AMD recorded 8.9% growth in the first quarter of 2021, the highest in 15 years In 2020 and into the first quarter of 2021, AMD has focused on high-end desktop CPUs and EPYC chips for servers. The first quarter of the year recorded a record increase of 41% over the same period last year, which is the highest number for the CPU market in 25 years. AMD’s biggest growth most recently came in 2006, when the chipmaker saw its server CPU market share increase from about 5-7% to about 22% in just 18 months with the 64-bit Opteron processor. bits. Then, Intel overtook AMD to let Intel regain its leadership in technology and hold it for 10 years. AMD has launched EPYC Milan and it is used for data centers and supercomputers. Consistent growth in the first quarter will propel AMD further in its goal of becoming a leader in the server CPU segment. The choice of EPYC chip has proven that AMD’s direction is appropriate in recent times. One question is what the growth of ARM architecture means for ARM and Intel in the near future, while Nvidia, Microsoft and others are gradually moving to produce ARM-based CPUs. As for Intel, most recently launched Rocket Lake processors and they compete directly with AMD Ryzen 5000. However, Intel’s chips are more commonly found in retail stores at very affordable prices. competition while AMD’s chips are still rare on store shelves. AMD still has a strong portfolio of next-gen EPYC CPUs such as the 4th Gen EPYC Genoa chips that are expected to be announced next year and will feature the all-new Zen 4 core architecture and a host of other features to addresses Intel Sapphire Rapids & Granite Rapids Xeon CPUs.

Viettel officially operates a system of 20 million billion calculations per second, the largest in Vietnam today (Photo: Dieu Linh) With 20 PetaFlops (20 million billion operations/second), the system reduces the time to train machine learning by dozens of times, can train many concurrent models in parallel, with high complexity. This system also trains continuous model improvement, shortening the time to improve the quality of artificial intelligence models. Supercomputers are invested with computational acceleration technologies, switching devices and synchronous software, similar to those of the world’s top 500 supercomputers. Putting the system into operation marks a new development step for Viettel in realizing Decision 127/QD-TTg dated January 26, 2021 of the Prime Minister promulgating the national strategy on research and development. development and application of artificial intelligence by 2030. According to Mr. Nguyen Dinh Chien, Deputy General Director of Viettel Group, Viettel is determined to invest in artificial intelligence, which is an important field to carry out its pioneering and key mission of creating a digital society. This investment allows Viettel to unleash its creativity, attract leading experts in the industry, as well as be ready to take on great tasks of the country.

This is a turning point that helps Viettel improve its computing capacity to build and operate more complex artificial intelligence (AI) models in a short time, when the demand for computation increases sharply in both quantity and scale. The investment Viettel system has the leading computing performance in Vietnam, reaching 20 PetaFlops (20 million billion calculations/second), helping to reduce machine learning training time by dozens of times. As a result, Viettel Cyber ​​Center can train many models at the same time, with high complexity. The system also trains for continuous model improvement, shortening the time it takes to improve the quality of AI models. The supercomputer invested by Viettel uses computational acceleration technologies, switching devices and synchronous software, similar to the technology of supercomputers in the Top 500 in the world. Putting the system into operation marks a new development step for Viettel in realizing the Decision on promulgating the national strategy on AI research, development and application by 2030, issued by the Prime Minister in January. -2021. Accordingly, by 2030, Vietnam will become a center of innovation, development of AI solutions and applications in the ASEAN region and around the world. Part of a supercomputer – High-performance computing system at Viettel Data Center As the national security and defense enterprise, possessing the largest telecommunications and information technology infrastructure in the country, Viettel aims to play a key role in AI application in the military and defense sectors, as well as other areas of security data safety, network safety and security; urban management, social management and public administration and other areas of social life. Mr. Nguyen Dinh Chien – Deputy General Director of Viettel Group said: “Viettel is determined to invest in AI, which is an important field to carry out its pioneering and key mission of creating a digital society. This investment will allow Viettel to unleash its creativity, attract leading AI experts, ready to take on the country’s big tasks in AI.” Anish Pandey, Regional Director for ASEAN region at NVIDIA (World No. 1 AI Computing Company), said: The high-performance computing system will allow Viettel to create new revenue opportunities and be a company. global pioneer in the use of AI solutions. AI APPLICATION PRODUCTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BY VIETTEL – Viettel AI Open platform : A diverse AI technology platform pioneered research and development by a team of engineers at Viettel Cyberspace Center, in order to promote the application of AI, creating benefits for individuals, organizations and businesses provides a full suite of tools for any digital transformation application that can be integrated to automate, improve user experience and optimize costs. – Monitoring information on the Internet – Reputa : A tool to “listen” to the market, support reputation monitoring and evaluate the effectiveness of communication and brand activities for individuals, organizations and businesses. Solutions to help customers manage brands, detect risky problems on the Internet, social networks. – Customer identification – Viettel eKYC : Solution to identify customers electronically without face-to-face meetings with the support of advanced technologies such as Customer Scoring, Computer Vision and Information Authentication. Customer Profile (Customer Profiling) – Vietnamese virtual assistant platform – Viettel Cyberbot : Vietnamese virtual assistant platform, applying the best Vietnamese voice and conversation processing technologies today, helping businesses and authorities build a switchboard system to interact with customers and people automatically . – Data mining platform – Viettel Data Mining Platform : A data mining platform developed with the aim of meeting the needs of integrating and digitizing huge amounts of data, helping businesses find and analyze problems in depth, show the current situation, predict the future, as a scientific basis to support the decision-making process in business strategy, optimize operations and explore new business models. – Intelligent traffic monitoring – Viettel AI Camera for Transportation : Software that applies AI in the field of computer vision to analyze and automatically process signals sent from traffic cameras. Thereby, solving traffic management problems, security and order in the city – Monitoring security and safety – Viettel AI Camera for Safety : Time and attendance management system uses AI to recognize faces, identify identities and record the time of entry and exit of employees. This device compares the captured face image with the available face image in the database. From there, the device will automatically determine the working time and entry of employees.

This is a turning point that helps Viettel improve its computing capacity to build and operate more complex artificial intelligence models in a short time, when the demand for computation increases sharply in both quantity and scale according to the target, By 2030, Vietnam will become a center of innovation and development of AI solutions and applications in the ASEAN region and around the world. Viettel is ready to take on the country’s big tasks on AI. Photo: VT The system invested by Viettel has the leading computing performance in Vietnam, reaching 20 PetaFlops (20 million billion calculations per second), helping to reduce machine learning training time by dozens of times. As a result, Viettel Cyber ​​Center can train many models at the same time, with high complexity. The system also trains for continuous model improvement, shortening the time it takes to improve the quality of AI models. The supercomputer invested by Viettel uses computational acceleration technologies, switching devices and synchronous software, similar to the technology of supercomputers in the Top 500 in the world. Putting the system into operation marks a new development step for Viettel in realizing the Decision on promulgating the national strategy on research, development and application of artificial intelligence by 2030, issued by the Prime Minister. issued last January. As a national security and defense enterprise, possessing the largest telecommunications and information technology infrastructure in the country, Viettel aims to play a key role in applying artificial intelligence in the field of military and defense, as well as other sectors. the field of ensuring data safety, network safety and security; urban management, social management and public administration, and areas of social life. Mr. Nguyen Dinh Chien – Deputy General Director of Viettel Group assessed: “Viettel is determined to invest in artificial intelligence, which is an important field to carry out its pioneering and key mission of creating a digital society. This investment will allow Viettel to unleash its creativity, attract leading AI experts, ready to take on the country’s big tasks in AI.” “The high-performance computing system will enable Viettel to create new revenue opportunities and be a global pioneer in the use of AI solutions.” Anish Pandey, ASEAN Regional Director of NVIDIA (World No. 1 Artificial Intelligence Computing Company) shared. AI application products researched and developed by Viettel: Viettel AI Open platform: Viettel AI platform is a diversified artificial intelligence technology platform pioneered, researched and developed by a team of engineers at Viettel Cyber ​​Center to promote the application of AI and create benefits for individuals. Individuals, organizations, and businesses, providing full tools for any digital transformation application that can be integrated to automate, improve user experience and optimize costs. www.viettelgroup.ai Monitoring information on the Internet – Reputa How to listen to information on the Internet every day? What do customers say about your product? What are your competitors doing? What is the upcoming trend? Reputa is a tool to listen to the market, support reputation monitoring and evaluate the effectiveness of communication and brand activities for individuals, organizations & businesses. Solutions to help customers manage brands, detect risky problems on the Internet, social networks. www.reputa.vn Customer authentication identifier – Viettel eKYC Viettel eKYC is a solution to identify customers electronically without face-to-face meetings thanks to the support of advanced technologies such as Customer Scoring, Computer Vision and Identification. Customer Profile (Customer Profiling) Vietnamese virtual assistant platform – Viettel Cyberbot Viettel Cyberbot (Callbot + Chatbot) is a Vietnamese virtual assistant platform, applying the best Vietnamese voice and conversation processing technologies today, helping Businesses and Governments build a call center system to interact with customers and people automatically. Viettel Cyberbot interacts friendly and natural with customers, helping businesses and governments to digitally transform and optimize customer care resources. Data Mining Platform – Viettel Data Mining Platform Viettel Data Mining Platform is a data mining platform developed with the aim of meeting the needs of integrating and digitizing huge amounts of data, helping businesses find and analyze problems in-depth, point out the current situation, predict predict the future, serve as a scientific basis to support decision-making in business strategies, optimize operations and explore new business models. Intelligent Traffic Monitoring – Viettel AI Camera for Transportation Viettel AI Camera is software that applies artificial intelligence technology in the field of computer vision to analyze and automatically process signals sent from traffic cameras. Thereby, solving traffic management problems, security and order in the city Security and safety monitoring – Viettel AI Camera for Safety The entry and exit management system uses artificial intelligence technology to recognize faces, identify identities and record the time of entry and exit of employees. This device compares the captured face image with the available face image in the database. From there, the device will automatically determine the working time and entry of employees.

The high-performance computing system is invested by Viettel and implemented artificial intelligence projects. Viettel Cyberspace Center (a member of the Military Industry and Telecommunications Group) has officially operated the high-performance computing system at Viettel Data Center. This is a turning point that helps Viettel improve its computing capacity to build and operate more complex artificial intelligence models in a short time. The investment Viettel system has the leading computing performance in Vietnam, reaching 20 PetaFlops (20 million billion calculations per second), which reduces the time to train machine learning dozens of times. As a result, Viettel Cyber ​​Center can simultaneously train many artificial intelligence models with high complexity. This system also trains continuous model improvement, shortening the time to improve the quality of artificial intelligence models. The supercomputer invested by Viettel uses computational acceleration technologies, switches and synchronous software, similar to the technology of supercomputers in the world’s top 500. Putting the system into operation marks a new development step for Viettel in realizing the Decision on promulgating the national strategy on research, development and application of artificial intelligence by 2030, issued by the Prime Minister. issued on January 26th. Viettel aims to play a key role in applying artificial intelligence in the military and defense sectors, as well as in the fields of data safety, cybersecurity, urban management, and social management. society and public administration, and areas of social life. Mr. Nguyen Dinh Chien, Deputy General Director of Viettel Group assessed: “Viettel is determined to invest in artificial intelligence, which is an important field to carry out its pioneering mission and key to creating a digital society. This investment will allow Viettel to unleash its creativity, attract leading experts in artificial intelligence, ready to take on the country’s big tasks in artificial intelligence.”

The US-China technology war The US and China are currently engaged in a full-blown technology war. The war began under the Trump administration and is continuing under President Joe Biden. In fact, Mr. Biden viewed US competition with China as an important front since he took office. The tech war began as a trade dispute, but quickly turned into a war for leadership in core technologies like 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and semiconductors. With a long history of development, the US remains the global technology leader for decades, but that position is currently being challenged by China. After Washington began blocking Chinese access to core US-controlled technologies such as semiconductors, Beijing doubled down on its efforts to “de-America” ​​in its supply chain. The global pandemic contributed to tensions between the two countries, prompting President Biden to issue an executive order to review the US supply chain for core products such as chips, batteries, rare earths and supplies. medical. Proposed bills to significantly increase US investment and R&D spending in core technology have also received bipartisan support in Washington. The US-China technology war – a conflict that does not seem to have ended so far. What caused the tech war? On May 19, 2015, the Chinese government announced the “Made in China 2025” plan to promote the country’s manufacturing industry within the next 10 years. Analysts point to the “Made in China 2025” strategy, Beijing’s 10-year plan to transform the country from a “manufacturing giant to a world manufacturing power” that sparked the technological war. . After taking power in the White House, Donald Trump focused his efforts to prevent China from becoming the global technology leader. A series of events from sanctions imposed on Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE for disguising its role in selling US technology to Iran, accusing China of stealing American intellectual property and Concerns about Huawei’s dominance in 5G have turned into an extensive tech war that has won bipartisan support in the US. What is the difference between trade war and technology war? The US-China trade war began on July 6, 2018, when US President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on $ 34 billion of Chinese imports, citing the need to “rebalance. equals “America’s growing trade deficit with China. Other taxes have been applied in 2018 and 2019. However, the trade war was soon overshadowed by the tech war that the U.S. fears that China is using unfair means, including state power and stealing intellectual property, to gain is targeted to become a global leader in core technologies such as AI, semiconductors and 5G. Did the US really separate factories from China? In the decades after China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, the US and Chinese economies became intertwined. China is a factory that manufactures low-cost American goods, from computers to stuffed toys. President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy and the US-China trade war have sparked calls for the US to reduce its dependence on China-based supply chains. Initially, withdrawing from China was rejected as impractical because of the cheap labor force and the large Chinese market that American companies could not ignore. However, a form of seclusion has received the support of the US administration, even from technology leaders such as former Google CEO Eric Schmidt saying that “splitting” will benefit the United States. . The concept of “split” existed in the internet space when Facebook and Google were not allowed to operate social networks and search engines in China, while the US also banned or restricted the presence of media. Chinese social media like TikTok and WeChat in the US. The global pandemic highlights the world’s reliance on China for important medical supplies such as masks and also spurs calls to bring supply chains back to the United States. In February, President Joe Biden signed an executive order calling for a review of product supply chains critical to chips, batteries, pharmaceutical ingredients and rare earth minerals. What is China doing to improve the influence of US actions? China attaches special importance to its own technology development, especially the chip. Although China initially imposed tariffs in retaliation, the top leaders’ call to action was technology self-sufficiency. In 2018, President Xi Jinping said “China must persist in the path of self-reliance in the context of increasing unilateralism and protectionism in the current world”. After Huawei was blocked from buying US chips and China’s largest semiconductor maker SMIC was restricted from buying U.S. technology for alleged association with the Chinese military, Beijing has intensified its focus on achieves semiconductor self-sufficiency. The Chinese government has supported the domestic chip industry with favorable policies, from tax breaks to state subsidies to promote the rapid development of the semiconductor industry. Technology is also a major focus for China in its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) announced in March, calling for the promotion of new digital industries, including AI, data. large, blockchain and cloud computing, along with expanding the use of 5G to many other industries such as smart transportation and logistics. Why is the US specifically targeting Huawei with trade sanctions? Washington’s interest in Huawei dates back to the early 2000s on suspicions that the Chinese company has close ties with the Beijing government. Years later, Huawei’s rise as the global leader in 5G technology rang alarm bells in Washington. One of the first public moves against the Chinese company came in January 2018 when US lawmakers pressured US telecom giant AT&T to withdraw from the phone distribution agreement. smart Huawei for US consumers. Seven months after AT&T’s decision, Washington barred government agencies from buying equipment and services from the Chinese company. When Huawei was placed on the US Commerce Department’s Blacklist in 2019, Google suspended some of its business with Huawei that involved transferring hardware or software products, except for protected products. by open source license. This is another “slap” on the Chinese technology corporation. For the Chinese government, Huawei is pride and a testament to the strength and potential of the Chinese people. Within three decades, since being founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, Huawei has made some “miraculous” developments. From a company focusing on manufacturing phone switches, Huawei has become one of the largest private companies in the world, a leader in areas such as telecommunications equipment, smartphones, and electricity. cloud computing. What impact do the sanctions have on Huawei? Initially, the sanctions didn’t seem to affect Huawei much, which reported record sales of 858.8 billion yuan in 2019, up 19.1 percent year-on-year. Huawei also quickly revealed a self-developed operating system called HarmonyOS to replace Google Android. However, after Washington expanded the scope of sanctions in May 2020, requiring foreign chipmakers to use US technology, including TSMC and Taiwan’s MediaTek, to apply for a license to sell chips. for Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant appears to be in a slump again. The biggest impact is on Huawei’s smartphone operations. Due to a lack of high-end semiconductors, Huawei had to sell its Honor smartphone business to a newly formed conglomerate comprising more than 30 dealers and carriers. In the first quarter of 2021, Huawei was “kicked” out of the top 5 largest smartphone companies in the world in terms of sales. As stockpiles of smartphone components are declining and Honor’s business is over, Huawei will face even more pressure in the smartphone business. Many Chinese tech companies have caught up with the US Popular Chinese applications run the risk of being banned in the US. Image: The Economic Times. In October 2019, the US Commerce Department added 28 other Chinese companies to the trade blacklist about Beijing’s alleged human rights violations of the Uighurs. In May 2020, more than 20 Chinese government organizations and companies, including software technology giant Qihoo 360, were sanctioned for “assisting with procurement of items for military purposes in China. China”. The most recent US sanctions involve seven Chinese supercomputing entities blacklisted for national security concerns. Francis Lau, professor of computer science at the University of Hong Kong, said China’s supercomputers mainly use Intel, AMD and IBM CPUs. “The sanctions will certainly have a significant effect on China’s ability to stay at the top of supercomputers, since most of the components in its supercomputers today are US-made. Although it will be.” There are alternatives from other countries like Japan and South Korea, but the American component is still the best, ”said Professor Lau. Will the tech war be any different under the Biden administration? US President Joe Biden holds a semiconductor chip when he speaks before signing the executive order to address the global shortage of semiconductor chips in the White House. Photo: REUTERS In short, no. After Donald Trump’s tenure, President Biden continued to put pressure on Chinese technology and especially on Huawei’s case. In March, the US Commerce Department further restricted the products US companies can sell to Huawei, with clearer bans on the export of components such as semiconductors, antennas, and batteries. can be used in Huawei 5G equipment. A day later, the US Federal Communications Commission designated five Chinese technology companies, including Huawei, ZTE, Hytera Communications, Hikvision and Dahua, as “unacceptable risks” to security. America. As for Huawei, analysts believe that President Biden can offer a more effective policy than his predecessor in curbing Huawei’s global 5G ambitions by taking a more friendly approach to international partners in Europe and elsewhere. That could be more effective in isolating the Chinese company. In addition to sanctions on individual Chinese tech companies, President Biden has also pledged to more than double his investment in science and technology, focusing on areas like AI. and quantum computing. President Biden’s ambitious $ 2 trillion plan to improve US infrastructure includes an estimated $ 50 billion investment to help the country less reliant on chips manufactured abroad.