Huawei Kunpeng processor is included in the bidding catalog for the first time
China Telecom opened the 2020 server collection pre-qualification, estimated collection scale 56,314 units. The announcement shows that the collection of procurement *** divided into eight packages, *** counting 56,314 units.
Which, I series refers to the CPU type for the use of the second generation of Intel Xeon scalable processor Gold series or Silver series chip server; A series refers to the CPU type for the second generation of AMDEPYC7002 series processor.
In addition, it is worth noting that this collection and procurement separately listed the H series of fully localized servers containing Huawei Kunpeng 920 chip or Haikou HYGONDhyana series processors, is the first time that the fully localized servers are listed in the bidding catalog separately.
Cultivating an autonomous controllable industrial chain
From a quantitative point of view, the number of servers of the H-series collection is 11,185, accounting for nearly 20%.
It is understood that the Kunpeng 920 processor is a high-performance processor for data centers released by Huawei in January 2019, which was independently developed and designed by Huawei based on the ARM architecture, and is designed to meet the needs of diverse computing and green computing in data centers.
The Haikuang HYGONDhyana processor is a customized processor developed by AMD as well as a joint venture established by Tianjin Haikuang (Tianjin Haikuang holds 51% of the equity), specifically for the domestic server market, and was launched into production in 2018.
It can be seen that the H-series domestic server industry chain has just been formed, and in the short term can not compete with the Intelx86 Xeon series, which has long dominated the server market, but the formation of every mature industry chain has a cultivation process, and needs to be applied and tested in a wealth of scenarios.
China Telecom's inclusion of domestic servers in its bidding catalog is also focused on fostering a domestic, independently controlled industry chain.
On the one hand, China Telecom has a very rich server application scenario, which can be seen from the content of the procurement, including computing, big data, distributed storage, NFV, GPU and so on, which can provide quite a lot of "training ground" for the domestic server industry chain.
On the other hand, in recent years, at the scientific and technological level, ZTE, Huawei and other enterprises have frequently suffered from the West's suppression, independent control has become an important task. China Telecom as a centralized enterprise, "centralized enterprise" title means responsibility, because the centralized enterprises bear the political responsibility, economic responsibility, social responsibility and responsibility for enterprise development. Therefore, the cultivation of domestic independent controllable industry chain needs central enterprises to set an example.
Of course, we can also see that China Telecom is currently fostering a domestically produced and independently controlled industry chain in a most prudent manner.
It is indisputable that Intel server chips based on the x86 architecture are still the mainstream choice for the current server machine, and the cultivation of the industry chain is not an overnight success, but a gradual process. On the premise of ensuring the stable operation of the current system, the active introduction of domestic fresh blood is not a most reasonable choice.
Autonomous and controllable against risks
In recent years, the ZTE incident, the Huawei incident and so on are reminding us of the importance of the key industries to realize the autonomous and controllable. Ni Guangnan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, believes that If the localization of alternative is a war, then the CPU, operating system, database and other basic hardware and software, is the "independent and controllable" of the "front battlefield", is the foundation of national network security and protection. The first is to make sure that the company's products and services are safe and secure.
Currently, China's self-contained industrial chain can be roughly divided into three categories: basic software (operating system, database, middleware), basic hardware (CPU, server, storage, network equipment), and application software (enterprise services). The China Telecom procurement of servers belongs to one of these categories. Being able to be applied in the existing network is the first step to realize independent control.
The collection, H series involves two server chips, respectively Huawei Kunpeng 920 chip and Haikou HYGONDhyanax86 chip. It should be noted that to be able to enter China Telecom's procurement catalog, it must have withstood the carrier's rigorous all-round testing to meet the needs of various application scenarios.
It is understood that Huawei Kunpeng is a series of chips as the core, Huawei Kunpeng ecosystem, including independently controlled PCs, servers, storage, operating systems, middleware, virtualization, databases, cloud services and so on.
At the same time, Haikuang domestic x86 processor to complete the technology iteration, the current Haikuang has completed the technology absorption, is beginning the technology iteration, is expected to 14nm Haikuang 2 in the second half of this year in TSMC and Samsung to start mass production, 7nm 20 end of the year to try the flow of film.
Of course, realizing independent control does not mean that all replacements, the most critical is still to get rid of the state of being stuck in the neck, out of the excessive dependence on the relationship, so as to enhance the ability to resist risk. Because in the rapid development of globalization today, competition is the norm, but also conducive to the healthy development of the industry.
However, there is no doubt that, with the party, government, military and key industries to promote the localization of domestic CPU servers will be normalized.
Central enterprises such as China Telecom should take up the responsibility of the central enterprises, to provide fertile ground for the growth of localization, so as to lay a solid foundation for the maturity of the independent controllable industrial chain, and ultimately realize the product application in the whole industry, to get rid of the shackles.
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