In the eyes of the universe, how to correctly care about counting East and West?

The bunker era 67 year , The universe , Singer civilization .

“ I need a piece of two-way foil , For cleaning .” A singer keenly discovered a civilization that might affect the universe from the data , It decided , Throw out two-way foil , Let the distant solar system fall from three dimensions to two dimensions .

This is a 《 Trisomy 》 A plot that changed the fate of the earth . Read the data about civilization , Identify the coordinates of civilization in the universe , It's a singer's job . today , The rapid development of digital economy , Beyond many people's imagination , Everyone may be eager to have the singer's overall perspective , Insight into the power of digital civilization , New technology 、 New formats have an accurate sense of direction .

But frankly , Not everyone in the technology industry knows the logic of the situation , Policy linkages , And the subsequent impact .

just , I recently read a Book ：《 A brief history of human computing ： From Chinese abacus to digital economy 》, Sort out the information scattered in history , The macro shows the nature of calculation , Why , How so .

And think about it ,“ Count from east to west ” After the official start of the project , There are all kinds of voices in the market , Including some speculation concepts to drive up the stock price 、 The market chaos of repackaging new bottles of old wine , It also makes it more difficult for the public to understand .

Let's change our perspective , Let technology return to technology , Let the industry return to industry , from “ Calculation ” The essence of , From the cause and effect of human computing history , Abstract out unchanging principles , Look for ideas that keep pace with the times 、 Mechanism and possibility .

So this article , You might as well bring the perspective of singer civilization , Insight into the coordinates of digital civilization . In your eyes like the universe , The distant laniakea supercluster - Virgo galaxy cluster - Local Galaxy Group - The Milky way - Hubi - Gould belt - Local bubble - Local Fluff - Oort cloud - The third planet in the solar system —— The earth , What kind of computing evolution is taking place ？

A new civilization of a planet

Just as the singer threw out the two-way foil , Man has stepped into deep space , And built one on Pluto “ Earth Civilization Museum ”. It's a long corridor , The walls of the cave are densely carved with words and figures , It records how the earth civilization has galloped for 5000 years .

If there is really a historical corridor recording human civilization , Technological changes in the digital age , It should be engraved in it , Have your own page .

《 A brief history of human computing ： From Chinese abacus to digital economy 》 It is mentioned in the book , From the agricultural age to the digital age , Computing has always existed and developed , The progress of human civilization development is closely related to the progress of computing power . Especially after the advent of computers , With an exponential growth rate, it will drive the global economic and social progress , And lead us into the era of digital economy .

The construction of new digital infrastructure has been steadily advancing all over the world , Digital civilization is roughly represented by three key combinations .

1. The fusion of efficiency and balance ： Since Malthus , The pursuit of efficiency first , What led to the development of different economies “ Scissors difference ” Keep widening . The United Nations and governments around the world 、 Technology leaders are aware that , This imbalance should be changed , Shaping the digital economy on a global scale , Achieve digital inclusion , Let no one fall behind in the digital transformation , Become a new consensus .

2. Integration of development and environment ：19 Since the middle ages , The whole world has gradually entered industrialization 、 Urbanization 、 The process of modernization , Human beings have also paid the cost of consuming energy and sacrificing the environment . In recent years , All countries have begun to attach importance to digital technology in dealing with energy exhaustion 、 The value of energy imbalance and other issues , Solve the problem of high energy consumption of digital infrastructure such as data center , Develop green computing that takes into account industrial development and environmental friendliness .

3.IT and CT Fusion ： For a long time , Communication technology and information technology are operated separately , And the digital economy requires network load ,IT and CT Accelerating convergence , Evolving towards integration . Just finished ITU In the 8th World Telecommunication Development Conference , The representatives of the world government and the communication industry agreed that , Communications technology CT Connectivity and information technology IT The data of , Are indispensable to the digital economy , Network connectivity has great potential for digital transformation .

Computing in the digital economy , Give everyone who is in the midst of changes and disturbances of the times a clear coordinate about the future , Point to a better world .

A new story of a continent

We will continue to narrow our vision , To discover every continent floating on the ocean , Understanding of computation 、 Accumulation and expectation , Are all different .

Tens of thousands of years ago , Human beings take big rivers as their cradles , Four ancient civilizations were born . In the past 100 years , Three people who played a decisive role in the development of numeracy , Namely ： Shannon 、 Turing and von Neumann , Their theoretical ideas support the computing industry , It has formed the appearance of computational power that we are familiar with today . From the vacuum tube 、 The transistor 、CPU To GPU, From hardware to software , From stand-alone and Internet , These computational related advances have occurred in the North American continent .

today , History has come to a new starting point , Computing power has become the key to nurturing digital civilization “ Great river ”.

just as 《 A brief history of human computing ： From Chinese abacus to digital economy 》 As written in , Computing is a decisive force in the era of digital economy , It is a base resource that must be learned to use in the innovation of the times , Also realize “ Double carbon ” The technical cornerstone of the goal .

2022 year 1 month , The construction of computing power has been formally incorporated into the national new infrastructure development and construction system ,2 month ,“ Count from east to west ” The project is officially launched , The national 8 Construction of the Dali hub . Everyone is curious , What will these measures turn China into in a period of time ？ From the digital age “ Water conservancy project ” This angle , It can help us better understand what is happening in Chinese Mainland , There are five noteworthy trends ：

1. Recognizing water . To control water, we must first know water , understand “ Count from east to west ” engineering , First, we need to understand what kind of calculations China needs . Chang Chengzai, President of Huawei China government enterprise data center solutions 6 month 23 It was put forward at the seminar on the development of Japanese Eastern mathematics and Western mathematics , Computing in the age of intelligence has three characteristics ： Super computing power 、 Everywhere 、 Efficient collaboration between end and edge clouds . Based on this , Will find “ Count from east to west ” The project undertakes three missions ： Diversified and clustered computing power base , A resource network covering all regions of the country , And a supporting platform to guide the software and hardware innovation of the digital cloud network . Many people think that counting from the east to the West means simply allocating the demand from the east to the West , Obviously not the whole picture .

2. Water control . Next , It is necessary to solve the problems that may exist in the process of increasing the supply of computing power . stay 2020 year 12 National Development and Reform Commission 《 Guiding opinions on accelerating the construction of collaborative innovation system of national integrated big data center 》 There is a clear plan in , Including building integration 、 High quality data center cluster and Internet , Form a digital network system ; Strengthen computing services , Optimize the resource structure of the East and the West , Form a digital system ; Cross department 、 Across the region 、 Cross level data flow and governance , Build a digital supply chain , Form a number chain system ; Strengthen the industrial innovative application of data , Form a digital brain system ; Strengthen network security and data security capabilities , Form a digital shield system . Look at it this way ,IDC Construction is just “ Count from east to west ” A small part of .

3. Water . The essence of engineering construction is to help the digital economy , at present ,“ Count from east to west ” Relevant policies of the project , The demand for computing power is also divided into two categories , The eastern hub mainly meets the business with high network requirements , For example, industry 、 Finance 、 Medical care 、 video 、AI etc. ; The western hub mainly undertakes backstage processing 、  Offline analysis 、 Storage, backup and other businesses . By classifying the data center industry chain 、 Hierarchical management , Guide all localities to combine the actual situation of the industry , Make good use of computing resources , Create a more distinctive digital economy .

4. Water conservation . Green waters and green mountains are gold and silver , Computing infrastructure can not go naturally “ Pollution before treatment ” Old road ,IDC At the initial stage of construction, it should meet the requirements of double carbon . One side , adopt “ Count from east to west ” The project will lead some high energy consuming industries and demands to the West , According to the statistics of Huawei cloud Guizhou Data Center , The annual electricity savings are 10.1 Hundred degrees , Reduce carbon emissions 81 ten thousand ; On the other hand , Computing manufacturers need to further accelerate the research and development of Green Computing , Improve large 、 Power efficiency in very large data centers , Reduce PUE value , Build a sustainable computing base .

5. Water appreciation . Water conservancy projects not only promote productivity , There are also related industrial chains such as tourism 、 Trade and even urban prosperity , Again ,“ Count from east to west ” The project is promoting the optimization and upgrading of the eastern data center 、 During the construction of the Western Data Center , It is also inseparable from the joint efforts and prosperity of the entire industrial chain ecology , Including hardware manufacturing 、 software development 、 Big data processing 、ISV service 、 Talent education and other multiple changes , Finally, the local digital economy will have strong vitality . Take Huawei for example , At present, the open source operating system has been announced openEuler、 database openGauss、AI frame MindSpore etc. , Drive the digital ecological community to further prosper .

When “ Count from east to west ” After the formation of the river network , Computing power converges into vast waters throughout the continent , Nourish the fertile land of digitalization , Perhaps the best chance for the east to regain its leading position in the forest of the world .

A new journey for an industry

History will not repeat , But with the same rhyme .1993 year , Cross century “ National Information Infrastructure ” The project is planned to be officially launched on the other side of the Pacific Ocean , This article “ information superhighway ”, It has made a country brilliant in the information economy , Also nurtured a number of IT Technology giant . today , Computing power also needs to be built through infrastructure , Lay the foundation for the coming digitalization .

For this new proposition of the computing industry , Many areas of Computing 、 Cloud manufacturers 、 Internet companies are actively involved in it , Invest hundreds of billions to build data centers . among , Huawei's actions have naturally attracted particular attention .

One side , As a pioneer in science and Technology , It has made breakthroughs in many basic root technologies , Like the Da Vinci architecture 、 Kun Peng 、 Rise 、 Euler and other software and hardware integrated independent innovation , This is critical to the digital economy ; in addition , As the leading ICT manufacturer , stay IT and CT Both fields have long-term business layout and technology accumulation , Occupy a unique industrial position ; Besides , Huawei's open source computing ecosystem , Further strengthen the infrastructure attributes .

On the infrastructure of computing power , How Huawei thinks ？ Everything is one , The answer is to grab an anchor ： Supply side reform of computing power .

Whether it is the global expectation for the digital economy , It is also the main idea of the project of counting from the east to the West , Are closely linked to the same key words ： green 、 Pratt & Whitney 、 equilibrium 、 intensive …… Do not pursue blind construction and simple stacking of computing power , But through supply side reform , Let new computing power exert new value with new toughness .

New computing power ： Green low carbon . Through cluster computing 、 Efficient software tuning , Use clean energy , Achieve the best cost per bit , chip 、 Optimal hardware architecture and application energy efficiency ratio , Instead of simply adding the private computing power of each central institution to calculate the total amount . In huawei Atlas Series products, for example , Based on the Pentium series processor , A breakthrough in computing power has been achieved , Improve IDC Unit capacity of the project , Reduce overall energy consumption .

New toughness ： The independent innovation . Through self-developed hardware 、 Server operating system 、 Software ecology, etc , Ensure independent innovation in the data center , At the same time, establish a disaster recovery center , Avoid the impact of potential risks . This toughness , It is a prerequisite for the sustainable operation of computing infrastructure .

New value ： Smart leadership . The fourth industrial revolution centered on artificial intelligence , It is the first time that China has participated in the whole process of productivity reform , Artificial intelligence has become a leading chip in China's computing industry . Created by Huawei and its partners “AI+ industry ” Case study , Calculated by net load 、 Use calculation to carry wisdom , Real acceleration AI Advanced computing power is transformed into digital productivity .

Electricity has replaced coal , Become the core energy of the new generation of industrial revolution , It brings higher energy conversion efficiency 、 Purer environmental friendly value , And better driving effect of economic growth . Amplify the value of computing power , Improve unit GDP growth rate , This will become the direction for further exploration of new computing infrastructure .

New hope in a pair of eyes

stay 《2001： Space roaming 》 The beginning of , An orangutan learned to use tools , Human prehistoric civilization began . For digital civilization , The wind starts at the end of Qingping , It is not a country that has promulgated any policy , It's not how much a giant has invested , Instead, the calculation begins to be embedded in the individual's fate trajectory .

It is a migrant worker in a small western city , It has entered the local computing center , Become a data annotation worker , Started a new career ; I am an engineering student of three schools , With the support of the center of computing power , Successfully developed a AI Model , Add a bright color to your resume that changes your destiny ; She is a woman in Africa , With broadband and computing power from Chinese technology , It has opened the way to start a business to get rid of poverty .

For decades, , From mainframes to personal computers 、 The tablet 、 A smart phone , Computing devices are getting closer to people , Digital connections go all the way , Changed the fate of countless people . That's why , Calculators must come to them ,“ Count from east to west ” We must go all over the country .

“ The fertile soil project ” Developers in ,“ Kun Peng + Yiteng ” Cultivated industrial talents ,“ Smart base ” College teachers and students in the industry education integration and collaborative education base …… More and more people are lighting up the light of Computing , The fire of digital civilization has really started to burn .

Lengthen the coordinates of history , Looking back at the calculation of a hundred years , Computing power is like electricity 、 Like information technology , Become the power that activates the entire planet , This will be the greatest leap in the history of human civilization .

How lucky , We are the witnesses of digital civilization , In the future, when we look back at today , if only , We all made the same choice as the whole planet .