After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 151 We must take a different path from the world
On the AI side, Hao Cheng has no experience in training.

Xiaosha was not trained by him at all, and what he learned in the late-night class started from micro-consciousness, which is so different from the current neural network model that it cannot be described as huge.

However, he plans to provide the model tailoring and distillation capabilities he has mastered some time ago to AI-related companies in the form of Xiaosha professional services.

"Xiaosha, how much computing power can be saved by doing this?" Hao Cheng asked.

The plan has been made, and it is certain that savings can be made. As for the data, after the meeting, Hao Cheng called Xiaosha and asked him to make specific calculations based on the business.

[It varies depending on different businesses and models, but the bottom line will be above 70%! ]

"Hmm? What's going on? The bottom line is above 70%?" Hao Cheng asked in confusion, "What about the upper limit?"

[The upper limit can reach 95% or even higher. ]

"We did our own model pruning and distillation before, but we didn't save so much. Why?"

[Xiaosha has strong capabilities, and the segmentation model it distills is also strong, so it naturally requires more computing power. However, most AI models on the market now have weak capabilities.]

Hao Cheng nodded. That was right: "In that case, the shortage of computing power cards can be alleviated to some extent! NVIDIA, haha!"

Hao Cheng holds a grudge. A strict restriction order on computing power cards not only allowed Hao Cheng to directly target America's software industry, but also set his sights on Nvidia, the leading computing power card company.

With AI in one hand and games in the other, Hao Cheng is determined to break both of Nvidia's legs!

……

Just when Hao Cheng was planning to focus on both AI and games, Moore Thread was the first to notice the relevant news released by the Unbounded System.

After experiencing it, unlike Huawei or ordinary users, their founder and CEO Zhang Jian immediately realized that this was the perfect opportunity for the rise they had been looking for and longing for!
"Everyone says that our Moore Thread is the pride of domestic graphics cards."

Zhang Jian said at the executive meeting: "Yes, we have achieved a little bit of success. We finally have our own graphics card in the field of domestic general-purpose GPUs.

"But we should know our own strengths and weaknesses."

Moore's Law has actually developed very rapidly in the past two years. Whether in the field of AI or in gaming graphics cards, it has gradually begun to gain a little fame and status.

"The pride of China, do you think this name is a compliment?" He patted his face lightly and said, "This is a slap in the face!

“Does anyone say that Kirin is the pride of China? No! Because Kirin is fully capable of competing on the same stage with Qualcomm, Apple and MediaTek.

"In fact, they can fight back and forth. If it weren't for some well-known reasons, Qilin would even have a chance to suppress Qualcomm!"

What Zhang Jian said is correct. Even if we only look at the shipment volume of flagship chips during their life cycle, in the 990 era, Kirin's shipment volume was already several times that of Qualcomm.

"But what about us?" Zhang Jian paused and said, "Let alone Nvidia, we can't even get close to AMD.

"The entire domestic light is only the best among domestic products, but compared with the world's mainstream products, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is far superior. Is this what we want?"

At the prime of his life, Zhang Jian resolutely left his senior position at NVIDIA and chose to start his own business. He must have had some aspirations.

And this pursuit is definitely not just to be a so-called "domestic pride", but to be another "far ahead".

"Before, we tried hard to catch up, but got half the result with twice the effort." Zhang Jian said, "And now, a big pie, an opportunity to take off, is right under our feet!
"You have all experienced the Unbounded System, so you all know what it is like."

At this point, Zhang Jian paused. Just two hours ago, he led the technical team to deeply experience all aspects of the borderless system.

In addition to the multi-hardware fusion perception and operation intention recognition that ordinary users are concerned about, they also conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the performance of the operating system.

"Just by using our public API, the overall computing performance of the graphics card has surpassed our official driver by up to 30%!"

Zhou Yuan, senior member of the AI strategy team and chief operating officer, only said this one sentence, but the weight of this sentence is clear to any technical person!

Xiaosha can use your public API to be more powerful than your official driver. So if you leave the API and the underlying layer to Xiaosha to write and optimize, what can you achieve in the end?

"Hiss!" The technicians had known this data for a long time, but even so, they still took a breath of cold air at this moment.

"Our high-end production capacity is precious," Zhang Jian said, "So, how can we use this limited production capacity to do more things?
“It’s nothing more than two things. First, optimize the algorithm so that the training of the model no longer relies too much on ultra-large-scale computing power, but more on algorithm optimization. Second, tap the unlimited potential of hardware.

“We all know that companies have always had different opinions on how AI will develop in the future.

"The powerful and powerful faction led by NVIDIA has been advocating the accumulation of computing power, and infinite computing power equals infinite intelligence." In fact, this road has reached a bottleneck today. The higher the computing power is accumulated, the smaller the benefits are.

“Nvidia still holds this view only because they sell cards.

"We also sell graphics cards, but unlike Nvidia, we are a Chinese company. Past experience and lessons from our domestic peers show that as soon as we stand out, the big stick of sanctions will definitely be swung down!
"So, we have to take a different path from the world. We have no choice, at least not at this moment!" Zhang Jian finally said: "Fortunately, this road is accessible."

Use less computing power to train powerful models!
Xiaosha was able to squeeze out more performance from lower-configuration hardware through APIs alone, and even went far beyond that.

"So, our next plan is just one thing," Zhang Jian said: "Hold on tightly to Baiju Technology."

Of course, Moore Threads now has users who use the commercial version of Xiaosha, and it is used in many links. However, in terms of capabilities, there is still a big gap compared with the Xiaosha used by companies in the Xiaosha affiliated enterprise concerted action alliance.

……

Zhang Jian was a man of swift and decisive action. Before the meeting, he sent a business letter to Baiju Technology. As soon as he received a reply from Baiju Technology after the meeting, he immediately went straight to the airport and headed for Linzhou.

Just three hours later, he was sitting in Hao Cheng's office.

"Mr. Zhang, our next opponent is your old employer,"

As soon as he met Zhang Jian, Hao Cheng asked him this question: "What do you think is Nvidia's core advantage in all these years of success?"

"The Chinese market." What Hao Cheng least expected was that Zhang Jian gave him such an answer.

As if knowing Hao Cheng's doubts, Zhang Jian explained: "Two aspects. One is that Nvidia has always had half of the Chinese market for gaming graphics cards."

As a former senior executive of NVIDIA, Zhang Jian was once known as Huang Renxun's deputy general, and he has a say in NVIDIA's affairs.

Zhang Jian continued: "On the other hand, in terms of AI, there are only two and a half countries in the world that are playing with AI.

“China, the U.S. and Europe all have some large models, but when it comes to more specific applications, such as self-driving, only the U.S. and we are doing it.

"As for industry, we are the only ones who can achieve scale and quality!"

Zhang Jian went on to say: “Even in the past two years, when high-end computing cards were banned, the Chinese market is still the largest market for Nvidia’s various products.

"It can be said that without the Chinese market, there would be no Nvidia today."

“But now, none of their high-end computing power cards can be sold to China.” Hao Cheng shook his head and said.

"No!" Zhang Jian said:
"It's hard to say how it will be implemented. Although only America's 18 allies can buy cards without restrictions, can these 18 allies secretly act as middlemen to supply cards to China? I think they can!"

"I don't think so!" Hao Cheng said firmly.

"Hmm?" Zhang Jian was puzzled at first, but then he immediately realized what was happening and asked tentatively, "We are going to..."

"Right!" Hao Cheng said, "If he wants to sell it, he can sell it. If he doesn't want to sell it, he won't sell it. Haha, we don't want it if he sells it!
"Before domestic high-end or EUV lithography machines are officially commercialized, our high-end chip production capacity will be a big problem. This is an objective fact."

Hao Cheng said: "So, how can we use this limited production capacity to 100% meet our needs? This is the problem we need to solve."

"Yes, we must be prepared that all our chips cannot be produced externally," Hao Cheng said.
"The Kirin and Unisoc mobile chips, the Loongson and Zhaoxin PC chips, the Kunpeng server chips, and the Ascend AI chips, the game is stuck for you.

"There are also a number of domestic companies that make AI chips or smart driving chips. We must sit down and talk about it when we have time."

The world's second largest country is rising. At the most critical moment, the number one country will definitely not accept it and must guard against the possibility of desperate measures.

Hao Cheng felt that this day was coming soon.

At this time, it is never too much to prepare for the worst.

Not only technology but also military force must be used to provide a strong deterrent. Of course, Hao Cheng doesn't need to worry about this.

"This..." In less than an hour, Zhang Jian was already dizzy from what Hao Cheng said.

He thought to himself: I was just here to discuss the development of low-level graphics card drivers, how did I suddenly get involved in such a big incident?

(End of this chapter)