, as the name implies, computing power is the computing power of the device. From mobile phones and PCs to supercomputers, various hardware devices have computing capabilities. Without computing power, various software and hardware cannot be used normally. It's just that we only use various technical products in normal time, and we will not directly describe it in terms of computing power. In terms of personal PCs, the prices of products with different configurations will also vary, which mainly depends on the differences in the CPU, graphics card and memory carried by the different configurations. High-configuration PCs have higher computing power, can play games with higher configuration requirements, and run 3D and audio-visual software that consume more memory. Low-profile PCs do not have enough computing power, so they can only play ordinary games and run ordinary office software. When playing online games in the same way, mobile phones with higher computing power will be smoother, while mobile phones with lower computing power will freeze. It is hoped that mobile phones with higher computing power will not fall behind to play games; not only need more cores and higher frequency CPUs, but also need larger memory and more stable and faster networks.
Therefore, network, storage and computing power are the three main factors that determine the computing power of mobile phones.
Mobile phones are currently the most commonly used smart terminals. They have smart functions because they can perform calculations based on user behavior data, thereby providing users with more convenience, so that users can perceive that they have a better understanding of themselves. However, this perception path is not completed by the mobile phone terminal. Instead, after the mobile phone obtains user data and performs simple calculations, the processed data is sent to the main server, and the server analyzes and calculates the data through a powerful backend. Computing power, and then pass it back. The instructions will tell the phone what to do. Various APP applications in smart terminals (such as mobile phones) also follow this principle. The computing power of the smart terminal comes from the cloud server, and the main computing links are in the cloud. This mode allows terminals with lower configurations to achieve more functions.
Therefore, the computing capabilities we are currently talking about are mainly cloud computing capabilities. Of course, it now also includes edge computing and fog computing capabilities. Similar to the computing power of terminal devices, cloud computing also has three indicators that determine computing power, namely computing power, storage, and bandwidth. These are the main infrastructure services provided by cloud computing.
These three major businesses are exactly what many traditional enterprises currently need for digital transformation. Cloud computing has the characteristics of distributed computing. In theory, it can infinitely expand enough server clusters through virtual technology, and it can also increase computing power infinitely. In recent years, from cloud computing providers to Internet giants, they have continued to increase server investment. The purpose is to improve computing power to meet the needs of more application scenarios and provide services to more customers.
Even so, various industries still have high requirements for improving computing power. For example, gene sequencing requires large-scale computational analysis to identify genes and their sequences contained in massive amounts of data and information, and ultimately obtain genetic information. Therefore, the requirements for computing power are very high, and the industry has been continuously investing in higher computing power. The same goes for the blockchain industry.
According to the data of BTC.com, in 2018, the total computing power of Bitcoin almost reached 23EB (1EB = 1024PB, 1PB = 1024TB, 1TB = 1024GB, 1GB = 1024MB, 1MB = 1024kB).
Compared with 2010, it has increased by more than 20 times. For digital currency, computing power is a measure of the total computing power of a unit that generates a new block under a certain network consumption. The larger the amount of data that can be processed, the greater the computing power. No matter how fast the computing power grows, the demand for the blockchain has never been saturated, but expects more computing power.
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functions and application functions promote each other, pushing cloud computing into the era of computing power. The distinguishing feature of the era of computing power is that computing power can be regarded as productivity.
Currently, mankind is gradually entering the digital age of information. In the next 5-10 years, almost every family, every company and every city will beThe office is inseparable. With the development of artificial intelligence, the computing power of each smart device is getting stronger, or the computing power of the server is getting stronger. The current intelligence of refrigerators, air conditioners and other household appliances is still in its infancy. In the future, when the computing power of manufacturers is strong enough, the interaction between humans and smart devices will be more perfect. Powerful computing power will make household appliances, houses, cars and other scenes smarter and give people better and better experiences.
Regarding the logical relationship between computing power and the economy, Wang Endong, CEO of Inspur Group, put forward the view that “computing power is productivity” last year. He believes that in the future, every scene of human life will be inseparable from computing power, which is an indispensable factor for every city, enterprise and family. The performance improvement brought by computing power, which in turn promotes the improvement of applications, can promote business development and promote the continuous progress of society.
From this perspective, computing power will become a key indicator to measure the development of the country and the industry, and it will also become a "power" to accelerate the construction of Digital China. Last year, Inspur and IDC jointly released the "2018 China Computing Capability Development Report." The evaluation dimensions of artificial intelligence computing capabilities include investment supply, industry location, demand applications and potential trends.
In this report, you might not think that the city with the most computing power in the country is Beijing, but Hangzhou. The top five cities are Hangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Hefei. Hefei ranked fifth, Beijing and Shenzhen are the four super cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
It is said that this report has some hatred in Latin America, but this report does make major cities begin to attach importance to computing power, and it is possible to use computing power as a new urban development evaluation target.
In one sentence, computing power has changed the world; second, computing power drives the future. In the future, there will be more sentences describing computing power and economics.
No matter how you express it, you can be sure that computing power will be everywhere in the future. When everything is inseparable from computing power, a new era of computing power economy is coming.
