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Actual exploration of Beijing Yizhuang Xiaomi Automobile Factory: mass production landing arrow on the string
Since Lei Jun, the founder of Xiaomi Group, announced his entry into the new energy automobile industry, Xiaomi Automobile Factory has been under construction in Beijing Yizhuang for nearly two years. Xiaomi's official goal is to mass produce in 2024 and hit the top five in the world. The first phase of the factory, covering an area of nearly 720,000 square meters, will start construction in April 2022 and be completed in June 2023; The second phase is scheduled to start construction in 2024 and be completed in 2025. Xiaomi Auto's main profitability will depend on software services and ecological services. (CBN)
More and more like WeChat? Musk: X will launch voice and video calling capabilities
Musk recently said that social media platform X will launch voice and video call functions, which users can use on various devices without a mobile phone number. The new privacy policy will also allow X to collect user biometric information. Last year, Musk acquired Twitter and made massive layoffs, with the goal of creating a universal app, X. In July, he renamed Twitter to X and changed the brand logo. (CaiLian News)
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Huawei is back, which mobile phone brand is the most panicked?
Huawei suddenly officially announced the "Mate 60 Pro Pioneer Plan", and the new machine went on sale directly. It is equipped with a self-developed Kirin 9000s chip, and the network speed reaches the 5G level. The strong return of Huawei's Mate series will certainly have a significant impact on the domestic mobile phone market, especially for Honor and Apple. (DT Business Watch)
Lithography machine giant ASML: This year has been approved to export to China, next year basically will not get a license
Lithography giant ASML has submitted an export license application for the TWINSCAN NXT:2000i immersion lithography system to the Dutch government, and the Dutch government has issued a license until September 1, allowing ASML to continue shipping related lithography systems this year. Under the new export controls, ASML is still able to fulfill customer contracts to send lithography devices. As of January 1, 2024, ASML will be largely unable to obtain export licenses to send these devices to Chinese customers. (Observer.com)
Apple exclusively buys TSMC chips TSMC gives up the loss fee in return
Apple plans to buy all of TSMC's first-generation 3nm process chips this year to fuel its upcoming iPhone, Mac and iPad products. Rumors point out that the upcoming iPhone 15 series will be equipped with an A17 processor, which is based on TSMC's 3-nanometer process. (Finance)
It is reported that Meta shut down Instagram and Facebook cross-app chat in October
Some developers have pointed out through reverse compilation that starting in October this year, Meta will turn off the cross-app messaging function of Facebook and Instagram. Currently, users can chat directly with Facebook friends on Instagram, and the relevant function may become read-only, and then chat will need to jump to Messenger or Facebook app. (IT House)
AI weather vane
Tesla, Apple send new products at the same time, who should make headlines? 8 large model Q&A reviews
On the whole, these 8 large models are indeed different in their capabilities, and each has its own merits. Basically, all large models can cite scriptures and give reasoned and well-founded analysis in the interpretation of some literary and artistic works. However, when it comes to issues that require more objectivity, the capabilities of each model are completely different. And for what happens in real time, it stumps almost all large models. (Sanyan Technology)
The United States restricts the export of AI chips to the Middle East, analysts: to prevent Middle Eastern countries from reselling chips to China
Nvidia and AMD received requests from the U.S. government to restrict exports of advanced AI chips to Middle Eastern countries, preventing them from being resold to China. AMD and Nvidia both said that the new control measures will affect the export of some products, but the impact on the overall performance is not large. Analysts pointed out that the move is aimed at preventing China from obtaining restricted chips through Middle Eastern countries. (Global Network)
NVIDIA introduces a new supplier of HMB, and the situation of AI storage alone has been broken
Samsung Electronics will supply HBM3 to NVIDIA from next month, breaking the situation that SK Hynix exclusively supplies HBM3 to NVIDIA. Samsung's HBM market share is expected to exceed 50% next year. Previously, Samsung has supplied HBM3 to AMD and cooperated with NVIDIA on HBM3 technology verification and advanced packaging services. (CaiLian News)
AI regulation calls again! Former US House Speaker Pelosi: AI is a "double-edged sword"
Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said AI is a double-edged sword, and the rapidly evolving field of AI needs regulatory guardrails, including protecting creative work in entertainment and other industries. Currently, members of the US Congress are trying to study how to protect against potential AI risks, such as bias and abuse by bad actors, and develop AI-related policies. (CaiLian News)
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Samsung Exynos flagship chip exposed: luxurious configuration, hard rigid Qualcomm?
Data from Samsung's Exynos 2400 processor is gradually coming to light, which will be released early next year and is expected to be used in the Galaxy S24 series, which will compete with Qualcomm's new generation flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The Exynos 2400 is based on Samsung's 4nm process and features a 10-core design, including one 3.16GHz Arm Cortex-X4 ultra-large core, two 2.9GHz Arm Cortex-A720 large cores, three 2.6GHz Arm Cortex-A720 large cores, and four 1.95GHz Arm Cortex-A520 small cores. (Ray Technology)