The Ascend Computing Industry Development Summit was recently held in Beijing. Representatives from leading AI companies, partners, universities, and research institutions gathered to discuss how to better build an open and collaborative Ascend ecosystem to accelerate AI innovation and development.
In his keynote speech, Huawei's Rotating Chairman Xu Zhijun emphasized that the core of Huawei's AI strategy lies in computing power, with a steadfast commitment to monetizing Ascend hardware. Xu announced Huawei's decision to fully open-source the hardware-enabling CANN for Ascend. Attendees and Huawei jointly launched the "CANN Open-Source Ecosystem Co-construction Initiative," aiming to explore the boundaries of AI and collaboratively build the Ascend ecosystem.