China's 3G Chips Break Through US' Block

 According to an article in Hong Kong's "Asia Weekly", China's three-generation chips have changed lanes and overtaken the US Quartet Alliance. Since 2018, the United States has used brutal means to suppress the rise of China's high-tech industry, making China "lack of cores and souls" and the first wave of attacks on electronics, communications, mobile phones and other industries. China chooses to change lanes to overtake, relying on traditional wisdom, "he will do what he wants, and the bright moon will shine on the river", which is simply "you hit you, I hit me". As long as China finds new growth points in other fields, it can make up for losses in other battlefields.

Therefore, China is actively attacking the third-generation semiconductors or chips that have just started, the competition is not so fierce, and the technology gap is small. Its application range is new energy vehicles, 5G base stations, photovoltaics, wind power, high-speed rail, autonomous driving and radio frequency devices. These industries are also developing towards the economic model of clean energy, with huge future potential and ideal development direction.

China's technology changes lanes and overtakes, and takes the lead in moving towards technological independence in new fields under the trend of "reverse globalization" in the technology industry. In this way, the means and technologies that the United States can use to sanction and control the development of China's third-generation chips are also very limited, and China's emerging technology industry is ushering in a good opportunity to catch up and develop. According to the statistics of China Customs in the first seven months of this year, the export of new energy vehicles increased by 54% year-on-year, and the export of photovoltaic industry increased by 113% year-on-year, driving the national export to surge by 23.9% in July. BYD is fighting against Tesla, and China's photovoltaic industry has overwhelmed Germany. China has gained a firm foothold in the downstream industry of third-generation chips, and is ready to accelerate its efforts, change lanes and overtake, and break through the blockade.

After the US authorities' continuous suppression of China's technology industry, Chinese companies have changed their minds. They are no longer afraid. Therefore, it can be noticed that in the years after the 2018 technology war, China's industrial layout has quietly changed. This stems from China's unique industrial awareness. Since the second-generation chips are blocked by the United States or there are huge uncertainties, it is better to find new ones and start the third-generation chips, at least in other fields that can catch up with the international level. , and massively expand production, try to make the self-sufficiency rate as high as possible, and win in these industries to make up for the huge losses in electronics and mobile phone industries under the suppression of the United States.

Hong Kong and Taiwan media pay attention to the US chip bill, but the mainland is relatively flat. First, it is the second time, and there is no "surprise"; second, under the trend of anti-globalization in the technology industry, China's chip industry is forced to embark on independent and independent development. Import substitution road. China's new energy vehicles, photovoltaic industry, 5G base stations, wind power, autonomous driving, etc. will drive China's overall economic development in the next three to ten years as the third-generation semiconductor and chip technologies become autonomous and mature

The aviation technology behind ski jumping

 Among the wonderful ice and snow sports at the Beijing Winter Olympics, ski jumping is an extreme winter Olympic sport that combines speed, strength and courage. It is very popular among ice and snow enthusiasts from all over the world for its long jumping distance and graceful movements. The wind in nature is a ski jumper's closest partner in training and competition.

"Different environmental winds, different movement speeds, different body weights, and different flight attitudes will produce corresponding air changes. This is what professionals call aerodynamic characteristics." Aviation Industry Corporation of China Limited Air Yuan Li, president of the Power Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as the Aeronautical Industry Aerodynamics Institute) and China Ice and Snow Science Advisor, told the Science and Technology Daily reporter.

Yuan Li told reporters that after more than a year of wind tunnel-assisted training and computational fluid dynamics research, the Aeronautical Industry Institute of Aeronautics used aviation wind tunnel technology to make a historic breakthrough in the performance of Chinese ski jumpers. The athlete won the first place in the sub-station for the first time in the international points competition, and finally the Chinese ski jumping team got 3 "admission tickets" to the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Technology helps Chinese athletes "fly" higher at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

"There is still a gap between China and the top countries of ice and snow eports!" Reporters often hear such a comment at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Many ice and snow events in China started late and have a weak foundation, but at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Chinese ice and snow athletes have achieved many substantial leaps from "scratch" - not only to participate in the entire event, but also to achieve good results. The gap is narrowing, and the help of technology is indispensable.

"Secret Weapon" Special Wind Tunnel

How to let a group of athletes from "cross-item selection" quickly master the sport? How to make them better handle the wind?

Using artificial intelligence assistance system, real-time collection of athletes' jumping angle, aerial posture, speed, distance and other data, to provide better scientific and technological support to the coaching team... This is the chief scientist of the national key research and development plan "Science and Technology Winter Olympics", from Shanghai Sports Liu Yu of the academy, and what the team he is responsible for is doing.

Laiyuan National Ski Jumping Training and Scientific Research Base has overcome another difficulty: ensuring the "quantity" of training. In the past, Chinese athletes had only one option - training abroad, with high risk of injury and low efficiency. With the completion of the Laiyuan National Ski Jumping Training and Research Base, all the problems have been solved. The base is also equipped with the world's largest and China's first dedicated ski jumping wind tunnel laboratory, which is the "secret weapon" for improving the training level of athletes.

China Releases Carbon Peak, Neutrality Top-level Design

On October 24, China unveiled a master working guideline - the Working Guidance For Carbon Dioxide Peaking And Carbon Neutrality In Full And Faithful Implementation Of The New Development Philosophy,  aiming to elevate energy efficiency to an advanced international level and lift non-fossil energy consumption to over 80 percent of the whole by 2060. As the "1" in the "1+N" policy system for carbon peaks and neutrality, the Working Guidance is to make systematic planning and overall deployment for the major work of carbon peaks and carbon neutrality.

Highlights of What are stated in the Working Guidance:

——By 2025, an economic system of green and low-carbon circular development will be initially formed, and the energy utilization efficiency of key industries will be greatly improved.

——By 2030, significant results will be achieved in the overall green transformation of economic and social development, the energy utilization efficiency of key energy-consuming industries will reach the international advanced level, and carbon dioxide emissions will have peaked and start to decline steadily. Specifically, China's carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP will have dropped more than 65 percent, compared with the 2005 level, and the share of non-fossil energy consumption will have reached around 25 percent, with the total installed capacity of wind power and solar power reaching over 1200 gigawatts.

——By 2060, a green and low-carbon recycling economic system and a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system will be fully established, the energy utilization efficiency will reach the international advanced level, and the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption will reach over 80%.

The Working Guidance requires that the layout of major infrastructure, major productivity and public resources should be continuously optimized, and a new pattern of land and space development and protection conducive to carbon peaking and carbon neutrality should be established. The "Guidance" also proposed that the pace of coal reduction should be accelerated, coal consumption growth should be strictly controlled during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and coal consumption should be gradually reduced during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. 

In addition, the "Guidance" also proposed to formulate action plans for technology to support carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, and to map a path for the development of carbon neutrality technologies.

Guoli Group: New breakthroughs in biodegradable modified materials

Recently, the fully biodegradable bamboo powder material developed by Guoli Group has successfully passed the inspection and certification of a third-party testing center. The report shows that the biodegradation rate of the material is 92.66%, and the relative biodegradation rate is 92.70%. The test result complies with the requirements from Chinese degradation standard GB/T19277.1-2011: "The biodegradation rate should be far greater than 60%".

Experts in the industry said that the biodegradable materials made of bamboo powder are low-carbon and environmentally friendly, and the use of bamboo waste to make powder is very convenient, stable, environmentally friendly, and close to nature. It is one of the best choices for biodegradable products. Bamboo powder biodegradable material products can be decomposed into carbon dioxide and water when buried in the soil, which contributes to the looseness and air permeability of the soil, prevents soil compaction, and promotes the healthy development and growth of plant roots. Passing the testing and certification this time will help to further enhance the company's core competence and industry status, and the company's future profitability will be enhanced as well.

Under Energy Consumption Dual Control Scheme, China Sees Large-scale Electricity Curbs

Have you been cut off the electricity?

 In the past few days, power-limiting has been a very popular term. "Dual-control" and "power curb" have been on the hot search. What is going on? What is dual control? Why was the power cut? These three consecutive questions ask you how much you know, and let's explore it hereunder.

Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission directly named nine provinces in a regular press conference: Qinghai, Ningxia, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, the energy consumption intensity in the first half of the year did not drop but increased instead of the same period last year! In addition, the reduction rate of energy intensity in 10 provinces did not meet the schedule requirements, and the national energy conservation situation is very severe.

In order to alleviate the pressure from all parties, the energy consumption of many places has been lit up with "red lights", and those provinces  "named" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have responded with measures one after another.

IBM Go Green and 1000-qubit Chips will be commercialized

At the Entrepreneur Summit Forum at the Wuzhen World Internet Conference in 2021, Alain Benichou, CEO of IBM Greater China, said that IBM is expected to deliver more than 1,000 qubit processors in 2023 and realize the technology Commercialization.

Alain said that this advanced quantum chip technology will revolutionize the fields of molecular science and biological research, reduce the global carbon footprint, and help mankind better respond to the next global pandemic.

IBM recently announced the development roadmap in the chip field. Currently, IBM's quantum chip has a maximum of 65 qubits. The company expects to achieve 127 qubit chips this year and 433 qubit chips next year.

Behind the lack of new product at Apple's conference: focus on cost performance and long market

 Maybe it's Apple who best understands the needs of Chinese consumers.

 At 1 am on September 15, Beijing time, Apple held the 2021 autumn new product launch event as scheduled, and released a variety of products such as the iPhone 13 series, the 2021 iPad, the new generation iPad Mini, and the Watch Series7 at the meeting.

If the iPhone 12 series, which was postponed last year, is a full-fledged 5G highlight, then the iPhone 13 series is more of an extension. Through upgrades and changes in the processor, memory, battery life, color, shooting, etc., it is cost-effective. The advantages. But this is again considered by the market to be insufficient innovation, and the update intensity of the iPhone 13 series is the smallest in history. At this press conference, Apple also did not mention the previously anticipated new Air Pods wireless Bluetooth headset or the rumored low-orbit satellite communication function.

In the capital market, the new product launch still failed to break Apple's curse of "the stock price fell on the day the new iPhone was released". On September 14th, local time in the United States, Apple's stock price opened higher and fell. After the press conference, the stock price accelerated its decline. It once fell to US$146.91, a decline of 1.77%, and the closing decline narrowed to 0.96% to close at US$148.12, the latest market value. More than 2.45 trillion US dollars.

1.  Fast enough, good-looking and long-lasting: Apple plays the ultimate cost performance

For most users, the requirements for the use of mobile phones are fast speed, good taking pictures, long standby time, and it is best to have enough storage space. In the newly released iPhone 13 series of mobile phones, these needs have been met to the greatest extent. In addition, Apple has also optimized and improved the previous functions such as notch screen, weak camera, slow charging, etc., and the appearance of color matching is more abundant, and the price continues to be close to the people. ".

Re-discovering Apple Cars, No Progress in Seven Years

 The core question: Who will make it? What to make? How to make it?

Apple Car -- Steve Jobs's last wish, Apple's long cherished wish!

On September 7, Apple's car project leader, former Tesla executives, Doug Field (Doug Field) suddenly resigned and moved to Ford. Field himself explained that he joined Ford in the hope of getting an opportunity to "make a difference." His successor is Kevin Lynch, the former head of Apple Watch and Health.

In 2008, Jobs had planned to develop its own car brand iCar. In 2014, Apple launched a high-profile automotive project and named it "Project Titan." To a certain extent, "Project Titan" is the "last wish" of Apple's soul Steve Jobs. At that time, after Apple announced that it would build a car, it has attracted great attention from the global automotive industry, and even Musk believes that Apple will be its biggest competitor.

However, it has been 7 years since the establishment of the project. Apple's car building is still "Castle in the sky." The executives are constantly losing and changing, and the strategic direction is still unclear. From car manufacturing to autonomous driving, then switching back to car manufacturing from autonomous driving, Apple has made many detours over the years and has paid too many sunk costs.

Virtual Meeting Rescues Workplaces

 How to make employees, customers and investors live together harmoniously in the meeting.

The lobby can shape people's first impression of a company. When visiting the New York headquarters of investment bank Jefferies, the first thing guests saw was a section of the Berlin Wall purchased by the company from the East German government. In the London office of Slaughter and May law firm, water drips slowly from the curtain wall of the atrium into a shallow pool made of natural stone. At the San Francisco office of the software giant Salesforce, visitors are greeted by a 32-meter video wall with pictures such as the magnificent waterfall or the Pac-Man game.

As the COVID pandemic has forced many offices around the world to close, these key first impressions have been replaced by video conferencing. As employees are trapped at home, meetings with subordinates, colleagues, customers, and investors in the company have almost all turned online. Almost all the once crowded activities, from performance reviews to shareholder meetings, road shows and IPOs, have almost all moved to the Internet.