Huawei launches "world's fastest AI training cluster" with Atlas 900

Shanghai, CHINA, Sept 19 (KUNA) -- Huawei announced its strategy for the computing market and released Atlas 900, the world's fastest AI training cluster.
A powerhouse of AI computing, Atlas 900 will help make AI more readily available for different fields of scientific research and business innovation.
"The future of computing is a massive market worth more than two trillion US dollars," said Ken Hu, Huawei's Deputy Chairman.
"We'll keep investing with a strategy that focuses on four key areas. We will push the boundaries of architecture, invest in processors for all scenarios, keep clear business boundaries, and build an open ecosystem." The industry's approach to computing is evolving from rule-based to statistical models, which are the foundation of machine learning.
Huawei estimates that in the next five years, statistical computing will become the mainstream and AI computing will account for more than 80 percent of all computing power used around the world.
To carve out a place in this market, Huawei's strategy will focus on four key areas, architecture innovation.
Last year Huawei launched the Da Vinci architecture, an innovative processor architecture designed to provide a steady and abundant supply of affordable computing power. Huawei will continue to invest in basic research.
Investment in all-scenario processors. Huawei has a full lineup of processors, Kunpeng processors for general purpose computing, Ascend processors for AI, Kirin processors for smart devices, and Honghu processors for smart screens.
Clear business boundaries. Huawei won't sell its processors directly. Instead, it will provide them to its customers in the form of cloud services, and to its partners in the form of components, prioritizing support for integrated solutions.
Last night, the launch was announced at Huawei connect 2019 conference, which kicked off on Septemper 18th and will continue to Septemper 20th. (end) mab.mb