Inkampani yaseYurophu ye-semiconductor i-STMicroelectronics ithathe elinye igxathu ebudlelwaneni bayo ne-Amazon Web Services ngokumemezela ukwanda okukhulu kwesivumelwano sabo sokusebenzisana sokuhlinzekwa kwama-chip nobuchwepheshe bobuhlakani bokwenziwa (i-AI) kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-cloud computing. Lesi sinyathelo siqinisa isikhundla se-ST njengomlingani ohamba phambili kwezobuchwepheshe wengqalasizinda nezinsizakalo zesikhungo sedatha se-AWS.
Ngemva kwesimemezelo, amasheya e-STMicroelectronics akhuphuke ngaphezu kuka-6% , okubonisa incazelo enhle yemakethe yalo mfelandawonye oqinisiwe. Abatshalizimali babona uhlaka olusha lokubambisana njengomshayeli ongaba khona wokukhula kwemali engenayo ezigabeni ezibalulekile njenge-high-performance computing (HPC), i-AI, kanye nengqalasizinda yedijithali yesizukulwane esilandelayo - izindawo lapho isidingo sama-semiconductors asebenzayo siqhubeka nokukhula khona, kufaka phakathi eYurophu.
Isivumelwano seminyaka eminingi, esiyizigidi zamaRandi esigxile kwi-cloud computing kanye ne-AI
I-STMicroelectronics ichaze kabanzi ukuthi lesi yisivumelwano sezentengiselwano seminyaka eminingi, esibiza izigidi zamaRandi esihlanganisa imikhiqizo eminingi kanye nobuchwepheshe be-semiconductor. Empeleni, i-ST iba ngumhlinzeki wesu wengqalasizinda yekhompyutha ye-AWS , ngomthelela oqondile ezikhungweni zedatha ezisekela izinsizakalo zamafu zomphakathi, izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-AI ezikhiqizayo, kanye nemithwalo yemisebenzi yokufunda komshini.
Uhlaka olusha lokubambisana luhambisana nezinhlelo ze- AWS zokwandisa amandla ayo okusebenzisa ikhompyutha ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nesidingo esikhulayo sezinhlelo zokusebenza ezisekelwe ku-AI, indawo lapho i-United States kanye ne-European Union zincintisana khona ukuheha utshalomali, ithalente, kanye namandla ezimboni. Ku-ST, ngokuba khona okunamandla emakethe yaseYurophu, lo mfelandawonye uqinisa indima yawo ochungechungeni lokuhlinzekwa kwama-semiconductors abalulekile emnothweni wedijithali.
Evela enkampanini uqobo, uJean-Marc Chery, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-STMicroelectronics, ugcizelele ukuthi lesi sivumelwano siqinisa isikhundla se-ST njengomhlinzeki oyinhloko we-AWS futhi siqokomisa iphothifoliyo yayo yobuchwepheshe kanye namakhono amakhulu okukhiqiza. Ngokusho kukaChery, izixazululo ze-semiconductor ezithuthukisiwe ze-ST zizosiza ekushayeleni ingqalasizinda yesizukulwane esilandelayo se-AWS futhi zinike amandla amakhasimende amafu ukuthi aqhubeke nokucindezela imingcele ye-AI, ikhompyutha esebenza kahle kakhulu, kanye nokuxhumeka kwedijithali.
Ngokwebhizinisi, ukubambisana kuhlose ukunciphisa izindleko eziphelele zobunikazi bengqalasizinda nokusheshisa isikhathi sokumaketha imikhiqizo nezinsizakalo ezintsha. Kwabasebenzi bezikhungo zedatha eYurophu nakwezinye izifunda, inhlanganisela yokusebenza kahle kwamandla kanye nokusebenza okwandisiwe kuyisici esinqumayo, kokubili ngokwezindleko kanye nezidingo zomthetho mayelana nokusetshenziswa kukagesi kanye nokusimama.
Yibuphi ubuchwepheshe nama-chip azolethwa yi-STMicroelectronics ku-AWS?
Ububanzi bobuchwepheshe besivumelwano bubanzi. I-STMicroelectronics izosebenza njengomhlinzeki wezingxenye ezibalulekile zezikhungo zedatha kanye namapulatifomu e-AI , ihlinzeke ngemindeni ehlukene ye-semiconductor futhi isekele imisebenzi ebalulekile efwini le-AWS.
Imikhiqizo efakiwe ekubambisaneni yizicucu zokuxhumana zesignali ezixubile, ezisheshayo , ezibalulekile ekuphatheni idatha eningi phakathi kwamaseva nezinhlelo zokugcina. Lezi zingxenye zithuthukisa i-bandwidth futhi zinciphisa ukubambezeleka, okubalulekile ekuqeqesheni nasekuthumeleni amamodeli amakhulu e-AI.
Lesi sivumelwano sihlanganisa nabalawuli abaphezulu abaphezulu bokuphathwa kwengqalasizinda ehlakaniphile , abanomthwalo wokulawula nokuqapha imishini ehlukahlukene ngaphakathi kwezikhungo zedatha. Ukuphathwa okunembe kakhulu kwezinsizakusebenza zehadiwe kungahumusha ukusetshenziswa kwamandla okuphansi kanye nokusetshenziswa kahle kwamaseva, isici esithakazelisa kakhulu kubaqhubi baseYurophu ngenxa yomthelela waso ezindlekweni nasekukhishweni komoya.
Esinye isici esibalulekile yi -analog kanye ne-power integrated circuits ezisebenzisa amandla ngendlela eyongayo , ezenzelwe ukunciphisa ukulahleka kwamandla ekuguqulweni nasekusatshalalisweni kwamandla ngaphakathi kwezikhungo zedatha. Njengoba i-AI ikhulisa isidingo samandla ekhompyutha, ukusebenza kahle kwamandla kuba yinto ebalulekile ekulawuleni izindleko nasekuhlangabezaneni nemigomo yokusimama.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, lo mfelandawonye uhlanganisa ukufakwa kobuchwepheshe be-Electronic Design Automation (EDA) efwini le-AWS . I-ST izosebenzisa amakhono ekhompyutha anwebekayo epulatifomu ukusheshisa ukwakheka kwama-chip amasha, ihambisane nemisebenzi eyinkimbinkimbi, futhi inikeze ukuguquguquka okukhulu kumaqembu ayo obunjiniyela—into ebaluleke kakhulu ekunciphiseni imijikelezo yokuthuthukiswa nokusabela ngokushesha esidingweni ezimakethe zaseYurophu nezamazwe ngamazwe.
Khulisa ku-silicon photonics kanye nokuxhumeka kwe-optical
Esinye sezici ezithuthuke kakhulu zalokhu kubambisana ukugxila kwayo ezixazululweni zokuxhumanisa ze-optical kanye ne-photonic zezikhungo zedatha zesizukulwane esilandelayo . Lobu buchwepheshe buhlose ukunqoba ukulinganiselwa kokuxhumeka kukagesi okuvamile, bunikeza amandla amakhulu okudlulisa idatha ngokusetshenziswa kwamandla okuphansi.
I-STMicroelectronics isivele isebenzisane ne-AWS ekukhiqizweni kwama -chip e-photonic asekelwe kuma-silicon photonics , ubuchwepheshe obuhlanganisa izingxenye ze-optical kuma-silicon wafers ngendlela efana nendlela amasekethe kagesi ahlanganiswa ngayo. Le ndlela ivumela ukudalwa kwezixhumanisi zokuxhumana ezisheshayo nezisebenzayo, okuwusizo kakhulu ezikhungweni zedatha ezilawula imithwalo yemisebenzi emikhulu ye-AI kanye nezinsizakalo zamafu.
I-silicon photonics ibhekwa njengenye yezindlela ezingaguqula ingqalasizinda eyisisekelo ye-AI , njengoba inikeza i-bandwidth enkulu futhi inciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla nge-bit ngayinye edluliswayo. EYurophu, lapho izindleko zamandla kanye nemigomo yesimo sezulu kuphezulu ohlelweni lwezepolitiki, lobu buchwepheshe bunikeza indlela yokusebenzisa amakhono ekhompyutha athuthukile ngaphandle kokusebenzisa amandla ngokweqile.
Ukuqinisa lokhu kubambisana phakathi kwe-ST ne-AWS kuhlose ukuthuthukisa izikhungo zedatha ezisheshayo nezisebenza kahle ezikwazi ukusekela izinsizakalo ze-AI ezikhiqizayo, ukuhlaziywa kwedatha enkulu, kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza zezimboni ezixhunyiwe. Nakuba izikhungo eziningi zedatha ezinkulu ze-AWS zitholakala ngaphandle kweSpain, izinkampani zaseSpain nezaseYurophu ezisebenzisa ifu zingazuza ngokungaqondile kulokhu kuthuthukiswa kokusebenza kanye nokusebenza kahle.
Imininingwane yezezimali: amawaranti kanye nokungena okungenzeka kwe-AWS enhlokodolobha ye-ST
Ngaphezu kwengxenye yezobuchwepheshe, isivumelwano sihlanganisa isici sezezimali esifanele: I-STMicroelectronics ikhiphe amawaranti asekela i-AWS ayinika ilungelo lokuthola amasheya ajwayelekile afinyelela ku-24,8 million enkampani.
Lezi ziqinisekiso zizoqongelelwa ngezitolimende phakathi nesikhathi sesivumelwano, futhi ukusebenza kwazo kuzoxhunyaniswa nenani lemikhiqizo nezinsizakalo ezivunyelwene yi-AWS kanye nezinkampani ezingaphansi kwayo. Ngamanye amazwi, lapho izinga lokubambisana kwezentengiselwano likhula kanye nobukhulu bama-oda, ilungelo le-AWS lokusebenzisa lezi ziqinisekiso lizoba namandla kakhulu.
Intengo yokuqala yokuzivocavoca ibekwe ku- $28,38 ngesabelo ngasinye , kanti i-AWS izoba neminyaka efinyelela kweyisikhombisa kusukela ngosuku lokukhishwa ukuze inqume ukuthi izolisebenzisa yini leli lungelo, liphelele noma liyingxenye. Uma yenza kanjalo, ingaba ngumnikazi wamasheya omkhulu we-ST, okuqinisa kakhulu ukuxhumana okubalulekile phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili.
Ngokombono we-STMicroelectronics, le ndlela isebenza ekuqinisekiseni ukusilela kwama-oda esikhathini esizayo nokuqinisa ukuzibophezela kwe-AWS kwesikhathi eside. Kodwa-ke, kubanikazi bamasheya bamanje, kungenzeka ukuthi kuncishiswe uma kusetshenziswa izimvume , isici imakethe ezosicabangela njengoba inani langempela lebhizinisi elivela kulesi sivumelwano libonakala.
Kunoma ikuphi, ukwakheka kwethuluzi lezezimali kusikisela ukuthi intshisekelo ye-AWS ihambisana kakhulu nempumelelo yezentengiselwano nezobuchwepheshe yokubambisana: lapho isebenzisa kakhulu imikhiqizo nezinsizakalo ze-ST, kulapho ikhono layo lokungena ekwakhiweni kwezimali ngaphansi kwemibandela evunyelwene ngayo ngaphambilini likhula khona.
Umthelela emakethe ye-semiconductor yaseYurophu kanye ne-data center
Ukwanda kwale nhlangano kuza ngesikhathi lapho iYurophu izama ukuqinisa ukuzimela kwayo okunesu kuma-semiconductors nokunciphisa ukuthembela kwayo kubaphakeli bangaphandle kwezobuchwepheshe obubalulekile. I-STMicroelectronics, enezimpande zayo zaseYurophu kanye nesisekelo sezimboni esibalulekile esifundeni, idlala indima ebalulekile kulo mzamo, futhi izivumelwano zalolu hlobo zisiza ukuqinisa ithonya layo lomhlaba wonke.
Kuhlelo lwe-data center eYurophu, lapho abahlinzeki bamafu abakhulu njenge-AWS, i-Microsoft Azure, ne-Google Cloud beqhubeka nokusabalalisa ingqalasizinda, ukuba nabalingani bezobuchwepheshe abaqinile kuleli zwekazi kungenza kube lula ukufinyelela ezixazululweni ezilungiselelwe kangcono ezivumelaniswe nezinhlaka zomthetho zendawo, ikakhulukazi maqondana namandla nokuqina.
Endabeni yaseSpain, yize isivumelwano sixoxiswana futhi sisetshenziswa emhlabeni jikelele, izinkampani ezisebenzisa i-AWS kumaphrojekthi azo e-AI, ukuhlaziywa kwedatha, noma e-commerce zingazuza engqalasizinda enamandla futhi esebenza kahle ngaphandle kwesidingo sokushintsha izinhlelo zazo zokusebenza. Ukuthuthuka kuza "ngaphansi," kungqimba lwehadiwe kanye nokwakhiwa kwezikhungo zedatha ezikhonza isifunda.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusetshenziswa kakhulu kwamathuluzi okuklama ngogesi asekelwe efwini (i-EDA) kungasheshisa ukwethulwa kwemakethe kwama-chip amasha aklanywe eYurophu, okuthi esikhathini esiphakathi angacebisa indwangu yezimboni kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha emazweni afana neFrance, i-Italy, iJalimane, noma iSpain, lapho kakade kunesisekelo sezinkampani nezikhungo zocwaningo kuma-microelectronics.
Ngesikhathi lapho i-AI ihlanganiswa khona emikhakheni eyahlukahlukene njengezimoto, i-Industry 4.0, ukunakekelwa kwempilo, kanye nezezimali, ukuba nochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwe-semiconductor oluqinile noluhlukahlukene sekuyinto ebalulekile yokuncintisana. Ukubambisana okuqinisiwe phakathi kwe-STMicroelectronics kanye ne-AWS kuhambisana nalokhu kuguquguquka futhi kubonisa indlela abahlinzeki abakhulu bamafu abafuna ngayo ukufinyelela izingxenye ezibalulekile zamapulatifomu abo.
Njengoba zonke lezi zinto zisetafuleni, ukwanda kwesivumelwano phakathi kwe-STMicroelectronics kanye ne-Amazon Web Services kwakheka njengesinyathelo esibalulekile samasu: kuqinisa umdlali obalulekile waseYurophu kuma-semiconductors , kunikeza i-AWS umlingani wezimboni okwaziyo ukusungula izinto ezintsha nokukhiqiza ngezinga elikhulu, futhi kubeka isisekelo sezikhungo zedatha ezisheshayo nezisebenza kahle ukusekela igagasi elilandelayo lezicelo zobuhlakani bokwenziwa eSpain, eYurophu, nasemhlabeni wonke.
