At MWC 2026, Huawei launched its AI Data Platform during the Product and Solution Launch in Barcelona. The platform integrates the three key technologies of knowledge generation and retrieval, memory extraction and recall and KV cache for inference acceleration; as well as Unified Cache Manager for inference memory.
Despite rapid Artificial Intelligence advancement, most AI models have not been thoroughly integrated into carriers’ core services. This is largely due to greater focus on training than inference, which is the key to model adoption. Improved data processing is needed to address challenges such as AI hallucinations, slow response and throughput constraints in inference.
Huawei Data Storage launched a “3+1” AI Data Platform to tackle these challenges through three technologies and supporting software.
Knowledge generation and retrieval: For smart search applications, this technology converts multimodal resources such as text, images and videos into high-accuracy knowledge through multimodal lossless parsing and token-level encoding, ensuring a retrieval accuracy of over 95%.
Memory extraction and recall: In business data insight scenarios, this technology can define problems and understand user intent through personalised memory when faced with tasks. It then breaks down tasks using episodic memory or experience-based memory. This memory mechanism makes models smarter with use.
KV cache for inference acceleration: In AI customer service scenarios, this technology applies intelligent tiering and management for KV cache to expand the context window and reduce repeated computing. This results in a 90% reduction in time to first token, improving the speed of AI responses.
Unified Cache Manager: The software manages memory data at three cache levels to intelligently schedule the knowledge base, memory bank and KV cache.
The Huawei AI Data Platform provides the appliance mode for greenfield deployment and independent mode for evolving deployment. The appliance mode uses the OceanStor A800 system that integrates the three technologies, computing power and applications, ensuring performance and flexible scalability. The independent mode uses the architecture of AI data engine nodes plus OceanStor Dorado storage.
Yuan Yuan, President Huawei Data Storage Product Line, said: “Huawei will continue to deepen technological innovation. With the AI Data Platform serving as a bridge, we will transform model capabilities into real business value and work with all parties to embrace the future of intelligent computing.”
