Zheng Li, Deputy Director of the Cloud Computing Department at the Institute of Cloud Computing and Big Data Research, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology
On August 30th, the 18th Frost & Sullivan China Growth, Innovation and Leadership Summit and the Third New Investment Conference (hereinafter referred to as '2024 Frost & Sullivan New Investment Conference') AI Reconstructing the Digital Economy Sub-forum was held in Shanghai, hosted by the globally leading growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan (Frost & Sullivan, abbreviated as 'Frost & Sullivan').
At the sub-forum, Zheng Li, Deputy Director of the Cloud Computing Department at the Institute of Cloud Computing and Big Data Research, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, delivered a keynote speech, delving into the latest development trends and future prospects of China's computing industry.
Key points from Zheng Li's speech:
In recent years, with the continuous introduction of national and local policies, China's computing industry has achieved rapid development. From the construction of computing power centers to the application of policy tools such as computing power vouchers and public service platforms, the country is actively promoting the full implementation of the artificial intelligence strategy. Driven by the AIGC (Generative Artificial Intelligence) industry, large models have become the core driving force, significantly increasing computing power demand.
Zheng Li stated that the rapid iteration of large model technology, from the early GPT-3 models to future models with trillion or even ten trillion parameter scales, has far exceeded the growth rate of Moore's Law. By the end of 2023, China's computing power scale had rapidly expanded to 8.1 million standard units, with a total scale reaching 23 billion FLOPS. It is expected that by the end of 2025, it will exceed 30 billion FLOPS, accounting for about 40% of the global computing power market share.
However, Zheng Li also emphasized that the development of the intelligent computing industry faces many challenges, including matching supply and demand for computing power, energy consumption safety, and software and hardware coordination. In response to these pain points, the Academy of Information and Communications Technology has proposed the idea of establishing a computing power interconnection architecture, solving problems such as difficulty in finding, scheduling, and using computing power through a unified computing power identification and scheduling system, aiming to achieve flexible scheduling and application nationwide through a computing power local area network.
In the future, the Academy of Information and Communications Technology will continue to promote the upgrade of computing power centers, gradually phase out traditional computing centers, build high-performance computing infrastructure centered on intelligent computing, and improve the supply level of computing capabilities. At the same time, it will strengthen the management and scheduling of heterogeneous computing resources, support distributed computing, and achieve seamless switching of computing resources and application services. In addition, it will accelerate the integration of cloud and intelligence, promote the transformation from general computing to intelligent intelligent computing cloud services, provide one-stop AI application development services, and assist in the inclusive development of AI-native applications.
The Academy of Information and Communications Technology, in collaboration with Frost & Sullivan, has jointly launched an evaluation of the influence matrix of the intelligent computing cloud ecosystem, aiming to comprehensively assess the influence of various manufacturers in the intelligent computing cloud industry. Through a multi-dimensional evaluation system, the matrix will identify key participants and market trend leaders, providing valuable references for decision-makers. The Academy of Information and Communications Technology hopes that through this matrix, it can point out the direction for the development of the intelligent computing cloud ecosystem, promote industrial collaborative development, and help China's computing industry gain a foothold in the global market.
The Academy of Information and Communications Technology will continue to lead industry innovation and push the computing industry to new heights on the global stage.
