Science and technology afternoon report: NVIDIA B200 will arrive next year | China's car sales in January 24 | Xiaomi 14 Ultra leads to hot discussion

1.NVIDIA B200 GPU accelerator Next year

According to market news and the latest roadmap, NVIDIA plans to launch a new generation of GPU accelerator "B100" in the second quarter of 2022. According to the official, the performance of B100 will be twice or even more than the current H200. This marks that the development of H-series GPU will enter a new stage.

In addition to B100, there are more powerful upgraded B200 in preparation. As the relationship between H100 and H200 shows, B200 is expected to become a more powerful product. Dell's chief operating officer and vice chairman recently confirmed the existence of B200 and said that the product would be released next year.

Although he did not disclose the details of specific specifications, he revealed that Dell has the ability to solve the problem of 1000W power consumption of a single GPU without using liquid cooling technology. This undoubtedly means that B200 will greatly increase the power consumption level.

In contrast, the peak power consumption of the current H100 SMX version is only 700W. With regard to the new generation GPU accelerator, we look forward to receiving more information at the NVIDIA GTC 2024 Graphic Technology Conference to be held on March 18-21, and may officially announce the B series products.

2. The sales volume of automobiles in China will reach 6.71 million in January 2024

According to the latest data released by the China Automobile Industry Association (CAIC), in January 2024, the sales volume of new energy vehicles in China will reach 1.06 million, accounting for 66% of the global new energy vehicle market. Among them, the sales of pure electric vehicles accounted for 10.1%, the sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles accounted for 5.6%, and the sales of hybrid vehicles accounted for 6.2%. The sales of oil electric hybrid vehicles increased.

From the perspective of sales share over the years, BYD is still far ahead in the new energy market, Tesla's performance has slowed down, and Geely has risen rapidly. The new energy models of SAIC Group performed well, and the new energy models of Volkswagen in Germany also performed well. BMW Group and Hyundai in South Korea remained at the second echelon level.

In the narrow sense of passenger vehicles, BYD's market share of pure electric vehicles has risen steadily. In the plug-in hybrid vehicle market, BYD has also performed well. However, the ordinary hybrid vehicle market is still a strong area for Japanese and Korean brands, and hybrid models of Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Hyundai occupy more than 90% of the market share.

According to the prediction of the Passenger Transport Federation, the retail sales of passenger cars in the narrow sense will be about 1.15 million in February 2024, a 43.5% month on month decrease; The retail sales volume of new energy vehicles is expected to be about 380000, a 43.0% month on month decrease, and the penetration rate of new energy vehicles is about 33%.

three Xiaomi 14 Ultra Discussion on overseas heat generation

According to the online voting results, Xiaomi 14 Ultra has become a star product in the eyes of many users. Although this year has just begun, many people believe that Xiaomi 14 Ultra will become the best intelligence in 2024 mobile phone one of.

This super flagship phone is sold worldwide, unlike Xiaomi 14 Pro Only for the Chinese market. According to the foreign media GSM Arena, one third of netizens are ready to buy this mobile phone immediately. If they are in Europe, they can place an order in Xiaomi's online store. However, some netizens need more time to think about it. They plan to wait until the mobile phone evaluation comes out before making a decision.

Although the price is up to 1499 euros, more than 30% of people believe that no matter how good this phone is, it is an unbearable price. Only about 20% of the remaining voters said they didn't like the phone. For them, this phone is only comparable to last year's Xiaomi 13 Ultra A small upgrade of. There are still some on the market Xiaomi 13 The price of the Ultra inventory is much cheaper than the new Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

Xiaomi 14 Ultra is also popular in overseas markets. Two thirds of the voters said they liked this phone, and many of them regarded it as one of the best choices.

four PS5 New functions will be added to the handle

lately, Sony Applied for a patent to add counterweight haptic feedback function to their PlayStation handle. This move triggered a heated discussion among players.

In recent years, the PlayStation handle has experienced many iterations, and is widely praised among the DualSense and DualSense Edge handles used by the PS5. Compared with the handles of other host platforms, the PlayStation handle has added innovative functions such as touch sensors and somatosensory manipulation.

According to a new patent submitted by Sony on March 1, PlayStation may introduce a handle with new features in the future. This patent describes a handle design with a counterweight mechanism. Sony hopes to make the vibration feedback more accurate and bring more immersive game experience to players through this way.

However, not everyone agrees with this design concept of Sony. Many players believe that most games will not make full use of this technology, and some players worry that the counterweight will affect the endurance of the handle.

Although there was a rumor that Sony would launch the PlayStation 5 Pro version, no official news has yet been released. The counterweight handle patent may indicate the existence of the Pro version, but it may also be just a patent reserve and will not be put into production.

5. Redmi G Pro 2024 fixed on March 4

Redmi officially announced that the Redmi G Pro 2024 game book will be released live on the dither platform at 7:00 p.m. on March 4. This flagship game book, which is the best within 10000 yuan, has been created by a strong R&D team after more than one year's efforts.

Redmi G Pro 2024 is equipped with i9-14900HX processor and RTX 4060 Light chasing alone. Its unique "Rage Engine PC Edition" technology makes the performance release of the whole machine reach 210W. In terms of screen, the notebook is equipped with a 2.5K 240Hz screen, with brightness of 500nits and color gamut coverage of 100% sRGB. In addition, it also has professional player interfaces such as single button RGB E-sports atmosphere light, independent colorful backlight and four USB-A interfaces.

In terms of heat dissipation, Redmi G Pro 2024 adopts liquid gold and VC heat dissipation technology, and provides a two-year warranty. Lu Weibing said: "Our liquid gold also enjoys the same 2-year warranty as the whole machine, so we can use it with confidence."

It is worth mentioning that in terms of ecology, Redmi G Pro 2024, designed based on the underlying capabilities of Xiaomi's surging OS, has a better cross end experience and Windows/Android ecological integration experience. It is a flagship notebook that meets the needs of games and creation.

The Redmi G Pro 2024 game book released this time has a high level of performance and design, and will set off a new wave in the 10000 yuan game book market.

6. Other information

The new version of HP Shadow Genie 10 SLIM 14 notebook has been launched, with the price starting from 11899 yuan. This thin and light game book adopts the family design language of simple concept, with the characteristics of all metal body and a thickness as low as 17.99mm. Available colors include Frost White and Meteorite Black. In terms of performance, the new notebook is equipped with the Core Ultra 9-185H processor at most, 16 core 22 threads and 24MB three-level cache, and supports a frequency of up to 5.1GHz. In addition, the notebook is also equipped with a maximum capacity of 32GB dual channel LPDDR5X 7467 MHz memory, and provides a maximum capacity of 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD.

According to the latest report, the Apple supplier ams OSRAM recently announced the cancellation of the "cornerstone project" related to micro LEDs. The company is reassessing its micro LED strategy and discussing it with relevant customers. Micro LED display has the problems of low output, high cost and high risk. It is reported that its manufacturing cost is three times that of OLED display, which means that even if the second generation Apple Watch Ultra is launched, its price will be higher.

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