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Driven by AI technology, computing power is being used as a new type of productivity to promote the digitalization and intelligent transformation and upgrading of thousands of industries. The deployment of AI computing power has also become one of the important demands of enterprises. As a computing infrastructure, servers usher in broad development prospects, and edge servers in its sub-fields are also booming.

Recently, IDC released the "China semi-annual edge computing market (first half of 2023) tracking" report shows that China's edge computing server market still maintains steady growth in 2023, the first half of China's custom edge dedicated server market reached 130 million US dollars, an increase of 49% year-on-year.

IDC also pointed out that against the background of weak global edge market development, China's edge computing market share is the largest market except North America, and its share growth in the global market is also the fastest.

It can be said that edge computing, as one of the key technologies driving digital economy, is playing an important role. Lenovo Group, as the world's most comprehensive computing Infrastructure services provider, has continuously launched edge servers with superior performance, high security and flexibility under the guidance of "Puhui" computing power in the field of edge computing, and has created highly competitive products and services with "Lenovo Huitian" intelligent edge product family and solutions, edge service platform and edge application as the core.

The market is in the ascendant and edge servers continue to grow

Edge computing is to provide computing services similar to cloud computing on the edge of the network closer to the terminal data. At present, it is affected by the demand for digitalization and intelligent transformation and is in a stage of rapid development.

In recent years, with the continuous progress of 5G, AI and Internet of Things technologies, the intelligent requirements of various industries have increased, driving the demand for computing power of terminal equipment to rise. However, compared with cloud computing, edge computing is more popular in the market for its advantages such as security, low cost and real-time. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 75% of data will be generated outside the data center and cloud and processed at the edge.

Computing power to the edge will become the general trend. According to STL Partners, the potential global market for edge computing will grow to $445 billion by 2030, representing a 10-year compound growth rate of 48%. Edge computing market growth space is vast, edge server market potential should not be underestimated, according to Gartner forecast, by 2025, the global server market size will reach 135 billion US dollars, edge computing equipment market will reach 37 billion US dollars.

China's edge server market, as the world's largest market outside North America, will continue to prosper. IDC expects China's edge computing server market to reach $11.1 billion in 2027 as IT spending on AI, 5G and other emerging technologies around edge scenarios increases.

Edge server belongs to technology-intensive industry, with high entry threshold, generally requiring enterprises to have strength in technology, capital, brand, etc. Therefore, several head enterprises still occupy most of the market in China. According to IDC statistics, in the first half of this year, Lenovo Group, Huawei, Xinhua third-class manufacturers have a total market share of nearly 70%, with high industry concentration.

However, with the maturity of technology and the diversification of edge business applications, emerging server vendors are joining the edge market, enriching the market structure and intensifying market competition. Therefore, relevant manufacturers need to continuously improve their product capabilities, create products and services that adapt to a variety of edge application scenarios, consolidate their development advantages, and stand out from the intensifying competition.

Three major layouts,"wisdom" reaches the edge

As the world's leading server provider, Lenovo Group has elevated its edge computing business to a strategic level. Edge computing, as an important part of Lenovo Group's new IT technology architecture of "end-edge-cloud-network-intelligence," is one of the core technology fields focused and invested.

Lenovo Edge Computing White Paper points out that Lenovo Group mainly focuses on edge computing hardware, edge computing platform and edge application. In terms of edge hardware, Lenovo Group has built a family of edge computing products called "Lenovo Huitian," which covers edge hardware devices such as industrial computers, embedded computers, industrial all-in-one computers, intelligent edge gateways, edge servers, etc., so as to meet the needs of all walks of life by providing different computing capabilities and various product forms.

It is worth noting that in the context of accelerated application of AI, edge products that adapt to AI capabilities will be the key to improving competitiveness. In response, Lenovo Group continues to launch new products of edge artificial intelligence servers. For example, its recently launched ThinkEdge SE455 V3 server achieves the best balance between power consumption, storage and scalability with differentiated technology standards, enabling enterprises to deploy AI applications with high reliability and efficiency.

Based on Lenovo Huitian intelligent edge hardware, Lenovo Group is gradually forming the core capabilities of edge native computing power, including Lenovo Edge Cloud Platform capable of providing lightweight hyper-convergence solutions, Lenovo Edge Industrial Internet of Things Platform for industrial applications and Lenovo Edge Brain Platform with low-code AI solution generation deployment technology as the core.

In terms of application of edge computing, Lenovo Group goes deep into different scenarios to provide rich edge service support for customers 'intelligent transformation. Such as panoramic AR application for park, automatic library access application based on HD camera for warehouse, virtual laboratory application based on VR for school, etc. In addition, Lenovo Group also cooperates with operators to utilize 5G technology to assist cloud, edge, network and end collaboration, and promote edge computing to enable more industries and scenarios.

At present, Lenovo Group has formed a competitive advantage in the field of edge computing. Behind this, Lenovo Group has built a strong computing base in the direction of universal and intelligent "universal intelligence" computing power. Driven by edge computing advantages, ISG Infrastructure Solutions, one of Lenovo Group's core businesses, has the ability to cross headwinds. According to Lenovo Group's latest earnings report, its edge computing and high-performance computing performed strongly in the second quarter of this year, with revenue up 12% year-on-year, more than twice the growth rate of the industry.

Technology iteration and innovation are changing with each passing day, and the level of digitalization is constantly improving. The scenarios and requirements of edge computing will become increasingly rich and diverse. Lenovo Group will seize a new round of intelligent transformation opportunities with stable, reliable and flexible edge computing under the guidance of "Puhui" computing power.

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