The 8th Information Strategy Forum of the 100 Information Technology Association was held

Since its official launch in February this year, the “East and West” project has attracted much attention and has continuously sparked discussions in the industry. In the future, what kind of industrial changes will be triggered by “East and West”? What kind of development trend will the computing power era show?

On the afternoon of July 16, the 8th Information Strategy Forum of the 100 People’s Association for Information Technology kicked off in Beijing. The theme of this forum is “The Era of Computing Power, the “East” Wind is Rising—Strategic Choice and Industrial Innovation of East and West Computing”. “Relevant persons in charge of the hub nodes, authoritative academicians and experts for decision support of East Digital and West Computing, and leaders of leading upstream and downstream enterprises in the industry chain gathered together to discuss in-depth the new trends in the computing power era and the development brought about by “East Digital and Western Computing”. Opportunities and challenges, and dialogues and confrontations were conducted around the difficult problems and solutions in the advancement of the “East and West” project.

Authoritative experts explain in detail the development trend of computing power and the future direction of “East Digital and Western Computing”

Yang Xueshan: East and West is a forward-looking deployment of digital economy infrastructure, and it is necessary to focus on solving three-level problems

Yang Xueshan, Chairman of the Academic Committee of the Information Technology Hundred People’s Association and former Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, delivered a speech at the conference. He reviewed the development of China’s economy in the agricultural and industrial eras, and analyzed the significance of the Eastern Digital and Western Computing Project and the problems that need to be solved. Three levels of focus.

Yang Xueshan pointed out that my country is at a historical transition point, and the forward-looking deployment of digital economy infrastructure is a new topic. When we light the lighthouse and enter the no-man’s land, we must be cautious. The “East and West Calculation” project needs to solve three problems. The reasonable layout of different computing modes such as edge computing and centralized computing is good; the second is the business model level, each construction unit should seriously consider the cost and revenue of the east and west computing; the third is the system and mechanism level, it is necessary to clarify which computing power The center is infrastructure, which is the third-party input, and targeted use of government and market means to solve problems.

Chen Jiachun: my country should speed up the construction of computing power infrastructure to ensure the diversified supply of computing power

In his speech at the forum, Chen Jiachun, a member of the Information Technology Hundred People’s Association and the first-level inspector of the Information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology , introduced the strategic deployment, development status and current development achievements of China’s computing power industry, and proposed three measures to promote the development of China’s computing power industry. Great advice. Chen Jiachun said that facing the future, the process of digital transformation is accelerating. my country should speed up the construction of computing power infrastructure to ensure the diversified supply of computing power; improve the support capability of computing power network, emphasize the coordinated development of computing network; strengthen innovation-driven application empowerment, promote Green and inclusive development of computing power.

Zheng Weimin: Computing power has become an engine for the development of the digital economy, but there are still challenges in efficiently transforming leading computing power into the ability to solve scientific and engineering problems

Zheng Weimin, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of the Department of Computer Science of Tsinghua University, gave a keynote speech titled “The Status Quo and Trend of Computing Power in China – Which Type of Computing Power Is Suitable for Building in the West?”, he introduced three computing modes: HPC, AI and BigData The characteristics and structure of HPC computing power are mainly expounded, and the main problems and suggestions are put forward.

Zheng Weimin believes that the efficient processing of data determines the high-quality development of the digital economy, and computing power has become the engine for the development of the digital economy. In the past ten years, my country has been leading the world in the development of top supercomputing systems and the number of supercomputing systems deployed, but it is a worldwide problem to efficiently transform world-leading computing power into the ability to solve cutting-edge scientific and engineering problems, and it varies with choice. Architectural routes exacerbate this divide.

He pointed out that the current development of computing power in my country faces three major problems. First, the architecture of domestic supercomputing platforms is diverse, and the workload of application porting and tuning is large; second, the ability of domestic supercomputing platforms to support the full-process computing of complex applications needs to be improved; .

To this end, he put forward four suggestions: one is to strengthen the research and construction of cross-platform compilation and optimization platforms; the other is to strengthen the research and development of domestic supercomputing system software; the third is to define independent artificial intelligence products and introduce measures to encourage the industry to accelerate their use;

The fourth is to strengthen the research and development of the integration of HPC, AI and Data computing systems.

Li Guojie: Computing power resources are different from water supply and power supply, and building a computing power network also requires basic and original innovation

Li Guojie, academic member of the Information Technology 100 Association and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering , gave a keynote speech titled “Future Prospects and Great Challenges of Computing Power Networks”. The experimental results of the information high-speed rail test platform are pointed out, and the key problems and prospects that need to be solved in the development of the computing power network are pointed out.

Li Guojie believes that the media equate the computing power network with the transportation network and the power network, and believes that computing power can be as convenient as water supply and power supply. But computing power is not a public good, and every product looks to win the competition through proprietary features. Therefore, the realization of the computing power network is much more complex and difficult than the transportation and energy network, and requires fundamental original innovation and a lot of technical research.

Li Guojie pointed out that the construction of the national computing power network should attach great importance to small and medium-sized enterprises, explore the “federal system” management model, and activate the enthusiasm of small and medium-sized enterprises to participate; non-real-time computing has a more basic and long-term role in national development. National computing power network Resources should give priority to non-real-time high-performance computing; it is necessary to strengthen basic and original innovation, and build comprehensive experimental platforms for scientific research and innovation such as the National Engineering Research Center for Computing Power Infrastructure and the “East Number and West Calculation” engineering technology test site.

Yu Xiaohui: It is estimated that in 2023, AI computing power will reach 70-80% of the new computing power

Yu Xiaohui, member of the Information Technology 100 Association, president of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and deputy secretary of the party committee, gave a keynote speech titled “Thinking about Promoting the Development of China’s Computing Power Facilities”. He analyzed the overall structure, categories, and space of computing power infrastructure. Distributed and introduced the development trend of computing power scale and computing power structure. He pointed out that in 2020, my country’s total computing power will reach 135EFlops, accounting for about 31% of the world’s total, maintaining a high growth rate of 55% (the global growth rate is 16%). The proportion of intelligent computing power in my country has increased from 3% in 2016 to 41% in 2020. It is expected that in 2023, AI computing power will reach 70-80% of the new computing power.

Yu Xiaohui analyzed the network performance constraints and business scenario adaptation of East Digital and West Computing, and pointed out that the industrial spillover effect of East Digital and West Computing should not only consider the digital industry. Regarding how to expand the industrial spillover in the western region, Yu Xiaohui suggested that we can build infrastructure such as new power supply and distribution systems represented by wind power, photovoltaics and energy storage, as well as new refrigeration systems such as liquid cooling, IT equipment, software and other infrastructure. Services, digital transformation + cultivation of emerging industries, digital and green dual transformation + cultivation of emerging industries, etc.

Leading enterprises discuss the opportunities for industrial innovation brought by “East and West”

Li Zhengmao: It is expected that by 2050, the development of computing power will present the “Three Laws of Computing Power”

In the keynote speech, Li Zhengmao, a member of the Information Technology 100 Association and former general manager of China Telecom Group Co., Ltd., elaborated on the “Three Laws of Computing Power”. Li Zhengmao pointed out that with the explosive growth of data and the increasingly complex algorithms, the ability to process data, that is, computing power, has become the core resource to promote the development of the digital economy. It is expected that by 2050, the development of computing power is and will show three trends for a long time, which can be called the “Three Laws of Computing Power”.

The first law of computing power is the law of the times: computing power is productivity. Human productivity has entered the era of digital economy with computing power as the core productivity from the original era of manpower, animal power, and power (electricity).

The second law of computing power, the law of growth: computing power doubles every 12 months. The growth rate of computing power resources is remarkable, which has broken Moore’s Law.

The third law of computing power is the law of economy: every 1 yuan of computing power invested will drive 3-4 yuan of GDP economic growth.

Tian Suning: “Hashrate Operators” are indispensable to promote East and West calculations

Tian Suning, executive member of the Information Technology 100 Association and co-founder of AsiaInfo, delivered a keynote speech entitled “East and West Count”: Operators of Computing Power. Tian Suning believes that “computing power operators” are indispensable to promote the east and west computing projects – to meet the diverse computing power needs of computing power users by arranging and scheduling the east and west computing power resource pools.

Computing power operators need to have computing power trading capabilities, and need to conduct computing power measurement, computing power perception, computing power orchestration and computing power routing. Computing power consumers, computing power operators, and computing power demanders form a virtuous cycle from computing power supply, transaction to use, creating a new business model for the three parties in the computing power era. Looking forward to the future, Tian Suning suggested to promote the improvement of the computing power operator’s standard system, accelerate the maturity of the original computing power network technology, and create a sound industrial ecology of the computing power network.

Wang Jiye: In order to realize the strategy of calculating the east and the west and the dual carbon goal, it is recommended to speed up the elimination of low-efficiency data centers

Wang Jiye, a member of the Information Technology Hundred People’s Association and deputy chief information engineer of State Grid Corporation of China, gave a keynote speech entitled “Key Technologies of High-efficiency Data Centers and Their Application in East Digital and West Computing Engineering”. He introduced the East Digital West Computing Project Analysis of background and current situation, key technologies of high-efficiency data center, and prospect of the application of Eastern Digital and Western Computing Engineering.

In order to realize the strategy of “East Number and West Calculation” and the “Dual-Carbon Goal”, Wang Jiye suggested to speed up the elimination of low-energy-efficiency data centers and increase the power density of a single cabinet; improve the construction standards for new and renovated data centers, and increase the PUE, energy efficiency ratio, and resource utilization rate. and other indicators; use edge data center integrated equipment to upgrade and transform small and medium-sized data centers within enterprises, institutions, and social groups; strengthen planning, coordination, and scheduling between hub-type, large, and medium-sized data centers and edge data center stations And applications, a network, to achieve ubiquitous, all-time, all-encompassing computing power services.

Zhang Dixuan: To build a computing power network, full-stack collaboration is the foundation, integrated service is the goal, and independent innovation is the foundation

Zhang Dixuan , President of Huawei’s Ascend Computing Business Line, gave a keynote speech titled “Continuous Innovation, Empowering the Digital Economy with Computing Power Networks”. He shared Huawei’s response to opportunities and challenges from the perspective of innovation opportunities and challenges in the computing power industry. strategic deployment and actions.

Zhang Dixuan said that for computing power infrastructure, AI is the first. In the past year or so, with the launch of Pengcheng Cloud Brain II and Wuhan Artificial Intelligence Computing Center, the construction of artificial intelligence computing centers in various places has started. At present, there are more than 20 cities with leading computing power in the country, and artificial intelligence computing centers have been built based on Ascend AI.

In the construction process of computing center and computing power network, full-stack collaboration is the foundation, integrated service is the goal, and independent innovation is the foundation. Huawei has carried out a series of deployments and explorations from the core key points such as building a full-stack collaborative and independent innovation computing power system, building a large network computing power market, and strengthening root technology innovation research, and is willing to work with industry partners to jointly build computing power with high standards. Network, high-quality development of my country’s computing industry, enabling the digital economy to take off.

Roundtable Dialogues between Hub Nodes and Leading Enterprises:

Difficult problems and solutions in the advancement of East and West arithmetic

The full launch of the “East Number and West Calculation” project is of great significance for improving the country’s overall computing power level, realizing the large-scale, intensive, and green development of the country’s computing power, driving effective investment, and promoting coordinated regional development. At the same time, the “East Digital and Western Computing” project will also face many uncertainties and challenges in the specific advancement process, not only involving key links such as computing power platforms, network transmission, basic software, data governance, etc., but also involving Resource docking and coordinated scheduling between the east and the west.

This forum specially set up a “round table dialogue”, and invited Guo Aidi, member of the Standing Committee of the Zhongwei Municipal Committee of Ningxia Autonomous Region, deputy mayor of the Municipal People’s Government, Bai Jing, deputy secretary-general of the Zhangjiakou Municipal Government of Hebei Province, and director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission. And the relevant person in charge of the node, as well as Lu Guang, director of Huawei China’s Industrial Development and Ecology Department, Tian Feng, director of SenseTime Intelligent Industry Research Institute, and Zhou Tianyu, CTO of Heying Data , etc. Difficult problems and solutions in the advancement of the East Number and West Calculation Project” had a summit dialogue. Zhu Shouyu, a member of the 100-person Information Technology Association, deputy general manager of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Aerospace Cloud Network Company, and director of the National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Big Data Application Technology, presided over the roundtable dialogue.

The meeting was chaired by Huang Chengcheng, a member of the Information Technology 100 Association, the vice chairman of the Internet Society of China and the China Cyberspace Security Association . The conference was hosted by Beijing Xinbaihui Institute of Information Economics and co-organized by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

The guests who participated in this forum included An Xiaopeng, executive member of the 100-person Information Technology Association and vice president of Ali Research Institute, Xu Yu, executive committee member of the 100-person Information Technology Association, heads of relevant departments of the central and local governments, well-known experts and scholars in related fields, and leaders. There are more than 100 people in charge of enterprises and well-known media.