In the 5G era
we are now a market leader
[Yi-Ching Lee, General Manager, IT, MediaTek]
by providing the world?™s most advanced 5G mobile platform
and collaborate with various telecom carriers
for strong and solid global partnerships
To become a leader in 5G technology and standards
[The speed of development that shocks the industry, MediaTek deploys 5G on the cloud]
At first, MediaTek?™s challenge was the world?™s first 5G 7nm SoC
[Attila Lin, Lead of Enterprise Business Development, AWS]
The launch schedule is tight
With AWS, complex computation demands in the shortest time in need can be satisfied.
MediaTek was able to successfully design and tape-out
the industry?™s most high-end 5G-integrated system on chip (SoC)
There are many challenges
For implementing single 7nm process node design project
Our IT team had to
use over 3000
high performance servers
Because of booming demand in the 5G market
the company decided
to move the original tape out plan 3 months earlier
MediaTek IT decided to introduce the hybrid cloud structure
[3 advantages of using hybrid clouds]
First, the high scalability of clouds
with the needs ranging from several to several thousand machines
can be satisfied
Secondly, the efficiency of large-scale deployment of machines
We could complete thousands of server installation through management console in a short time
At last, from a financial perspective
regarding to this short-term surge demand
the company needs huge amount of capital expenditure
it can be transformed to pay-by-usage
before introducing the hybrid cloud architecture
or considering the needs of data transmission
There will be high volume of data transfer between the cloud and the local datacenter
IT must consider how to improve
the efficiency of data transmissions
to reduce the time waste when synchronizing data
We have to evaluate how we can overcome
the nearly 200ms network latency
for file transfer between Taiwan
and cloud region in western United States
The effectiveness of cloud resource usage
directly affects the cost generated by cloud investments
To put it simply
it?™s the ability to
only have jobs with critical paths to be run on the cloud
and not have all jobs in
How to design a mechanism to manage cloud resources to
be fully automated based on computing needs
and automatically start and terminate machines
to achieve a real on-demand basis cloud platform
[5 points to share about hybrid cloud development]
We are willing to share our experiences
of our cloud journey over the past few years
with the industry leaders
First, IT must have capabilities to integrate cloud resources
On the practical side
everyone could face 2 challenges
one is capacity plan
you do not make plan based on peak usage
The other one is
uncertainties in market and business
making resource allocation unpredictable
Under these two constraints
an enterprise must be well-prepared
With hybrid cloud capabilities
to leverage cloud resources
and face the challenges
Second, you need to understand
the resource issue you are trying to deal with
and its workload characteristics
to fully unleash the cloud?™s
business impact
Third, invest resources in a professional team
I want to specifically emphasize
that the technologies and architecture design on the cloud
are very different to
traditional on-premises data centers
You must invest resources and talents
and build a professional architect team
to fulfill an IT architecture for corporate needs
Fourth, there are many cloud pricing models
Enterprise has to determine
the workload attributes mentioned above
and architecture design
to choose the right way for you
Lastly
choose a professional cloud services provider
and work closely with them
During the cloud implementation and integration process
being able to rely on
the professional advice and experience
of cloud providers
will greatly reduce
the learning effort for IT staff
and reduce unnecessary errors
AWS SAs (Solutions Architects)
actively talk to customers during the project Initial phase to understand our needs
especially for complex computing architectures such as EDA (Electronic Design Automation)
and they lead war rooms
to communicate with various departments
They are able to solve client issues in a very short time
to help clients finish their projects on time
and launch products smoothly
During this project
our IT worked with
the cloud services provider
through a solid partnership
and intensive cooperation
successfully completed
this iconic success story