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● Performed forecasts using spatial-temporal
algorithms and dynamic equipment adjustments
on wireless networks, resulting in a 15%
improvement in energy conservation during
pilot programs and reducing the cooling power
consumption for data centers with a higher
power usage effectiveness (PUE) by between
9% and 17%.
● Worked with other industry players to release
a white paper entitled Autonomous Networks:
Empowering Digital Transformation For
The Telecoms Industry on the five levels of
Autonomous Driving Network (ADN), as
previously defined from L0 to L5, and their
technical implementation paths.
● Continued research into ADN technology, to
make intelligent, automated, self-optimizing,
self-healing, and autonomous network
operations and maintenance (O&M) a reality.
■ AI Computing
In this area, we continued to build on our full-stack
capabilities ranging from computing power,
operators, and the framework to application
enablement, lowering AI application threshold and
providing affordable AI capabilities for industries.
Specifically, we launched:
● The Ascend 910, a proprietary AI training
processor packed with a Da Vinci 3D cube
architecture; and
● MindSpore, an all-scenario AI computing
framework across devices, edge, and cloud.
■ Smartphone Camera
In this area, we:
● Used AI to redefine the smartphone
photography experience by being the first in the
industry to deliver a staggering ISO 409,600,
which enables crystal-clear night-time images,
as well as 10x hybrid zoom and 50x digital
zoom.
● Unveiled the industry’s first-ever high-precision
segmentation algorithm, enabling high-
precision foreground extraction (even for fine
details like hair) and achieving the best bokeh
and video effect in the industry.
● Introduced AI to sharpen our edge in device
video, by improving scene identification and
video enhancement, and delivering brand new
experiences such as shooting ultra-slow motion,
as well as ultra-wide-angle, ultra-low-light, and
time-lapse videos.
■ Media CODEC Standards
To promote technological advancement within the
ultra-high-definition video industry, we actively
participated in setting standards in standards
organizations such as the Moving Picture Experts
Group (MPEG) with the ISO/IEC, ITU-T SG16, and
China’s AVS by:
● Submitting more than 500 technical
contributions to different standards
organizations; and
● Acting as a major contributor to standards in
fields such as Versatile Video Coding (VVC, or
referred to as ITU-T H.266), MPEG-5 EVC, and
AVS3.
■ Software
In this area, we have always continued our efforts
to pursue innovation and breakthroughs, so as
to build our leadership in underlying software. In
2019, we:
● Unveiled the world’s first-ever AI-native and
enterprise-class database with an AI kernel.
● Launched OpenEuler, an open source server
operating system, based on a RISC and multi-
core architecture. OpenEuler features three-
level intelligent scheduling, which can reduce
the multi-process concurrency latency by 60%
and improve the performance of web servers
by 137% through intelligent and automated
planning, giving full play to the strengths of our
Kunpeng and Ascend processors in computing
power.
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