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Make the portfolio adaptive to all scenarios, both standalone and co - operative scenarios between cloud, edge, and device. Develop an open ecosystem and talent: Collaborate widely with global academia, industries, and partners. Strengthen our existing portfolio: Bring an AI mindset and techniques into existing products and solutions to create greater value and enhance competitive strengths. Drive operational efficiency at Huawei: Apply AI to massive volumes of routine business activities for better efficiency and quality. ● ● Huawei’s full-stack, all-scenario AI portfolio By “all-scenario”, we mean different deployment scenarios for AI, including public clouds, private clouds, edge computing in all forms, industrial IoT devices, and consumer devices. “Full stack” is about the functionality of our technology. Our full-stack portfolio includes chips, chip enablement, a training and inference framework, and application enablement. Specifically, our full-stack portfolio includes the following: ● ● Ascend: An AI IP and chip series based on a unified, scalable architecture. In this series, we have Ascend Max, Mini, Lite, Tiny, and Nano. Ascend 910 has the World’s greatest computing density in a single chip. Ascend 310 is the most efficient AI system-on-chip (SoC) for low-power computing. ● ● CANN (Compute Architecture for Neural Networks): A chip operator’s library and highly automated operator’s development toolkit ● ● MindSpore: A unified training and inference framework for device, edge, and cloud (both standalone and co-operative) ● ● Application enablement: Full-pipeline services (ModelArts), hierarchical APIs, and pre-integrated solutions In September 2017, we released Huawei Cloud EI, an AI service platform for enterprises and Governments. In April 2018, Huawei announced HiAI, our AI engine for smart devices. Our full-stack, all-scenario AI portfolio is designed to provide powerful support for Huawei Cloud EI and HiAI. Backed by our AI portfolio, Huawei Cloud EI will be able to deliver a full-stack portfolio for enterprise and Government customers, and HiAI will provide a full-stack portfolio for smart devices. HiAI services are deployed on Huawei Cloud EI. ● ● To sum up, our AI strategy is to invest in basic research and talent development, build a full-stack, all-scenario AI portfolio, and foster an open global ecosystem. ● ● Within Huawei, we will continue to explore to improve management and efficiency with AI. ● ● In the telecom sector, we aim to adopt SoftCOM AI to make network O&M more efficient. ● ● In the consumer market, HiAI will infuse intelligence into consumer devices, making them smarter than ever. ● ● Huawei Cloud EI public cloud services and FusionMind private cloud solutions will provide abundant and affordable computing power for all organisations - especially businesses and Governments - and help them use AI with greater ease. ● ● Our portfolio will also include AI acceleration cards, AI servers, AI appliances, and many other products. “All-scenario” means that Huawei is able to deliver pervasive intelligence for a fully connected, intelligent world. “Full stack” means that Huawei is able to provide AI application developers with unparalleled computing power and a strong application development platform. We are working towards making AI more inclusive - making it affordable, effective, and reliable for all. And we have what it takes to make that happen. I hope we can all work together to turn AI into a practical reality, making it inclusive and available for all. Huawei is committed to working closely with our customers, partners, and academia to grow together, promote pervasive AI, and ultimately build a fully connected, intelligent world. 47