Domestic information
OPPO Holds 2022 Future Technology Conference, Releases New Chip Mariana Y
On December 14, the OPPO 2022 Future Technology Conference was officially held in Shenzhen. Released a number of products including the flagship Bluetooth audio SoC chip Mariana MariSilicon Y. Mariana MariSilicon Y is another cross-border product after OPPO launched its first self-developed image chip Mariana MariSilicon X last year. This time, OPPO is targeting the audio field.
The Mariana Y chip has a Bluetooth rate of 12Mbps, and for the first time realizes Bluetooth wireless transmission of 192kHz/24bit lossless audio, and integrates an NPU unit. It is reported that Mariana MariSilicon Y can provide AI computing power of up to 590 GOPS for computing audio. (Today’s headlines)
Buffett has reduced his holdings of BYD six times this year: he turned around and took a heavy position in TSMC
On December 14, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange document showed that Berkshire Hathaway sold 1.33 million BYD H shares at an average price of 201 Hong Kong dollars, with a total value of approximately 267 million Hong Kong dollars, and its shareholding ratio dropped from 15.07%. 14.95%. This is the sixth time that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has disclosed that Buffett has reduced his holdings of BYD’s H shares since it began reducing its holdings in August this year. And Buffett’s reduction of BYD is not simply cashing out. In the third quarter of 2022, Buffett spent US$4.1 billion to buy TSMC, which is also Berkshire Hathaway’s most bought stock in the third quarter.
Arm confirms that it is unable to export advanced chip designs to China, and companies such as Ali Pingtouge are affected
On December 14, according to the Financial Times, Arm determined that the United States and the United Kingdom would not approve licenses to export technology to China, and Alibaba would not be able to purchase some of the most advanced chip designs.
According to sources, Arm, a subsidiary of Softbank, determined that the United States and the United Kingdom would not approve the sale of its latest Neoverse V series because the performance was too high. This is the first time SoftBank’s Arm has decided not to export its cutting-edge designs to China. This will affect the purchase of advanced chip designs by Alibaba and other Chinese companies.
Ningde era signed a contract with Huawei to jointly build high-end cars
On December 14, according to Ningde Times official Weibo news, Ningde Times and Huawei Terminal signed a memorandum of cooperation in Ningde, Fujian. Zeng Yuqun, Chairman of Ningde Times, Yu Chengdong, Executive Director of Huawei, CEO of Consumer BG, CEO of Smart Car Solutions BU, Wang Yanmin, President of Huawei Terminal BG and Huawei Smart Car Business, etc. attended the signing ceremony.
Ningde Times stated that the signing of the memorandum of cooperation marks that the two parties will further increase investment in intelligent network electric vehicle technology and jointly create a global high-end automobile brand.
In addition, some bloggers broke the news that Huawei insiders said that Huawei may shift the focus of its consumer business to the automotive business next year, and there is a high probability that it will launch more models with Celes, including mid-to-low-end models of 100,000 to 200,000 And millions of limousines.
Zhang Chaoyang and Li want to share the experience of the new crown and call for rational collection of medicines
On the afternoon of December 14, Zhang Chaoyang, the founder and CEO of Sohu, posted on WeChat Moments: “I passed the sun, and the fever subsided. In two days, the high fever reached 39.5 degrees. This virus is still very powerful. I have never been vaccinated. Antipyretics are the key. I only consumed two pills of ibuprofen, and there are 24 pills in a box, which is enough for several people.” Zhang Chaoyang appealed not to store up antipyretics, but to let ordinary people who have no money and resources There are fever-reducing medicines, especially for the elderly. 
Li Xiang, the owner of Ideal Car, also shared his family’s experience-“1. Everyone experienced high fever (39-40 degrees) and pain all over the body, and there were no asymptomatic ones. 2. The previous asymptomatic data has a high probability of The difference between nucleic acid and antigen, nucleic acid can be found in the first two days, and the symptoms must be the lowest in these two days. 3. This is the most painful upper respiratory tract infection I have experienced so far. Luo Fen, basically lived like a year, unable to sleep. The whole family received two injections of inactivated vaccines.”
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s new regulations: mobile phone pre-installed APP must be able to be disassembled
On December 14, according to the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in order to further standardize the pre-setting behavior of mobile smart terminal application software, protect the rights and interests of users, improve the supply level of mobile Internet application services, and build a safer and more dynamic industrial ecology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology The United States Internet Information Office issued the “Notice on Further Regulating the Pre-installation Behavior of Mobile Smart Terminal Application Software”, which will be implemented from January 1, 2023. The “Notice” pointed out that manufacturers should ensure that pre-installed application software in mobile smart terminals other than basic function software can be uninstalled, and provide safe and convenient uninstallation methods for users to choose. (fast technology)
Weilai’s million-class luxury car may be launched in 2024 at the earliest, benchmarking Maybach S-class
On December 14, according to Auto Market Story, Weilai launched an attack on million-level luxury cars. The first model is the “Maybach S-Class”. This news was also confirmed by Weilai insiders. It is said that Weilai’s high-end models have entered the design stage, which are million-level ultra-luxury cars. If the research and development progresses smoothly, the model will be released and sold globally in 2024 at the earliest. It is worth mentioning that Weilai, a high-end Gaohua automobile, will still belong to the Weilai automobile brand, rather than the previously speculated sub-brand.
The CEO of STMicroelectronics visited China for the first time in three years, and visited Changan Automobile, Celes Automobile, Ningde Times, etc.
On December 14, STMicroelectronics (ST) announced that the company’s president and CEO Jean-Marc Chery and global marketing president Jerome Roux will restart visits to Chinese customers in November. Jean-Marc Chery, Jerome Roux, Executive Vice President of STMicroelectronics, President of China Cao Zhiping and ST executives had in-depth exchanges with a number of strategic customers from the automotive and industrial fields, including Changan Automobile, Celes Automobile, Ningde Times , GoodWe, Weimax New Energy, Etech Automotive Electronics, etc.
STMicroelectronics stated that industrial and automotive are the two markets with the strongest growth momentum in the business portfolio. It is the company’s strategic direction in recent years to focus on promoting and focusing on these two high-growth markets. key to the $20 billion target.
The ex-factory price of antigen reagents has risen by more than 96% within half a month, and the phone number of the merchant has been ringing
According to the news on December 14, Times Finance reported that since December, seven companies have been approved for the new crown antigen detection reagent products. Up to now, the State Food and Drug Administration has approved 42 new crown antigen detection reagent products. From the consumer point of view, there is a situation where antigen kits are “hard to find in one box” on the market. The company offered a price of 1 million to urgently recruit a sales director, and the production line would not stop during the Chinese New Year (Times Finance)
Ali Pingtouge announced new progress, RISC-V successfully runs Android 12
On December 14, at the 2022 RISC-V International Summit, Ali Pingtouge demonstrated the latest progress in the integration of RISC-V architecture and Android system: based on the SoC prototype Yingying 1520, RISC-V successfully runs multimedia on Android 12 (AOSP) , 3D rendering, AI recognition and other scenes and functions. This means that the Android system has been further verified on RISC-V hardware, and RISC-V has entered a new stage of supporting native Android. (TechWeb)
Sinopharm and Pfizer signed an agreement to distribute new crown treatment drugs in mainland China
On December 14, it was reported that Sinopharm signed an agreement with Pfizer, and will be responsible for the import and export of Pfizer’s new coronavirus treatment drug Naimatevir/Ritonavir (Paxlovid) in the Chinese mainland market during the agreement period. Distribution. (Securities Times)
International information
Google announces that it will not launch ChatGPT chat products on the grounds of “reputational risk”
On December 14th, it was reported that at a recent artificial conference attended by Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Google artificial intelligence director Jeff Dean, when talking about ChatGPT, a chat artificial intelligence developed by OpenAI, an employee asked whether this Means Google is “missing the boat”. To that question, Pichai and Dean responded that Google’s AI language model was as capable as OpenAI’s, but the company had to act “more conservatively than smaller startups” because of the “reputational risk” posed by the technology. (cnBeta)
Simmons, America’s largest mattress maker, goes bankrupt with $1 billion in debt
According to news on December 14, according to media reports, Serta Simmons, a large American mattress manufacturer, said that it plans to file for bankruptcy in January 2023 at the earliest.
American Simmons mattress was founded in 1870, and became the world’s largest spring bed manufacturer in 1895. It has a history of more than 100 years, and once became the representative term of mattress. In the past 20 years, Simmons has gone bankrupt 7 times and reorganized 7 times, and its current debt is as high as 1 billion US dollars. Simmons has entered the Chinese market for many years, and exclusively authorizes Shanghai Simmons Mattress Furniture Sales Co., Ltd., Beijing Simmons Mattress Furniture Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Simmons Mattress Furniture Co., Ltd., and Simmons Mattress Furniture (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. to produce and sell product.
Cars turned game consoles: Tesla rolls out holiday update to Steam gaming platform
On December 14, Tesla launched a Steam beta for the North American Model S and Model X as part of its “holiday update,” and thousands of games can now be played. The Tesla holiday update is available for most Tesla vehicles, but Steam is only available for the new Model S and Model X produced in the past two years, because Tesla’s two flagship models are equipped with a computer designed for video games. A more powerful entertainment computer. (IT House)
Iowa, North Dakota ban state-owned devices from using TikTok
According to news on December 14, North Dakota and Iowa in the United States announced that they would ban the use of TikTok, a short video sharing application owned by China, on state-owned devices, citing national security concerns. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued directives prohibiting executive branch agencies from downloading the app on any government-issued device. About a dozen U.S. states have taken similar action.
TikTok said those concerns were largely fueled by misinformation, and they were happy to meet with policymakers to discuss the company’s practices.
TrendForce: Samsung foundry business Q3 revenue of 5.58 billion US dollars surpassed NAND flash memory business for the first time
On December 14th, according to TrendForce’s latest report, the revenue of Samsung Electronics’ foundry business reached US$5.584 billion in the third quarter of this year, higher than the US$4.3 billion in sales of NAND flash memory. Foreign media said in the report that in the third quarter of this year, the revenue of Samsung Electronics’ wafer foundry business exceeded the revenue of their NAND flash memory business for the first time. Due to the decline in demand for PCs and smartphones, both the demand and price of NAND flash memory have declined, and the contract price of NAND flash memory has dropped by 13.9% compared with the end of last year. (TechWeb)
Report Estimates Software Quality Problems Costing U.S. $2.4 Trillion This Year
On December 14th, the latest Synopsys report estimated that software quality problems will cost the United States $2.4 trillion in 2022. Software quality issues include cyber attacks caused by existing vulnerabilities, intricate problems between software supply chains, and the rapid accumulation of technical debt is becoming more and more influential. Cybercrime losses due to an increase in the number of software vulnerabilities increased by 64% from 2020 to 2021 and may increase by a further 42% in 2022. From 2020 to 2021, the number of failures caused by weaknesses in open source software components increased by 650%. Technical debt becomes the biggest obstacle to making changes to existing code bases. The report estimates that technical debt has increased to $1.52 trillion this year. Leifeng.com
Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 Immersive Home Networking Platform Announced
On December 14, Qualcomm announced the arrival of a new member of the Wi-Fi 7 solution – the Wi-Fi 7 Immersive Home Networking Platform. The platform has many advantages – first, it can provide the most advanced Wi-Fi 7 performance, including multi-gigabit performance, real-time application optimization and extended high-performance connection range. In addition, the platform is specially designed to meet the needs of home networking. It has a modular architecture, a small and non-inductive terminal design, and is cost-effective for home deployment. It is reported that Qualcomm’s Wi-Fi 7 immersive home networking platform is being sampled and is expected to be commercially available in the second half of 2023.
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