Is the absence of Ali the beginning of the end of mobile phones?

Will Ali's shadowless appearance end the current situation of mobile phones? Is the future really in the form of a cloud phone?

Let's first understand what is shadowless.

On September 17, 2020, Alibaba Cloud released the first cloud computer "No Shadow" at the 2020 Yun Qi Conference.

What kind of computer is this?

We only need to link a screen with C-Key, or we can directly access the exclusive cloud computer desktop through this business card. You can access all kinds of file applications and so on through it, whether it is office or design, you can do whatever you want. Characterized in that:

1. The elimination time is short, because it can be upgraded.

2. The data it stores is in the cloud, which can ensure that it is not affected by viruses.

3. Unlimited expansion can be supported to ensure that resources can be expanded to 104 core CPU and 1.5T memory.

4. Through cloud streaming media technology, the downlink delay of data can be controlled at 70ms to ensure fluency.

It can connect any monitor, keyboard and mouse with a business card.

Admittedly, this cloud computer model is not new, but it gives us a sample. What you can clearly know is that this cloud computer model can give us more possibilities for individual consumers, which also sets a sample for the future mobile phone model. Although Huawei Yunkunpeng Cloud Mobile Phone is an enterprise-oriented customer, we can't help but feel that it may change the traditional mode in the future and form a real cloud mobile phone, and there is no demand for hardware such as chips.

I always think that the cloud is promising, but the current situation shows that this possibility will take some time, but I am optimistic about the shadowless computer, and I am more optimistic about the future of cloud mobile phones. I think the importance of chips may slow down with the emergence of cloud phones, and we are looking forward to it.

No, first, let's be smart. What kind of equipment is Alibaba Wuying?

At present, whether it is Huawei cloud mobile phone, Baidu cloud mobile phone to be launched soon, or shadowless cloud computer released by Ali at this Yun Qi conference, you will find that all operations are actually cloud-based, that is, you need to use Alibaba Cloud service or Huawei cloud or Baidu cloud service. There is nothing to say about this speed and processing power, but remember that a core element is based on network and remote server operation.

So you need to run at a very good network speed, so it requires a lot of enterprise networks, even high-speed 5G environment to fully adapt. If there is no network, the current network coverage is not so developed, and it can not completely replace the value of computers and mobile phones in the field of mobile phones. It can only be said that it can replace the value of computers and mobile phones in some occasional use scenarios, but the proportion will not be too large!

As can be seen from the above-mentioned Ali official speeches and reports, in fact, this device can be compatible with both windows and linux (the gospel of developers), and can also be applied to Android applications, which is considered to be very compatible. Compared with Huawei's cloud mobile phone, it has at least won the opportunity! A card-sized device can be replaced in many office and mobile environment tests, and it is also very powerful. Therefore, this device released by Ali is mainly in enterprise solutions. A small device can meet the office needs of many enterprises, and enterprises that use Alibaba Cloud servers are even more blessed. Through Alibaba Cloud, it is best to complete the development, release and setting related parameters in one step!

At the same time, why target enterprises? Because many enterprises are from the business point of view, but also in the form of content and data, many personal content may not be completely healthy, and if you store and read some data through the cloud, it is undoubtedly a waste of resources, and this operating cost is also huge! But it is different for enterprises. In fact, Shadowless has opened the space of server storage market for Alibaba Cloud. The equipment is nothing, but the value and price of the server behind it must be quite artistic!

First of all, we must understand that Ali's shadowless (cloud computer) is not equal to a mobile phone! Since it is not equal to the mobile phone, how to end it?

The principle of Ali shadowless cloud computer is to cloud the processor, memory and storage, that is, to centrally manage these hardware. Decoupling these hardware separately with virtualization technology becomes a service that can be used at will.

For example, the coaches in the swimming training center are all temporary workers. When teaching swimming, it is inevitable that different coaches teach in different ways. If the teaching methods are not uniformly formulated, students will be at a loss when facing different coaches.

The coach is a piece of hardware, and the unified teaching method is virtualization technology. Decoupling is to form the standard of differentiated teaching for coaches through unified management. Students can adapt to changing coaches at will, which naturally forms an efficient service.

After hardware virtual decoupling, computing pool, memory pool and storage pool are formed. Ali Wuyingyun Computer is in these pools. After taking out a certain share, it "assembled" a computer.

To use this cloud computer, you must connect to the cloud. Ali's "card C-key" is the client connected to the cloud computer. This "card" has fingerprint recognition, which ensures the safety of login. After the "card" is connected to the network, it can be connected to the computer in the cloud, connected to the TV and monitor, and the cloud computer can be used normally.

The picture shows the shadowless "card"

The picture shows the principle of shadowless connection.

Ali's shadowless "card" is just a landing terminal device. There is no screen, no baseband and no camera. How can the mobile phone be used?

Of course not. At the Yun Qi conference a few days ago, Ali introduced "No Shadow". What is shadowless? It is a cloud computer. Will the further development of computers impact mobile phones? I don't think it's possible, let alone end the mobile phone.

The processing function of computer is more powerful than that of mobile phone, but the mobility and convenience of mobile phone are incomparable to that of computer. And with the emergence of various apps, mobile phones have replaced some functions of computers. With the development of mobile phone chips and processors, there will be more and more functions for mobile phones to replace computers. In a sense, computers are becoming mobile phones. However, due to the limitation of portability, mobile phones are unlikely to be computerized. So computers can never end mobile phones, but in ordinary personal applications, mobile phones may replace computers.

Perhaps the point of the topic is to extend the concept of shadowless cloud to mobile phones. The cloud can be used for storage and calculation, and the most basic call function of the mobile phone does not need the cloud to realize.

In short, Ali's shadowless launch hit the computer industry. It may have some impact on the mobile phone industry, but it is unlikely to end the mobile phone.

Mobile phones, from the beginning, are used for instant messaging! Everything else in the phone is value-added products attached to the phone! Only other products can replace the instant messaging function of mobile phones, that is, they can end mobile phones! In fact, at the beginning of 5G, it has become more and more obvious that mobile phones will be eliminated!