5G+AI: The intelligent base for the second half of the IoT
A series of data shows that the number of IoT connections has grown exponentially in the past decade, and the “Internet of Everything” once written in books has become a reality. The ubiquitous connectivity has laid a solid foundation for the digitization and intelligence of human society, and the transformation from “Internet of Everything” to “Smart Connection of Everything” is never an empty phrase, the intelligent needs of all industries will fundamentally drive the IoT from The intelligent needs of various industries will fundamentally drive the IoT from “connection” to “intelligent connection”, improve the efficiency of connection, fully exploit the infinite value of the massive physical connection data, and continuously move towards an intelligent future world.
With the continuous development of 5G technology, the characteristics of 5G network such as large bandwidth, low latency and wide connectivity can be better combined with AI, edge computing and other intelligent technologies. 5G network + AI technology will be the Top Key Word for the second half of IoT intelligence, and the two will work together to build the technical base for the intelligent interconnection of everything. Qualcomm, the world’s leading wireless communications technology manufacturer, recently released the Snapdragon X70 debugging demodulator and RF system, and introduced the 5G AI processor in the system for the first time, making it the world’s first 5G signal system with an integrated AI processor. Qualcomm’s deep integration of 5G and AI from the chip level heralds a new era of 5G smart connectivity that is about to open.
The most complete 5G smart modules and solutions ever
As a global leading wireless communication module and solution provider, MAGIC sticks to the bottom line of communication manufacturers and keeps expanding its capability boundary in the field of computing and AI. Megaphone was the first to promote “smart modules” and the whole set of solutions based on smart modules to the industry and customers, and now the concept of smart modules has been deeply rooted in people’s hearts. Based on the experience of applying the AI capability of the module in various industries, we are the first to propose the new category of “Arithmetic Module”. Smart module and arithmetic module have become the product labels of Megaphone Intelligence, and both of them are in the same way, combining communication technology and AI technology to produce richer application scenarios, leading the IoT from simple connection to intelligent connection in thousands of industries.
Based on the continuous R&D accumulation and market application experience in the 4G smart module era, MAGIC has established a comprehensive technical capability with unique advantages in 4G/5G wireless communication, Android system, high-performance low-power computing and AI application, especially in AI technology application, which has covered a rich application experience from 0.2T to 30T computing power range. Since entering the 5G era, MIG has rapidly established the most comprehensive 5G smart module product line and solution sequence, and has mass production in many industries such as smart cockpit, AI retail, drones, etc. MIG’s product maturity and industry customization experience on the most mainstream 5G smart module platform in the next 5 to 10 years are ahead of the industry, and its 5G+AI convergence development and application capabilities are also ahead of the industry.
Snapdragon 8+, also known as Snapdragon 8+ Gen1, is the latest generation of SoC chips launched by Qualcomm that have been officially commercialized so far, and MIG has also synchronized its own research on Snapdragon 8+ based smart module products. Snapdragon 8+ adopts 4nm process, with maximum main frequency of 3.2Ghz, 18-bit triple ISP, supports 8K HDR video shooting, perfect balance of performance and power consumption, and better thermal performance to better meet the extreme working environment in industrial and automotive fields. Snapdragon 8+ is equipped with the latest generation of Qualcomm AI engine, which includes the ultra-high performance, ultra-efficient Hexagon processor with nearly 30T of powerful computing power, which can provide powerful performance support for all kinds of customer innovation experiences including smart cockpit, AI retail, drones, industrial vision, etc.
Based on intelligent modules and 5G+AI full-scene solutions, we help the digital economy land efficiently
Based on the intelligent module with AI capability covering 0.2T to 30T, in order to help customers quickly develop a series of intelligent devices on the basis of different modules, MIG Intelligence will continue its R&D one step forward to provide complete solutions for the industry and various external sensing devices on the basis of the module. In terms of the most common perception hardware camera and screen, the camera is like the human eye, responsible for information entry, while the screen is like the mouth, responsible for outputting information, so MIG Intelligence has developed a set of multi-screen multi-camera architecture diagram to build the most basic hardware framework for the visual capability of the device, which is convenient for all kinds of customers to carry out terminal products and application development directly on this hardware framework.
And we continue to think, just having a hardware framework is not enough, how to enable customers to introduce AI capabilities on such a set of hardware framework with high efficiency and low R&D cost, and upgrade from pure connectivity class hardware to intelligent hardware? Therefore, Meg Intelligence continues its R&D one step forward with an IoT customized solution based on Qualcomm Neural Network Processing Engine (SNPE), which supports Caffe, TensorFlow, TFLite, ONNX, PyTorch, and Caffe2 models, APIs, and executable libraries that can be embedded in apps, so AI developers can choose to use the framework they are familiar with AI developers can choose to use their familiar frameworks to design and train networks, and quickly and efficiently complete the technical empowerment of AI for various end products. The development process is as follows.
5G+C-V2X+SoC, the next generation of intelligent T-BOX solutions
V2X is the key direction of intelligent networked vehicles in the national planning, and V2X is mentioned in the “14th Five-Year Plan” together with information communication and intelligent transportation, especially Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X).
While continuing the advantages of traditional in-vehicle network connectivity products, MAGIC is actively laying out C-V2X products and will soon launch MA522 and MA525, which are automotive-grade data transmission modules based on the new generation 5G C-V2X platform, to provide customers with a full set of end-to-end solutions in the field of 5G smart connectivity and make travel safer, more efficient and more convenient with intelligent connectivity products.
SA522M and SA525M integrate 4-core ARM processor with 20K Dmips arithmetic power, which can save one AP processor; integrate 5G Rel-16 WAN Modem, integrate Rel-14/Rel-15/Rel-16 (hardware support) C-V2X Modem; there is also a greater degree of improvement in security, capable of handling 6000 times/sec C-V2X ellipse algorithm decryption check; also integrated L1, L2, L5 multi-band GNSS, Wi-Fi 6E, BT5.2, etc.; interface is also more abundant, supporting RGMII, SGMII, PCIe, USB3.0, etc.
Based on SA522M and SA525M, MA522 and MA525 modules from MIG can achieve full PIN pin compatibility and are compatible with both single 5G version and 5G+C-V2X version. It greatly reduces the customer’s software development workload and improves the overall stability and maintainability of the system.
Build a one-stop intelligent Telematics solution
Relying on Qualcomm’s strong technical advantages in the intelligent Telematics platform and Megasys’ comprehensive capabilities in intelligent hardware, all-scene AI solutions and 5G modern intelligent factory, Megasys builds a one-stop intelligent Telematics solution to help global automotive companies transform and upgrade their intelligence and connectivity.
In the future, the further improvement of 5G network, 5G technology features of high speed, large bandwidth, low latency and wide connectivity will release huge development opportunities in the field of vehicle intelligence after AI technology is added. With the gradual improvement of intelligent vehicle network connection and intelligent cockpit, high-level driving will be an important area for further application and development of 5G+AI technology, and will also be the direction of continuous exploration by MIG. Meg Intelligence will continue to play the technical advantages of communication+computing and communication+AI fusion development to provide reliable in-vehicle 5G communication for global users, and make further efforts in the direction of vehicle-road cooperation and intelligent cockpit and intelligent cockpit fusion development with intelligent connection products!
