The beauty of Wu Jihan's calculating power

CristianoAmon, President of Qualcomm Corp, at the press conference of SnapdragonRide, shows a combination of SoC, accelerator and automatic driving software stack, showing SnapdragonRide (Graphic source CNET/James Martin)
SnapdragonRide, which provides an extensible solution for automobile manufacturers, which can provide support for self driving vehicles in three sub fields, namely
1, L1 / L2 active safety ADAS -- for vehicles with automatic emergency braking, traffic sign recognition and lane keeping assistance
2, L2 + ADAS -- for vehicles that can drive automatically on expressways, support self-service parking, and drive in urban traffic with frequent parking
3, L4 / L5 fully automatic driving -- for automatic driving, unmanned taxi and robot logistics in urban traffic environment
snapdragonride platform is based on a series of different snapdragon SOC and accelerators. It adopts scalable and molar high-performance heterogeneous multi-core CPU, energy-efficient AI and computer vision engine, and GPU
among them, adassoc series and accelerator series adopt heterogeneous computing. At the same time, using the new generation of artificial intelligence engine of Qualcomm, ADAS and SOC can efficiently manage a large amount of data of on-board system
thanks to the combination of these different SOC and accelerators, snapdragonride platform can be equipped according to the needs of different segments of autonomous driving market, and provide good heat dissipation efficiency, from 30tops level equipment for L1 / L2 level applications to 130W power consumption equipment for L4 / L5 level driving with more than 700tops
in addition, the new snapdragonride autopilot software stack is a molar and scalable solution integrated into the snapdragonride platform
according to the introction, the software framework of snapdragonride platform can host customer specific software stack components and snapdragonride autopilot software stack components at the same time
snapdragonride platform also supports passive or air-cooled cooling design, so it can further optimize vehicle design and improve reliability while recing cost
now, arm, blackberry QNX, Infineon, Xinsi technology, elektrobit, and Anson semiconctor have joined the auto driving circle of friends of Qualcomm and become the software / hardware suppliers of snapdragonride auto driving platform
the functional security solutions of arm, the automotive designware interface IP, arc processor IP and starmemory SystemTM of Xinsi technology, the OS Security version and hypervisor Security version of BlackBerry QNX, the aurixtm microcontroller of Infineon, and the ADAS series sensors of Anson semiconctor will be integrated into the automatic driving platform of Qualcomm
elektrobit also plans to cooperate with Qualcomm to jointly develop a new generation AUTOSAR architecture that can be proced on a large scale. Ebcorbos software and snapdragonride autopilot platform will be integrated on this architecture
it is understood that snapdragonride will be delivered to automobile manufacturers and first tier suppliers for preliminary development in the first half of 2020, and according to the estimation of qcomm technologies, the vehicles equipped with snapdragonride will be put into proction in 2023
Second, we have been deeply engaged in the automotive business for many years. Before the release of snapdragonride, we have been deeply engaged in the field of intelligent vehicles for many yearsfor more than a decade, Qualcomm technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, has been providing advanced wireless communication solutions for GM's connected vehicle applications, including the security applications supported by the Android devices on GM
in the fields of on-board information processing, information audio-visual and in car Internet, the total value of orders of qcomm technologies has exceeded 7 billion US dollars (about 48.7 billion yuan)
according to the information released by Qualcomm at the ces2020 press conference, so far, more than one million vehicles have used the automotive solutions provided by Qualcomm
it is obvious that today, the layout of Qualcomm in the automotive field has taken another step forward
ring ces2020, in addition to snapdragonride, Qualcomm also launched a new car to cloud service, which is expected to be available in the second half of 2020
according to the introction, the car to cloud service built by Qualcomm technologies supports the soft upgrade capability of softsku chip specifications, which can not only help automobile customers meet the changing needs of consumers, but also enable chipsets to be upgraded in the field to support new functions according to new performance requirements or new features
at the same time, softsku also supports customers to develop common hardware, so as to save their special investment for different development projects. By using the cloud softsku of Qualcomm, automobile manufacturers can not only provide a variety of customized services for consumers, but also create rich and immersive in car experience through personalized features
in addition, the car to cloud service of Qualcomm also supports the global cellular connection function, which can be used to guide the initialization service and provide wireless communication connection throughout the life cycle of the car
According to nakul ggal, senior vice president of proct management of Qualcomm technologies, combined with snapdragon's 4G and 5g platforms and snapdragon's digital cockpit platform, Qualcomm's car to cloud service can help automobile manufacturers and first tier suppliers meet the new expectations of contemporary car owners, including flexible and continuous technology upgrading and continuous exploration of new functions throughout the whole automobile life cyclein addition, Qualcomm technologies also announced on ces2020 that it will continue to deepen its cooperation with general motors. As a long-term partner, GM will support digital cockpit, on-board information processing and ADAS (advanced driving assistance system) through continuous cooperation with Qualcomm technologies P>
conclusion: Giants raging like a storm in the field of automatic driving, HUAWEI has said before it wants to build intelligent core sensors for automobile, such as lidar and millimeter wave radar. After that, Arm led the establishment of the automatic driving Computing Alliance. Now the mobile chip giant Qualcomm has released a new automatic driving platform, and has made further progress in the field of automobile and automatic driving. <
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game player is concive to the faster and better landing of autopilot cars, but on the other hand, as more hardcore players expand their business boundaries, competition in the market will become more intense. p>
this article comes from the author of car home, which does not represent the standpoint of car home
The types of chips that provide computing power for AI include GPU, FPGA and ASIC
GPU is a kind of microprocessor specialized in image operation on personal computers, workstations, game machines and some mobile devices (such as tablet computers, smart phones, etc.). It is similar to Cu, except that GPU is designed to perform complex mathematical and geometric calculations, which are necessary for graphics rendering
FPGA can complete any digital device function chip, even high-performance CPU can be implemented with FPGA. In 2015, Intel acquired the FPGA long alter head with us $16.1 billion. One of its purposes is to focus on the development of FPGA's special computing power in the field of artificial intelligence in the future
ASIC refers to the integrated circuits designed and manufactured according to the requirements of specific users or the needs of specific electronic systems. Strictly speaking, ASIC is a special chip, which is different from the traditional general chip. It's a chip specially designed for a specific need. The TPU that Google recently exposed for AI deep learning computing is also an ASIC
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chips are also called integrated circuits. According to different functions, they can be divided into many kinds, including those responsible for power supply voltage output control, audio and video processing, and complex operation processing. The algorithm can only run with the help of chips, and because each chip has different computing power in different scenarios, the processing speed and energy consumption of the algorithm are also different. Today, with the rapid development of the artificial intelligence market, people are looking for chips that can make the deep learning algorithm perform faster and with lower energy consumption
25000 mining troops in Sichuan: a flood cost hundreds of millions, most afraid of power failure and loneliness
these computing power are scattered along the Da River, a tributary of the Minjiang River. They inlge in the night of Dalate Banner in Ordos, and sleep soundly in a small city in Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang
today, bitcoin's total network computing power has reached about 30 billion hash collisions per second, equivalent to about 600 tianhe-2 supercomputers, and it is still growing at a high speed. " Wu Jihan, the founder of bitcontinent, wrote in the beauty of computing power
he preached a set of infinitely beautiful "computational aesthetics", but behind the aesthetics is the cruel computational world and interests. Mining is moving towards instrialization step by step and becoming a game of capital
at this time, decentralized mining machines and pools began to appear. They called themselves revolutionaries and wanted to change the extremely monopolized bitcoin world
"cloud computing power mining" is one of them
their way of playing is to establish a number of distributed mines and provide computing power leasing services with tens of thousands of real mining machines
"the current computing power is too concentrated, and some decentralized play methods are difficult to change the current pattern and ecology." Li Ke said
but the essence of blockchain is decentralization. The miners still have the belief that eventually the mining instry will be broken by the decentralized mining pool
this may be the only belief that keeps them going
how long will it take
"5-10 years, slowly nibbling at the giant's territory." Li Ke said
but will giants wait for the revolution? Will they fight back
the battle of computing power and the spark of revolution have just been ignited
source; Sina Technology
but bitcoin mining as an infrastructure, if bitcoin can continue to exist, although the income of mining is reced, for the security of the whole bitcoin network system, some big bitcoin companies may invest in mining to maintain the security of bitcoin network system. In addition, the future of bitcoin will become more clear and bright. Bitcoin's computing power will not decrease, but will increase.
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on the afternoon of August 23, 2019, Huawei's Shenzhen headquarters released shengteng 910, the most powerful a processor, and launched a full scene AI computing framework
Xu Zhijun, chairman of wheel of Huawei, said, Huawei has completed the construction of AI solutions for the whole station and scene, and will launch more AI processors in the future to provide more abundant, more economical and more suitable AI computing power
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The root of the contradiction between the two founders of bitmainland comes from the dispute over the company's development route. The core is the strong disagreement on whether to develop AI chip business. It has been reported that Wu Jihan and Zhan ketuan had separated peacefully in the first half of the year, and Wu Jihan was far away from the management of the mainland. Wu Jihan, together with some core technicians, founded a new company dedicated to the construction of blockchain infrastructure, whose business includes digital currency exchange, mine pool, etc. It is reported that bitmainland has also invested in Wu Jihan's new company, and Wu Jihan continues to hold shares in bitmainland
At present, Wu Jihan and Zhan ketuan have completely changed their face. With Zhan ketuan's strong character and the position of the largest shareholder, it is estimated that the internal strife will be difficult to calm down in a short time, and it is impossible to ensure that there are any previously unknown or even illegal insider reports; Secondly, unlike Jianan Yun, bitmainland not only proced mining machines, but also issued virtual coins, which became the biggest obstacle to its listing in the United States