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In the past 2017, “artificial intelligence†has become the hottest word in the technology circle and capital circle, and the star AI startup has become the protagonist of the capital feast.
However, compared to these high-profile start-ups, many traditional chips that have experienced the rise and fall of the “concept†of the industry are more understated and pragmatic in the AI ​​field.
Recently, Jiwei.com discovered in the year-end visit that it was announced in June 2016 that the first embedded neural network processor (NPU) with independent intellectual property rights in China--the "Starlight Smart One" chip was born and realized. The production of the Zhongxing Micro Group is undergoing new changes.
Not only at the end of 2017, the “Development and Application of Embedded Neural Network Processor SoC Chip†project launched by the team led by Zhang Yundong won the “Beijing Science and Technology Progress Awardâ€, and the company also established “AI Chip Technology Co., Ltd.â€â€” —Beijing Zhongxing Micro Artificial Intelligence Chip Technology Co., Ltd., Zhang Yundong served as Chairman of the Board. Soon after, the second generation AI chip "Starlight Smart II will be launched."
["Starlight Smart One" commercial over tens of thousands]
The second generation is about to be released
According to official information, the chip was named "Starlight Smart One", built into the National Key Laboratory's Neural Network Processor (NPU), supporting Caffe, TensorFlow, MXNet, Torch and other neural network frameworks, while integrating video editing. decoder.
In terms of function, the "Starlight Smart One" AI chip is the main video surveillance application. It adopts the "data-driven parallel computing" architecture, completely subverting the von Neumann architecture, greatly improving the ratio of computer power and power consumption. It not only supports the collection and encoding of high-definition video, but also intelligent object classification detection based on deep learning, which can identify people, vehicles, non-motor vehicles, etc., and can describe labels on video content, such as blue and white striped T-shirts and black pants. , men, etc.
At the beginning of the release, the industry had a lot of doubts about Zhongxingwei. Some people think that the integrator who is doing security monitoring, the first AI chip is more like a PPT product.
However, according to the collection micro-network, as the first AI chip of Zhongxingwei, the current shipment of “Starlight Smart One†has already reached tens of thousands.
This chip is not only used in security monitoring, but also applied to ecosystem protection, smart home, unmanned systems, aerospace military, high-speed rail operation and other systems.
Zhang Yundong said that
According to reports, Zhongxingwei's next-generation product "Starlight Smart 2" has higher performance. According to the current progress, the release time will be in the second quarter of 2018.
Some media have already exposed some information, including the second-generation NPU's computing power to meet the real-time classification detection of 1080P@30fps video, which is 16 times that of the first generation NPU. The NPU can operate at up to 1 GHz, which is 2 times higher than the first generation.
[Zhongxing micro-split is established]
"AI Chip Company"
In addition to advancing at the product level, Vimicro is also planning a larger layout – splitting the AI ​​chip division and setting up Beijing Zhongxing Micro Artificial Intelligence Chip Technology Co., Ltd.
According to the inquiry, Beijing Zhongxing Micro Artificial Intelligent Chip Technology Co., Ltd. was registered on December 25 last year.
Zhang Yundong is the chairman and general manager of the company. It is reported that the new company team has been formed and the financing plan will be launched soon.
According to the 2017 Global Artificial Intelligence Talent White Paper released by Tencent Research Institute, as of the first half of 2017, there were 592 artificial intelligence start-ups in China; 20 universities have incorporated artificial intelligence into research direction.
In terms of financing, it is estimated that in the whole year of 2017, the amount of financing in the domestic AI field will exceed RMB 20 billion, and the valuation of several star venture AI companies will be as high as approximately USD 1 billion.
Regarding the enthusiasm of the capital market, Zhang Yundong said that the attention of capital can accelerate the development of the industry. However, more time and experience is needed in the field of AI chips.
At present, many AI startup companies are teams that have just graduated for a few years. They provide more IP, and traditional chip companies have advantages in process selection and streaming experience.
For the development of artificial intelligence technology, Zhang Yundong said
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For the advantages of Zhongxing Micro Artificial Intelligence, Zhang Yundong gave four points:
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Video chip accumulation for more than ten years, silent years of investment in artificial intelligence
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Open up the industrial chain and build an AI ecosystem
In addition to the chip, AI, data, algorithms and applications are also critical.
In terms of application, Zhongxingwei is the leader of the domestic security monitoring system. At present, it has a total solution from chip to cloud. The customers involved are the leading giants in China.
This not only makes the company closer to understanding customer needs, but also accumulates valuable data resources for AI training. In addition to its own instruction set tool, the algorithm also cooperates with the domestic first-line AI algorithm company.
Zhang Yundong said that the business model of Zhongxingwei on AI products is open. Cooperation can be done as long as it is beneficial to the user.
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Zhongxing micro-accumulated brand customer resources
The company's core team has more than 20 years of industry experience, and has cooperated with each other for many years and has strong combat effectiveness.
At the same time, with the national key laboratory as the platform, it has formed strategic partnerships with many famous universities and research institutions at home and abroad, constantly understanding the development trend of the world's leading AI technology, and laying a good foundation for further market application of AI technology.
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Zhongxing micro-accumulated brand customer resources
In the past ten years of video surveillance, Zhongxingwei has accumulated a lot of brand customer resources, including famous manufacturers such as Samsung, Sony, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo.
In addition, Zhongxing Micro has undertaken national key projects such as nuclear high-base and 973 projects, and maintained good cooperative relations in many important research units of national defense, aerospace and public security. The major domestic appliance manufacturers are almost all customers of Zhongxingwei. At present, artificial intelligence chip products have been actually sold in security and other industries.
When talking about the future direction of the new company, Zhang Yundong said that at present, AI will take the lead in the field of machine vision, and the company will continue to plow in the field of image AI. The goal for the future is to have AI for every camera.
At present, the total market value of China's security monitoring industry is growing at a rate of about 25% per year. The proportion of product equipment and system platforms based on public safety SVAC national standards is also rapidly increasing. The application prospect is broad and the development space is huge.
With the large-scale promotion and application across the country, the public safety SVAC national standard will likely become another successful example of China's further development of the electronic information industry following the TD-SCDMA3G standard, TD-LTE4G standard and Beidou navigation standard.
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