From ChatGPT's stunning debut to GPT 4.0's barrier free communication;from Midjournal causing global controversy among painters,to AI screenwriting triggering strikes among Hollywood actors;from Sora disrupting the video production industry to Suno allowing everyone to write songs……Will artificial intelligence technology lead to a new round of industrial revolution?Becoming a hot topic of discussion worldwide.
In the 2024 government work report,it was proposed to deepen the innovation and development of the digital economy,deepen research and development applications such as big data and artificial intelligence,carry out the"Artificial Intelligence+"action,and create a digital industry cluster with international competitiveness.
This year,Sichuan Province has listed artificial intelligence as the number one innovation project,clearly stating that it will use unconventional maximum precision support.In January,Chengdu issued Several Policy Measures for Further Promoting the High Quality Development of Artificial Intelligence Industry in Chengdu City,seizing strategic opportunities,deeply implementing the construction of artificial intelligence industry circles and strong chains,building an industrial ecosystem from theoretical algorithm research and development to industry transformation and application,and creating an innovative,leading,and ecologically complete highland for the development of the artificial intelligence industry.
Artificial intelligence+,AIGC platforms are emerging in large numbers
Currently,Chengdu is actively embracing artificial intelligence technology and encouraging diversified development of artificial intelligence enterprises.
Compared to the development of AI general large models,Chengdu has more vertical large models in sub fields such as AI drawing,music,and auxiliary office.The rapid emergence of a large number of artificial intelligence applications has provided the public with a more intuitive understanding of the development of artificial intelligence in Chengdu.
It is understood that Chengdu Potential Artificial Intelligence Technology Co.,Ltd.has developed an AI composition platform for music education and entertainment in different scenarios,reducing the threshold for music creation.iSlide is making efforts in the field of AI office,developing iSlide plugins and utilizing artificial intelligence algorithms to make PPT production easy and convenient,freeing the hands of workers.Chengdu Haiyi Art Co.,Ltd.utilizes its own advantages,focuses on the field of AI drawing,and provides an infinite potential art creation platform for B-end and C-end users through large model training……
The AIGC track is full of diversity,and algorithms are their soul.Empowering thousands of industries with algorithms is the development direction of artificial intelligence+in the future.
With the support of AI algorithms,XGIMI has launched XGIMI Eagle Eye 5.0,becoming a representative enterprise of the new display industry's"artificial intelligence+".At XF Technology in Jinjiang District,Chengdu,its self-developed AIOS system has achieved fully automated processes and has started empowering the power industry.
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Chengdu Kaola Youran Technology Co.,Ltd.is a representative of small and medium-sized enterprises specializing in the field of artificial intelligence in Chengdu.It has independently developed the industry's first multimodal artificial intelligence operating system,OSMAGIC Code Geek,which has evolved to empower more than 1000 industry-leading multimodal AI algorithms.It has been applied in high-end screen displays,pan semiconductors,rail transit and other fields,providing global leading intelligent products and services to over 500 customers,and continues to expand into digital governance,industrial testing,and safety production and other fields.
In the office area of Koala Uran,a group of high-tech developers are using computers to outline the"vitality"of artificial intelligence.They focus on vertical domain models,utilizing their stronger domain expertise and task specificity to deeply customize artificial intelligence services for thousands of industries,suitable for a wide range of market demands,promoting the upgrading of digital intelligence in various industries,and practicing their grand vision of"building a beautiful world of AI for all things."
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Shen Fumin,CEO of Kaola Uran,once stated that as a local enterprise rooted in Chengdu,the growth trajectory of Kaola Uran is closely related to the development of Chengdu's artificial intelligence industry.By using the key of"artificial intelligence+",the enterprise has engaged in deep cooperation with University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,Sichuan Artificial Intelligence Research Institute,and other universities and research institutes in Chengdu.It has accumulated more than 200 intellectual property rights,including 63 authorized invention patents and 93 software copyrights.
Data shows that in 2023,there were 852 artificial intelligence enterprises in Chengdu,with an industrial scale of 78.03 billion yuan,a year-on-year growth rate of over 26.7%,and a compound annual growth rate of over 40%in the past three years.
Deep foundation,the development of integrated circuits is speed up
To nurture and train powerful artificial intelligence algorithms,it is essential to have hardware support from high-end chips.
At the beginning of the year,the world's artificial intelligence computing giant NVIDIA released its 2023 financial report,which showed that its stock price had doubled nine times in a year,and its market value had increased by$2.1 trillion,more than the six Tencent companies combined.The rapid growth of stock prices undoubtedly comes from the huge demand for NVIDIA graphics card computing power from major artificial intelligence companies around the world.It can be said that the R&D and training capabilities of an artificial intelligence enterprise largely depend on the number of computing chips that the enterprise reserves.
As one of the first national talent training bases for integrated circuits in China,Chengdu has already established a presence in the fields of AI computing and chip manufacturing,and is expected to become one of the leaders in the national and even global artificial intelligence industry.
On the banks of Xinglong Lake in Chengdu Science City,the National Supercomputing Chengdu Center Phase I,with a total construction area of approximately 61700 square meters,has a peak computing power performance of 170PFlops.In 2022,Chengdu Intelligent Computing Center settled in Shuangliu District,jointly built by Intelligent Computing Yunteng(Chengdu)Technology Co.,Ltd.,Chengdu Intelligent Computing Cloud Big Data Co.,Ltd.,and Huawei Technology Co.,Ltd.around the Intelligent Computing Center+Ascend+artificial intelligence industry,capable of providing 300P of computing power and achieving a scale of 1000P in the future.Chengdu has become the only city in the country with two"dual centers",providing strong support for the research and development of artificial intelligence enterprises,and also of great significance for the construction of the national"channel computing resources from the east to the west"pattern.
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The deep neural network processor(BNPU)speech chip independently developed by Chengdu Chipintelli Technology Co.,Ltd.has an efficient and highly flexible neural network operator instruction architecture.At present,the third-generation voice chip has been developed to recognize some regional dialects and is applied in over 300 types of home appliances and smart home environments,achieving that home appliances can start working according to demand with just one command.
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In addition,Chengdu also has integrated circuit chain leading enterprises such as SINO-Microelectronics and Yicheng Integrated Circuit Co.,Ltd.,which have advanced chip packaging and testing technologies.Among them,Chengdu Haiguang Integrated Circuit Design Co.,Ltd.has independently designed the Haiguang series x86 Central Processing Unit(CPU),which has reached the international advanced level and can also serve various forms of product needs such as cloud computing,big data,and artificial intelligence.
At present,the Chengdu integrated circuit industry chain has gathered more than 370 integrated circuit enterprises such as Intel,Texas Instruments,Huawei Hisilicon,and has 10 chain owners.It has cultivated 41 national specialized,refined,and new"little giant"enterprises,forming a relatively complete industrial system including IC design,wafer manufacturing,packaging and testing,and equipment materials.In 2023,the city's large-scale integrated circuit enterprises achieved a revenue of 67.47 billion yuan,ranking eighth in the country.A number of universities and research institutes,including the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,Sichuan University,and China Electronics Technology Corporation's 10,29,and 30,have also taken root in Chengdu.Emerging chain owners continue to emerge,with sufficient reserves of basic talents,creating favorable conditions for accelerating the catch-up in the field of integrated circuits and artificial intelligence.
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Policy empowerment,building a highland for industrial development
The rapid development of enterprises cannot be separated from the precise assistance of policies.In recent years,Chengdu has successively issued the Chengdu Accelerating the Development of Artificial Intelligence Industry Promotion Plan and the Chengdu New Generation Artificial Intelligence Industry Development Plan(2022-2025),committed to creating a national artificial intelligence industry development highland with active innovation,leading energy levels,complete ecology,and wide applications.
According to the Several Policy Measures for Further Promoting the High Quality Development of the Artificial Intelligence Industry in Chengdu released by the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Economic and Information Technology,a maximum of 10 million yuan in funding support can be provided to promote the development of algorithms.In terms of improving the level of artificial intelligence,artificial intelligence enterprises newly awarded the title of National Specialized and Innovative"Little Giant"will be given a one-time reward of 300000 yuan.In terms of building the artificial intelligence industry ecosystem,we encourage talents in the field of artificial intelligence to apply for the"Rongcheng Talent Plan"around basic cutting-edge fields and key core technologies that are at the bottleneck.We will award the selected candidates the title of"Rongcheng Talent Plan"special expert and provide relevant management services……
At the same time,in order to address the major pain point of enterprise funding needs,Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Economic and Information Technology has built a bridge between enterprises and the capital market,organized exchange meetings between on chain enterprises and financial institutions such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange,matched investment institutions to provide equity financing to enterprises in need,launched the"Spring Seedlings and Autumn Trees"cultivation action in the industry,and opened up financing paths for enterprises to go public.
The relevant person in charge of Chengdu Gengus Technology Co.,Ltd.once said after participating in such exchange meetings,"The competition of technology enterprises is the competition of talents.Listing and financing can also enhance the corporate image,attract key technical talents,and be conducive to the long-term development of the enterprise."
The relevant person in charge of Chengdu Insiga Semiconductor Technology Co.,Ltd.has also stated,"With the power of capital,we can build a comprehensive chip enterprise with multiple product lines by increasing research and development investment,mergers and acquisitions,and other means."
As mentioned earlier,chip computing power greatly limits a company's research and training capabilities.So Chengdu provides targeted computing power subsidies for enterprises with current demand for computing power improvement around the"dual center".
In 2023,Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Economic and Information Technology released the Policy Measures for Accelerating the Development of the Computing Power Industry in Chengdu Around Supercomputing and Intelligent Computing.Every year,computing power demand enterprises,scientific research institutions,and universities with a main business income of more than 10 million yuan(including 10 million yuan)in the previous year are eligible to apply for computing power vouchers.The Chengdu Supercomputing and Intelligent Computing Center provides technical support,with a total annual amount not exceeding 10 million yuan,and each unit's cumulative annual application limit not exceeding 1 million yuan.
It is reported that in 2023,Sichuan Qiruike Technology Co.,Ltd.used 200000 yuan of computing power vouchers,greatly saving the enterprise's computing power costs.
Data shows that in 2023,the adoption rate of generative artificial intelligence by enterprises in China has reached 15%,with a market size of approximately 14.4 trillion yuan.Experts predict that by 2035,generative artificial intelligence is expected to contribute nearly 90 trillion yuan in economic value to the world,with China exceeding 30 trillion yuan.The cake of the artificial intelligence industry is constantly expanding,and Chengdu has set a development goal of exceeding 150 billion yuan in the city's artificial intelligence industry output value by 2025.According to the Chengdu New Generation Artificial Intelligence Industry Development Plan(2022-2025),Chengdu will actively participate in domestic and international artificial intelligence competition,make precise efforts,and provide new strong momentum for China's economic development.(Du Can, Zhang Xiatong)
