Global monopoly of technology

Seeing Luo Sheng’s question, Meng Qiu immediately said: “At the beginning of this year, we had a head-on collision with Intel in the field of artificial intelligence. We all saw a North American artificial intelligence technology start-up called Nervana-Systems. I think it was too expensive to buy the company for 100 million U.S. dollars, so I didn't follow it and withdrew it."

In fact, this company was first contacted by Shengfeng Capital. It happened in mid-December last year, and it was Mengqiu who went to talk with the founder personally, intending to plan an investment of US$80 million in the company.

Originally, the negotiations had been settled, the contracts were all initialed, and the formal contract would be signed in three days.

As a result, Intel jumped out at this time and directly initiated a wholly-owned acquisition invitation to Nervana-Systems, and offered a high price of US$350 million.

Meng Qiu directly said that he would not play anymore, because Shengfeng Capital has already invested in several start-ups engaged in related nature with Nervana-Systems, and the development momentum is also good, so it is not necessary.

Shengfeng Capital is indeed very rich, very rich, but the money is not brought by the wind.

Mengqiu can't accept an offer of more than 350 million US dollars. That's it. Just pat your butt and leave. You can play Intel with him. Master won't play with you.

Meng Qiu continued: "I recently compiled an information report on the development layout of Intel. I found that since the beginning of 2012, Intel has also responded to the rapid development speed of the global technology community, whether it is in artificial intelligence or IoT devices. All have obviously accelerated the pace of acquisitions. For the companies that they value, it can be said that they are acquired at a disagreement. Since 2012, Intel has only invested in 3 companies, but acquired 22 companies, many of which are technology Companies are worthy of attention."

Luo Sheng raised Erlang's legs in a sitting posture, and asked briefly, "Which are there?"

Mengqiu replied: "First of all, Nervana-Systems was founded in San Diego, California last year. It is a technology company with expertise in machine learning, neuroscience, processor architecture and chip design. Among them, machine deep learning The results have been remarkable. At present, the company has released an open source deep learning framework called Neon. Our research and analysis believe that this is because Intel hopes to use the company's technology to improve the performance of its own processors in artificial intelligence."

Luo Sheng slowly nodded his head, lowered his head and said solemnly: "It's no wonder that he would spend 350 million US dollars in mergers and acquisitions."

Meng Qiu continued: "According to a benchmark test conducted by a researcher within Shengfeng Capital, the company's deep learning technology has higher performance than other well-known deep learning tools in the industry..."

Seeing Luo Sheng suddenly looking up, Meng Qiu smiled and added: "Mr. Luo, I haven't finished talking, except for the Blue Coast."

Luo Sheng laughed and said: "Let me just say it, you scared me, and I will find you afterwards."

I was really surprised just now. In the field of machine deep learning and artificial intelligence, this is Luo Sheng's absolute housekeeping skills and his most confident field.

The existence of Xiaona is destined to the world impossible to give birth to a second true artificial intelligence, because whenever there is a sign, Xiaona who monitors the entire network will kill it, which is authorized by Luo Sheng.

Of course, the current Xiaona has not yet reached the level of strong artificial intelligence in the true sense, and the AI ​​technology displayed through the Blue Coast is also a level lower than Xiaona, but even this is an existence that the industry can look up to.

Suddenly there was a competitor who could keep pace with each other, no wonder Luo Sheng would react like this.

After the episode, Mengqiu continued: “Oh yes, in the field of machine deep learning, Google also revealed at last year’s IO conference that they are developing a deep learning chip TPU, and IBM’s 2 It also announced a chip based on the concept of the human brain and nervous system. This field is so lively."

Although Lens Semiconductor’s FinFET technology stabilizes Moore's Law and continues to stand firm, the current technology giants know that Moore's Law will fail sooner or later, so they are actively planning for the future.

At the same time, taking a step back, because FinFET is in the hands of Luo Sheng, this is a headache for these technology giants. They dare not tear their faces too much, so I hope to bypass the patent barrier built by Luo Sheng in a new direction. .

Deep learning technology is a major technology trend in the future. It can be seen that it will be applied to any product chip in the future. The research and development and competition of deep learning technology will certainly continue for a long time.

Meng Qiu followed the organized content in his mind and said: "Replay-Technologies, which was founded in Tel Aviv in 2011, was said to have been acquired by Intel for US$185 million earlier this month. The company’s 3D reconstruction technology allows users to have a 360-degree view. Experience a variety of video entertainment content. At present, a technology of the company called FreeD has been applied in the North American Super Bowl. Users can replay any segment of the video in 360 degrees instantly. It feels refreshing to watch, and the company is also actively Explore the potential of applying this technology to the fields of virtual reality VR and augmented reality AR."

It is worth mentioning that Luo Sheng has not made any effort in the field of virtual reality VR and augmented reality AR, and many entrepreneurs in this field have come to tell the story, but Luo Sheng has not moved.

Because, these so-called AR and VR immersive experiences are all "pseudo" characters, and the gimmick is more than actual.

The brain-computer interface device is the product that can bring the immersive experience of virtual reality in the true sense, and it is a proper black technology product.

The Côte d’Azur laboratory has been researching for a long time. So far, more than 3 billion US dollars of research and development funds have been invested in related projects, and the results have been limited, but Luo Sheng has not reduced the investment.

Once this thing comes out and can be commercialized, it can change the world, and its influence is greater than the influence brought by the advent of Azure in 2006.

Mengqiu continued: “Ascending-Technologies, founded in 2007 by Bayern, Germany, was acquired by Intel earlier this year. The company is currently a world-renowned drone production and R&D company that can provide both professional and consumer-grade With the acquisition of the company’s drone products, Intel was able to quickly enter the current rapidly growing drone market. However, we had already laid out this area two or three years ago. At the beginning, President Qin personally decided to invest heavily in the domestic market. DJI, reports in recent years have shown that the competitiveness of DJI drones has great potential."

Hearing this, Luo Sheng couldn't help but laughed: "Pengcheng DJI, I remember what you said. This is also what I am very optimistic about. In time, it is very hopeful to become a leading company in the drone market."

Mengqiu nodded and added: "Intel has also applied its own RS real-sensing technology to Ascending's drone products to improve the drone's ability to recognize the surrounding environment and create more powerful drone products. "

Luo Shengyan said concisely: "Let DJI fight the bayonet with this company."

"Recon-Instruments, a technology company founded in Canada in 2008, is a company dedicated to the research and development of various outdoor sports wearable devices. Through the acquisition of this company, Intel has extended their reach to the field of wearable devices and continues to expand. The scope of application of its RS real sense technology."

"Yogitech was founded in Pisa, Italy in 2000. Pisa seems to be a city that has nothing to do with technology... It was acquired by Intel earlier this year. The company has achieved remarkable results in the research and development of robotic chips and driverless car chips. Obviously, Intel wants to integrate Yogitech's technology into chips developed for driverless cars."

"Iteez, a technology company that was founded in Russia in 2005 and focused on the research and development of computer vision technology, was acquired by Intel this year. Currently, the technology developed by the company is mainly for car drivers and driver assistance system software. Said that the company’s technology will be applied to Intel’s security systems for the Internet of Things in the future. The acquisition of the company also strengthens Intel’s technical capabilities in computer perception and image recognition."

"Basically, I think the above-mentioned companies are worthy of attention."

After the brief report, Meng Qiu also felt dry and dry, so he fetched two glasses of water and handed it to Luo Sheng. He took the glass of water in his hand and drank half of it.

"You are right. It seems that the tragic loss in the mobile chip market really made him feel anxious, so he started the momentum of buying and buying." Luo Sheng stared at the water glass in his hand, but for a moment he tried to add. Road:

"From the perspective of these companies that were acquired by Intel, in addition to enhancing the computer's deep learning performance in artificial intelligence with their existing chips, they are also actively engaged in the field of wearable devices, drones and The expansion of the field of human-driven cars will create a situation of multi-dimensional simultaneous competition with us in the future, a matter of time."

Obviously, the world's major technology giants are actively deploying. After 2013, the technology battle between giants will only be more fierce than ever. The rapid development of technology makes the major technology giants dare not relax their vigilance and miss it. The tuyere may just fall silent.

I don’t know if I look back at Nokia, Motorola, BlackBerry and other major international manufacturers. At the moment, I can only look desperately at the Cote d’Azur, Apple, and Samsung, which dominate the current smartphone market. These established international companies face market share. Constantly losing and malaise, no matter how hard I struggle, I can do nothing.

Old-brand giants like Nokia can now only rely on communication technology and patents to maintain the decency of this giant. Putting aside this fig leaf, they are already a complete loser.

Even in the field of communications technology, these established giants are still restless, because Huawei has now risen to become a generation of communications giants. To be emerging challengers and fight against them in this field, the core hinterland has to face the enemy. Situation.

Today this era no longer belongs to them.

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