1, as the saying goes, "people choose materials, and the flame is high." Huawei HarmonyOS system needs more developers to promote, and the role of developers is irreplaceable.
At the awarding ceremony of the first developer innovation competition held in Shenzhen on May 24, 20021,Wang, president of Huawei's consumer business software department, said, "I believe that the operating system will bring huge business opportunities and innovation opportunities in the future mobile Internet industry."
The contest lasted for five months, with more than 65,438+00,000 contestants from more than 3,000 teams participating, and more than 25,000 developers taking part in the learning of the contest. In the end, 23 teams won awards and produced many innovative, creative and valuable excellent works. In his speech at the award ceremony, Wang said that the staged achievements of the innovation competition have made everyone see the bud of a new era, and the creativity and passion of developers have filled everyone with infinite hope for the future. "You are the seeds to change the world."
Wang pointed out that the new operating system is not a simple small innovation. 2065438+In May 2006, Huawei officially set up a project to make this operating system. The goal at that time was clear: never to be an Android or an iOS again. In the future, not only will smart phones be miniaturized and intelligent, but there will be more and more smart devices around us. Huawei's system must be the future-oriented Internet of Everything. Huawei hopes to use a system to solve the problem of loading all hardware devices, large and small, and no longer let different hardware carry different operating systems, just like people speak different languages, so it is very difficult to communicate. If all intelligent hardware is equipped with the same operating system, there will be a foundation for all intelligent hardware to realize convenient communication.
He further stated that Huawei hopes to use such a system to connect hardware, which is not only simple, but also hopes that in the eyes of the system, from the perspective of the system, all connected devices are one device. "We also hope that all aspects of future information development will no longer be limited to today's APP. The development and release of information in the form of APP, as well as the way to use it, are only suitable for smart phones. We encountered challenges when transferring applications from smartphones to tablets. " He said.
He also mentioned that everyone has used smart speakers. Everyone here may have more than one smart speaker, but everyone will stop using it unconsciously because smart speakers can provide too little service to everyone. Based on this consideration, Huawei designed the operating system of HarmonyOS system at that time, hoping that this operating system can solve the problem that all intelligent hardware will be equipped with the same system in the future.
What are the characteristics of this system? He raised this question himself, and he hoped that his comments would help developers better understand HarmonyOS system and understand it more thoroughly. He believes that developers will make more innovations unimaginable today.
At the beginning of the operating system design of HarmonyOS system, it was a full-stack modular design, which was completely decoupled vertically and horizontally. The core of a software is architecture, and the core of architecture is the ability to cope with changes. This is particularly important. Without a good architecture, this software can't quickly respond to changes and achieve long-term development.
What exactly is architecture? It is the technical expression of business logic. In other words, what is the logical flow of a system's business from startup to application call? Only by dividing the architecture around this logical process can this architecture be sustainable. "I am very confident that the HarmonyOS system is the only one that can be decoupled from the whole architecture." Wang said to him.
With this capability, all software configurations of Huawei smart watch and Huawei big screen, from low-end machines to flagship machine, can be on the same production line, without manual configuration, and the corresponding modules can be automatically loaded according to the hardware capabilities to produce equipment. "I believe this is a very important ability of all intelligent hardware manufacturers, otherwise it will be endless customization, and the threshold is very high."
Wang believes that all connections today are shallow connections, and you can only shake hands and make peace. The operation of a program needs data, computing power and IO ability. All the connections today are just the next simple instruction. HarmonyOS operating system can not only connect simply, but also integrate data, distributed database, distributed file system and distributed computing, so that all connected devices are like one device.
Wang also pointed out that one of the biggest problems facing China's manufacturing industry, such as household appliances industry and office equipment industry, is serious homogenization. Everyone bought an air conditioner, but in fact almost everyone's air conditioner is the same; Everyone bought a home appliance system, which is similar. HarmonyOS system operating system may enable these hardware manufacturers to truly produce personalized products that meet the needs of every consumer. "I believe that this is a huge opportunity for transformation and upgrading for all basic manufacturing industries in China." He said.
At the award ceremony, many representatives of outstanding works developers shared their innovative experience of realizing fantastic ideas based on HarmonyOS system: smart farm, for example, is an intelligent aquaculture equipment solution. It realizes the interconnection and automatic control of multiple devices (sensors, smart screens, etc.). ) By using the distributed technology of HarmonyOS system operating system, the whole scene multi-device collaborative intelligent breeding experience is created. For another example, through the distributed technology of HarmonyOS system, the shot-splitting APP can control multiple cameras in the network to take photos and videos with one mobile phone, and provide distributed photo albums, distributed photo beautification and other functions to provide users with innovative shooting experience. For another example, the parent-child version of Labo Graffiti HarmonyOS System has realized five modes based on the distributed capability of the operating system of HarmonyOS: children and family members or friends collaborate in painting at different terminals, you draw a stroke, you draw a part, I draw a part, and draw together in a painting contest, which not only realizes the parent-child interaction function, but also guides children to exert their imagination and creativity for artistic creation.
It is very important to develop the talent pool. In order to better encourage college students to actively participate in HarmonyOS's system development ecology, Huawei officially announced the launch of HarmonyOS's system talent training plan at the award ceremony. It plans to promote more than 15 of HarmonyOS's system courses to enter universities, build innovation training camps in HarmonyOS's system universities in seven regions, including East China, North China and Southwest China, and promote learning and innovation through three HarmonyOS system-related developer competitions every year, so as to cultivate more reserve forces for the full-stack development of HarmonyOS's system.
2. Huawei's HarmonyOS system is of great significance to the whole technology industry, not just to Huawei.
Up to now, Apple's market value is 2. 1 trillion dollars, Microsoft's market value is nearly10.9 trillion dollars, and Google's market value reaches10.6 trillion dollars. The three American technology giants have one thing in common-they all have their own operating systems. IPhone operating system iOS, iPad tablet operating system iPadOS and Mac operating system MacOS are all developed and designed by apple itself; Google's mobile operating system Android has been adopted by Samsung, Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, glory and other mobile terminal equipment manufacturers. Windows, the Microsoft desktop operating system, consists of Lenovo, HP and Dell. It was adopted by PC manufacturers such as Acer and Asus. Throughout the world, the operating systems used by mobile phones, tablets and computers are mainly provided by Apple, Google and Microsoft. To some extent, the three American technology giants have strangled the lifeblood of the global digital economy.
If we say that in the era of PC personal computers and smart phones, domestic operating systems can't seize the opportunity to become a climate; Then, in the era of the Internet of Everything, there is no reason for domestic operating systems to miss opportunities again. The United States tried its best to block Huawei, including not allowing Google to authorize Huawei GMS, forcing chip manufacturers such as Samsung and TSMC not to OEM chips for Huawei ... While Huawei pays close attention to HarmonyOS system, of course, there is nothing to worry about. There's nothing to be afraid of anyway. What Huawei wants to do most is to make HarmonyOS one of the mainstream operating systems in the world like Apple OS, Google Android and Microsoft Windows.
From Huawei's point of view, HarmonyOS system has three meanings: it is the ticket for Huawei to become a global ecological giant, the non-hardware continuation of Huawei's mobile phone+Internet of Things, and the strategic fulcrum of Huawei's smart electric vehicle. In the final analysis, the United States can block Huawei because it is subject to people at the core technology level. Huawei directly launched the HarmonyOS system, which is intended to become the foundation of the digital economy (operating system), which is a major breakthrough in Huawei's entire commercial operation.
In the last two years, the US ban on Huawei has increased. The first round in the United States was to block the supply chain of finished chips. Huawei was forced to turn to its Hisilicon to develop chips and achieve comprehensive replacement. However, the United States did not want to stop there, so it blocked the supply chain of chip manufacturing OEM in the second round, and Huawei had to transfer from supply chains such as TSMC. The United States is still unwilling, and the third round of ban has completely blocked the source of Huawei chips. Therefore, Huawei's only way out is to surpass another stage of hardware manufacturing. Similar to Microsoft Windows and Google Android, Huawei's technology will be ubiquitous through the HarmonyOS operating system, which is called "Huawei Inside". The significance of mobile phone HarmonyOS system is to force Huawei to change the business model of making money mainly by selling hardware in the past, so as to get rid of the risks brought by chip blockade and realize business continuity through the operating system of HarmonyOS system.
According to the latest Huawei internal memorandum, Huawei's follow-up business will pay more attention to the power software business. Founder Ren Zheng Fei said in the memo that Huawei is focusing on software development, because in the software field, Huawei will be fundamentally "not controlled by the United States, and will have greater independence and autonomy". According to the memorandum, IT is difficult for Huawei to produce advanced hardware in a short time, so it should focus on building software ecosystems, such as HarmonyOS operating system HarmonyOS system, artificial intelligence computing framework Mindspore and other IT products. At the same time, the memorandum also shows that the market promotion of Huawei software products will depend on finding a suitable business model. Huawei should adopt an open source approach and call on employees to "absorb nutrition" through the open source community.
Undoubtedly, the smart electric vehicle industry has become one of Huawei's main strategic directions. HarmonyOS system is the strategic fulcrum of Huawei's intelligent electric vehicle. Huawei Autopilot includes three major computing platforms and three major operating systems: the intelligent cockpit computing platform, which corresponds to the intelligent cockpit operating system, namely the HarmonyOS system operating system; Unified intelligent driving computing platform, corresponding to intelligent driving operating system and intelligent vehicle control computing platform, corresponding to intelligent vehicle control operating system. Driverless electric vehicle is a heterogeneous system of software and hardware, so the future tram tier 1 will be composed of three systems (chip+operating system): intelligent cockpit, driverless and executive control.
3. The progress of Google Fuchsia OS has suddenly accelerated, which may have killed Huawei's HarmonyOS system.
Google's next-generation operating system Fuchsia OS has been mysterious for five years since it was first exposed on 20 16. Google Fuchsia OS is developed based on the new zircon microkernel instead of Linux. It can run on smart phones, PCs and other smart devices, and has a similar positioning to Huawei's HarmonyOS operating system in essence.
Sure enough, when Huawei accelerated the HarmonyOS operating system, Google did not look on coldly, but also acted. Especially in recent months, Google is uncharacteristically, not only opening Fuchsia OS in a high profile, but also calling on developers to participate. The internal testing phase has also been completed one after another, creating one branch after another in the source code. In contrast, when the source code of Fuchsia OS was opened at the end of 2020, Google responded that Fuchsia was not ready enough, and called on developers not to try to run Fuchsia as the main operating system.
In addition, just after Huawei announced that it would officially launch HarmonyOS system HarmonyOS system on June 2nd, Google also confirmed that it would officially launch Fuchsia OS: from now on, users of the first generation Nest Hub (a smart display, which was first launched on 20 18) will receive system update reminders. After the upgrade, the system will migrate from the previous Linux-based Cast operating system to the Fuchsia operating system. Google said that after the Nest Hub system is upgraded to Fuchsia OS, it will not change or add any functions, and the interface experience will not change. The only difference is that the system behind it has changed from Cast OS based on Linux to Fuchsia OS based on zircon microkernel. It should be pointed out that at present, Google is still cautious about changing the operating system.
It can be inferred from Google's move to import Fuchsia OS into the intelligent display Nest Hub that Google Fuchsia OS and Huawei HarmonyOS system are in a competitive relationship-both operating systems focus on the Internet of Everything, positioning not only the Internet of Things operating system, but also smart phones, PCs and other devices.
Conclusion: HarmonyOS system is not only Huawei's HarmonyOS system, but also "everyone's" HarmonyOS system. The final success or failure of Huawei HarmonyOS system is actually a life-and-death game with time. Just as Yang Zhi, vice president of Huawei's consumer business AI and Intelligent Full Scene Division, said bluntly: "For an ecology, especially the underlying platforms such as operating systems, software usage and market share are the core factors for its survival and success. 16% market share is a line of life and death. " Yang also said that the development of the operating system is only nine cents, and the completion rate is only 1%. The remaining 99% is how many industrial partners are willing to adopt your platform. "Huawei needs 1~2 years to complete the road of others for 5~7 years and complete the rapid ecological start." History has proved many times that if an operating system doesn't improve much at first, the possibility of making a comeback later is slim. Whether HarmonyOS's system can cross the life-and-death line of "16% market share" as soon as possible depends on "everyone" rather than Huawei itself.
(I compiled it for technology enthusiasts, and some of the contents refer to CSDN and semiconductor weather vane.)