xNN — 3 Technical Articles

Dec 8, 2022 · Artificial Intelligence

How xNN Revolutionizes Edge AI with Scalable Modeling and Optimization

This article explains the evolution of Ant Group's xNN edge‑AI framework, detailing its four‑layer model‑optimization space, the lightweight modeling of version 1.0, and the transition to scalable modeling in version 2.0 to better exploit fragmented device compute resources.

Edge AIModel Optimizationdeep learning

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How xNN Revolutionizes Edge AI with Scalable Modeling and Optimization

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Apr 2, 2019 · Mobile Development

How xNN-OCR Brings High‑Precision, Real‑Time OCR to Mobile Devices

This article explains how the lightweight xNN-OCR engine achieves high accuracy and real‑time performance on mobile devices through deep‑learning model compression, novel detection and recognition techniques, and showcases its practical applications such as bank‑card, gas‑meter, license‑plate, and ID recognition.

Edge AIdeep learningmobile OCR

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How xNN-OCR Brings High‑Precision, Real‑Time OCR to Mobile Devices

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Jun 15, 2018 · Mobile Development

How Alipay’s xNN Engine Brings Deep Learning to Mobile Apps

This article explains how Alipay’s xNN deep‑learning engine tackles the challenges of deploying AI on billions of mobile devices by using aggressive model compression, a lightweight SDK, and joint algorithm‑ and instruction‑level optimizations to achieve high accuracy, tiny package size, and real‑time performance.

Alipaydeep learningmobile AI

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How Alipay’s xNN Engine Brings Deep Learning to Mobile Apps