Chinese technology giant Huawei announced Atlas 900, world’s fastest artificial intelligence training cluster, available on Huawei Cloud

Briefing

Chinese technology giant Huawei announced Atlas 900, world’s fastest artificial intelligence training cluster, available on Huawei Cloud

September 19, 2019

Briefing
  • Atlas 900 – Huawei launched Atlas 900, artificial intelligence training cluster made up of thousands of Ascend processors, at Huawei Connect 2019 at Shanghai, China on September 18, 2019
  • Fastest Training Record – Trained ResNet-50, neural network for classifying images, in just 59.8 seconds, faster than previous record holder by 10 seconds
  • Cloud Deployment – Made Atlas 900 available on Huawei Cloud as cluster service for computing applications across different industries
  • AI Applications – Include scientific research and business innovation, such as astronomy, weather forecasting, autonomous driving and oil exploration
  • Discounted Service – Offers discounts to cluster services for universities and scientific research institutions worldwide
  • Computing Strategy – Developed other processors for various applications (including general purpose computing, smart devices, and smart screens), offered as cloud services or as components to partners

Accelerator
Artificial Intelligence, Cloud-Based Services, Computation and Storage

Market Disruption
Access Over Ownership, Global Competitors

Business Model and Practices

Business Model
and Practices
New Revenue Models

Sector
Information Technology

Function
IT Infrastructure, Research and Development

Organization
Huawei Technologies Co.

Source

Original Publication Date
September 18, 2019

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