"Edge computing is urban computing based on scenarios. With the advent of 5G, the first thing that will change is the application architecture of various industries, from hardware, chips, networks, middleware to application services, all technologies must evolve to the edge, and Alibaba Cloud is the builder behind urban computing. "At the 5G edge computing sub-forum on the first day of the 2019 Yunqi Conference, Alibaba Group Vice President Yu Pengwu delivered a keynote speech on" Exploiting a New Generation of IT Infrastructure and Application Innovation "to share edge computing Technology layout and future applications.
Yu Pengwu gave a keynote speech
Yu Pengwu said that in the 5G environment, the access capability of wireless networks has further increased, and the production and consumption of data has changed from centralized production and decentralized consumption to decentralized production and ubiquitous consumption, which means that technology needs to be reconstructed and industrially applied. Synergy. The currently defined three major application scenarios of 5G, eMBB, mMTC, and URLLC, are all intelligent application scenarios for all areas of the city, and 80% of the data and calculations will occur on the edge. Alibaba Cloud understands that edge computing is not for computing, but for carrying more new 5G application scenarios. It is a collection of urban computing that includes road computing, utility computing, consumer computing, security computing, and home computing. With a deep 10-year accumulation of Feitian technology and a strong Alibaba digital economy, Alibaba Cloud is also gradually creating a cloud-edge-end collaborative open ecosystem that spans e-commerce, logistics, finance, transportation, home entertainment and other scenarios.
Yu Pengwu elaborated Alibaba Cloud edge computing technology layout
When it comes to the technical layout of urban computing, Yu Pengwu said that Alibaba Cloud has completed the global coverage of 300+ edge computing nodes in more than 30 provinces in China, and then will focus on edge chips / devices, edge computing platforms (operating systems), cities The layout of four edge technology stacks, edge middleware, city edge applications and services. In terms of chips / devices, Alibaba Cloud Edge Computing adopts a "2 + 2 + 1" investment strategy, namely: 2 types of general-purpose chips (X86, ARM) + 2 types of dedicated chips (GPU, ASIC) + 1 type of self-developed chips (flat head Brother NPU cloud edge integrated core ecosystem); in terms of edge computing platforms, Alibaba Cloud provides three computing forms (virtual machine, container, function) and three delivery forms (Server, Server let, Server less); for edge middleware , Alibaba Cloud will change from the original "dispatch of content distribution" to "scheduling of computing", while superimposing new technologies such as AI and storage, and gradually form a unique middleware capability for urban application scenarios; as for upper-layer edge applications and services, then It is necessary to combine Alibaba Group business ecology and vertical industry partners to jointly promote technological progress.
"With the gradual maturity of new technologies such as AI, 5G, IoT, Alibaba Cloud will further integrate with partners in the upstream and downstream of the industry from multiple dimensions such as standards, technologies, products, and applications to find a richer, multi-industry The edge of the application scenario, for customers to create more "closer" to the user's computing. "At the end of the speech, Yu Pengwu said.
