Huawei unveils its new architecture for digitalisation and intelligence in the steel industry, called "One Network, One Cloud, Three Platforms."
The architecture aims to streamline IoT devices, networks, cloud infrastructure, and upper-layer applications to modernise the steel and smelting industries.
One Network, One Cloud, Three Platforms
Huawei has identified 367 specific scenarios across 16 process categories in which AI can improve production quality and efficiency. Shi Mao, CEO of Huawei's Steel & Non-ferrous Metals Business Unit, said that AI applications in these scenarios can help cut costs, improve quality, increase efficiency, and enhance safety.
The "One Network, One Cloud, Three Platforms" architecture supports implementing AI in these scenarios through the following:
- "One Network" refers to a unified physical network that uses technologies such as network slicing to support multiple services and provide the low latency required by core industrial control systems.
- "One Cloud" refers to a synergistic cloud infrastructure that connects production facilities with the systems of their parent group. Deploying a group-level cloud enables manufacturers to share resources such as data lakes and AI training platforms.
- "Three Platforms" refers to the final layer of the architecture, which includes a data enablement platform, an AI enablement platform, and an application enablement platform.
Huawei has collaborated with more than 300 metallurgical firms worldwide to date and plans to continue collaborating with industry partners and academia to provide reliable digital and intelligent platforms for the steel industry.
