Chapter 510： [The future technological competition pattern has become increasingly fierce]

Seeing Luo Sheng's question, Meng Qiu said immediately: "It was at the beginning of this year that we had a head-on collision with Intel in the field of artificial intelligence. We all saw a North American artificial intelligence technology startup called Nervana-Systems. I thought it was too expensive to buy the company for $ 100 million. I didn't follow it and just withdrew. "

In fact, this company was first contacted by Shengfeng Capital. It happened in mid-December last year, and it was Meng Qiu who went to talk to the founder in person and planned to make an investment of 80 million US dollars for the company.

The contract was originally signed, and the formal contract was signed after three days.

As a result, Intel jumped out at this time, directly launched a wholly-owned acquisition invitation to Nervana-Systems, and offered a high price of $ 350 million.

Meng Qiu directly said that he would not play, because Shengfeng Capital has already invested in several start-ups of related nature with Nervana-Systems, and the development momentum is also good, so it is not necessary.

It is true that Shengfeng Capital is very rich and very rich, but the money is not brought by the wind.

Meng Qiu ca n’t accept a quotation of more than 350 million US dollars. That ’s it. Just pat the **** and leave. You Intel and play with him, and Grandpa wo n’t play with you.

Meng Qiu continued: "I recently compiled an information report on Intel ’s development layout. I found that from the beginning of 2012, Intel is also responding to the rapid development of the global technology industry, whether it is in artificial intelligence or IoT devices. Both have significantly accelerated the pace of acquisition. For the companies they value, it can be said that acquisitions are made without agreement. Since 2012, Intel has only invested in 3 companies, but has acquired 22 companies, many of which are technology Businesses deserve attention. "

Luo Sheng raised the Erlang legged man in a sitting position and asked briefly: "What are they?"

Meng Qiu replied: "First of all, Nervana-Systems, which was founded in San Diego, California last year, is a technology company involved in machine learning, neuroscience, processor architecture and chip design. Especially in machine deep learning The results have been remarkable. At present, the company has released an open source deep learning framework called Neon. Our research and analysis believe that this is Intel's hope that the company's technology can improve the performance of its own processors in artificial intelligence. "

Luo Sheng slowly nodded his head, and lowered his head in a deep voice: "No wonder he would spend $ 350 million on a huge acquisition."

Meng Qiu went on to say: "According to the benchmark test of a researcher inside Shengfeng Capital, the company's deep learning technology performs better than other well-known deep learning tools ..."

Seeing Luo Sheng suddenly look up, Meng Qiu smiled and added: "General Luo, I haven't finished it yet, except for the Blue Coast."

Luo Sheng said with a smile: "I'll just say, you scared me, then look back at you and calculate."

I was really surprised just now. In the field of machine deep learning and artificial intelligence, this is Luo Sheng's absolute housekeeping ability, which is his most confident field.

Cortana's existence is destined that the world will not be able to produce a second artificial intelligence in the true sense, because whenever there is any emergence, Corona, who monitors the entire network, will kill it, which is authorized by Luo Sheng.

Of course, the current Xiaona has not reached the level of strong artificial intelligence in the true sense. The AI ​​technology displayed externally through the azure coast is also a level lower than Xiaona, but even this is enough for the industry to look forward to.

Suddenly a competitor who can go hand in hand appeared, no wonder Luo Sheng would have such a reaction.

After the episode, Meng Qiu continued: "Oh yes, in the field of machine deep learning, Google also revealed at last year's I / O conference that they are developing a chip TPU with deep learning capabilities. In February of this year, a chip developed based on the concept of the human brain nervous system was also announced. This field is very lively. "

Although the FinFET technology of Lansi Semiconductor has stabilized Moore's Law and continued to strengthen it, today's technology giants know that Moore's Law will sooner or later fail, so they are actively planning for the future.

At the same time, take a step back, because FinFET is in Luo Sheng's hands, which is a headache for these technology giants and not afraid to tear their faces too much, so I hope to bypass the patent barriers built by Luo Sheng in a new direction. .

And deep learning technology is the future technology trend, which shows that it will definitely be applied to the chips of any future product. Regarding the research and development and competition of deep learning technology, the major technology giants will definitely continue for a long time.

Meng Qiu said in his mind well-organized content: "-Tehnologies, which was founded in Tel Aviv in 2011, was said to have been acquired by Intel for $ 185 million earlier this month. The company's 3D reconstruction technology enables users to experience a 360-degree perspective A variety of video entertainment content. At present, a technology called FreeD of this company has been applied in the North American Super Bowl. Users can play back any of the videos in 360 degrees in real time, and it looks refreshing. The company is also actively exploring The potential of applying this technology to the fields of virtual reality VR and augmented reality AR. "

It is worth mentioning that Luo Sheng has not yet made efforts in the field of virtual reality VR and augmented reality AR, and many entrepreneurs in this field have come to tell this story, but they have not moved Luo Sheng.

Because at present these so-called immersive experiences are all "pseudo", and gimmicks are better than actual.

Brain-computer interface equipment is a product that can truly bring an immersive experience of virtual reality, a proper black technology product.

The Azure Coast Laboratory has been researching for a long time. So far, relevant projects have invested more than 3 billion US dollars in research and development funds, and the results are limited, but Luo Sheng has not reduced the investment of funds.

Once this thing comes out and can be commercialized, it can change the world. Its influence is greater than that of e.

Meng Qiu continued, "Asen-Tehnologies, founded in 2007 in Bayern, Germany, was acquired by Intel earlier this year. The company is currently a world-renowned drone production and R & D company that can provide both professional and consumer grades. With the acquisition of the company ’s drone products, Intel can quickly enter the current fast-growing drone market, but we have already laid out this piece two or three years ago. At first, it was Qin himself who invested heavily in China DJI, and recent reports have shown that the competitiveness of DJI drones has great potential. "

After hearing this, Luo Sheng couldn't help laughing: "Pengcheng DJI company, I think of it like that, I am very optimistic about it, and it will hopefully become a leading company in the drone market in the future."

Meng Qiu nodded and added: "Intel has also applied its own real-sensing technology to Asen's drone products to improve the recognition performance of the drone's surrounding environment, and then create more powerful drone products."

Luo Sheng said simply: "Let DJI go to fight bayonet with this company."

"Reon-Instruments, a technology company founded in Canada in 2008, is a company dedicated to the development of a variety of outdoor sports wearable devices. Intel acquired their company to extend their reach into the wearable device field and continue to expand The realm of application of technology. "

"It was founded in Pisa, Italy, and Pisa seems to be a city that has nothing to do with technology ... It was acquired by Intel earlier this year. The company has achieved remarkable results in the development of robot chip and driverless car chip. Obviously, Intel is Want to integrate Yogiteh's technology into a chip developed for driverless cars. "

"Iteez, a technology company focused on computer vision technology research and development founded in Russia in 2005, was acquired by Intel this year. The technology developed by the company is mainly aimed at car drivers and driver assistance system software. Said that the company's technology will be applied to Intel's security systems for the Internet of Things in the future, and the acquisition of the company will also strengthen Intel's technical capabilities in computer perception and image recognition. "

"Basically, I think these companies are worthy of attention."

After the brief report was completed, Meng Qiu also felt dry, and went to drink two glasses of water, handed Luo Sheng a cup, and drank half of the glass with the glass of water in his hand.

"You're right. It seems that the miserable loss of the mobile chip market made him feel anxious, so he opened the momentum of buying and buying." Luo Sheng stared at the cup in his hand, but tried to add it for a moment. Road:

"From the companies you said to be acquired by Intel, in addition to enhancing the deep learning performance of artificial intelligence in their existing chips, they are also actively moving to wearables, drones, and The field of human-driven cars is expanding. UU Reading will have a multi-dimensional competition with us in the future, and it is a matter of time. "

Obviously, the world's major technology giants are actively deploying. After 2013, the technology battle between the giants will only be more fierce than ever. The rapid development of science and technology has made major tech giants dare not relax their vigilance and missed it. The air vent may be silent.

As everyone knows now, when I look back at Nokia, Motorola, and BlackBerry, I can only look desperately at the azure coast, Apple, and Samsung, which dominate the current smartphone market, and these old international manufacturers face market share. Constantly losing power, no matter how struggling it is.

These old giants of Nokia now rely on communication technology and patents to maintain the dignity of this giant. Putting aside this shame is already a complete loser.

Even in the field of communication technology, these established giants are still uneasy, because Weiwei has now risen to become a generation of communication giants. To be a new challenger and to fight against Taiwan in this field, the core hinterland must also face the soldiers. Situation.

This era no longer belongs to them.

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