AI Selection Architecture Document: Xmind AI Desktop Client

1. Introduction
The Xmind AI Desktop Client enhances traditional mind mapping with AI-driven capabilities for automated content generation, intelligent layout optimization, and context-aware suggestions. This document outlines the AI architecture for the desktop client (v3.0+), focusing on scalability, security, and performance for Windows/macOS/Linux platforms.


2. AI Functional Requirements

  • Core AI Features:
    • Automated mind map generation from text/audio input.
    • Real-time node suggestions using semantic analysis.
    • Layout optimization via graph neural networks (GNNs).
    • Cross-platform OCR for image-to-mind-map conversion.
  • Non-Functional Requirements:
    • Latency: <500ms for AI suggestions.
    • Offline capability for 90% of AI features.
    • GDPR/CCPA compliance for data processing.

3. AI Technology Stack & Versioning

Component Technology Version Rationale
NLP Engine Hugging Face Transformers v4.28.1 SOTA models for text analysis; optimized for CPU/GPU hybrid use.
Layout AI PyTorch Geometric (GNN) v2.3.0 Dynamic graph processing for node arrangement.
OCR Module Tesseract OCR + OpenCV v5.3.0 Open-source, cross-platform image processing.
Edge AI Runtime ONNX Runtime v1.15.1 Hardware-accelerated inference (Intel OpenVINO/Apple Core ML).
Cloud Backup AWS Lambda (Python) Runtime 3.9 Serverless backup for large-scale processing.

4. Architecture Overview
![Architecture Diagram: Client-Server Hybrid]

Desktop Client (Electron v22.0.0) → Local AI Engine (ONNX) → Cloud Sync (AWS S3)  
  • On-Device AI: 90% of inference (e.g., node suggestions) via quantized DistilBERT models (<50MB RAM usage).
  • Cloud AI: Heavy tasks (e.g., document summarization) offloaded to AWS SageMaker (ml.g4dn.xlarge instances).
  • Data Flow:
    User Input → Preprocessing (spaCy v3.5) → AI Inference → UI Rendering (D3.js v7.8)  

5. Implementation Steps
Phase 1: Local AI Integration

  1. Embed ONNX Runtime with model zoo (DistilBERT, ResNet-18 for OCR).
  2. Implement Electron IPC for async inference threads.
  3. Optimize models via quantization (FP16 → INT8) using Optimum v1.8.0.

Phase 2: Cloud Hybrid Workflow

  1. Deploy AWS API Gateway + Lambda for OCR/text summarization.
  2. Secure data transit with AES-256 encryption and OAuth2.0.
  3. Cache frequent queries via Redis v7.0 (TTL: 24h).

Phase 3: Testing & Deployment

  1. Benchmark with Jest (Electron) and Locust (cloud load testing).
  2. Use Docker containers (v20.10) for cross-platform builds.
  3. CI/CD: GitHub Actions → AWS CodeDeploy.

6. Scalability, Security & Performance

  • Scalability:
    • Auto-scaling groups for AWS Lambda (max concurrency: 1,000).
    • Model versioning for A/B testing (MLflow v2.3).
  • Security:
    • Data anonymization via Differential Privacy (Opacus v1.4).
    • Secure Enclave (macOS) / TPM (Windows) for API key storage.
  • Performance:
    • Lazy-loading non-critical AI modules.
    • GPU-priority scheduling via CUDA v12.1 (NVIDIA) / Metal (Apple).

7. Conclusion
This architecture leverages lightweight on-device AI for core functionality while using cloud backup for compute-intensive tasks. The hybrid approach ensures low latency (<200ms avg. inference), privacy compliance, and support for 10K+ concurrent users. Future extensibility includes GPT-4 integration for advanced ideation.


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Last Updated: 2023-10-05
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