Top 10 Technology Trends in 2021 by Alibaba DAMO Academy
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Alibaba DAMO Academy, the global research initiative by Alibaba Group, provides its forecast of the leading trends that would shape the tech industry in the year ahead.
From the application of third-generation semiconductor materials, AI-driven R&D of medicines and vaccines, to automatic optimization of data management system and data intelligence-powered agriculture, technology breakthroughs are expected to accelerate and make impacts across sectors in the economy and the society at large.
“Technology has played a critical role in fighting against the pandemic since early last year, and it will continue to reshape our society and industries through innovative production models and intelligent services,” said Jeff Zhang, Head of Alibaba DAMO Academy and President of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence. “We hope to work with the academia and industry players to accelerate the exploration of frontier research, in the hope that we can make technologies more accessible by various businesses, and together we can rise up to the challenges imposed by the pandemic and accelerate the pace of a digital economy.”
Top 10 Technology Trends in 2021
- Trend №1: The application of third-generation semiconductor materials, represented by GaN and SiC, will expand to new industries
- Trend №2: Quantum error correction and practical utility of quantum computing will be the top priority of the “post-quantum-supremacy” era
- Trend №3: Breakthroughs in carbon-based materials will stimulate growth of flexible electronics
- Trend №4: AI accelerates the R&D of medicines and vaccines
- Trend №5: Brain-computer interface technology allows us to go beyond the limits of the human body
- Trend №6: Data processing will become autonomous and self-evolving
- Trend №7: Cloud-native technologies will reshape IT systems
- Trend №8: Agriculture will be powered by data intelligence
- Trend №9: Industrial intelligence leaps from single-point implementation to industry-wide implementation
- Trend №10: Intelligent operations centers will be a must for cities in the future
To learn more about the details of each trend, download the whitepaper here
