According to reports, recently, the company has established the "AI Chip Company" in the micro-split, and will release the next-generation product "Starlight Smart No. 2" under the layout of the AI ​​chip. It is reported that the release time will be in the second quarter of 2018. The computing power of the second-generation NPU is 16 times that of the first-generation NPU. The Cambrian A round of financing of 100 million US dollars, the horizon A + round of financing nearly 100 million US dollars, Shang Tang technology B round of financing 410 million US dollars, contempt for technology C round financing of 460 million US dollars ...
In the past 2017, “artificial intelligence†has become the hottest word in the technology circle and capital circle, and the star AI startup has become the protagonist of the capital feast. However, compared to these high-profile start-ups, many traditional chips that have experienced the rise and fall of the “concept†of the industry are more understated and pragmatic in the AI ​​field.
Recently, the reporter found in the year-end visit that as early as June 2016, it was announced that the release of China's first artificial intelligence processor, Zhongxingwei is undergoing new changes. Not only at the end of 2017, the “Development and Application of Embedded Neural Network Processor SoC Chip†project launched by the team led by Zhang Yundong won the “Beijing Science and Technology Progress Awardâ€, and the company also established “AI Chip Technology Co., Ltd.â€â€” —Beijing Zhongxing Micro Artificial Intelligence Chip Technology Co., Ltd., Zhang Yundong served as Chairman of the Board. Soon after, the second generation AI chip "Starlight Smart II will be launched."
In fact, compared to the Cambrian and Horizon 2017, the AI ​​chip IP or processor was introduced. The layout of the AI ​​chip was earlier. On June 20, 2016, Zhongxingwei announced in Beijing that after more than five years of hard work and unremitting efforts, China's first embedded neural network processor (NPU) chip was born and was implemented on March 6, 2016. Mass production.
According to official information, the chip was named "Starlight Smart One", built into the National Key Laboratory's Neural Network Processor (NPU), supporting Caffe, TensorFlow, MXNet, Torch and other neural network frameworks, while integrating video editing. decoder. In terms of function, the "Starlight Smart One" AI chip is the main video surveillance application. It adopts the "data-driven parallel computing" architecture, completely subverting Feng? Neumann architecture greatly enhances the ratio of computer power and power consumption. It not only supports the collection and encoding of high-definition video, but also intelligent object classification detection based on deep learning can identify people, vehicles, non-motor vehicles, etc. Video content structured description tags, such as blue and white striped T-shirts, black pants, men, etc.
At the beginning of the release, the industry had a lot of doubts about Zhongxingwei. Some people think that the integrator who is doing security monitoring, the first AI chip is more like a PPT product. However, according to the reporter, as the first AI chip of Zhongxingwei, the current shipment of “Starlight Smart One†has already reached tens of thousands. This chip is not only used in security monitoring, but also applied to ecosystem protection, smart home, unmanned systems, aerospace military, high-speed rail operation and other systems.
Zhang Yundong said, "From the feedback of customers, Starlight Smart No. 1 has played a leading edge AI advantage, and has unique advantages in the field of video surveillance for current identification, classification and tracking. The traditional scheme has problems such as false positives and high false negatives. After the Starlight No. 1, the accuracy is greatly improved, and the recognition is more sensitive than the human eye."
“The first generation of products has accumulated valuable experience for us. At present, the customer has feedback some problems, and we will focus on solving it in the second generation.†Zhang Yundong said.
According to reports, Zhongxingwei's next-generation product "Starlight Smart 2" has higher performance. According to the current progress, the release time will be in the second quarter of 2018. Some media have already exposed some information, including the second-generation NPU's computing power to meet the real-time classification detection of 1080P@30fps video, which is 16 times that of the first generation NPU. The NPU can operate at up to 1 GHz, which is 2 times higher than the first generation.
Zhongxing micro-split to establish "AI chip company"In addition to advancing at the product level, Vimicro is also planning a larger layout – splitting the AI ​​chip division and setting up Beijing Zhongxing Micro Artificial Intelligence Chip Technology Co., Ltd.
According to the reporter's inquiry, Beijing Zhongxing Micro Artificial Intelligent Chip Technology Co., Ltd. was registered on December 25 last year. Zhang Yundong is the chairman and general manager of the company. It is reported that the new company team has been formed and the financing plan will be launched soon.
According to the 2017 Global Artificial Intelligence Talent White Paper released by Tencent Research Institute, as of the first half of 2017, there were 592 artificial intelligence start-ups in China; 20 universities have incorporated artificial intelligence into research direction. In terms of financing, it is estimated that in the whole year of 2017, the amount of financing in the domestic AI field will exceed RMB 20 billion, and the valuation of several star venture AI companies will be as high as approximately USD 1 billion.
Regarding the enthusiasm of the capital market, Zhang Yundong said that the attention of capital can accelerate the development of the industry. However, more time and experience is needed in the field of AI chips. At present, many AI startup companies are teams that have just graduated for a few years. They provide more IP, and traditional chip companies have advantages in process selection and streaming experience.
For the development of artificial intelligence technology, Zhang Yundong said that there are still some problems in the practical application of artificial intelligence technology at this stage. For example, it cannot be deduced theoretically. Relying on big data training makes it difficult to apply in some situations where high reliability requirements and large amounts of data are difficult. Zhongxing Micro Artificial Intelligence will strive to make some technical breakthroughs in this aspect. On the one hand, it will combine some of the latest developments in existing AI algorithms, such as confrontation networks to solve some problems, and on the other hand, let AI2.0 and traditional artificial intelligence AI1.0 The technology is quickly combined and adopts a dual-engine approach, which can inherit the development achievements of traditional artificial intelligence in the past and quickly apply the latest technology of AI2.0. It may also be a more pragmatic approach at this stage.
For the advantages of Zhongxing Micro Artificial Intelligence, Zhang Yundong gave four points:
1. The accumulation of video chips for more than ten years, the silent field of artificial intelligence has been invested for many years. The outside world said that Vimicro is more of an integrator in the field of security monitoring. In fact, Vimicro has started from chips and won several national awards. Among them, "Starlight China Core" series of digital multimedia chips won the first prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2004, and won the first prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award again in 2013. As early as 2006, the sales of Starlight series chips exceeded 100 million. In addition, the company also undertakes the Ministry of Public Security project, and the Public Security Department takes the lead in formulating the national standard for security monitoring and SVAC, and develops the "Starlight Security" series of chips. It has been put into the layout very early in the field of AI chips. According to Zhang Yundong, since 2014, the company has started to invest in artificial intelligence chip projects. In June 2016, it released the first NPU chip, with an accumulated investment of 370 million yuan.
2. Open up the ability of the industrial chain and build an AI ecosystem. In addition to the chip, AI, data, algorithms and applications are also critical. In terms of application, Zhongxingwei is the leader of the domestic security monitoring system. At present, it has a total solution from chip to cloud. The customers involved are the leading giants in China. This not only makes the company closer to understanding customer needs, but also accumulates valuable data resources for AI training. In addition to its own instruction set tool, the algorithm also cooperates with the domestic first-line AI algorithm company. Zhang Yundong said that the business model of Zhongxingwei on AI products is open. Cooperation can be done as long as it is beneficial to the user.
3. Experienced AI technical team. The company's core team has more than 20 years of industry experience, and has cooperated with each other for many years and has strong combat effectiveness. At the same time, with the national key laboratory as the platform, it has formed strategic partnerships with many famous universities and research institutions at home and abroad, constantly understanding the development trend of the world's leading AI technology, and laying a good foundation for further market application of AI technology.
4. Zhongxing micro-accumulated brand customer resources. In the past ten years of video surveillance, Zhongxingwei has accumulated a lot of brand customer resources, including famous manufacturers such as Samsung, Sony, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo. In addition, Zhongxing Micro has undertaken national key projects such as nuclear high-base and 973 projects, and maintained good cooperative relations in many important research units of national defense, aerospace and public security. The major domestic appliance manufacturers are almost all customers of Zhongxingwei. At present, artificial intelligence chip products have been actually sold in security and other industries.
When talking about the future direction of the new company, Zhang Yundong said that at present, AI will take the lead in the field of machine vision, and the company will continue to plow in the field of image AI. The goal for the future is to have AI for every camera.
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