Recently, Canaan Technology and Baidu Flying Paddle signed a cooperation agreement on the hardware ecological co-creation plan, officially joining the hardware ecological co-creation plan initiated by Flying Paddle. The current cooperation between the two parties is mainly based on the Kanzhi series of AI chip products of Canaan Technology.
About Canaan Technology
Founded in 2013, Canaan Technology (NASDAQ: CAN) is a technology company with ASIC high-performance computing chip design as the core, integrating chip research and development, computing equipment production and software services. As an early domestic enterprise that adopts the open source instruction set architecture to develop chips, Canaan Technology has been exploring the greatest potential of AISC technology in the fields of high-performance computing and artificial intelligence since it released the world's first RISC-V architecture commercial edge AI chip in 2018. At present, Canaan Technology has independently developed three generations of visual neural network accelerator IP cores, and has a number of core technologies and independent intellectual property rights. Its Kanzhi series AI chips focus on the field of edge computing, and are used in smart homes, smart access control, STEAM education and robots. The application scenario has the advantages of low power consumption and high-precision computing.
Following the release of the world's first commercial edge AI chip Kanzhi K210 based on RISC-V architecture in 2018, and the release of the second-generation Kanzhi series AI chip K510 in 2021, Canaan Technology will officially release the Kanzhi series in 2023 The latest generation AI chip K230
Canaan Technology & Flying Paddle
After joining the hardware ecological co-creation plan, Canaan will cooperate with Baidu Feidao in the fields of algorithms, software and hardware to realize the in-depth adaptation of Canaan Kanzhi AI chip and Feidao deep learning platform, and provide a one-stop AI solution. Tang Weiwei, vice president of Canaan Technology, said: "As a leading company dedicated to the research and development of independent RISC-V AI chips, Canaan has been deeply involved in the AI industry for more than seven years, and has shipped millions of Kanzhi AI series chips, and achieved Landing applications in multiple industries. We know that the development of AI needs to establish an open and rich industry and ecology, and we attach great importance to cooperation with ecological partners. Baidu Fei Paddle is China's first independent research and development, rich in functions, open source and open industry-level The deep learning platform has strong ecological partners and a wide range of application scenarios. This cooperation will be based on the common vision and complementary advantages of both parties in the field of AI, to provide customers with more high-quality and easy-to-use AI solutions, and to promote AI technology in various industries Field application and innovative development."
Based on Baidu's years of deep learning technology research and business applications, PaddlePaddle integrates deep learning core training and reasoning frameworks, basic model libraries, end-to-end development kits, and rich tool components. It is China's first independent R&D, feature-rich, open source and open industry-level deep learning platform. At present, Flying Paddle has gathered 5.35 million developers, created 670,000 models based on Flying Paddle, and served 200,000 enterprises and institutions. There are more than 40 domestic and foreign chip/IP manufacturers compatible with Paddle, and the cooperation between Paddle and hardware manufacturers has also entered a new stage. In 2022, Flying Paddle will join hands with nearly 30 hardware manufacturers at home and abroad to jointly release the hardware ecological co-creation plan. Combining the characteristics of the partners' own software and hardware basic development stacks, for different application scenarios and products, jointly launch the manufacturer's customized version of the Flying Paddle framework to build open source Open the model library, develop courses and training content, etc., to better serve developers.
In the future, Flying Paddle will cooperate with more hardware partners to jointly develop more software and hardware synergistic products and functions through joint technology research and development and ecological co-construction, and create a win-win ecological model of cooperation. Here, Paddle sincerely invites more companies to join the hardware ecological co-creation plan, gather the power of the ecology, and jointly create a full-stack artificial intelligence platform integrating software and hardware, and promote the high-quality development of the artificial intelligence industry chain.
Click the link below to apply to join the "Hardware Ecological Co-creation Program"