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According to foreign media reports, IBM announced on Monday that it will invest 5 billion US dollars in the next five years to deploy and develop the Internet of Things system on a global scale. More than 2,000 researchers, software developers and consultants at IBM will work on this project. At the same time, IBM also said it will work directly with The Weather Channel and Weather.com operator The Weather. For more information on technology, please pay attention to the daily electronic core morning newspaper.
I. Internet of Things
1. IBM will invest $5 billion in the Internet of Things. According to foreign media reports, IBM announced on Monday that it will invest 5 billion US dollars in the next five years to deploy and develop the Internet of Things system on a global scale. More than 2,000 researchers, software developers and consultants at IBM will work on this project. At the same time, IBM also said it will work directly with The Weather Channel and Weather.com operator The Weather. IBM's Stephen Ham said in a blog post: "For IBM, this is not a temporary rise. This means real achievements and opportunities. We have completed thousands of 'Smart Planet' projects with our clients, including Smart Grid, Smart City Command Center, and Intelligent Water Management. Today, we will set up a new business unit to expand this work."
Second, intelligent hardware
1, Intel executives talk about AppleWatch: difficult to become a killer product. According to foreign media Re/code, Mike Bell, the vice president of Intel and the general manager of Intel's new equipment division, came to the interview about the future of "networked clothing" and Apple's Apple Watch. He said that Apple Watch's sales are good, but it is difficult to become a killer product.
2. Win 10 will support a variety of sensors such as temperature and air pressure. It is reported that Microsoft is developing a unified sensor interface and universal driver for Windows 10 to support a large number of environmental, biological, distance, medical and motion sensors. The document shows that Microsoft hopes to add more "new features" to multi-platform devices running Windows 10 through these sensors. Through the driver, the motion detection sensor can track the user's activities, such as the number of steps taken in a day, to facilitate data exchange with other Windows 10 devices. Jim McGregor, principal analyst at market research firm TIrias Research, points out that Windows 10's support for more sensors is a key part of Microsoft's involvement in the IoT market.
Third, automotive electronics
1. LG Chem will supply batteries for the Daimler Smart electric vehicle. According to Reuters, LG Chem will exclusively supply batteries for the new generation of Smart's Smart electric vehicles under the Daimler Group, which is expected to be launched in 2016. It is reported that electric vehicles only account for a small portion of Daimler's current annual sales of 100,000 Smart mini models. LG Chemical did not disclose the financial details of the supply transaction. LG Chem said it will supply Daimler with Smart electric car batteries, and Daimler's wholly-owned subsidiary Deutsche ACCUmoTIve will use these single cells to produce battery packs. It is understood that Daimler is the 13th auto company customer of LG Chem's electric vehicle battery business.
LG Chem will supply batteries for Daimler Smart electric vehicles (Image courtesy of Electric Cars Report)
Fourth, battery technology
1. Apple is hiring battery engineers to focus on improving mobile phone life. Since March, Apple has repeatedly issued recruitment notices to recruit talents for improving battery life, especially regarding iOS mobile devices. For power system software engineers, Apple's work capacity requirements include: the ability to innovate and discover new solutions, improve battery life, while ensuring that the device provides an excellent end-user experience. Media analysts said that Apple's large-scale recruitment of engineers on battery life in March may be related to the development of new smartphones or new tablets released this fall.
2. Tesla will release “non-automotive†products or household battery packs. On March 31, according to foreign media reports, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Monday through his personal Twitter account that the company will be at Hawthorne Design Studio at 8pm on April 30th, US Pacific Time. (Tesla Hawthorne Design Studio) unveiled its new non-automotive product line. In addition to the above, Musk did not disclose any other information. But last month, Musk said that Tesla is close to the development of a new home lithium battery pack that will have enough energy to power an entire home. Musk pointed out at the time that the product would meet with the public within a few months.
Five, artificial intelligence
1. This company uses artificial intelligence technology to identify web content. Diffbot, a startup in the field of artificial intelligence, announced on the 30th that it will unlock APIs for identification forums, product reviews and Q&A, and article review pages. Diffbot is an artificial intelligence company that uses artificial intelligence technology to allow "machines" to identify web content, capture key content, and output structured data that software can directly identify. Mike Tung, founder and CEO, said in an exclusive interview with Tencent Technology on the 30th that Diffbot can help many developers get the key data needed for product development, eliminating the complex intermediates they have to go through in the past.
2, artificial intelligence + big data, Baidu input method knowing the input version will be online. According to the news, Baidu Company demonstrated the Crazy Show of Baidu's input method (intimate input version) through video. It exposed the Baidu input method to build intelligent hosting chat function based on artificial intelligence, and combined with big data to develop the best for any situation. The user's personal chat mode allows the user to completely say goodbye to the embarrassment that is not expressed through intelligent human-computer interaction.
Semiconductor
1, Intel developed 60 core chip exposure: memory up to 400GB. According to foreign media Digital Trends, Intel's super chip Knight's Landing is not just a rumor. It is reported that this super chip with parallel architecture has at least 60 cores. According to reports, Knight's Landing is actually the Xeon Phi series that Intel officially claimed. In fact, it is already the third version of the MICA Xeon Phi chip. It is understood that this chip will have at least 60 cores, with more than 8 billion transistors, double precision floating point performance of up to 3 TFLOPS, and single precision floating point performance of up to 6 TFLOPS. In contrast, the total number of transistors is similar to that of the NVIDIA TItan X – its double-precision floating-point performance is only 200 GFlOPS, but single-precision floating-point performance is up to 7 TFLOPS.
2. The United States has developed a new technology for preparing graphene at room temperature. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a new technology for the production of graphene at room temperature, which is expected to be applied to solar cells, light-emitting diodes, large displays and various electronic products. Only one atomic thickness of graphene has many unique properties, its tensile strength is more than 200 times that of steel, and its electromigration is 2 to 3 times higher than that of silicon, so it has a wide range of applications in engineering and technology. However, graphene is still very difficult to achieve industrial applications.
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