The birth of the HarmonyOS has caused major changes in the field of mobile operating systems, and the much-talked-about HarmonyOS has become the world's third largest mobile operating system. However, the development of Hongmeng is not as smooth as people think, and it faces many challenges and dilemmas.
Externally, in order to prevent other mobile phone manufacturers from grabbing market share by using their own ecosystems, Google has launched a standard package format AAB, which increases the difficulty for developers to adapt to the HarmonyOS system. Internally, some mobile phone manufacturers have reservations about whether to adopt HarmonyOS, after all, they still need to take into account overseas markets. Moreover, some manufacturers have even carried out "anti-optimization" on Hongmeng, which has brought resistance to the development of Hongmeng.
However, when Huawei announced the launch of "Pure-Blood HarmonyOS", Internet giants such as Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan, Xiaohongshu, and Qunar joined Huawei's native HarmonyOS ecosystem. According to the statistics of Jiemian News, more than 100 companies have joined the HarmonyOS native application camp, covering audio-visual entertainment, news reading, tourism and accommodation, financial management, games and other fields.
So, why do so many Internet giants choose to embrace Huawei's HarmonyOS system?What kind of "truth" is hidden behind this?
Huawei has solved the problem of mass production of chips, which is favored by many enterprises. In the past, Huawei relied on Qualcomm chips to survive, but the uncertainty of the outside world about Qualcomm chips** has caused concerns from third-party research institutions, and some people even believe that the HarmonyOS system will completely fail in 2024.
However, with the return of the Mate60 series and 5G Kirin chips, the industry is optimistic about the rapid recovery of Huawei's mobile phone shipments. Analysts even ** that Huawei's mobile phone shipments are expected to exceed 60 million units in 2024, which is the first place in the Chinese market, while Huawei and Apple are both brands with high premiums and high commercial value.
Therefore, Huawei's chip mass production capabilities and market prospects have attracted the attention and favor of Internet giants. They chose to join Huawei's HarmonyOS ecosystem because they took a fancy to Huawei's advantages and potential in the chip field.
Starting from 2023, the global Internet industry has ushered in a new transformation, and artificial intelligence has become a new outlet in the Internet era. In terms of underlying strategy and business restructuring, artificial intelligence has almost become a new story for big manufacturers to bet on the future.
However, for a long time, the United States has held the hegemony of artificial intelligence computing power, especially the chip giant Nvidia, which has almost monopolized the entire industry with its computing power and ecological advantages. Domestic companies have a high dependence on NVIDIA, which makes them at the mercy of others in the field of artificial intelligence.
However, since last year, the ban has begun to penetrate into the field of artificial intelligence chips, and this year it is still increasing layer by layer, even the castrated version of the chip is hard to find. Internet giants are well aware that computing power is the core infrastructure and is essential for the development of artificial intelligence. Huawei is one of the few manufacturers that provides a "computing power base" for Chinese enterprises, which can fully help Chinese enterprises achieve "computing power freedom".
Huawei's AI chip, the Ascend 910B, has become one of the leaders in AI chips in China, with performance basically on par with NVIDIA's high-end AI chip A100 and excellent computing power. The Ascend processor-based all-scenario AI solution provides reliable support for the application and development of AI for Internet enterprises.
In the past, some domestic internet giants believed that operating in the country would not be subject to U.S. sanctions. Today, however, the U.S. chip ban has been extended to an entire industry rather than just certain companies. Therefore, domestic enterprises have to work closely together to build a more complete technology ecosystem, only in this way can they grasp the development initiative in the future market competition.
The rise of the HarmonyOS and the collective embrace of Huawei by Internet giants are not accidental, and there are practical reasons behind them. Huawei has solved the problem of mass production of chips and won the favor of many partners. In addition, Huawei can provide a computing power foundation for Chinese enterprises to help them realize the freedom of computing power. Internet giants have chosen to embrace Huawei's HarmonyOS system in order to remain competitive in future market competition and take the development power into their own hands.
Both Huawei and Internet giants are constantly working hard to seek breakthroughs and innovations in the fierce industry competition. It is believed that with the passage of time, HarmonyOS will continue to usher in more partners in the field of mobile operating systems to achieve greater development and success.