Millet notebook Air promotional map exposure: double size
Keke
Today is the day of the millet conference. The biggest suspense in this conference is undoubtedly Xiaomi's first notebook product.
Recently, there are netizens exposed on the microblogging Xiaomi notebook promotional map, from the figure we can see the millet notebook will have two different sizes, and these two millet notebook's main line of light and equipped with discrete graphics.
From the promotional photos you can see this product officially named "millet notebook Air", this shape and name can not help but think of Apple MacBook Air, and the product marked 13.3 inches, and 12.5 inches.
In addition, this time the buzzwords are “thin and light notebooks with discrete graphics cards†and “as thin as a magazineâ€. We do not know whether millet notebooks can achieve the perfect combination of thinness and high performance at the same time.
Baidu official paste it offline, no longer use it to sell money
Tencent Technology
Recently, some media reports said that an exposed Baidu "internal mail" shows that Baidu has begun offline processing of the official bar products, and in the related reports of Tencent Technology, Baidu has confirmed the authenticity of the news. .
Baidu responded that in order to improve the content quality and user experience of Tieba, on July 7th, Baidu Tieba will cease to operate on behalf of the operator. The original contract will be issued within the validity period of the operation. After the contract expires, the commercial operation function will be closed. Baidu also said that it will also greatly optimize the relevant operations and regulatory mechanisms to effectively improve management within the bar, to better serve users, and the industry to build a healthy content ecosystem.
Some netizens who have been engaged in the operation of the paste have told the “Securities Daily†that the operation mode of the “sticker bar†is based on the “according to official prices, the price of the operating right is a minimum of 30,000 yuan per year, and the minimum operating cost is 60,000 yuan per year.†However, Tencent's report revealed that the speed, size, and price of Baidu's bar have not reached expectations in 2014 and 2015, and sales personnel face difficulties in promotion and low bonuses.
Sun Zhengyi: After the acquisition of ARM, Softbank will compete with Google Apple on the same stage
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In an exclusive interview with Time Magazine on Tuesday, Softbank President Sun Yiyi said that Softbank will quickly compete with technology companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple. It is reported that on Tuesday, local time, Justice Sun received an exclusive interview with Time magazine in London, England. He pointed out that after SoftBank acquired the British chip designer ARM for $32 billion, it will have the ability to compete with Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon on the same platform.
Sun Zhengyi pointed out that 95% of smartphone chips currently use ARM's chip design. After the acquisition of ARM, Softbank will dominate the "Internet of Things" market in the next few years and usher in the explosive growth of business. Softbank previously said that the number of ARM UK employees will at least double in the next five years.
Although Sun Zhengyi did not give a clear timetable for competition with the giants of technology companies, he showed strong confidence in the development of Softbank.
World's First 2TB M.2 SSD Released from Seagate
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At the Taipei Computer Show in June, A-DATA had demonstrated an M.2 interface SSD with a capacity of up to 2TB, but it was not expected that the first product to come up with an actual product was Seagate, a veteran manufacturer of mechanical hard drives. Seagate's product is part of its Nytro XM1440 series solid-state hard drive. For the first time, it achieves 2TB, M.22110 specifications (that is, 110mm in length), takes PCI-E 3.0x4 channels, and also supports the NVMe protocol. Therefore, the performance is quite high. .
According to the official statement, it has a continuous read/write speed of up to 2500, 900MB/s, a random read/write speed of up to 24000, 15000 IOPS, support for LDPC error correction technology and RAise data recovery technology, and supports 0.3 full-writes per day ( 600GB), five years warranty, average power consumption 7W.
The main control is Marvell 88S1093, flash memory or Micron's MLC NAND particles, is also a product of Seagate's cooperation with Micron. Before that, the 2.5-inch version already has a 2TB version (1920GB).
However, it is a pity that it is not a consumer-grade product but it is aimed at data centers and shipped in November.
Abandon US imperialism, Amazon and UK test UAV
On July 25th, US Eastern Time, Amazon announced that it had officially agreed with the British government to test its delivery drones. The cross-government team supported by the British Civil Aviation Administration will license Amazon to test in 3 key drone technology areas:
Over-the-horizon operations in rural and urban suburbs (this is currently not allowed by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States)
Test sensor performance to ensure drones can identify and avoid obstacles
Multiple highly automated drone flights operated by a single person
These tests will be conducted in the air below 400 feet.
LeTV Announces US$2 Billion Acquisition of U.S. TV Manufacturer VIZIO
At 2 o'clock in Beijing time today, LeTV announced in the United States its acquisition of US TV manufacturer VIZIO for US$2 billion. It is expected that the transaction will be completed within six months. On July 11, foreign media reported that “Vizio was sold by LeTV,†and reported that LeTV may acquire Vizio for US$1.1-15 billion. The latter was founded in 2003 and is the largest intelligence in the United States. TV manufacturer, headquartered in Irvine, California, United States, founder and CEO is a Chinese-American entrepreneur Wang Wei.
Mobileye will no longer provide technical support for Tesla's automated driving system
July 26, Beijing time evening news, foreign media reported that the world's largest advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) supplier Mobileye today said that after the current contract expires, will no longer provide technical support for Tesla's Autopilot autopilot system . Mobileye said that the company will focus on developing fully automated driving systems in the future. Earlier this month, Mobileye announced that it will cooperate with BMW and Intel and plans to achieve mass production of highly automated vehicles and fully automated vehicles by 2021.
Daimler's MyTaxi taxi business will merge with Hailo to fight Uber
In the early morning of July 26th, US time, according to Reuters, three sources reported that Daimler will merge its MyTaxi taxi software with its British rival Hailo to jointly fight against Uber and maintain European positions. This merger transaction will be the earliest Officially announced on Tuesday, US time.
Snowden Open Top Secret Document: U.S. Approved Cyber ​​Attack on Foreign Political Parties
According to a report by the Russian "Satellite" News Network on July 26, Edward Snowden, an employee of the US Central Intelligence Agency, said on his own tweet that the U.S. government has approved cyber attacks on foreign political parties. In order to prove himself, Snowden encloses a document dated July 16, 2010. The document was marked with the words "top secret" and listed the countries involved, international organizations, and foreign political institutions. Among them, foreign political parties include the Pakistan People’s Party, the Lebanon Amal Movement, the People’s Party of India, and the Romanian National Salvation Front.