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Core Viewpoint - Huawei has officially launched the global solicitation for the 2025 Olympus Mons Awards, focusing on addressing challenges in data processing in the AI era, including high computational costs, complex protocol stacks, and increased storage costs [2][8]. Group 1: Olympus Mons Awards Overview - The Olympus Mons Awards, established by Huawei in 2019, aims to drive foundational theoretical research in the global data storage field and accelerate the industrialization of research results [8]. - The total prize pool for this year's awards remains at 3 million yuan, with two Olympus Mons Awards of 1 million yuan each and five Pioneer Awards of 200,000 yuan each [5]. Group 2: Challenges for 2025 - The awards will focus on innovative medium technologies for the AI era, addressing issues such as the increasing cost of processing cold and warm data and the need for new paradigms in storage and computation [3]. - Specific challenges include: - Fusion of storage and computation based on SSDs and efficient indexing technology [3]. - Storage channel modulation coding technology for ultra-high recording density [3]. - Hierarchical large memory network protocols and IO path optimization technology [3]. Group 3: Past Achievements - Since its inception, the awards have attracted over 320 scholars from 12 countries, resulting in 6 Olympus Mons Awards and 18 Pioneer Awards being awarded [8]. - Notable past winners include: - The team led by Professor Wu Yongwei from Tsinghua University, awarded the 2024 Olympus Mons Award for their innovative "storage-based computation" technology [8]. - Teams from Fudan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Peking University, and others received the 2024 Pioneer Awards [8][9].