is slow, inefficient and so on.
Tencent cloud fully enabled to improve the field of genetic problems
As a new type of genetic testing technology, gene sequencing plays a very important role in life science research. The rapid development of the industry has led to the explosive growth of biogenic genetic data, which makes genetic companies and scientists face new challenges. Recently, Tencent Cloud said it will fully liberalize various IT capabilities and help the overall rapid development of bio-gene areas in terms of transmission, storage, computing, management and insight.
First of all, in the face of the transmission problem of gene data volume, Tencent Cloud built the most complete 28-line BGP network environment in China, enabling gene clients to upload and download data quickly and stably. At the same time, it helps gene enterprise customers to do data upload to the cloud through a key Distribution capabilities enable gene companies to pass data to scientific research users.Secondly, Tencent Cloud to meet the different needs of the field of data applications and genetics by providing storage services such as file storage, object storage and archive storage, and for the most core Computing, Tencent Cloud offers super-cloud services that enable researchers and gene makers to select a wide range of high-performance virtual machines and physical machines to speed up gene computations.
In addition, Tencent Cloud has developed an integrated data management platform "Tencent cloud double helix PAAS platform" for the genetic industry to meet the needs of gene users, storage, calculation and management etc. It is understood that Tencent cloud double helix platform has The first is a rapid analysis, through the use of double helix FPGA to speed up the process of genetic analysis, the second generation of sequencing, has been able to save 90% of the time, the follow-up will continue to launch three generations of accelerated service.Second is to save costs, relying on Double-helix precision scheduling capabilities, double-helix in the calculation process on-demand dispatch the most suitable computing power to perform tasks to avoid CPU or memory a large number of empty run situation.The third is the artificial intelligence technology, has been in the field of precision medicine For example, in Guangdong, AI Tencent Miying to help doctors do early screening of esophageal cancer, an endoscopy, AI Ying can make a diagnosis within 4 seconds, the accuracy rate of 90%.
Tencent double helix PAAS platform characteristics diagram
NGS acceleration program to enhance human genome-wide analysis efficiency and accuracy
Tencent Cloud Gene Team recently launched NGS acceleration program based on self-developed FPGA aurora heterogeneous systems to optimize human genome-wide analysis from 30 hours to 2.8 hours.In the experiment, the researchers used a 30 times the depth of sequencing of human Genome-wide FASTQ file (NA12878), respectively, in the industry common high-performance servers and equipped with australia FPGA aurora heterogeneous server on a comparative test, experimental data show that Tencent NGS acceleration program accelerated more than 10 times.
Comparison between traditional computing system and Tencent aurora heterogeneous system
It is understood that the traditional computing system through the use of multiple high-end CPU to build HPC system to achieve the purpose of shortening the time, but also makes the cost increase, limited the scale of genetic companies and Tencent aurora heterogeneous systems provide excellent performance at the same time Can further reduce the cost of genetic customers.Using Aurora Technology, the self-developed core technology, it optimizes the traditional analysis and calculation process as a whole through the following three aspects.
First, equipped with BWA_MEM and VariantCalling dedicated hardware core algorithm.Adopting the industry's most advanced large-scale integrated circuit design technology, the algorithm performance to a higher level.
Second, the way to optimize memory access at the algorithmic level.
Third, IO bottlenecks can not improve system performance has been a major source of genetic second-generation analysis process, through the system and algorithm level optimization and heterogeneous acceleration significantly reduce IO bandwidth requirements.
While greatly improving the efficiency of the analysis, Aurora technology also ensures excellent accuracy of analysis, and the accuracy of traditional software analysis is basically the same researchers will calculate the results of general-purpose server and aurora heterogeneous system analysis results uploaded to PrecisionFD website Compare the results shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3 below:
General Processor Test Results
Aurora heterogeneous system test results
Meet the needs of different scenarios to help gene clients business success
Tencent cloud relying on cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence and other fields of rich experience and accumulation of different types of genes to meet the different needs of users of the scene and the model of the ability to make its bio-genetic solutions have become a number of life science users Which will include Novo Zhiyuan, Carbon Cloud Intelligence, Gezhi Gene and so on. Tencent Cloud is promoting the development of life science industry with intelligent solutions.
Committed to the field of life sciences research and human health Nuo Zhi Zhiyuan, the use of Tencent supercomputer to accurately match the resources needed to meet its basic scientific research, genetic data processing and clinical application of different scenarios and modes of data processing, storage And transmission of the stringent requirements to help scientific research and medical staff to focus more on scientific and clinical issues.
As an innovative company in the life sciences, Carbon Cloud Intelligence relies on the advantages of Tencent Cloud in terms of the Internet and artificial intelligence, as well as flexible, efficient and low-latency online computing and big data processing capabilities. It has established a system that includes a biological sample management system, Analysis and computing systems, user data management systems, etc. Using artificial intelligence technology to analyze and process data to find the future of silicon-based carbon-based life, to help everyone manage digital life health.
According to different magnitudes of business partners in the field of gene science and technology, Tencent Cloud continues to introduce cost-effective products to meet the demand.Gold Gene partner Huang Ke said that the Blackstone entity provided by Tencent Cloud meets the requirements of low cost High-performance computing needs, providing high-quality services in new life science fields provide start-ups with a great solution.
Tencent cloud has been committed to providing customers with industry-leading solutions to help customers solve the bottleneck.In the field of genetic science and technology, Tencent Cloud said it will launch more services in the future to further reduce the cost of gene clients and enhance overall performance. It is understood that Tencent Cloud Aurora FPGA acceleration will be through the double helix products open, has been open to test the test experience, you can scan the QR code below to make an appointment, an antecedent experience and enjoy more benefits.
4. 'First pot of gold' actually come from it? Li Qun automation is not afraid to compete with international robots
(集 微 网 文 / 茅 茅) With the continuous advancement of the intelligent manufacturing industry and the continuous improvement of the manpower cost in the manufacturing industry, the wave of "machine substitutions" ushered in the industrial field has achieved explosive growth in the sales volume of the global industrial robot market. According to statistics, global industrial robots sold about 290,000 units in 2016, an increase of 14% over the same period of 2012. Among them, China's industrial robots sold 90,000 units, up 31% from the same period of last year. The global average annual growth rate of industrial robot sales in the next ten years will remain at About 12%.
Currently, however, the four major families in the field of robotics abroad are still predominant in the global industrial robot market, namely ABB in Switzerland, KUKA in Germany, Fanuc and YASKAWA in Japan, and shortcomings in technological capabilities In order to change this situation, more and more robotic companies in China join the battlefield, and Dongguan Liqun Automation Technology Co., Ltd., established in 2011, is one of the factors that make the domestic industrial robot field companies still in a backward position.
From a product perspective, it is also true that domestic robots can not compete with robots abroad, but the trend is that more and more domestic robotic companies receive the same treatment as international robotics companies, This is actually a very important signal: the main battlefield of big companies or robots is opening to the domestic and domestic competitive strength, quality products have the opportunity to contend with foreign rivals, this is a very good situation. 'Lee Group automation CEO Shi Jinbo said in an interview with micro-network reporters.
'The first pot of gold' from the United States well-known mobile phone company
Since its inception, Li Qun automation has also gone through six years of development.After six years of experience, Li Qun automation is currently committed to small, lightweight industrial robots research and development, production and application, with SCARA, Delta, six-axis Robot products, forming a 'high-quality robot + open application software platform + personalized intelligent solutions' product system, as if the robot industry is a 'potential stock'.
But in fact, any one company will inevitably encounter some bottlenecks in the beginning of the establishment, Li Qun automation is no exception.In the company was first established, Li Qun is mainly positioned to help domestic enterprises to buy foreign products, processing used in New industry in the field of automation.But in 2012, Li Qun and other manufacturers in the process of equipment production, due to the lack of adequate market research and development of the product did not cause market concern, capital and team problems, Cause the development of the company in trouble.
Fortunately, this time the United States well-known mobile phone company is looking for a project of industrial robot partners, at the recommendation of Dr. Li Zexiang, Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Li Qun automation took the opportunity.After several months of painstaking research and development, Li Qun The prototype was delivered on schedule and was recognized, and despite being at a time when the size of the team failed to bring the project into mass production, Li Qun thus earned the company the 'first pot of gold'.
China's first completely self-developed drive control system
2013 can be said to be a turning point for Li Qun because on October 10, 2013, Li Qun Automation completed the development of the world's first drive-in-one parallel robot and pioneered the integration of drive control and design to reduce external alignment without External control cabinet, light weight, small size, significantly reduce space occupancy.It is understood that at present the series known as the 'Apollo' parallel robot AP-1130-465S, AP-1130-365S, AP-1635- 465S, and AP-1635-365S four models, mainly used in food, electronic products, pharmaceutical products and cosmetic products industries.
It is noteworthy that, in August this year, the new conference, Li Qun also introduced the drive control of electrical integration technology as a driving extension and innovation.In addition, last month's 19th China International Industry At the expo, Li Qun also released three new products: the Triton Distributed Intelligent Robot Control System, the MT2 Next-Generation Teach Pendant, and the Deep Learning Defect Detection System.
Among them, the Triton distributed intelligent robot control system is the first autonomous robot control and drive system in China, which adopts embedded design, integrates the controller into the robot body, and forms a control-electric integrated distributed control architecture with more flexible Compute capacity expansion and higher integration.
Shi Jinbo said that the robot's several major components, including motors, reducers, and controllers, and Li Qun itself technical expertise is the control system.Based on the robot, and the future of automation considerations, we designed a new, subversive control system.
So what is the need for this control system for the future? Shi Jinbo added: "The future development of industrial robots requires a lot of external sensing, such as vision, laser, force control such sensors to meet the scene interaction Demand, distributed control with a very powerful communication and computing power, this is absolutely the world's first, but definitely the technology leader. '
Three financing for R & D investment and scale development
According to Ji Wei network understanding, Li Qun since its establishment, a total of three funds were amalgamation, respectively: in October 2014 by the Ming Dynasty capital of millions of angel angel round of financing; in April 2015 Sequoia Capital and the Ming Dynasty Capital Tens of millions of RMB A round of financing; April 2016 Sai Fu Fund led the tens of millions of dollars of round B financing.
Shek Kinbo disclosed that the financial capital mainly used for investment in R & D of technology and the scale development of the company currently has more than 230 employees and more than half of them are technical R & D personnel. Li Qun's target customer base is mainly divided into two categories: It is an integrator who needs small and lightweight robots in industries such as food, 3C, glass, precision machinery, new energy and chemical products, and has the needs of sorting / packaging / handling / assembly. The other is manufacturing Industry manufacturers, engineering departments within their factories need the automation of machines.
Shi Jinbo said that Li Qun's marketing strategy has always been very clear.'First, in the main battlefield, the use of product reliability, the scale of the complete armed themselves, so that they become a confident, confident domestic products to fight; secondly On the regional level, we look for a large number of channel partners and work with integrators to develop new application sites to help customers protect their technical value by utilizing our own R & D or open platform features.
'The robot is actually going to have to go through a very long but very solid process of accumulation in the last couple of years, just as we did with the spirit of spaceflight,' said Shi Jinbo. In the future, Li Qun will continue along the road With independent innovation and industrial accumulation of the road to go forward.