SIMO launches newest PCIe NVMe SSD controller chip, leading ultra-high performance performance to the mainstream market

The head of the ball flash memory controller chip SIMO has launched a series of the latest PCIe SSD control chips at Computex Taipei. The entire series complies with the PCIe Gen3 x4 lane NVMe 1.3 specification and has been verified by on-site measurement to prove its superior performance. It is a PCIe SSD. Define new standards. SIMO is the most complete PCIe NVMe SSD controller chip solution to meet the full range of market needs, including SM2262EN designed for ultra-fast Client SSD, SM2263EN developed for mainstream SSD market, and SM2263XT DRAM-Less for BGA SSD Control chip. All series use Huirong's unique firmware technology, including end-to-end data path protection, SRAM ECC, the latest fifth-generation NANDXtendTM ECC technology combined with LDPC and RAID, and support for the latest 3D TLC and QLC NAND on the entire line, providing the most complete And the most stable data protection to meet the efficient and stable needs of storage devices.

The SM2262EN ultra-high-performance SSD controller solution supports the PCIe G3 x 4 lane NVMe 1.3 specification and eight NAND channel designs. With the latest proprietary firmware technology, it effectively improves read/write performance, with maximum sequential read speeds of up to 3.5GB/s, sequential write speeds of up to 3.0GB/s, and random read/write up to 420K IOPS and 420K IOPS. It adopts the most advanced low-power design at present to demonstrate ultra-low power consumption, effectively reduce power consumption by 30%, and satisfy the stringent requirements of professional users in pursuit of ultra-high-efficiency and low-power consumption. .

               SM2263EN/SM2263XT for Mainstream PCIe SSD Solutions
The SM2263EN and SM2263XT support the PCIe G3 x 4 lane NVMe 1.3 specification and four NAND lane designs, and provide a complete firmware design to meet the needs of the mainstream market. SM2263XT is a DRAM-Less SSD controller chip that supports host memory buffer (HMB) architecture, effectively uses the system cache area, can increase the read and write speed, and can be packaged into a small-sized BGA SSD suitable for tablet computers 11.5mm x 13mm; The maximum sequential read speed of the SM2263XT reaches 2.4GB/s, and the maximum sequential write speed reaches 1.7GB/s, which is in line with the economic benefits of consumer-grade SSDs and has become a new standard in the mainstream market.

      Zheng Yuanshun, SIMO product manager, pointed out: "In response to the advent of the era of big data, the performance requirements for storage devices have increased, and PCIe SSDs have become the mainstream of the market. Huirong's latest generation of PCIe SSD control chips with its unique firmware technology can maximize flash memory performance. ,Comprehensively improve the speed of reading and writing, and supports the 3D NAND of all major flash memory manufacturers, including the latest 3D QLC and Micron's third-generation 3D TLC.Huirong's complete control chip solution can meet different market requirements. Applications have accelerated the penetration of PCIe SSDs."
The other highlight of this Huirong show is the latest graphics chip:
Support 4K ultra high-definition graphics chip: SM768 graphics chip
Hui Rong's latest SM768 graphics display chip can support 4K ultra high definition (UHD), and has USB and PCIe interfaces, and supports multi-screen applications, providing excellent graphics and image display solutions. The SM768 graphics chip has built-in content adaptive technology (CAT), which is exclusively developed by SIMO, and can reduce CPU (central processing unit) usage by 20% to 65%. It not only solves embedded system's long-term problems due to drawing chip data. Excessively high CPU load slows down the overall system performance, and it also increases display performance. The size of the SM768 chip itself is only 19mm X 19mm. The overall device's volume design can be smaller and easier to carry. At the same time, the low-power feature brings a low-heat system. The designer can save the cost and space of the heat sink fins.
Li Xiangxian, marketing associate of SIMO display chip products, pointed out: “High-resolution, smooth video playback has become a basic requirement for consumers in embedded systems. However, with the advancement of imaging technology, the CPU needs to process increasingly large data. The computational load causes image delays and high power consumption. The SM768 combines CAT and ARM Cortex-R5 to reduce the CPU load of the host by means of software and hardware integration. Its high speed, low power consumption, and small size make it possible to create A new generation of graphics chips."
In addition, SIMO also demonstrated the SD 6.1 controller chip, UFS 2.1 controller chip, USB to UFS bridge chip, USB 3.1 controller chip and single-chip SSD, eMMC and UFS solutions for the automotive and industrial control markets for the high-performance storage market. Program

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Apple executives: China News application is being built

Recently, Eddy Cue, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Network Software and Services, accepted an exclusive interview with CNN. He talked about the development of news application Apple News and hoped that he would enter China as soon as possible.

Eddy Cue said that Apple is building a dedicated News application for China, and hopes the application will be launched soon. "In my opinion, Apple and China have a very good relationship and have not encountered any obstacles in service expansion. ”
In October this year, there were reports that Apple had disabled the news app Apple News in mainland China. The reason may be due to China's strict censorship system. When the user opens the news stream of Apple News, the news of the selected media cannot be seen, and an error message is displayed in the application: "Cannot be refreshed at present. The current region does not support Apple News."
In addition to its development in China, Eddy Cue also talked about the original intention of Apple News. "We want to create an application that allows users to read all news, regardless of what content they are interested in, whatever the topic, whatever publishers they like. We hope to give users the same experience as when using other Apple products. It (apps) looks beautiful, and it is very convenient for users to read content from all over the world."
Eddy Cue revealed that publishers can sell advertisements on Apple News and get 100% of their income, and they can also help Apple to help sales, and Apple will charge 30% of it.

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ZTE has signed a preliminary agreement with the United States to revoke the 7-year ban order

According to reports, ZTE has signed an agreement to withdraw the U.S. Department of Commerce’s procurement ban, allowing the telecommunications equipment manufacturer to resume its procurement business with U.S. suppliers.

Since the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a seven-year procurement ban in April this year, ZTE has stopped its main business. The company received the ban from the U.S. Department of Commerce for breaching an agreement signed in 2017 to illegally ship products to Iran and North Korea.

On Tuesday, the US Department of Commerce spokesman James Rockas said: "The two sides have not yet reached a final agreement."

ZTE did not immediately comment on this matter.

According to sources, the preliminary agreement includes the United States’ US$1 billion fine for the incident and the remaining 400 million U.S. dollars for the prevention of future violations by third parties. The content of the agreement is basically in line with the Reuters report on Friday.

The source said that the U.S. Department of Commerce plans to revise the settlement reached last year and that it will also pay 361 million U.S. dollars to be paid by ZTE as part of the settlement. As a result, ZTE needed to pay a total of US$1.7 billion in fines to the United States.

According to sources, ZTE signed an agreement drafted by the United States last weekend, but it did not sign the revised settlement reached last year.

The agreement also includes that ZTE needs to be reviewed at any time to ensure that parts supplied by U.S. companies are used in the manner declared by the company, published on the public website for the use of U.S. parts in the company’s products, and adjusted within 30 days. Board of directors and executive team.

About 25 to 30% of the parts in ZTE’s hardware products come from US companies. These products include smart phones and equipment needed to build telecommunications networks.

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Yandex Launches Russian Smart Speaker with Fraunhofer IIS

Erlangen, Germany/Moscow, Russia—Yandex, a machine learning-driven artificial intelligence product and service technology company, integrated Fraunhofer upHear voice quality enhancement technology in its first smart speaker product, enabling products to be accurately identified from anywhere in the room Voice instructions.

The Fraunhofer upHear voice quality enhancement technology reduces background noise and echo. With this technology, the new Yandex Smart Speaker, Yandex.Station and Alice (embedded Assistant) can accurately recognize voice commands while the speakers are playing music.

Manfred Lutzky, head of communications and audio at Fraunhofer IIS, stated: "Fraunhofer provides software solutions that enable advanced digital signal processing technology to enhance the audio signal picked up by the far-field microphone array (Yandex.IO) to ensure Yandex's keyword detector and Speech recognizer can receive clear speech signal.Our upHear technology can eliminate the noise and echo that affect the recognition of user speech in smart speaker and extract clear speech signal."

The Fraunhofer upHear voice quality enhancement solution supports full-band audio and has a wide range of applications, including natural language understanding in mobile communications and smart home devices. It is a highly integrated and flexible solution that provides full-duplex talk and voice insertion with superior audio quality. These features are achieved through the combination of advanced multi-channel sound source localization and beamforming techniques with echo cancellation and noise reduction algorithms.

Konstantin Kruglov, director of Yandex's experimental products, said: “We tested a variety of speech enhancement solutions on the Yandex.IO far-field microphone array technology and finally found that Fraunhofer upHear technology was the most effective in helping Alice transition from smart phones to smart home applications. Whether you're standing in front of the device, in the corner of a room, or under poor acoustics, Alice can hear your password.

Yandex's AI voice assistant, Alice, recognizes Russian requests and provides answers to weather, news, maps, traffic, and music streaming through Yandex search engines and services. Yandex built Alice through the study of more than 50 million monthly user interactions supplemented by machine learning techniques and the experience of serving Russian users and using Russian for the past 20 years.

With Yandex's unique speech recognition technology, Alice can provide the world's most accurate Russian speech recognition service with an understanding accuracy close to the human level. In addition, Alice's synthesized voice response sounds very natural. Alice is already built into Yandex's iOS and Android apps. It is also the first virtual assistant designed for the needs of Russian users. With the continuous update of Yandex.Station, Alice will bring a more advanced experience for Russian users.

Fraunhofer upHear voice quality enhancement technology

About Yandex

Yandex is a technology company with machine learning driven artificial intelligence products and services. Our goal is to help consumers and businesses better control the online and offline world. Since 1997, we have provided world-class and local related search and information services. In addition, we have developed leading on-demand transportation services, navigation products and other mobile applications for millions of consumers worldwide. Yandex has 17 offices worldwide and has been listed on NASDAQ since 2011.

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Samsung starts mass production of 10nm-class 32GB DDR4 SoDIMMs

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has started mass producing the industry’s first 32-gigabyte (GB) double data rate 4 (DDR4) memory for gaming laptops in the widely used format of small outline dual in-line memory modules (SoDIMMs).

The SoDIMMs are based on 10nm class process technology that will allow users to access much richer PC-grade computer games on the go, with the advantages of more capacity, higher speeds and lower energy consumption.

Using the new memory solution, PC manufacturers will be able to build faster top-of-the-line gaming-oriented laptops with longer battery life at capacities exceeding conventional mobile workstations, while maintaining existing PC configurations.

“Samsung’s 32GB DDR4 DRAM modules will deliver gaming experiences on laptops more powerful and immersive than ever before,” said Sewon Chun, senior vice president of memory marketing at Samsung Electronics. “We will continue to provide the most advanced DRAM portfolios with enhanced speed and capacity for all key market segments including premium laptops and desktops.”

Compared to Samsung’s 16GB SoDIMM based on 20nm-class 8-gigabit (Gb) DDR4, which was introduced in 2014, the new 32GB module doubles the capacity while being 11 percent faster and approximately 39 percent more energy efficient.

With a total of 16 of Samsung’s newest 16-gigabit (Gb) DDR4 DRAM chips (eight chips each mounted on the front and back), the 32GB SoDIMM will enable gaming laptops to reach speeds up to 2,666 megabits-per-second (Mbps).

A 64GB laptop configured with two 32GB DDR4 modules consumes less than 4.6 watts (W) in active mode and less than 1.4W when idle. This reduces power usage by approximately 39 percent and over 25 percent, respectively, compared to most other gaming-oriented laptops, which are equipped with 16GB modules.

Samsung has begun to aggressively expand its offering of the industry’s largest 10nm-class DRAM lineup (16Gb LPDDR4, 16Gb GDDR5 and 16Gb DDR4), which is intended to usher in a new era of 16Gb DRAM in the mobile, graphics, PC and server segments, and subsequently in other markets such as supercomputers and automotive systems.

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Artificial Intelligence Chip Battle: Qualcomm VS MediaTek

Recently, Sina Weibo released the 2017 network-wide hotwords for big data, in which “AI” reached an online popularity index of 23.77 in 2017. In 2017, the amount of information in the entire network reached 17.791 million. “Artificial Intelligence” deservedly became a hot word list. Champions! With the development of big data and intelligence, artificial intelligence has changed from the original hypothesis to today's reality, and this year, the wave of artificial intelligence swept the world with “rapid” momentum!

The development of artificial intelligence is irresistible. The emphasis on various countries has risen to the strategic level, and all walks of life have also actively deployed and have begun to develop their skills in the area of ​​“artificial intelligence”. For example, in the mid-month of this month, HKUST devoted to intelligent voice announced that it plans to raise 3.6 billion yuan, of which about 70% will be used for artificial intelligence; Internet security company 360 will also announce that the fund-raising will not exceed 10.8 billion yuan in the middle of the month. For artificial intelligence and other multi-project construction.
Recently, Qualcomm and MediaTek have demonstrated to the industry their recent advances in artificial intelligence. As the two leading players in the chip industry, R&D AI chips and applications have strategic significance for maintaining competitive advantage in the industry. Bring new competition points to the competition of smart phones!

Qualcomm’s AI Future
On May 24, Qualcomm Artificial Intelligence Innovation Forum was held in Beijing. At this forum, Qualcomm announced the establishment of artificial intelligence research department “Qualcomm AI Research” in Beijing, which will carry out all frontier artificial intelligence research conducted within the company. Cross-functional collaborative and enhanced integration.
In addition, according to media reports, Qualcomm announced two major layouts at the forum: First, the world’s first Snapdragon 710, the first mobile platform in the new Snapdragon 700 series, was announced, and secondly, Baidu and Netease were announced. Chinese enterprises reached cooperation.
It is understood that Snapdragon710's AI features mainly focus on two areas, photo and voice interactions. Compared to the Snapdragon 660, the 710 achieves an overall performance improvement of up to 2 times in AI applications. In AI applications, it provides deep integration with Shangtang, Despise, and Hongsoft to provide handset manufacturers with complete solutions.
From the product positioning point of view, Snapdragon710 is a 800 series flagship platform overall technology down the product, intended to inject more flagship performance in the high-end platform, fully guarantee the market competitiveness of the product and consumer acceptance, but also reflect Qualcomm attaches great importance to this series.
It is worth mentioning that Qualcomm has said that it is expected that the terminal products equipped with Snapdragon 710 processors will be available in the second quarter of this year.
It is understood that as early as 2007, Qualcomm launched the first personal-work intelligence project and launched a pulsed neural network study, which opened the layout in the field of artificial intelligence; by 2015, Qualcomm showed photos at the Mobile World Congress (MEC). Classification and handwriting recognition applications, the establishment of joint research laboratories with the University of Amsterdam in the same year, and the release of the first generation of artificial intelligence products (Snapdragon820); after 2016, the Qualcomm Neural Processing SDK was launched, and at the same time introduced the second generation of artificial intelligence products (Snapdragon835 ); After 2017, Qualcomm announced support for Facebook Caffe2 and exited Snapdragon660 and Snapdragon630 in the same year; on the eve of 2018, Qualcomm released its third-generation artificial intelligence product (Snapdragon845); since 2018, Qualcomm has also introduced vision for the production of the Internet of Things. Smart platform.
Twelve years of artificial intelligence R&D has laid the foundation for Qualcomm’s current position in the field of artificial intelligence. Qualcomm’s cooperation with numerous Chinese companies has been a good thing for both parties. On the one hand, it is conducive to the progress of artificial intelligence technology in Chinese enterprises. On the other hand, it promotes Qualcomm’s further expansion of its product market share in China.

MediaTek's AI Future
On May 23rd, MediaTek announced the launch of a smart phone platform for mainstream markets in Beijing, the MediaTek P22, which for the first time brought 12nm advanced technology and AI applications to mass-market mobile phones.
According to MediaTek, the P22 is now in volume production and end products are expected to be available in the second quarter. Prior to this, the 12nm artificial smart phone chip released by MediaTek earlier this year, the Pali P60, has been adopted by many customers including OPPO and vivo in China, India and Southeast Asia. Based on the success of the P60, the P22 accelerated the AI ​​experience.
According to earlier news, the P60 is the first built-in multi-core artificial intelligence processor released by MediaTek. At the same time, the P60 has integrated programs from Tencent, Shangtang, Hongsoft, and Contempt, and many other artificial intelligence vendors. Security, photography, face recognition and other aspects have a stronger support.
From the perspective of product positioning, MediaTek P22 gives the official position as “enable new high end”. MediaTek said that P22 will mainly focus on mid-end full-screen smart phones, which are very balanced in performance, function and price.
So, comparing Qualcomm's and MediaTek's latest AI chips, it is not difficult to see that these two giant companies are exactly the same in terms of product positioning, and they are all geared to high-end models. The subsequent launch of the Qualcomm Snapdragon710 using 10nm process, directly challenged MediaTek P22's 12nm, 2nm difference in the process, which can also be seen in the chip market, the technical contest is reflected in this little bit of contention. Similarly, as a chip company, Qualcomm’s advantage lies in its leading technology and more core technology patents, while MediaTek’s strength lies in its strength as a local company, which has a stronger influence in the domestic and low-end markets.
In terms of market conditions, it is reported that vivo's Y83 smartphone will be the starting terminal product with MediaTek P22. At the same time, according to related news, vivo will release the mass production machine of vivo APEX concept machine on June 12. It may be named vivo NEX, positioning high-end flagship, and vivo NEX full-screen mobile phone will be launched in dual versions, each equipped with Qualcomm. Snapdragon845, Snapdragon710 processor.
It can be seen that both parties have chosen vivo in cooperation with end customers. If rumors of news are valid, the competition between MediaTek P22 and Qualcomm Snapdragon710 will bring new flashpoints to the mobile phone chip market.
From the current perspective, whether it is Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung, are pushing smart phone AI chips, whether in the high-end market or in the low-end market, so if you say 2017 full screen is the biggest highlight of smart phones If so, then the biggest bright spot for smart phones in 2018 is AI. However, the biggest highlight of smart phones this year, the AI ​​of smart phones can be said to be at an early stage of development. From the perspective of AI mobile phones launched by major mobile phone brands, there is still a long way to go from the real "AI". The AI ​​wants to get a qualitative breakthrough. It is not only the core manufacturer of a certain link that needs to break through, but also the need for the entire ecological chain to work together!

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