1. Weilai officially announced that the 200,000th mass production vehicle rolled off the production line
2, the news that the notebook computer industry manufacturers have cut a single, June or again downgraded the shipment target
3. Huawei is once again recruiting talented teenagers around the world, with a maximum annual salary of more than 2 million yuan
4. Meituan will put 100,000 smart helmets this year
5. Meta's first "meta-universe" physical store will open next month to sell VR-related products
6. New progress in Intel's $5.4 billion acquisition, which has been voted by Tower's extraordinary shareholders' meeting
7. IDC: Global smart home device market to grow by 11.7% in 2021
8. Xiaomi 5 new flagship machine exposure: all use TSMC 4nm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 Plus processor
9. BYD Semiconductor released a new lithium battery protection chip
10. DIGITIMES Research: Global electric vehicle penetration will exceed 30% by 2025
1. Weilai officially announced that the 200,000th mass production vehicle rolled off the production line
Today, a NIO ET7 drove out of the detection line, which represents the official rollout of NIO's 200,000th mass production vehicle. From May 2018 to April 2022, IT took less than four years to reach 200,000 mass production vehicles off the production line, which is the first time among the new forces.
The rollout of the 200,000th production vehicle is an important milestone in NIO's overall acceleration in 2022: the new models ET7, ET5 and ES7 born on NIO's technology platform NT2 will be delivered one after another; the 2022 ES8, ES6 and EC6 models equipped with the latest smart cockpit hardware, as well as the existing user smart cockpit upgrade plan will be released soon. In addition, WEILAI will continue to increase its full-stack self-research investment, and in 2022, it is expected that R&D investment will increase by more than 1 times year-on-year, and the number of R&D personnel will increase to 9,000 at the end of the year.
2, the news said that the notebook computer industry manufacturers have cut a single, June or again downgraded the shipment target
April 25 news, IC design company revealed that recently there have been large laptop manufacturers to revise the shipment target, orders reduced by about 10% ; if the situation does not improve, June may be again lowered shipment targets. In January this year, TrendForce Jibang Consulting said that the home economy effect is withdrawing, and it is expected that laptop shipments will decline by 3.3% in 2022.
In 2021, global notebook manufacturers will make a lot of money. According to Strategy Analytics, global laptop shipments hit a record 2021, up 19% year-on-year to a record 268 million units, with Lenovo, HP, Dell, Apple, and Acer top five global notebook shipments. In addition to notebooks, agencies also predict a decline in mobile phone market shipments in 2022. Canalys has said that the economic downturn will lead to an 11% drop in global smartphone shipments in Q1 2022.
3. Huawei is once again recruiting talented teenagers around the world, with a maximum annual salary of more than 2 million yuan
On April 25, Huawei's recruitment WeChat public account showed that Huawei was once again recruiting talented teenagers around the world. Previously, on March 28, Guo Ping, huawei's rotating chairman, introduced at the 2021 performance briefing that in 2020 and 2021, Huawei recruited a total of 26,000 fresh graduates, including more than 300 "talented teenagers" defined by Huawei. This is the first time that Huawei's top management has disclosed the number of "talented teenagers".
In June 2019, Ren Zhengfei signed an internal document, proposing for the first time the "genius teenagers" recruitment plan to recruit outstanding young people from all over the world, "these talented teenagers are like 'loaches', drilling invigorating Huawei's organization and activating Huawei's team."
According to the plan, 20-30 people are planned to be recruited in 2019 and 200-300 people from all over the world in 2020. Huawei's "genius teenager" is the most concerned about high salary, divided into three grades, the highest grade is 1.82 million to 2.01 million yuan, the second gear is 1.405 million to 1.565 million yuan, and the third gear is 896,000-1.008 million yuan.
4. Meituan will put 100,000 smart helmets this year
Yesterday, Meituan announced that it will launch 100,000 new smart safety helmets in Beijing, Suzhou, Haikou and other cities. During the pilot period, the cost of the helmet does not need to be borne by the rider, and the rider must wear it in accordance with the relevant specifications during the order.
According to reports, on the basis of traditional helmets, smart helmets have developed a number of intelligent safety functions such as wearing and collision detection functions, self-sensing tail lights, Bluetooth headsets, microphones, and shortcut buttons.
In the whole process from receiving an order to delivery, the rider needs to operate the mobile phone or answer the phone many times, which can easily lead to distraction and accidents. The voice call and order receiving functions of smart safety helmets greatly improve the safety of delivery.
5. Meta's first "meta-universe" physical store will open next month to sell VR-related products
On April 26, Facebook parent company Meta announced that its first "meta-universe" physical store will open next month, where consumers can try out and purchase virtual reality (VR) headsets and other devices. The 1,550-square-foot "Metacosm" retail store in Burlingame, California, will open on May 9. The retail store will showcase its Quest 2 VR headset, video calling device Portal, and Ray-Ban augmented reality (AR) glasses.
Earlier this month, Meta announced that it would test virtual sales on its "Metacosm" platform Horizon Worlds, a key part of Meta's plan to build a "Metacosm."
It is expected that by 2025, the market size of the "metacosm" from the fields of gaming, enterprise communications and advertising will reach at least $82 billion.
6. New progress in Intel's $5.4 billion acquisition, which has been voted by Tower's extraordinary shareholders' meeting
Tower Semiconductor Ltd., a leading foundry of analog semiconductor solutions, approved the $5.4 billion Intel acquisition at its Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on April 25. On February 15, 2022, Intel announced the acquisition in a press release. Upon completion of the transaction, Tower will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel.
At Monday's EGM shareholder meeting, Tower approved the Intel acquisition by the necessary majority vote, including:
(1) Acquisition agreement;
(2) the detailed terms and conditions set out in the merger;
(3) Shareholders receive $53 in cash consideration;
(4) Other transactions and arrangements referred to in the Agreement.
Of course, Intel still needs to pass regulatory approvals from the relevant authorities before the transaction is finally completed.
7. IDC: Global smart home device market to grow by 11.7% in 2021
According to IDC, the global smart home device market grew by 11.7% in 2021 over the previous year. During the year, IDC reported that smart home device shipments reached 895 million as customers sought more connected experiences at home. One of the main reasons for the growth of this market is that more people have good broadband connections than before, and more people are using wireless networks instead of wired connections.
IDC expects the market to continue to grow steadily over the next five years, although factors such as privacy, security, cost, and interoperability may hinder the market. These issues will require businesses to conduct educational campaigns to build trust, governments will have to pass legislation to ensure companies release safe products, costs will need to be kept low, and manufacturers will need to ensure that their products can talk to other smart home devices.
8. Xiaomi 5 new flagship machine exposure: all use TSMC 4nm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 Plus processor
The Snapdragon 8 Gen1 Plus (SM8475), which uses TSMC's 4nm process, is almost a nail in the coffin, released as soon as May, and launched related mobile phones in June. According to Xiaomiui mining, at least 5 new Xiaomi machines using the Snapdragon 8G1+ platform have been found in the code base, namely:
Xiaomi Mi 12 Ultra (code name thor);
Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 (code name zizhan, zi zhan);
Xiaomi Mi 12S (code name diet, listening);
Xiaomi Mi 12S Pro (codenamed unicorn, unicorn);
Xiaomi Mi 12T Pro/RedmiK50S Pro (code name mayfly, Ephemera)
9. BYD Semiconductor released a new lithium battery protection chip
Today, according to the official news of BYD Semiconductor, in response to the double high demand for battery protection chips in terms of precision and power consumption of smart phone batteries, BYD Semiconductor independently developed and launched BM114 series products for smart phones and tablet computers. At present, the product has passed the test certification of many brand end customers and has been shipped in batches.
It is reported that one of the biggest highlights of BYD Semiconductor's BM114 series products is that it has an overcurrent detection terminal, which can greatly reduce the impact of temperature changes by using precision resistance detection with external low resistance value, and achieve high-precision overcurrent detection, which currently meets the ±1mV, which is higher than the industry requirements.
10. DIGITIMES Research: Global electric vehicle penetration will exceed 30% by 2025
According to DIGIMIES, the demand for EV infrastructure is growing rapidly as EV penetration is expected to exceed 30% in 2025. China, the United States and the European Union are all speeding up the construction of charging piles and other green energy facilities.
According to DIGIMIES Research, total global car sales increased by 3.8 percent to 71 million units in 2021, while global electric vehicle (EV) sales more than doubled in the same year. In the medium to long term, sales of electric vehicles are expected to reach 29.64 million units in 2025, with a penetration rate of more than 30%.