On February 26, Wang Xiyu, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Zte Corporation(000063) , published a signed article “penglu soars and builds the foundation of digital economy”, sharing Zte Corporation(000063) ‘s original intention of “adhering to the positioning of” road builders of digital economy “, adhering to the concept of” openness and win-win “, being willing to coexist and share wisdom with partners, and work together to forge ahead”.
On the road to Zhilian of all things, efficient digital infrastructure and tradable digital capability are becoming the core source power of digital economy. Specifically, to build an efficient digital infrastructure, we need to “build a good network to make good use of the network” and “connect to computing power”; To build tradable digital capability, we should “from consumption to industry” and “from tool to transaction”.
And real creatures, the same will not continue. In the current complex internal and external environment, in order to achieve sustainable and high-quality development of digital economy, we should form an innovation ecosystem with diversity, systematicness and openness.
Zte Corporation(000063) the full text published by CTO Wang Xiyu is as follows:
flying penglu, building the foundation of digital economy
Thanks to the development of new generation information technology, the scale of global digital economy continues to rise. In 2020, the added value of digital economy in 47 major countries in the world, including China, the United States and Germany, reached 32.6 trillion US dollars, accounting for 43.7% of GDP. In the process, countries take different paths to promote development. For example, the EU takes the leading exploration of digital governance rules and the construction of digital single market as the two wheel drive to build a digital economy ecology, and the UK takes the digital government as the leader to lead the digital transformation. China is based on the industrial foundation and gives full play to the market vitality, moderately leading the infrastructure construction and accelerating the integration of virtual and real economy, so as to lead the high-quality development of social economy.
The nine story platform starts from the tired soil. On the road to Zhilian of all things, efficient digital infrastructure and tradable digital capability are becoming the core source power of digital economy.
infrastructure “from building a good network to using a good network”
The “double Gigabit” network represented by 5g and gigabit optical network has begun to take shape, laying a solid foundation for new infrastructure. As the network enters the development period from the construction period, it is expected to focus more on the following two aspects: how to improve the network construction more accurately and economically, that is, to build a “good” network; How to expand applications in different scenarios more efficiently and on a large scale, that is, to “use” the network well.
First of all, the evaluation of “good” network will focus on the transition from technical indicators to customer perception. In the field of TOC and Toh, compared with the 4G era, the market differences are mainly reflected in the changes in work and lifestyle brought by the epidemic, the outbreak of applications such as short video and live broadcast, the rapid sinking of the mobile Internet market, and the expectations of differentiated applications such as XR and metauniverse. Therefore, in order to maintain good user perception, 5g needs to be adapted in depth and breadth coverage. In the field of Tob, the in-depth expansion and integration from ICT to ot (production domain) also put forward higher expectations for the performance, economy, convenience, security and reliability of the network.
Secondly, in the implementation path, we need to balance and consider the performance combination, maintenance cost, convenient deployment and other factors in different scenarios. A refined series of schemes will become a better choice. For example, the rapid deployment of 5g zero land occupation can be realized with miniaturized equipment such as pole station; Use mm SSB1 + X / AAPC self optimization software to improve 5g high-rise coverage by 20-30%; Realize the joint deployment of digital room and traditional Das with software optimization, and greatly reduce the indoor coverage deployment cost; Use 700m / 900m low-frequency FDD to realize 5g low-cost wide area coverage; Realize “true Gigabit” business experience with Wi Fi 6 to support the all-round needs of new smart families; The introduction of 5g + pol network, 5g TSN and 5g LAN can better ensure the differentiated requirements of enterprise applications.
While building a “good” network, we should also “use” a good network. Terminals and applications are the key to “use” a good network. At present, 5g has 1000 yuan machines, and low-cost terminals will undoubtedly accelerate the improvement of 5g penetration; The rich content of HD, event live broadcast and other video applications makes it easier to give full play to the differentiated advantages of dual Gigabit networks; Relying on the software and hardware architecture of cloud network integration, end-to-end one-stop management services and industrial Internet platform, application innovations in tob field emerge one after another, and are moving towards “commercial delivery and large-scale replication”. Here I would like to emphasize that looking back on history, the “Wintel” platform ecology of PC has promoted the vigorous development of the Internet, and IOS platform and Android platform have given birth to the era of mobile Internet. Under the background of unlimited network bandwidth and computing power, it can be expected that cloud computer will coexist with PC, and MR will become a new ecology of mobile terminal, in which meta universe digital twins More and more applications represented by cloud games have entered the field of personal consumption, which will further promote the explosive growth of 5g business.
infrastructure “from connection to computing power”
According to IDC, the annual compound growth rate (CAGR) of the global data volume in the past decade is close to 50%. With the opening of the era of all things Zhilian, the growth rate is expected to be steeper. At the same time, Moore’s law and Nielsen’s law still play a role, but they show that the growth of network bandwidth has greatly exceeded the growth of CPU performance. Under the impact of the data flood on the end, edge and cloud, distributed and heterogeneous computing came into being. The network and computing power complement each other, reflecting a closer relationship and a more fuzzy boundary, so as to achieve the optimal global benefits of Beijing Vastdata Technology Co.Ltd(603138) storage, exchange and processing. More importantly, carbon neutrality has become a common value and goal of the world and all mankind. China has successively issued policy guidelines such as “new infrastructure”, “double carbon” and “counting East and west” to accelerate the process of green and low-carbon.
The general trend of digitization and low-carbon is accelerating to drive the computing network into a new stage of complementarity. The foundation of “from connection to computing power” is the integrated new infrastructure and service system, and the computing power network came into being. The industry has joined hands in innovation and formed a technical direction of joint efforts in slicing, TSN, cloud network integration, independent evolution of network intelligence, computing power network, etc., in order to achieve the goal of “nothing can be achieved by the network, computing power and intelligence”.
There is a consensus on the vision, and more importantly, how to break through the core bottleneck on the path and bite down the hard bone. To build an efficient “digital base” with high-speed ubiquitous, integration of heaven and earth, integration of cloud and network, intelligence, agility, green, low-carbon, safety and controllability, we need both single in-depth breakthrough and three-dimensional collaborative integration, soft, hard and core collaboration, and abcdnet (intelligence, chain, cloud, number, network, edge and end) connection. In terms of chips, with domain customization (DSA), packaging and architecture innovation, we continue Moore’s dividend. The hardware acceleration based on FPGA, DPU and other technologies that have been mature and applied has greatly improved the cost performance and edge efficiency. In terms of network, while continuing to pursue higher spectrum and spectral efficiency, accelerate the promotion of sd-wan of srv6 and realize the cross domain and efficient collaborative arrangement of network resources.
In terms of cloud, the new modular data center effectively reduces the pue of the data center and meets the requirements of low-carbon and energy-saving construction; Integrate efficient cloud platforms, adapt heterogeneous resources, support flexible resource allocation and elastic scaling, and effectively support edge lightweight deployment and low-cost innovation trial and error; Explore the fields of computing power measurement, computing power perception, computing power routing, computing power arrangement and so on. In terms of intelligence, in addition to the practice of network performance optimization and independent evolution, a high-level layout brain of “computing network energy” will be built in the future, which will adopt unified atomic capability API control to shield the differences between multi manufacturer network equipment and multi cloud environment, so as to realize the integrated service of “connection + computing + digital intelligence capability” for ordinary users and vertical industrial users.
digital capability “from consumption to industry”
With the promotion of new digital infrastructure construction such as pan 5g, digital application innovation has also deepened from personal consumption to industrial transformation and social governance. Different from the relatively similar needs of consumers, the core demand of industrial digital transformation is cost reduction, efficiency improvement and survival and development. Due to the differences in industry scenarios and enterprise development stages, the digital application of the industry obviously presents the characteristics of fragmentation. At the same time, as the industrial digitization is still in the expansion period, it must go through the process of innovation trial and error, business model exploration and ecological incubation. Customers also generally hope that the digital resources and capabilities can be deployed on demand, flexibly expanded, safe, reliable, economical and convenient. Therefore, in the field of industrial digitization, digitization capability needs to focus on component and service, focus on scenarios and key businesses, start at low cost, iterate quickly and innovate continuously.
The fourth “blooming Cup” held in 2021 attracted nearly 7000 enterprises to apply for 12281 industrial application projects, and projects with commercial value and scale promotion potential are emerging. In Yunnan Shenhuo Aluminum Co., Ltd., the platform has been connected to the sensing data source for more than ten thousand years, and the production, control and management system has achieved preliminary digital connection. Digital applications such as on-line detection of conveyor belt crack, real-time monitoring of electrolytic cell leakage and remote real-time control of crown block have been deployed. The qualification rate of anode assembly has been increased by 15%, the idling of maintenance belt has been reduced by 80%, and the single vehicle operation efficiency of crown block has been increased by 60%, More than 90 million kwh of production electricity can be saved every year. In shanneng group, combined with the deployment of lightweight underground 5g intrinsically safe base station, site level computing engine nodeengine and 5g gateway, the video transmission delay of underground working face is reduced by more than 50%, and the real-time remote control of fully mechanized mining equipment such as roadheader and coal digger is realized, the number of underground operators is reduced by 50%, which greatly improves the production safety. In China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation(600028) Geophysical Exploration Institute, through the use of miniaturized core network i5gc, remote 5g base station and other on-board integration schemes, the flexible and rapid network layout in the field is realized, and the reconstruction of exploration business process is assisted. The comprehensive operation efficiency of pilot exploration is improved by about 500%, the exploration period is shortened by more than half, and the labor cost is saved by more than 50%. In Tianjin Port Co.Ltd(600717) , pan 5g digital applications such as intelligent tally, remote real-time control of shore bridge and driverless electric truck not only improve the efficiency by 20-30%, but also help the epidemic prevention and control. In Nanjing Binjiang “5g manufacturing 5g” production base, more than 60 kinds of 5g applications in 16 scenarios have realized the flexibility of production line, automation of warehousing and logistics and remote control in multiple scenarios, saving 28% of labor cost, increasing 15% of turnover efficiency and 40% of production efficiency. There are also many innovative applications such as Guangzhou high-speed railway, commercial complex and medical treatment, which not only reduce costs and improve efficiency for enterprises, but also benefit people’s livelihood with science and technology.
To sum up, the large industrial park scene represented by metallurgy, steel and mining has become the first mature and large-scale field in the digital transformation of vertical industries.
Zte Corporation(000063) has also established special teams for metallurgical steel projects and mining projects to further accelerate scene oriented capability integration and organizational response. With the continuous improvement of 5g deterministic network capability and the deep integration of 5g and video, 5g application scenarios in port, electronic manufacturing, new media and other industries will gradually mature and enter the stage of scale replication.
digital capabilities “from tools to transactions”
In addition to the deepening and expansion of OT (production domain), the digital transformation and upgrading of enterprises themselves is also an important topic. It is necessary to build an agile, flexible and resilient enterprise with data connection, visual and controllable process, efficient internal and external coordination and ubiquitous intelligent application. From the perspective of instrumentalization and automation of operation process, it is essentially a temporary solution rather than a permanent solution. The essence of enterprise is transaction, and the essence of enterprise digital transformation is to use digital means to build a transaction architecture with the lowest cost and the best experience, shorten the distance between users and suppliers, improve transaction efficiency, and then create economic and social benefits.
Take Zte Corporation(000063) own practice, which won the benchmark of ram Charan’s management practice, as an example. Since the launch of digital transformation in 2016, starting from the enterprise transaction architecture, infrastructure first, and through an efficient digital base, unified entrance and team twin collaboration have been realized; Give priority to important matters and create “local tools” with extreme experience from the perspective of operators; Scene driven transformation of the company’s system and data governance, especially the scene of front-line employees closest to customers; Comprehensively consider the low-cost consumption demands of business data in various fields, establish a universal data thinking in the enterprise, and promote end-to-end “global data” governance with “the front-line scenario closest to customers”. At present, all staff communicate online and work automatically through icenter, and the efficiency of remote office is up to 95%. Through Devops R & D cloud, 30000 + R & D personnel collaborate online in real time across the ground. Through the digital transformation of “from tool to transaction”, enterprises realize the digital connection of points, lines and areas, which can not only bring changes in benefits and efficiency to enterprises, but also enhance the expansion potential of the transaction boundary, capability boundary and value circle boundary of enterprises.
and real creatures do not inherit
“From building a good network to making good use of the network”, “from connection to computing power”, “from consumption to industry”, “from tools to trading”, the same as real creatures, they will not continue. In the current complex internal and external environment, in order to achieve sustainable and high-quality development of the digital economy and truly have leading competitiveness and productivity from a global perspective, an industrial innovation ecosystem with diversity, systematicness and openness should be formed, in which digital operators, large enterprises in various industries, equipment manufacturers and small and medium-sized enterprises give full play to their unique advantages, Based on their respective positioning in the industrial chain, coordinate development and vigorous growth to form an ecological win-win situation.
In the rolling tide, don’t let the floating clouds cover your eyes, Zte Corporation(000063) adheres to the positioning of “road builder of digital economy” and the concept of “openness and win-win”. On the one hand, it is positioned as an infrastructure equipment and technology provider, driven by user scenarios and experience, provides world-leading cloud, network, edge and end equipment, and actively opens its core atomic capabilities, Help digital operators and large enterprises; On the other hand, we should drive “invisible champions” and other small and medium-sized enterprises with our own ability, adhere to symbiosis, win-win and common wisdom with ecological partners, and prosper the ecology with continuous technological breakthrough and innovation and reliable supply chain. In the field of underlying source power technology, Zte Corporation(000063) for the diversified needs of computing power and network, for different business combination scenarios, continuously deepen the software and hardware collaborative optimization of chip, algorithm and architecture with domain customization (DSA), packaging and architecture innovation; In the field of industrial empowerment, Zte Corporation(000063) provides cloud network basic capabilities and building block components, and contributes 5g industry benchmarking experience; In terms of its own practice, Zte Corporation(000063) has made a firm transformation in the fields of digital R & D, digital office and digital production, integrating digitization into the blood of the enterprise and sharing it with the industry.
Zte Corporation(000063) the original heart is like a rock. We are willing to coexist and share wisdom with our partners, and work together to forge ahead. (CIS)
