oneAPI & OpenVINO™ joint developer conference opens: Intel continues open source innovation to help AI development and implementation

November 3 , 2023 , Beijing - The oneAPI & OpenVINO™ Joint Developer Conference with the theme of "Innovation Plus, Accelerated Development" organized by Intel was officially launched. Many industry - leading technology experts and partners gathered together to share The latest achievements in the field of technology and interpretation of cutting-edge development trends. At this global technology feast, Intel technical experts brought the recent development of oneAPI in the world and how to build a new heterogeneous computing ecosystem with partners. They also analyzed the technical highlights of the new version of OpenVINO™ 2023.1, and It explains in detail how the new version can better support generative AI models, frameworks and large language models, empower developers across the entire chain, and promote the deep integration of Intel software tools with the open source ecosystem.

This joint developer conference is jointly launched by OpenVINO™ DevCon and oneAPI DevSummit . oneAPI DevSummit is an open communication event launched every year for global developers. As the second event of oneAPI DevSummit in China this year, Intel invited many well-known domestic partners to share their successful experiences and brought oneAPI to everyone. Joint Hackathon Competition with OpenVINO™. OpenVINO™ DevCon is a global event specially organized to encourage OpenVINO™ developers to improve their technology and learn from each other. The scale of the event has expanded from just one sharing session throughout the year to a global monthly conference today. As the last conference in this year's global series of events, OpenVINO™ DevCon joins hands with oneAPI DevSummit to explain in richer content how oneAPI and OpenVINO™ provide full-link AI development support, bringing developers more friendly and convenient development experience, enabling it to quickly deploy AI and deep learning applications.

Intel Academician Yury Gorbachev ( left ) and Dr. Zhang Yu ( right ) talk about the release of OpenVINO ™ 2023.1

Dr. Zhang Yu, chief technology officer of Intel China's Network and Edge Division and Intel's senior chief AI engineer, said: "Every breakthrough in AI technology will bring new opportunities and challenges to developers. Intel uses OpenVINO™ tools through creation and iteration Software products represented by the suite and oneAPI software development kit, together with ecological partners, continue to empower developers to help them resolve development problems in different scenarios, improve development efficiency, and fully unleash the potential of AI innovation."

At this conference, Intel technical experts also explained the technical highlights of the new version of OpenVINO™ 2023.1:

• OpenVINO™ version 2023.1, powered by oneAPI, makes generative AI easier to deploy into real-world scenarios and enables developers to write once and deploy across a wide range of devices and AI applications.

• It fully supports mainstream AI frameworks, simplifies the model deployment process, enables developers to optimize standard PyTorch, TensorFlow, Baidu Flying Paddle or ONNX models, and provides full support for the upcoming Core Ultra processors. It also provides more model compression techniques, improved GPU support and memory consumption for dynamic input, as well as greater portability and better performance when running across the entire computing continuum (across cloud, client and edge) performance.

• It greatly optimizes the support for large models, supports multiple large language models such as LLAMA2, and can run inference on CPU and Intel GPU, demonstrating the advantages of using INT8 weight compression.

• Based on Intel edge AI chips, developer-friendly software, and partner ecosystem, we create optimized end-to-end Hybrid AI solutions that enable AI workloads to be seamlessly converted between the edge and the cloud.

• Integrate more open source tool platforms such as Hugging Face to enrich the tool chain and reduce development costs.

In addition to technology sharing about OpenVINO™ 2023.1, partners such as Huimei Technology, Hengan Jiaxin, Jingtai Technology, and Nankai University also shared how they can efficiently achieve unified development through oneAPI. With oneAPI, developers can support various heterogeneous hardware such as CPU, GPU and FPGA through one set of code, thereby effectively accelerating business improvement.

Scott Apeland , Director of Developer Relations and Ecosystems at Intel

Scott Apeland, director of Intel's Developer Relations and Ecosystem Division, said: "The oneAPI ecosystem is growing rapidly, and many companies and universities are embracing the openness and powerful features of oneAPI. Whether you are a professional developer, a student, or a start-up, you can You can find the resources that are right for you in this community.”

At the same time, partners such as Hugging Face, Microsoft, and Baidu Flying Paddle also appeared at this summit and described how to realize the technical vision of generative AI through OpenVINO™, helping developers improve efficiency and fully unleash their innovative vitality.

Ma Yanjun, General Manager of Baidu AI Technology Ecosystem

Ma Yanjun, general manager of Baidu's AI technology ecosystem, said: "At present, the integration of digital technology and the real economy is accelerating, and AI is injecting new momentum into China's digital economy. Under this trend, Baidu Flying Paddle and Intel OpenVINO™ have made in-depth technical and ecological cooperation Cooperation will continue to lower the threshold for AI development and application and empower developers. Through the co-creation and efficient iteration of both parties, the tool platform will become more functional and the open source and open AI community will become more prosperous, jointly promoting the innovation and widespread application of China's artificial intelligence technology. "

In order to further promote innovation and development in the field of artificial intelligence, and establish and enhance cooperation and exchanges among the developer community, oneAPI & OpenVINO™ also jointly organize hackathons: setting competition questions for the latest generative AI large language models and other fields, for those who are interested in Co-creation provides developers in the field of AI with a platform for in-depth communication with technical experts, allowing them to master development tools in practice. Injecting vitality and hope into the future of the artificial intelligence industry.

Intel has always adhered to the "developer first" strategy and is committed to bringing more opportunities to developers through technological innovation and breakthroughs. In the future, Intel will continue to listen to the voices of developers, stimulate the potential of the industry with more innovative achievements, build an open and win-win innovation ecosystem, and use artificial intelligence to assist the digital transformation and upgrading of all walks of life.