Vivo X200 launches Tianji 9400 processor, and the single-core performance is improved by 35%.

Vivo X200 has attracted much attention. The official announcement was released on October 14th, with only two days left.

In terms of appearance, the real machine diagram of vivo X200 shows that it is not much different from the previous generation vivo X100S. Deco, the central circular camera, has the same design, the same flash position, and the shape is not new but not ugly. There is little difference on the back, and the positive face value has improved. As for the fuselage material, the glass back cover and the upright aluminum alloy middle frame can bring a certain sense of exquisiteness.

In terms of performance, vivo X200 is the first Tianji 9400 processor, and its performance is excellent. Compared with Tianji 9300, single-core performance is improved by 35%, multi-core performance is improved by 28%, and GPU performance is improved by more than 41%. The energy efficiency of Tianji 9400 has reached an amazing level, and it can control all kinds of large-scale games with extremely low power consumption. It is not only beneficial to battery life, but also reduces the heat of the fuselage, and the actual performance feeling is close to perfection.

On the screen, vivo X200 performed well. It adopts the form of equal-depth slightly curved screen, with extremely narrow border and strong visual impact. This is a 6.78-inch 1.5K resolution screen with a PPi of about 450, and the display is clear and delicate. The global peak brightness is high, outdoor visibility is good, and adaptive dynamic refresh rate and full brightness high frequency PWM dimming are also supported. It is reported that it may have a BOE substrate version, and the screen look and feel will be significantly improved compared with the previous generation.

In the camera configuration, vivo X200 adopts the combination of IMX921 main camera, Samsung JN1 super wide-angle camera and IMX882 periscope telephoto camera, and the main camera and telephoto camera support optical image stabilization. The main camera specifications are generally in the 4000 yuan gear, which is different from other brands. Super wide angle and telephoto are quite satisfactory. Compared with vivo X100S, little progress has been made in taking pictures.

In terms of battery life charging, the vivo X200 may have surprises. Equipped with a 5800mAh battery, coupled with the excellent energy efficiency of Tianji 9400, it is no problem to charge it once a day for heavy use. It also supports the charging speed of 90W, and it is estimated that the charging time from 0 to 100% will not exceed 40 minutes.

Externally, vivo X200 is equipped with stereo dual speakers, X-axis linear motor, multifunctional NFC and infrared remote control, and supports IP68 dustproof and waterproof.

On the whole, the attraction of vivo X200 mainly lies in the ultimate performance and excellent battery life brought by Tianji 9400. At present, the price of vivo X100 series has not been significantly reduced. For users who like vivo flagship mobile phones, it may be more wise to start with vivo X200 series.

 

What are the odds of TikTok suing the US government for "seven deadly sins"?

  Beijing, Beijing, August 27 th: TikTok v. the US government’s "seven deadly sins". What is the odds?

  Zhongxin. com reporter Wang Qingkai

  In response to the executive order signed by US President Trump on August 6th, TikTok (Tik Tok International Edition) filed a complaint with the US judicial authorities on August 24th (Beijing time on August 25th). The complaint advocates the abolition of the executive order issued by Trump on August 6, and advocates prohibiting the Ministry of Commerce from implementing the executive order.

  Prior to this, on August 6, Trump signed an executive order, which will ban any transaction between anyone or enterprise under the jurisdiction of the United States and TikTok’s parent company after 45 days. On August 14th, Trump signed another executive order, requiring ByteDance to sell or divest the company’s TikTok business in the United States within 90 days.

  Why does the US government ask ByteDance to sell or divest the company’s TikTok business in the United States? If the U.S. government’s ban comes into effect, what impact will it have on TikTok? What are the odds of TikTok suing the US government?

  "Seven deadly sins"

  The content of the complaint provided by TikTok to the reporter of China News Service pointed out that the administrative order of the US government involved "seven deadly sins", four of which were unconstitutional and three were ultra vires. For example:

  The process of the executive order is unconstitutional: ByteDance and TikTok were not informed about the TikTok ban, and no opportunity to appeal was provided, which violated the provisions of the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution on due process.

  The basis for the promulgation of the executive order is illegal, which constitutes ultra vires: IEEPA gives the President of the United States the power to restrict and control economic transactions in order to protect national security, foreign policy and economy, based on the national emergency to deal with "abnormal conditions and special threats". The executive order uses vague expressions such as "potential", "possible" and "reported" throughout, and there is no evidence that ByteDance poses an actual threat.

  It is unconstitutional for the executive order to force the payment to the US Treasury for the sale of TikTok’s American assets: this violates the provisions of the Fifth Amendment on restricting the government’s power to deprive private property.

  … …

  According to the complaint, ByteDance has been trying to actively communicate with the US government for nearly a year since October 2019. However, according to the agency, it has repeatedly refused to contact ByteDance about its concerns.

  It is reported that this lawsuit was jointly filed by TikTok and ByteDance, and the litigants included US President Trump, US Secretary of Commerce Ross and US Department of Commerce.

  At the same time, in response to the previous ban on all transactions with TikTok and ByteDance, ByteDance is also preparing a "shutdown plan".

  What is the basis of the executive order of the US government?

  The executive order signed by U.S. President Trump on August 6th means that from September 20th, any American company or individual will not be able to trade with ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company in China. For example, TikTok will not be able to APPear in American app stores such as Apple AppStore; TikTok can’t pay American employees either.

  This is a chronic poison for TikTok. TikTok has more than 100 million users in the United States. If it can’t APPear in the app store in the United States, TikTok will gradually be abandoned by users with the iteration of smart phones.

  What is the basis for the overbearing "ban" of the US government?

  Sun Yuanzhao, executive director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Law (APLI) in the United States, told the China News Service that the presidential order issued by the President of the United States to TikTok was based on the International Emergency Economic Power Act (IEEPA) as amended in 1977. This bill empowers the president to impose economic sanctions when he encounters "unusual and very serious threats", such as "national security is threatened".

  According to the precedent that the president of the United States was authorized by IEEPA to issue an executive order, the conditions for the president to be authorized are: when the United States is in wartime or emergency, it faces "abnormal or special threats." Only when these two conditions are met can the president invoke the executive order issued by IEEPA to regulate international economic transactions.

  According to lawyer Wang Xinrui, a senior partner of Beijing Anli Law Firm, the International Emergency Economic Power Act (IEEPA), on which the executive order is based, is an implementation rule of the National Emergency Law. Therefore, according to the law, the US Congress has the right to terminate the national emergency by means of a joint resolution, or to introduce laws to restrict the president’s power in IEEPA.

  However, Wang Xinrui told the China News Service reporter that from the public information, so far, no member of Congress has proposed a resolution to terminate the state of emergency, which also shows that the US Congress is consistent with the president on this issue, and it is not a state of mutual restraint.

  What are the odds?

  In fact, Tiktok himself knows that he told the China News Service reporter on the 25th that "this is a challenge with little chance of winning".

  In Sun Yuanzhao’s view, as far as the first executive order of the U.S. government on August 6 is concerned, there are many flaws in both procedure and substance. However, because the United States adopts a constitutional system of separation of powers, the courts generally give high respect to the president’s behavior in handling national security or foreign affairs, and are unwilling to say more, so as not to exceed their powers and improperly interfere with the executive power.

  Sun Yuanzhao said that the president of the United States enjoys great discretion in this field, and the courts generally give the president "great respect" in past cases.

  However, recent cases show that if there are serious flaws in the rights and interests guaranteed by the constitution or the procedures behind it, the court may still intervene. Therefore, this case is not completely one-sided.

  Sun Yuanzhao believes that TikTok should have the opportunity to fight with the US government. And this case does not rule out the possibility of eventually going all the way to the Federal Supreme Court. This means that there is still a long and arduous road to go. "But this also allowed TikTok to win valuable time."

  In Wang Xinrui’s view, there is little chance for ByteDance to sue the US government, but the proceedings are meaningful, which can further clarify the problem and show confidence to the outside world. "If you silently accept an unjust administrative order, it is tantamount to admitting that you are indefensible. Even if you can’t win in the end, forcing the other party to make this matter clear and make the rules clearer is also beneficial to the enterprise. "

  Sun Yuanzhao predicted that if the federal district court agreed to grant an injunction, the US government would immediately appeal. This means that before the whole case has entered the real substantive trial stage, the two sides will spend several months entangled in this point. This can also buy Tik Tok valuable time. If the district court refuses to grant an injunction, Tik Tok can still appeal, but at this time, I’m afraid the order has taken effect, so there is no time.

  "The best result is, of course, to overturn or partially overturn the administrative order, but it seems difficult; The worst result is that the court decides to continue to execute the administrative order, and the lawsuit will not have the effect of delaying the procedure, "Wang Xinrui said.

  The content industry has a long way to go.

  TikTok achieved explosive growth in the United States and around the world before it was banned by the executive order of the US government. At present, TikTok has covered more than 200 countries, with more than 2 billion downloads worldwide and more than 91 million monthly active users in the United States.

  "There are two bans on Tiktok, which shows that the US government is arrogant and unreasonable." Li Mingde, a professor at Xi ‘an Jiaotong University and dean of the School of Journalism and New Media, told the China News Service that managing the Internet according to law is a common practice in all countries in the world, but the reason given by the executive order of the US government is national security, which is unreasonable and far-fetched.

  In fact, in order for the enterprise to operate normally, TikTok has been actively proposing solutions to reduce American concerns about national security. For example, the top security measures in the industry have been taken to ensure users’ privacy and data security, and a transparency center has been set up, so that internal and external experts can observe TikTok’s content audit and check the algorithm source code in real time.

  "This transparent behavior is unmatched by other major social platforms and makes TikTok ahead of the industry." The complaint pointed out that surpassing the safety of the industry did not help TikTok avoid deliberate encirclement and suppression.

  In Li Mingde’s view, behind the high-sounding reason is distrust of China enterprises, which is also a kind of political manipulation: all technologies that come from China and are superior to the United States are all in the range of "decoupling". Although it has a high usage rate and credibility among the American people. "This also corrects a long-standing stereotype: technology has national boundaries and application is politics."

  In recent years, China’s network technology has developed by leaps and bounds, and various software development and application for different consumer classes are surging. However, software is often closely tied with content and applies to each other. Li Mingde believes that Tiktok’s restriction in the United States will affect China’s content industry to go abroad. After all, there are a large number of active followers behind the United States, which have the role of demonstrating and leading.

  Wu Fei, director of the Center for Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication of Zhejiang University, said that the TikTok incident sounded the alarm for China, that is, if TikTok is kicked out of the United States, it may mean that the globalization of such industries in China will be very difficult in the future.

  TikTok told China News Service that the company has made the worst plan to shut down its business in the United States. Because the shutdown involves more than 1,500 employees and thousands of partners of TikTok in the United States, the company is intensively evaluating the damage to the legitimate rights and interests of employees, users and partners after the shutdown, and simultaneously making security plans.

Innovative subject, how to attract "external wisdom" and strengthen "bones and muscles"

  [Core Tip] Enterprises are the main body of innovation. However, in the fierce market torrent, the technological innovation of enterprises faces many challenges such as time, cost and talents. To solve this contradiction, Industry-University-Research integration plays an important role. In recent years, the provincial electronic information group has explored the Industry-University-Research integration of various modes by linking member enterprises, universities and research institutes, and promoted the gathering of various innovative elements to enterprises, making innovative breakthroughs in the frontier field of electronic information industry.

  In mid-April, Fujian Zhaoyuan Optoelectronic Co., Ltd., located in Fuzhou, held a video conference.

  The video is the backbone of the research and development of Zhaoyuan Optoelectronics; At the other end, it is an expert in the field of display technology in our province — — Dr. Yan Qun from distinguished professor of Fuzhou University, Dr. Zhu Haomiao from Institute of Structure of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr. Li Yang from Mindu Innovation Laboratory.

  On the same day, all parties re-evaluated the test data of the combination of the quantum dot material of the expert team and the chip of Zhaoyuan Optoelectronics. The results are encouraging — — The absorption and conversion efficiency of quantum dots for blue light is greatly improved!

  "This is a great improvement!" Zhang Fan, director of Zhaoyuan Optoelectronic R&D Technology Center, said that this means that the "four-party joint team" is another key step away from conquering the full-color high-pixels per inch Micro LED chips and driving modules, and then leading the display technology replacement.

  The project "test questions" work together to tackle key problems

  "Enterprises should innovate and introduce ‘ Waizhi ’ It’s crucial. And the achievements of high-tech must be ‘ Cross-border ’ Output, relying on production, learning and research alone, is difficult to achieve. "

  Zhaoyuan Optoelectronics is a member enterprise of Provincial Electronic Information Group and a national high-tech enterprise. Over the years, it has become the third generation semiconductor industry base in our province.

  Although the production and sales of LED chips are among the best in China, and the products cover general lighting chips, automotive lighting chips, backlight chips, etc., the top management of the enterprise is very clear: "To lead the display chip industry, we must lay out the future!"

  It is a new generation of display technology — — Micro LED (micro light emitting diode) chip.

  What is a Micro LED?

  "If the single pixel of the existing top-end mobile phone screen is more than 100 microns, the Micro LED shows that a single pixel is only more than 10 microns. This means that the pixels per inch of the same area screen has been greatly improved. Generally speaking, the definition will be increased by 10 times. " Distinguished professor of Fuzhou University and Yan Qun, global secretary general of the International Information Display Society, told reporters.

  Dr. Yan Qun established a research and development team based on the National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Flat Panel Display Technology of Fuzhou University, and Micro LED is its main research direction.

  In his view, high-definition Micro LED will greatly improve the interactive experience of virtual reality. "After mass production, it will lead the replacement of the display industry, and it is expected that a new industrial cluster will be derived in the future, with a volume ten times or even a hundred times that of the existing display industry."

  Zhaoyuan Optoelectronics is one of the earliest enterprises in China to mass-produce and ship Micro LED chips. But they encountered a bottleneck: at present, they can only make monochrome Micro LED.

  "Monochrome Micro LED products are mainly used in high-precision and high-pixel military and police equipment and aircraft driving." Zhang Fan admits that the market in these areas is limited.

  We must break through the color Micro LED technology in order to face the hundreds of millions of consumer markets — — This is a new "test question" given by the market to Zhaoyuan Optoelectronics.

  At this time, the "light-color conversion technology" owned by experts from Fuzhou University, Mindu Innovation Laboratory and Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences has attracted the attention of enterprises. With the help of quantum dot materials, this technology stimulates the "photoelectric effect", thus realizing the technical iteration from "monochrome" to "full color".

  Enterprises have demand, and universities and scientific research units have technology. The quartet hit it off immediately, and then formed a joint research team in the form of project cooperation.

  In this cooperation, the Quartet team is indispensable — — The quantum dot preparation and spraying technology of Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the quantum dot forming technology of Mindu Innovation Laboratory and the display control technology of Fuzhou University team are all industry leaders, while Zhaoyuan Optoelectronics has advanced chip manufacturing technology and expensive equipment such as MOCVD, optical coating machine and mask aligner.

  From conception to engineering, to mass production, it is necessary to cross many technical barriers. From the beginning of the cooperation, it is convenient for everyone to be like a family. Discussion in the meeting room and research in the laboratory have become commonplace. Even under the epidemic, there is no relaxation, which is the technological breakthrough. In 2021, this project undertook a major project of scientific and technological innovation in the province. At present, the first phase of the project, that is, the theoretical and technical engineering, is coming to an end, and it is expected that full-color Micro LED will be mass-produced in 3~5 years.

  Joint research brings win-win results. If we only rely on the enterprise to make chips and quantum dot materials, it may take several times more time and miss the development opportunity; The electronic information industry is a capital-intensive industry, which often invests hundreds of millions or even billions of yuan. Without the investment of capital and equipment from enterprises, it is difficult for universities and research institutes to achieve technology landing.

  At present, most of the more than 30 first-class subsidiaries of Provincial Electronic Information Group have adopted the Industry-University-Research model of project cooperation to tackle key problems. "Enterprises should innovate and introduce ‘ Waizhi ’ It’s crucial. And the achievements of high-tech must be ‘ Cross-border ’ Output, relying on production, learning and research alone, is difficult to achieve. " Yan Qun said.

  Create a "consortium" for collaborative innovation

  "Industry-University-Research cooperation is not a temporary need, but to make enterprises truly become the questioners, respondents and reviewers of scientific and technological innovation. Only by forming a long-term mechanism can we truly achieve this goal. "

  In the spacious and bright computer room, the orderly cabinets form a supercomputer, and there is a huge amount of data rushing every second. Here, it is the second phase of the provincial supercomputing center operated by Digital Fujian Cloud Computing Company, a subsidiary of Fuzhou Binhai New City Electronic Information Group.

  At present, the second phase of provincial supercomputing can provide floating-point computing capacity of not less than 3000 trillion times per second, and it will provide floating-point computing capacity of not less than 100 million times per second by the end of this year, leading the province!

  But even such a "super brain" has "growing pains".

  "Over the years, we have invested heavily in hardware infrastructure, and the computing power of data centers has improved rapidly, but the application of computing power has always been a shortcoming." Chen Xiang, assistant general manager of Digital Fujian Cloud Computing Company, analyzed that in the field of supercomputing, it is not possible to "calculate" without data, but must be supported by relevant application software and calculation models. "This is our weakness."

  Cooperation with colleges and universities to solve the application difficulties has become the way to solve the problem sought by Digital Fujian Cloud Computing Company.

  "Artificial intelligence is the main field of supercomputing applications. Beijing Institute of Technology has great advantages in artificial intelligence applications, not only with strong scientific research capabilities, but also with many practical application scenarios." Chen Xiang said that after learning that the Southeast Institute of Information Technology of Beijing Institute of Technology landed in Putian, the company actively contacted each other.

  After continuous communication, a long-term mechanism of Industry-University-Research cooperation was formally formed — — In November last year, the two sides jointly established a collaborative innovation center for cloud computing and big data, and was approved for the collaborative innovation platform project in Fuzhou area of Fuxiaquan National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone.

  The Innovation Center has just been established for half a year, and a number of substantive cooperation have been launched.

  "The two sides are working together to develop an intelligent analysis engine based on artificial intelligence." Chen Xiang said that the system is based on intelligent analysis of network hot search and network language, and assists users to turn the analysis results into operational decision-making command ability. "This application can be widely used in multi-industry and multi-scene deep integration applications, such as screening cyber violence behavior and mastering brand popularity."

  This hand in hand is just a "stepping stone". In the future, this "consortium" will also carry out joint innovation in the fields of cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain and information security, industrial Internet, etc., and provide support for the development of cloud computing and big data technology in our province.

  "Form an innovation consortium, and achieve the goal of breaking the ‘ through the coordinated operation of you coming and going and deep cooperation; Information island ’ , realize ‘ Group innovation ’ The purpose. " In Chen Xiang’s view, from single project cooperation to long-term platform construction, it is the embodiment of Industry-University-Research’s deep integration.

  As a leading enterprise in machine vision industry and artificial intelligence Internet of Things in our province, Star Internet of Things, a subsidiary of Star Network Ruijie, and Haixi Research Institute of China Academy of Sciences jointly established "Haixi Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences-Star Internet of Things AI Innovation Research Center". In recent years, the two sides have conducted in-depth cooperation on the "Smart Campus-Smart Classroom" project.

  "In the past, it was necessary to send a duty teacher to inspect the eye exercises between classes. Now, with the system jointly developed by us and the team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, we can judge through the fine motion recognition of AI." Tian Zhongmin, director of Starnet Ruijie Technology Center, said.

  Among them, the algorithm model for precise motion recognition by the team of Strait Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences can be directly used by enterprises, and various applications can be derived through joint secondary development.

  "Long-term cooperation with research institutes can reduce the research and development time of enterprises, save research and development costs, and also make the research and development achievements of research institutes face the market directly. This is a win-win choice." Tian Zhongmin believes.

  He said that Industry-University-Research’s cooperation is not a temporary need, but to make enterprises truly become the questioners, respondents and reviewers of scientific and technological innovation. Therefore, only by building a more systematic and comprehensive organizational model and forming a long-term mechanism can this goal be truly achieved.

  Build a "connector" to match "super brain"

  "Predict the development trend of the industry, participate in the policy formulation of government departments, and match and graft the group member enterprises ‘ Super brain ’ , is our goal. "

  Zhaoyuan Optoelectronics "joined hands" with Fuzhou University, Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Mindu Innovation Laboratory to lay out "future industries"; Southeast Institute of Information Technology of Beijing Institute of Technology has long-term cooperation with Digital Fujian Cloud Computing Company & HELIP; … Industry-University-Research’s "hand in hand" actually has a "matchmaker" behind it — — Applied Technology Research Institute of Provincial Electronic Information Group (hereinafter referred to as "Applied Research Institute").

  It is rare for provincial enterprises to set up applied research institutes at the group level in our province. As a wholly-owned first-class subsidiary of Provincial Electronic Information Group, the Applied Research Institute is a provincial state-owned new think tank and the first batch of key think tank pilot units in our province. The most direct purpose of setting up this institution is to carry out industrial research and innovation cultivation.

  Entering the Applied Research Institute, the reporter found that this is a young and mature team. "The backbone of the team is mostly ‘ Post-80s ’ ‘ After 90 ’ And the vast majority of people have rich industrial experience in new display, optoelectronic devices, integrated circuits and other industries. " Zhang Jian, a senior engineer at the Applied Research Institute, said.

  Zhang Jian introduced that around 2020, the Applied Research Institute undertook the research of the "White Paper on Technology Development of Four Electronic Information Industries in Fujian Province, such as Micro LED" by the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology.

  "Through market research, we learned that Micro LED has a broad market prospect as the next generation display technology, and it is also an area that the province intends to focus on supporting development. This industry is related to the current layout of Zhaoyuan Optoelectronics, a member of the group. " Zhang Jian said that their research results eventually played an important role in promoting the cooperation between Zhaoyuan Optoelectronics and various teams.

  In the view of Xian Yongzhang, deputy general manager of Applied Research Institute, Applied Research Institute is not only a "bridge" between group member enterprises, government decision-making and scientific research in universities, but also a "think tank". Xian Yongzhang said: "Predict the development trend of the industry, participate in the policy formulation of government departments, and then match and graft the group members ‘ Super brain ’ , is our goal. "

  Guided by the goal, in addition to guiding the group enterprises to climb the high ground of Micro LED technology, the Applied Research Institute is actively promoting the group member enterprises to lay out future "tracks" such as automotive electronics, third-generation compound semiconductors and flexible electronics.

  The Applied Research Institute, with a strong "pushing hand", promotes the Industry-University-Research cooperation among the group member enterprises, universities and research institutes from a "short-term and quick" mode with a project as the cooperation cycle to a long-term and strategic cooperation.

  Last year, the Institute participated in the formulation of the special plan for strategic emerging industries in Putian during the 14th Five-Year Plan. In this process, after learning that the information of Southeast Institute of Information Technology of Beijing Institute of Technology was introduced locally, the institute "matched" its cooperation with Digital Fujian Cloud Computing Company, and the two sides hit it off.

  Nowadays, in the provincial electronic information group, such Industry-University-Research platforms emerge one after another — —

  Star Network Ruijie signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Fujian Research Institute of China Academy of Engineering to carry out in-depth cooperation; Fuzhou University, Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fuxin Electronics have carried out collaborative innovation in technology research and development, achievement transformation and industry consolidation. The Provincial Electronic Information Group and the Fifth Institute of Electronics of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly built the Xinchuang Adaptation Testing Center and the public service platform of Xinchuang Industry … …

  "The development of electronic information industry must rely on the innovation of enterprises, universities and research institutes ‘ One small step ’ , converge into a breakthrough ‘ Get stuck in the neck ’ Key technology ‘ A big step ’ 。” Xian Yongzhang said that during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, the provincial electronic information group was positioned to develop into a strategic innovation highland of China’s electronic information industry. "By exploring the operation mode of innovation platform of state-owned enterprises, we hope to become ‘ Connector ’ Take substantial steps in promoting collaborative innovation in the whole industry chain. "

  Under a series of innovation-driven development strategies, Provincial Electronic Information Group has made continuous breakthroughs in the fields of domestic memory chips, new generation display technology and Xinchuang technology. In 2021, the R&D expenditure of the whole group was 3.295 billion yuan, accounting for 6% of the total investment.

  "The electronic information industry is capital-intensive, technology-intensive and talent-intensive, and Industry-University-Research cooperation is an important driving force for the Group’s innovation and development. Next, we will continue to promote various forms of Industry-University-Research cooperation, such as project cooperation, joint research and development, the formation of Industry-University-Research Alliance, and technology transfer, to promote the quality change, efficiency change and power change of Fujian’s electronic information industry. " Bian Zhihang, general manager of the provincial electronic information group, said. (Reporter Huang Qing Lin Biao)

"Rabbit Violence" has attracted attention. What happened to director China’s collective promotion of new people


Special feature of 1905 film network After four days of release, the box office exceeded 20 million, and the real-time prediction of related platforms is expected to reach 40 million, which is the achievement achieved so far from the young director support program of the China Film Directors Association called the "Green Project".

 

Among the 25 young directors selected in the past five sessions of the Onion Project, 15 films have been made, and 5 films including "Rabbit Violence" have been presented to the audience. It can be said that it is one of the most efficient new director plans in China at present.

 

But at the same time, we will also have a question. At present, Rabbit Violence, which has the highest box office, has 20 million, while Over the Spring, which has a high reputation, has a total box office of only 10 million. And there have been several billion new directors in the market. Under such circumstances, why do we need these new director support programs?

 

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When talking about what kind of directors Shallot is planning to find for China films, Sun Yang, the producer of Under the Sun, said, "I don’t think so. You can’t say that the talents you must ask Shallot to find are, must be, and. In fact, the person was the last person to look at. For example, at that time, the person who signed up for the green project could not be so good — — It is more important to see the potential of a future. "


Liang Ming, the director who filmed "Under the Sun", was selected as one of the top five directors of the Third Green Project in 2018 with this project. After the film was completed, it was shown in several international film festivals and was released in China in November 2020. It took two years from selection to release.


Compared with other venture capital activities in the mainland, the speed of the Green Onion Program to support young directors is quite fast, and compared with the previous two sessions, it seems to the outside world that young directors have completed their own projects more smoothly.

 

The chairman of the Green Onion Project believes that this is an inevitable trend from market development to brand building. At the beginning of the Green Onion Project, the industry still held a wait-and-see attitude towards young directors.

 

Since the first green onion plan launched in 2015, the market has indeed experienced a change from indifference to new directors to venture capital and new director plans. And the shallot project, which has entered the sixth session, has always held a good hand — — This plan initiated by China Film Directors Association is equivalent to gathering the collective strength of directors in China to tap new talents for the industry.

 


Jia Zhangke,,, and other directors have all held the post of chairman, and the evaluation instructors include directors and producers of,,,,, and so on. It is the best industry resource to help the new director complete his feature film debut.

 

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Most of the young directors selected for the Green Onion Project have relevant film and television education background and certain professional experience, and this phenomenon has become more and more obvious in recent years. However, unlike other venture capitalists, after five years’ development, the Shallot Project pays more attention to training, and the selected directors will go through several months’ mentor training before choosing the final five.

 

We are also very curious, why do these young directors with certain experience need training?

 

"All of our training courses are facing actual combat." Chairman Wang Hongwei explained, "Facing the front line of creation, facing the current environment and market. Maybe college education can’t keep up with the market and the environment so fast. Then our training as this industry must not be divorced from the market and the environment. "

 


Many reports have also talked about the training mode of the Shallot Project, which is a series of training from creation to distribution. But what is more important is obviously the further support for their creation after the selection of the top five directors. Sun Yang, the producer, told us that the reward mode of the Onion Project now is to put the bonus into the crew account after the crew is established, so as to ensure that the funds can be used as film investment, and at the same time, the funds for the director’s reward have become the director’s share in the film.

 

However, only 1 million funds are not enough to support the operation of a crew. The project selected for the Green Onion Project may not be the more commercial theme favored by the market, so Xiaodong Hou, the chief producer of the Green Onion Project, is also helping the project with financing. For example, negotiate with companies such as Ali and Wanda, give these companies priority investment rights and jointly support young directors.

 

An industry veteran revealed that every year, Xiaodong Hou would go to major companies to introduce projects related to the Green Onion Project, hoping to promote cooperation and jointly launch a new director.

 

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However, when the project is filmed and put on the market, it will have the commodity attribute. The market is more looking forward to the commercial performance of these films. Wang Hongwei has been thinking about the arrival rate of these films. He mentioned that the Sixth Shallot Plan, which has already started, is working hard to improve the arrival rate and the influence on the audience and the market in terms of selecting projects and training directors.

 

In Sun Yang’s view, the success of the Shallot Project is to make directors recognized in the industry. "This goal may be different from that of the Pure Art Film Festival. We still have to consolidate the market, consolidate the team of young directors, and update the market, genre and film awareness. "

 

"Rabbit Violence may be expected to reach more than 40 million, which is a good state. I think the box office is really not the first important thing for these young directors. "

 

"Including our" Under the Sun ",although from the market point of view, it didn’t get a very explosive harvest, but the director Liang Ming actually gained more because he was recognized in the industry and won some related awards. I think these are enough things."


 

Sun Yang’s remarks have indeed been confirmed by other directors. For example, Liang Ming, Bai Xue and other directors’ next works are already in preparation. Chen Shizhong, who was selected as one of the top five directors of the 5th Green Project, has not started shooting his own selected project, The Wild Romance, but he has been recognized by the industry. His new film, Finding Her, is invested by Wanda and Dongshen, starring in it, which is also a very good opportunity for the new director.

 

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Compared with other domestic venture capital and new director support programs, the biggest feature of the Green Onion Program is that there is no related film festival to form a closed-loop system. But in Wang Hongwei’s view, this just gives directors more freedom.

 

Wang Hongwei said that once the support plan has formed a closed loop, it may not be a healthy phenomenon, and it may be the best choice for the director to complete the final inspection of the works more openly facing the market. "Our annual plan will last for about four months, which is actually beyond the span of any film festival. And if it is based on a certain film festival, then it feels like it has become a relatively closed system. "

 

When the works are handed over to the market, they are faced with the consideration of real money and silver. When "Over Spring" was released, the producer and director of the film once asked whether the Shallot Project could continue to travel with the film for a period of time in the film’s announcement stage.

 


However, Wang Hongwei also admitted that the strength of China Film Directors Association is not enough to cover the stage of publicity and development, and the industry association is not a publicity and development company, and more can only rely on the strength of the big coffee industry to complete the follow-up work.

 

"The box office is not ideal. There are reasons why the content of the film itself is relatively small, and some of them are really unable to keep up with the announcement of these low-cost films. Then, in the current market environment, Xuanfa has become a thing that needs real money to do, so it will be relatively difficult. This is also a new director. If it is said that after shooting a film that is actually professionally qualified or even better, then the problem faced at the export end. "

 

For example, "Rabbit Violence", which was produced by the producer, cooperated with Cat’s Eye in the release stage, and became the best-selling film in the box office. "Over Spring" has been escorted by Wanda. Looking at the film of the current green onion project, the one who is photographed is likely to become a little dark horse.

 

This film, which was selected for the 4th Green Project, starred by Yao Chen,, and so on, can be called the best combination of personal expression and commercialization pursued by the current Green Project, and it has been finished. And, as a producer, was selected for the fifth shallot program, which was officially launched in July this year.

 

Talking about the future development direction of the Green Onion Project, Wang Hongwei said that even if the reaction in the market is weak, I hope that the industry can see the ideas, concepts and the ability to shoot feature films of this group of young directors: "Our goal is not only to push a film, but more importantly, a group of directors can become such a generation that can take over in the future China films, especially in the mainstream film market."


The highest frequency in history! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

1. Preface: The GPU with the highest frequency in 6nm process was born.

In 2016, NVIDIA and AMD entered the 14/16nm era almost at the same time, but the GPU they released at that time was completely unlike the products of the same era.

At that time, the frequency of GTX 1080 could easily break through 2GHz, but AMD’s RX 480 has been struggling around 1.3GHz.

Six years later, the running frequency of NVIDIA’s latest generation RTX 3000 is still stuck at 2GHz, while AMD’s RDNA 2 GPU with 7nm process technology has reached 2.4GHz, and it is far away from the latest generation of N cards in terms of energy efficiency ratio.

Now the RX 6500 XT with TSMC’s 6nm process is coming, and it will be completely invincible in frequency.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

RX 6500 XT still adopts RDNA 2 architecture, but the manufacturing process has been upgraded from TSMC’s 7nm to 6nm. The core of RX6500XT is a smaller Navi 24, with 16 groups of computing units (1024 stream processors) and 16 Ray Accelerators optical tracking units, and the acceleration frequency has reached 2825MHz.The power consumption of the whole card is 107W, in which the power consumption of GPU core is 90W.

Different from the previous RDNA 2 GPU, the real operating frequency of RX 6500 XT can easily exceed the acceleration frequency of 2825MHz. If AMD is willing, it is not difficult for RX 6500 XT to run at a frequency above 3GHz.

The video memory is matched with 64-bit 4GB GDDR6, with a video memory frequency of 18GHz and a bandwidth of 144 GB/s. There is still an Infinity Cache integrated inside the GPU, but the capacity is only 16MB.

Therefore, this is a graphics card for 1080P, which is not suitable for running games with a resolution of 2K or higher.

The detailed parameters of RX 6500 XT are as follows:

The highest frequency in history! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

As can be seen from the above table, with the support of 6nm process technology, Navi 24 accommodates 5.4 billion transistors with a chip area of 107 square millimeters, and the transistor density is 10% higher than that of Navi 23 with 7nm and other RDNA 2 GPU.

Of course, in addition to the improvement of transistor density, the 6nm process technology also makes the frequency of RX 6500 XT reach an unprecedented height.

For the purpose of controlling the chip scale,The AV1 and H.265/HEVC codes are cut off from Navi 24 core, and AMD suggests using the coding ability of CPU instead of operation.

In addition, Navi 24 can only support PCIe 4.0×4, which is used on motherboards supporting PCIe 4.0. The bandwidth of x4 is still sufficient for RX 6500 XT (equivalent to PCIe 3.0 x8).However, if the motherboard or CPU only supports PCIe 3.0, there will be obvious performance loss.

The suggested retail price of RX 6500 XT starts from 1599 yuan, which doesn’t look cheap. But nowadays, the GTX 1650 Super with lower performance is generally more than 2,000 yuan, and the GTX 1660 Super is more than 3,000 yuan.

Second, the sapphire RX 6500 XT Platinum Edition Tour

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

We received the sapphire RX 6500 XT platinum version, and the design continues the design concept of the platinum version.

The whole front is black, with two 95mm double ball fans. The height of the radiator is about 1~2cm higher than that of the whole PCB.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

There has to be a metal backboard anyway.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

The output interface has only one HDMI 2.1 and one DP1.4.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Two pure copper nickel-plated heat pipes with pure copper base can easily cope with players of RX 6500 XT level.

The memory and power supply module are also attached with heat-conducting adhesive.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

The PCB board is very short, in fact, it can be made into ITX specifications after being replaced with a single fan radiator.

The design of 4+3 phase power supply circuit is a bit extravagant for RX 6500 XT.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Close-up of power supply circuit.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

The core of Navi 24 has 5.4 billion transistors, and the chip area is only 107 square millimeters, which is nearly 1/3 less than the 158 square millimeters of RX 5500 XT.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Samsung GDDR6 memory, with a single capacity of 2GB and a frequency of 18GHz. RX 6500 XT has two video memories with a bit width of 64bit, a total capacity of 4GB and a bandwidth of 144 GB/s..

Third, theoretical performance test: the operating frequency is stable at 2875MHz.

The test platform is as follows:

It should have been the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

1、3DMark

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

In the 3DMark test of 2K resolution, the graphics score of sapphire RX 6500 XT Platinum Edition reached 6654 points, the highest core temperature was 60℃, the highest core operating frequency was 2877MHz, the highest fan speed was 1500RPM, and the highest power consumption of GPU was 91W.

In addition, although the highest running frequency of RX 6500 XT is 2877MHz, in fact, it has been running all the GPU test projects of 3DMark at this frequency.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

In the 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra test, the graphics score of RX 6500 XT is 3495, the highest core temperature is 62 degrees, the highest Hot Spot is 91 degrees, the highest core operating frequency is 2874MHz, and the maximum power consumption of graphics card reaches 91W.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

In the test of 3DMark, the sapphire RX 6500 XT is almost the same as RX 580 8GB in both 2K and 4K resolutions, and it is slightly ahead in general.

However, compared with RX 6600 and RX 6600 XT, the gap is very obvious.

2、3DMark Time Spy

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

In the 3DMark Time Spy test with 2K resolution, the graphics score of sapphire RX 6500 XT reaches 4947, the highest core temperature is 63℃, the highest Hot Spot is 94 degrees, the highest power consumption of GPU is 91W, and the highest running frequency of the core is 2876MHz.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

In the 4K resolution 3DMark Time Spy Extreme test, the graphics score of RX 6500 XT is 2274, the highest core temperature is 64℃, the highest core operating frequency is 2573MHz, and the maximum power consumption of the graphics card reaches 137W.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

In the 3DMark Time Spy test, RX 6500 XT and RX 5500 XT are also on the same horizontal line, regardless of the resolution of 2K or 4K.

Fourth, the game performance test: a number of games with RX 5500 XT have won and lost.

1、 GTA V

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

2. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

3. castle wolfenstein: New Blood.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

When "castle wolfenstein: New Blood" is tested under extreme image quality, it will always prompt that there is not enough video memory, and forced testing will lead to a sharp drop in frame rate.

This game suggests lowering the picture quality appropriately.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

4. Horizon: Dawn of Zero

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

5. Age of Empires 4

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

6. Cry of the Island 5

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

7. Cry of the Island 6

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

If Cry of the Island 6 is tested with the highest image quality, it will also explode and display. It is suggested that the image quality should be lowered appropriately during the game.

8. Tomb Raider: Shadow

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

9. Extreme Racing: Horizon 5

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

"Extreme Racing: Horizon 5" requires 7.8GB of video memory capacity even if the highest picture quality is turned on at 1080P resolution. If the image quality is properly reduced and the memory requirement is controlled within 4GB, the frame rate of RX 6500 XT will be greatly improved.

10. Jedi survival

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

11. Cyberpunk 2077

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

RX 5500 XT burst the video memory in Cyberpunk 2077, so the frame rate is abnormally low.

12. Death ran aground

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

13. Wizard 3

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

14, no land 3

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

15, war machine 5

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

The data are summarized as follows:

It should have been the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Of the 15 games we tested, at least 5 of the RX 6500 XT have burst the video memory (marked with yellow) if tested with the highest image quality, so it is suggested to lower the image quality appropriately during the game.

The performance of RX 6500 XT is very close to that of RX 5500 XT, with a difference of 4%, if we don’t consider the flash memory or lower the image quality properly.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

At the resolution of 2K, the 16MB Infinity Cache+4GB GDDR6 video memory is somewhat stretched. In order to obtain a higher frame rate at this resolution, the image quality needs to be further lowered.

V. Overclocking test: Unfortunately, it was limited to 2975MHz.

The RDNA 2 GPU of the previous 7nm process can easily reach 2750~2800MHz through overclocking. Then, after upgrading to the 6nm process, what kind of overclocking capability can the RX 6500 XT achieve!

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Unfortunately, the BIOS of sapphire RX 6500 XT limits the maximum frequency, which can only be pulled to 2975MHz. The default voltage is 1.2V, which can only be reduced but not increased.

The video memory frequency can be up to 2400MHz, which is equivalent to 19.6GHz, which is no worse than GDDR6X.

In addition, the default GPU power consumption of 90W can be up to 104W.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Run 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme after overclocking,The operating frequency of RX 6500XT is like a straight line, which has been stable at 2975MHz without any fluctuation.For many years, we have seen such a situation for the first time, and the operating frequency is stable at the set highest frequency.

The previous RDNA 2 GPU was set to 2850MHz, which usually only reached 2700MHz.

Unfortunately, AMD’s BIOS limits the overclocking limit, otherwise it will be extremely easy to break through 3GHz.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

After overclocking, we also conducted a game test. In Tomb Raider: Shadow, the running frequency of RX 6500 XT Platinum Edition was always kept at 2975MHz.

With the increase of frequency, the frame rate of the game has also increased from 59FPS to 62FPS.

VI. Power consumption and temperature test: The running frequency of the game is stable at 2850MHz, and the actual power consumption is lower than the preset TDP.

1. Temperature test

Furmark was used to test the baking machine of RX 6500 XT platinum edition, and the room temperature was 24 degrees.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

Furmark’s parameters are set to 1920*1080 resolution and 0AA. After running for 37 minutes, the temperature of RX 6500 XT is stable at 63 degrees, the Hot Sport temperature is 83 degrees, the GPU power consumption is 90W, and the fan speed is 1277RPM.

In addition, the GPU frequency is as high as 2577MHz when baking. If you have no idea about this number, here are some examples.

The baking frequency of RX 6600 is 1859MHz, and that of RTX 3060 is 1575MHz.

To put it another way, if AMD properly controls the frequency, RX 6500 XT can actually do without external power supply.

2. Power consumption test

We re-tested the power consumption of all graphics cards by using the extremely cool V850 gold medal power supply, and tested the power consumption performance of the whole machine during standby, games and FurMark baking.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

The power consumption of baking machine is closely related to the preset TDP. Basically, when baking machine, the power consumption of baking machine can reach the preset power consumption of GPU.

However, when running games, the GPU core of RX 6500 XT actually does not need to reach 90W power consumption to make the GPU frequency run above 2800MHz.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

For example, when we are running Survival of the Jedi, RX 6500 XT can run stably at 2864MHz* (not overclocked) with only 80W power consumption.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

In Age of Empires 4, only 73W is needed to maintain the operating frequency of 2868MHz.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

In Cyberpunk 2077, only 63W power consumption is needed to stabilize at the frequency of 2870MHz. Of course, there are some factors that cause the GPU to fail to run at full speed and full load.

Therefore, for RX 6500 XT, most games actually don’t need 90W power consumption, and the core frequency can be stabilized above 2850MHz.

VIII. Summary: It could have been the first 3GHz GPU.

The performance of this graphics card did not bring us too many surprises. What really surprised us was that the 6nm process technology could make the frequency and energy efficiency ratio of RDNA 2 GPU reach an unimaginable level.

Summarize the test results as follows:

1, the operation frequency of terror

RX 6500 XT is the GPU with the highest running frequency so far. NVIDIA is dragged down by Samsung’s 8nm process technology, and the frequency of Ampere GPU can’t even exceed 16nm Pascal, which has been stuck at 2GHz for many years.

The acceleration frequency of RX 6000/6700/6800 graphics card with 7nm technology can reach 2600MHz, and the actual operating frequency is also 2200~2400MHz.

After upgrading to 6nm process technology, the acceleration frequency of RX 6500 XT reached a horrible 2825MHz, and even more frightening, its actual operating frequency was even higher than the nominal acceleration frequency.

In most games, the GPU core of RX 6500 XT can be kept at 2850~2875MHz, and rarely below 2800MHz.

RX 6500 XT’s first RDNA 2 GPU with actual operating frequency higher than the nominal acceleration frequency.

2. Game performance

A graphics card with such high running frequency and excellent energy efficiency ratio should not be bad in game performance. However, due to the limitation of 16MB Infinity Cache, 4GB video memory and 64bit width, its actual performance is only equivalent to RX 5500 XT, and some latest 3A masterpieces will have burst video memory.

The best resolution of RX 6500 XT is 1920*1080. When playing 3A games with this graphics card, players are advised to lower the image quality level appropriately, and the game experience will be much better.

Almost became the first 3GHz GPU! AMD RX 6500 XT first evaluation

3. Ray tracing

The RX 6500 XT has 16 built-in Ray Accelerators, which can support real-time ray tracing. We made a little test, and when real-time light tracking is enabled in the game, the frame rate will drop obviously.

However, AMD supports RSR. If you want to experience optical tracking, it is recommended to wait for AMD’s upcoming driver supporting Radeon Super Resolution. RSR can greatly reduce the GPU’s rendering pressure and memory capacity requirements, and then appropriately reduce the image quality. RX 6500 XT will not have much problem running the light-chasing game.

In addition, opening SAM and FSR technologies in some games can also improve the running frame rate to some extent.

4, overclocking

Overclocking is the most regrettable thing, because AMD officially limits the upper frequency limit of BIOS. We have tried several non-public RX 6500 XT graphics cards, and the highest frequency can only be set at 2975MHz.No matter in the game or the test of 3DMark, the overclocked graphics card can always be stable at the running frequency of 2975MHz.

In the future, if someone can unlock the BIOS limit or rewrite the BIOS with tool software, the operating frequency of RX 6500 XT will easily exceed 3GHz.

Perhaps AMD wants to leave the title of the first 3GHz graphics card to the 5nm Radeon 7000.

5. Power consumption

The preset GPU power consumption of RX 6500 XT is 90W, but in fact, in most games, 90W power consumption is not needed at all to make the GPU fully loaded and maintain the running frequency of 2850MHz+.

On the i9-12900K test platform, the power consumption of the whole machine is less than 200W when the RX 6500 XT single-bakes the GPU. If it is matched with the processor of Ruilong 5 5600X or i5-12400, the power consumption of the whole machine can be controlled within 300W even if it is double-bakes.

When installed, a power supply with rated power consumption of 350W can meet the demand.

6nm has been terrible, and now we are very much looking forward to what kind of subversion Radeon 7000 GPU with TSMC’s 5nm process can bring!

The Ultimate Winner of the World Cup and the "Magic" of Generative Artificial Intelligence

The ultimate winner of the World Cup is transnational capital.
Recently, Majeed Malhas analyzed various comments around the World Cup in jacobin. Western commentators have reason to criticize the political authoritarianism of Qatar, the host country, and the harsh working conditions before the competition. In response, critics in the post-colonial world put forward reasonable views on the hypocrisy of the West. After all, the colonial superpower laid the foundation for the disaster in Qatar. Although each side has put forward reasonable views, the resulting dialogue is not completely fruitful. The political discussion around Qatar in 2022 shows that the narrative of "clash of civilizations" continues to dominate the global political imagination, although the modern reality is that transnational capital, whether eastern or western, is ruling the world and has the ability to bring the government to its knees. While people are busy blaming, international companies are plundering.
On December 15th, 2022, local time, Doha, Qatar, the city scenery of Doha on the eve of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 finals was at a glance.
Qatar, a small oil-rich country, won the bid to host this year’s World Cup under blatant corruption. At the beginning, the country had almost no sports infrastructure, but it launched a large-scale project of $220 billion to host the most watched TV event in the world. Qatar’s economy has long relied on migrant workers from all walks of life, and their number has increased by more than 40% since they won the bid. Today, only 11.6% of the country’s 2.7 million residents are Qatari nationals. Unstable immigrants, mainly from Southeast Asia, have increased greatly, and they are hired to do manual labor in order to build almost non-existent infrastructure by 2022.
Although hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested, the working conditions of these manual workers have always been blatant exploitation. Migrant workers in Qatar are faced with life-threatening working environment, unsafe living conditions, delayed and insignificant payments, withholding passports, and threats of violence. They are engaged in manual labor under the scorching sun in the Gulf. Since Qatar won the bid for the World Cup, 6,751 migrant workers have died.
Although human rights groups and journalists have been documenting the rampant exploitation of migrant workers in Qatar for ten years before the 2022 World Cup, mainstream western media only began to emphasize these injustices one month before the game-tickets have been bought, hotels have been fully booked, and all infrastructure has been completed. The most outspoken western media is the BBC, which refused to broadcast the opening ceremony of the competition and chose to broadcast a round table condemning Qatar’s human rights record.
The BBC’s criticism of Qatar is completely correct. At the same time, they did not recognize the role of British colonial heritage in establishing exploitative working conditions, which existed in Qatar long before the World Cup. Britain intervened in a material and systematic way, which continued to benefit the Qatari monarchy and the global free market dominated by transnational (but mainly western) capital.
In Qatar and the wider Middle East, the core of the systematic exploitation of workers in Southeast Asia is the kafala (sponsorship) system, which makes employers who sponsor migrant workers’ visas exempt from the labor laws that protect Qatari nationals. Migrant workers have no right to find new jobs, to form trade unions or even to travel.
The modern Kafala system can be traced back to a relatively unknown colonial bureaucrat, charles bell Belgrave. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, modern Qatar and the wider Arabian Gulf were colonized by Britain. Belgrave is a British veteran who participated in the war. In 1926, he was appointed as an adviser to the tribal monarch who later became modern Bahrain to help build a modern nation-state with a normal government bureaucracy.
The British administration of the post-Ottoman Middle East relied on "protectorate" or "mandated ruling country" rather than colony, with the intention of ensuring the long-term interests of Britain in the region. Foreseeing that direct colonial rule after the war would eventually be unsustainable, Britain wanted to create a feasible structure for a national government that was friendly to the West and consistent with the free market.
Long before the discovery of oil, Bahrain and its surrounding areas were coastal nomadic societies, which revolved around fishing and pearl picking. The emergence of the border defined by colonialism has brought obstacles to the industry in this region, which relies on cross-sea trade and the free flow of labor, but is now restricted by new concepts such as passports and visas.
In order to solve this problem, Belgrave compiled the first version of the modern Kafala system, which soon spread to other newly established governments in the region. In the end, this enabled Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and other Gulf countries to facilitate labor migration and exploitation from Southeast Asia.
Kafala system was generally unpopular in Bahrain, and Belgrave finally resigned in 1957 amid protests. However, after Belgrave left, and after Britain gave up its rule in the Gulf region in 1960s and 1970s, this system still existed. It was this system designed by Britain that led to the deaths of thousands of migrant workers in Qatar before the World Cup. As this origin story shows, the problem is much bigger than the behavior of a barbaric eastern country, and it is difficult for the western hands to be clean.
Kafala system is just one of many modern exploitative labor systems in the so-called "third world", which can be traced back to western colonial rule. Broadly speaking, the consumption lifestyle enjoyed by many people in the west is realized by outsourcing extreme economic exploitation to post-colonial countries with social oppression.
Therefore, the non-historical accusations made by the West against Qatar were ridiculed as hypocrisy by many people in the post-colonial world, and some commentators quickly pointed out the shortcomings of Western governments in solving their own working conditions, not to mention racism, misogyny and homophobia in their own countries.
These critics have reasonable views, just like the critics of Qatar itself. But the dialogue is doomed to be fruitless in the end. The West blames the backwardness of the East, and the East blames the hypocrisy of the West, which is endless. This kind of discourse relies on the reductive differences between the East and the West, and fails to grasp the common interests of western and eastern governments and companies in maintaining the system of exploitation and social oppression.
Qatar, separated from Iran by a wall, is the largest military base of the United States in the Middle East. It is no coincidence that Biden’s administration gave the green light to sell $1 billion in weapons to Qatar during the halftime of the high-risk competition between Iran and the United States. This kind of behavior is predictable: it is not strange for the United States to turn a blind eye to the behavior of its oil-rich allies in the Gulf and criticize its enemies for doing the same.
European governments and enterprises have also established profitable relations with Qatar. In fact, on December 11th, four members of the European Parliament were accused of accepting bribes from Qatari officials to influence policy decisions.
For western sponsors, sportswear companies, sports broadcasting companies and other multinational enterprises, they have made a lot of profits from the workers who have worked hard to prepare for this event, which is rarely mentioned by critics and partisans. In Qatar’s 2022 dispute, the only western organization that was reasonably criticized was FIFA, a non-enterprise or government entity. Like western governments, western enterprises are largely left to their own devices.
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022’s narrative of "clash of civilizations" in 2022 has distracted people from the biggest problem that plagues the exploited migrant workers in the Middle East and the world, that is, global neoliberal capitalism. The real winners of the World Cup are transnational capital, whether in the West or Qatar, while the real losers are exploited migrant workers and politically suppressed citizens of Qatar and the post-colonial Middle East.
Both sides’ attention to the imaginary savage eastern countries or hypocritical western countries fails to explain the financialization and transnational nature of capitalism in the 21st century, and how it has changed the global political landscape-often combining the East and the West to benefit from the exploited global poor.
Another author, Paul Fogarty, also wrote in jacobin that this year’s World Cup is the epitome of the company taking over football.
Vague slogans are the common language of modern football, which cover up those morally questionable people who run football and profit from it. For example, one of the major English advertisements that have been playing during this World Cup is the advertisement of Hyundai, a Korean automobile manufacturer.
The advertisement combines the rapidly expanding music with the vast mountain scenery and the illusion of racial harmony and universal brotherhood. Steven Gerrard, a former Liverpool captain, told people that sustainable development is the "century goal" of mankind, and his tone was ridiculously cold.
What’s even more ridiculous is that Steven Gerrard’s former English teammate David Beckham directly equates the dreams of young working-class footballers with those of the extremely wealthy adults in Qatar’s bid to host the World Cup. Beckham’s willingness to say these words is easy to explain. It is said that he earned $150 million as an ambassador.
In the author’s view, this morally corrupt World Cup held in Qatar is the latest stage of the degeneration of modern football. Of course, people have been playing football since ancient times, but the British Football Association officially compiled the rules in 1882. Football club has become a source of pride for the local working class, and it is also a simple way to escape on Saturday afternoon. Today, the top clubs in Europe have become the playthings of the super-rich, making football farther and farther away from its popular foundation.
The monarchs in the Gulf region bought three sleeping giants in European competitions, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Newcastle United. These clubs can now control huge amounts of money.
Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain have dominated their domestic leagues in recent years, while Newcastle was only controlled by Saudi Arabia more than a year ago, so it is in the early stage of competing for world hegemony. There seems to be no doubt that all three national clubs are for long-term development. Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup in 2010 and reached an agreement to acquire Paris Saint-Germain six months later. Prior to this, the bid for the World Cup had been planned for many years. Billions have been invested, and countless billions of investments are coming.
When discussing the influence of these clubs on the competition structure, journalists often quote euphemistic phrases such as "soft power" and "sports washing" (used to describe the practice of individuals, groups, companies or governments using sports to improve their reputation damaged by improper behavior, which can be achieved by holding sports events, buying or sponsoring sports teams or participating in sports as a form of publicity). These terms conceal the level of financial fraud, which is unparalleled in modern games as far as Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City are concerned. But UEFA, the European governing body, responded with only the lightest touch of supervision.
Facts have proved that Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City are particularly good at using creative accounting methods to avoid the restrictions on club expenses. The huge "consultant" fee paid to Roberto Mancini, the former head coach of Manchester City, is just one example. Their strategies also include winning praise for reviving dilapidated areas (or investing in real estate, as others say), reaching inflated sponsorship agreements with state institutions, and hiring a team of insanely high lawyers when the football authorities try to impose any form of sanctions on them.
This means that they can diversify their financial interests to meet the arrival of the post-oil era.
Although FIFA and David Beckham have protested feebly that the World Cup can bring a more open society, we only need to look at the recent Russian anti-LGBQT+ legislation to find evidence to the contrary. In view of Qatar’s official World Cup ambassador’s recent declaration that homosexuality is a "mental injury", it seems that journalists should continue to pay attention to this country after playing the last ball on Sunday night.
Bill Shankly’s most famous quip implies that football is not a matter of life and death, but a matter "much more important than this". It is impossible for him to imagine that thousands of people will die in the stadium built for the World Cup, or allow a series of broken promises and cynical political activities, all of which revolve around Qatar in 2022.
"Magic" of Generative Artificial Intelligence
At the moment when the "magic sense" of science and technology is gradually fading, the recent progress in the field of generative AI has aroused widespread and enthusiastic attention. Both the paintings generated by the artificial intelligence image generator DALL-E 2 for free and the chat content generated by the artificial intelligence chat robot ChatGPT have become the objects that people compete to share on social networks. In the midst of a thriving scene, some people have expressed various concerns about this technology. The article "Money Will Kill ChatGPT’s Magic" recently published by Atlantic Monthly thinks that the problem is that these technologies will eventually be used for profit-making purposes.
The article pointed out that ChatGPT is currently free, but Sam Altman, CEO of its development company OpenAI, said, "We will have to monetize it at some point, and the calculation cost is painfully expensive." This company, which is expected to earn US$ 200 million in 2023, is not a charity. Although it was started as a non-profit organization in 2015, it abandoned this status more than three years later and set up a "capped profit" research laboratory supervised by a non-profit board. The company’s supporters have agreed to make no more than 100 times the profit-if your expectation is that its products will take over the global economy one day, this is obviously insignificant. ) Microsoft has injected $1 billion into the company, and it is conceivable that Clippy driven by ChatGPT will regain its vitality.
Offering free trials is an excellent marketing strategy. It is reported that within a few weeks after the re-release, more than 1 million users have used ChatGPT, and OpenAI paid for it. Today, OpenAI is becoming the most successful consumer-oriented artificial intelligence company, just as Netflix is to streaming video and Google is to search, OpenAI may become the leader of deep learning. David Karpf, the author of this article and an associate professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, asked the question: What will happen to the use of these tools when they start to generate profits instead of losses? Will it become a paid subscription product, or will it run advertisements, or will it provide power for new companies that will replace existing industries at lower costs?
Karpf thinks that we can learn from the development track of the early Internet. In his course "History of Digital Future", he will show students the film Hyperland in the 1990s. This "fantasy documentary" depicts a journey to the future being created by multimedia technology experts at that time. In the 1990s, technical experts are committed to developing a set of new tools that will subvert media and education: replacing "linear and non-interactive TV" with customizable and interactive "software agents". This sounds a lot like the algorithm recommendation engine and news subscription that define our digital experience today. The key difference is that the software agents in the film are controlled and customized by the users themselves, while today’s algorithms cater to the needs and interests of the companies that develop and deploy them. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok all try to increase the time you spend on their websites through algorithms. They are designed to serve the interests of the platform rather than the public. As Adrienne LaFrance, executive editor of Atlantic magazine, said, the result is that the architecture of modern network is similar to a doomsday machine.
The article further points out that the future of generative artificial intelligence seems to be an unexplored field, but in fact it is more like a trail in disrepair. This path is not clearly marked, but it has been walked by many people. To put it bluntly, we will live in a future that will provide investors with the greatest return. Now it’s best to stop imagining the possible achievements of tools like ChatGPT when they are used freely and universally, and instead think about which potential uses will maximize the benefits. New markets will emerge over time. For example, in 1998, Google set off a revolution in online search, but at that time, leading online search could not make a lot of money. This technology first needed to become efficient enough to attract people. Since then, Google launched Adwords, an advertising service platform in 2001, and became one of the most profitable companies in history in the following years.
In Karpf’s view, this is the most divorced from reality in the hype of ChatGPT. If history is used as a guide, then tools like ChatGPT will mostly create repercussions in existing industries, rather than subverting them through direct competition. The long-term trend shows that new technologies tend to aggravate instability. Large, high-yield industries usually resist new entrants until they incorporate new technologies into existing workflows. This is the old road we have traveled. In 1993, Michael Crichton declared that The New York Times would be buried within ten years, and it would be replaced by a software agent that provided timely, relevant and personalized news to consumers who were willing to pay. At the end of 2000′ s, massive open online courses were regarded as the emissary of higher education, because from then on, you can watch MIT professors attend classes on laptops and get certificates through online exams without paying tuition fees.
Technical experts often claim that medical care, education and other fields are about to be destroyed, not because these industries are particularly vulnerable to new technologies, but because they are major sectors in the economy. DALL-E 2 may be a great destruction for freelance graphic designers, because the industry is too small and has not been organized to protect itself. The American Bar Association and the health care industry are much more efficient in setting up barriers to entry. ChatGPT will not be the end of the university, but it may be the end of the college homework ghostwriting business; It will not be the end of The New York Times, but it may become another obstacle to the reconstruction of local news. Industries that are connected by freelance piecework may be in big trouble. Experience shows that the more unstable the industry, the greater the risk of being destroyed.
Atman himself imagined in an article entitled "Moore’s Law for Everything" in 2021 that in the near future, professionals in the medical and legal fields will be replaced by artificial intelligence tools: "Within five years, computer programs that can think can read legal documents and give medical advice … We can imagine that artificial intelligence doctors can diagnose health problems better than humans, and artificial intelligence teachers may accurately judge and explain students’ incomprehension. These promises sound very similar to the excitement caused by IBM’s supercomputer Watson more than 10 years ago. In 2011, Watson defeated Ken Jennings in the American quiz show Jeopardy, which set off a wave of speculation that a new era of "big data" had arrived. Watson is praised as a symbol of extensive social change, which will have a fundamental impact on medical care, finance, academics and law. Then the successful business case never appeared. Ten years later, The New York Times reported that Watson had been quietly used for smaller purposes.
Karpf pointed out that the problem with atman’s idea is that even if the computer program can provide accurate medical advice, it still can’t prescribe drugs, make an appointment for radiological examination, or submit documents to persuade insurance companies to pay for it. Medical expenses in the United States are not directly driven by doctors’ salaries. Similarly, the soaring cost of higher education is not driven by the salary increase of professors. He cited the public relations industry as an example, saying that ChatGPT is best at producing cliches, and with a little training, it can find words that are often combined. Most marketing materials are predictable, especially suitable for programs like ChatGPT. But even so, it is hard to imagine that any senior executive would convey such cost-saving measures to the board of directors and shareholders, that is, let a neural network take charge of the company’s advertising work. More likely, ChatGPT will be incorporated into the existing company, so that it can employ fewer employees in the production process, but still charge the original fee.
There are still some questions to be answered, such as how the old and new regulations will affect the development of artificial intelligence. Napster, a music software, was about to completely change music until lawyers intervened. Twitter users have uploaded the generated artificial intelligence image of Mickey Mouse holding a machine gun. Once lawyers and regulators intervene, the development company is likely to get into trouble.
Karpf concluded that with the passage of time, institutions will adapt to new technologies, and new technologies will be incorporated into the huge and complex social system. Every revolutionary new technology will change the existing system and be changed by it. These income patterns will not be clear in a few years, and we have the initiative to influence the development together. That is, where our focus should be. After all, all magic shows have their skills.
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How to make Wandering Earth 2, the first comprehensive word-of-mouth at the box office?


Special feature of 1905 film network "MOSS, can humans survive?"


Liu Peiqiang, who plays the role, asks questions about his soul and pulls the audience back to the vast universe of "wandering earth" in one second.



After a lapse of four years, I returned to the Spring Festival again. As the most anticipated film before screening, I did not live up to expectations. On the first day, I won the championship with 474 million yuan. At present, the cumulative box office has exceeded 1.012 billion yuan (including pre-sales), and the comprehensive word-of-mouth also ranks first in the same period.



Although Wandering Earth 2 tells a prequel story, it has completed a comprehensive upgrade from technology to story, which not only shows the appearance of human beings before the end of the world, but also makes the audience amazed by sci-fi fantasies such as space elevators, the fall of space stations and the nuclear explosion of the moon.


This wandering "little broken ball" is still the light of China’s science fiction!



In an exclusive interview with 1905 Film Network, the director also bluntly said that the sequel has made visible progress in visual effects, art and props, and 90% of them are China’s team behind the scenes, which makes him feel proud.


How to establish the world outlook of 200,000 words in the film, what unforgettable moments are there in cooperation with Jason Wu and other big coffee houses, and what about by going up one flight of stairs in production? Listen to director Frant Gwo’s all-round interpretation of the Spring Festival explosion "Wandering Earth 2".



Talk about the world outlook

Continue Chinese romantic science fiction


In the Spring Festival of 2019, the film started an adventure journey, and with a saturated rescue that touched the world, the audience felt the energy and vision of China’s science fiction, and won 4.68 billion box office, ranking second in the box office of film history.



Zhu Yu came first. In the creation of the sequel, Frant Gwo chose another way to tell the previous story, focusing on the survival choices faced by mankind before the doomsday disaster first came and the earth began to "wander".


The reason for this is that on the one hand, the "Guo Jing Qian Fan" group hopes to cooperate again and continue Liu Peiqiang’s life in another form.


"In the first part, Teacher Jason Wu gave us a lot of selfless help. I am full of gratitude to him and hope to add the ins and outs of Liu Peiqiang’s role."



On the other hand, The Wandering Earth’s first film shows only the tip of the iceberg of a huge world outlook, and there is still a lot of room to be explored, such as the differences and oppositions in human society before the formal implementation of the plan, which have become the driving force for the team to create a prequel.


In Frant Gwo’s view, the most important thing in science fiction films is the establishment of world outlook. In order to make the settings, props and details in Wandering Earth 2 more authentic, he and his team built a world view of up to 200,000 words.


"According to the library taxonomy, including social sciences, natural sciences, etc., under the guidance of experts from different departments and disciplines of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, all aspects of the world will be presented."



When describing the current crisis of human beings, Wandering Earth 2 boldly introduced the concepts of meta-universe, digital life, artificial intelligence and so on.


In what form should we continue human civilization in the countdown to the end? Become the suspense and thinking left by the film to the audience.


Guo Fanru explained: "In the whole development process of science fiction films, the relationship between people and technology is the biggest motif. Since technology is invented by us, it will bring us a lot of convenience, but at the same time, it is also very likely to bite us and even redefine what human beings are. With the development of technology, these topics are not only science fiction topics, but also more and more realistic topics. "



In The Wandering Earth, the core setting of "Wandering with Home" is full of the unique homeland complex of Chinese civilization, and it is known as Chinese romantic science fiction. In the sequel, Frant Gwo also continued and expanded this Chinese expression.


Not only does it have the feelings of home and country and the idea of community of human destiny from a macro perspective, but it also tries to dig deep into the "heart" to make the Chinese concept of family and affection become the emotional driving force of the film.



"At the beginning, Liu Peiqiang is paying homage to his parents. The image of burning paper is very traditional and China. We mourn in this way, and often say that we will meet again in the sky one day. At the end of the film, through technology, we really return to the place where we miss each other and meet the people we miss, which forms a correspondence," Frant Gwo explained.


For this reason, when the actors talk about Wandering Earth 2, they always describe it as a "warm" science fiction movie. This is also Frant Gwo’s creative pursuit. "Science fiction is just a coat, and the core is always emotion. The ideal movie in my mind should be warm. I hope everyone can get encouragement and warmth in the imaginary world created by movies. "



Talk about actors

Different Jason Wu and Andy Lau


Four years ago, Lieutenant Colonel Liu Peiqiang, played by Jason Wu, sacrificed himself and lit Jupiter, which left a deep impression on the audience. In the sequel, we see more about Liu Peiqiang’s emotional side as a husband and father besides the hero’s design.


Guo Fanru explained: "He is especially like a fireman who goes to the fire. If he doesn’t wear that outfit, he is an ordinary person, but when the crisis comes, he chooses to stand up to protect his family and retrograde in the stream of people, he is a hero."



Different from the action star image in previous impressions, Jason Wu’s performance this time is also more delicate and tender. Even Guo Fan frequently praised Jason Wu’s "Literary Drama", which left him many touching moments on the set.


"What impressed me the most was a scene in which Jing Ge peeled an apple. After he gave the apple to the child, he would put the apple skin in his mouth and eat it, and he had to block it from his family with his hand. This action came from Jing Ge’s own life experience, which suddenly showed his father’s love for his son in an era when fruits were scarce."



If Jason Wu’s sense of contrast comes from literary drama, Andy Lau, another leading actor, subverts Frant Gwo’s perception of his "superstar". "He is completely different from the superstar state you imagined in your mind before. He is a very kind person. Everyone is in the state of’ big family’ at the scene, eating together and creating together."



Especially in that difficult water play, Andy Lau had to wear a diving suit of several tens of pounds and sink into the water 8 meters deep over and over again. Because there was an accident underwater, Andy Lau had an instinctive fear of water, but he insisted on not using body double, and went into battle in person, and he was more considerate of the staff everywhere.


"If you are uncomfortable, people around you will be very stressed, so he just endured and kept saying that there is no problem, but it is actually very problematic."



When it comes to dedication, I have to mention another starring role in Wandering Earth 2 — — .


He plays Zhou Zhezhi, the Chinese representative of the coalition government. This role may not have many scenes, but he made sufficient preparations for it, watched a lot of documentaries, and referred to the speeches of China’s representatives to the United Nations, which led to hit the floor’s "China Declaration" in the film.


"Zhou Zhezhi represents national power, which is very abstract. But teacher Xue Jian’s performance really put this belief in front of you. "



Talk about production

20,000 people build the "ceiling" of China film industry.


The space elevator across Wan Li, the giant space station falling from the sky, and the raging waves ……


Behind every visual spectacle in Wandering Earth 2 is the result of the cooperation of the behind-the-scenes team of 20,000 people, fighting day and night.


Frant Gwo also admitted that compared with the first film, the progress of Wandering Earth 2 in visual effects, art and props is visible to the naked eye, and he is even more proud that 90% of the special effects team is Chinese!



"Reality" has always been a major feature of The Wandering Earth series, and it was also upgraded in the second part. It is reported that the real-life studio area of Wandering Earth 2 is 10 times larger than that of the first film, reaching 1 million square meters, equivalent to 126 football fields.


Frant Gwo said that sticking to the "real scene" as much as possible is to provide the actors with an immersive feeling, which can’t be replaced by any advanced special effects. "An actor’s performance can come from his real perception, which is naturally the best."



Another set of figures shows that Wandering Earth 2 has a total of 5,310 conceptual design drawings, 95,000 costumes and props, more than 3,000 visual effects shots, and nearly 1,000 facial visual effects shots. How to plan such a huge asset as a whole is behind the great strides in the industrialization of domestic films.


In the production of props, the team used a lot of cutting-edge technologies such as 3D printing, digital lathes and laser engraving, so that props such as spacesuits and precision instruments can be mass-produced.



At the level of special effects production, Wandering Earth 2 not only sorts out a set of production management processes involving thousands of shots, but also pushes up the ceiling of biological special effects of domestic films. "The most difficult visual effect is not the visual spectacle that breaks the earth, but actually making a person."


The time span of Wandering Earth 2 has reached several decades. How to show the appearance changes of characters in different periods requires a complex model system, which combines the learning content of artificial intelligence with the actors’ actual performances to ensure the authenticity of each micro-expression. This has made Jason Wu and Andy Lau, which are talked about by many audiences.



In the cast of Wandering Earth 2, there is also a group of special staff, who are interns from Beijing Film Academy. Their main task is to record the mistakes and problems in the work of various departments, and finally organize them into a thick "wrong collection".


Frant Gwo said that the four years of Wandering Earth 2 is a process of trial and error, and they also hope to become "pathfinders" in the industry, and sort out a set of effective industrial production processes and methods with "mistakes" to promote the industrialization level of the whole industry.



"I believe that I will see the blue sky again, and flowers are covered with branches." This is a touching line in Wandering Earth 2. In Frant Gwo’s view, there will be blue sky and flowers on the road ahead of China’s sci-fi.


"The establishment of domestic sci-fi film types requires the accumulation of one film after another, so I am very pleased to see that not only The Wandering Earth, but also such films appear, and they all have their own breakthroughs. Only when such sci-fi films appear one by one can China sci-fi films be established!"



On the eve of the release of Wandering Earth 2, Frant Gwo continued the tradition of the first film and also wrote a letter to his beloved "Little Broken Ball":"Let’s go, son, rush out and go to the world! You are our pride! "


The new generation of IVECO is launched

A new generation of IVECO Daily

A few days ago, at the "2017 China International Commercial Vehicle Exhibition" held in Wuhan, Nanjing IVECO held a new generation of IVECO DAILY launch conference. It is reported that the technology and concept of the new generation of IVECO has broken the innovative thinking of conventional car building, and the technology is synchronized with Europe. It is a cost-effective multi-functional commercial vehicle in all fields.

It is understood that the new generation of IVECO is developed and produced based on the concept of "platform", and has carried out special projects according to the market environment and actual needs of users. Yang Junhu, general manager of Nanjing IVECO, said: "We have expanded 34 professional-grade commercial vehicle application technologies, with 59 basic models, suitable for passenger and cargo use, professional modification and logistics transportation, while taking into account business travel and commuting, which can meet thousands of modification plans."

It is reported that the launch of the new generation of IVECO will complement the existing product line of Nanjing IVECO, forming a complete and rich product matrix with the new generation of IVECO DAILY leading the high-end market, POWER DAILY focusing on the high-end market and TURBO DAILY for the low-end market. At present, IVECO has delivered 580,000 light commercial vehicles in China.

It is also understood that the new generation of Iveco Daily was built by Nanjing Iveco in the new world-class commercial vehicle manufacturing base Iveco Qiaolin factory with the full support of SAIC Motor Group and CNH Industrial. In 2018, new models such as the new generation of Iveco Daily new energy, 8AT, and coach will be launched and exported to Europe simultaneously. (Ma Xiaolan)

Luo Jianhui: Establishing Integrated Thinking and Striving for Four Breakthroughs

Luo Jianhui, Director of the Network Department of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, attended the event and delivered a speech.

Luo Jianhui, Director of the Network Department of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, attended the event and delivered a speech.

  On the morning of December 1st, the 5th China Internet Audio-visual Conference held a new audio-visual innovation summit with the theme of "seizing opportunities in transformation and upgrading". Luo Jianhui, director of the Network Department of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, attended the event and delivered a speech. He put forward his own views on how to build a new mainstream media, do a good job in positive publicity, spread positive energy and create a "new vision".

  The following is the full text of Luo Jianhui’s speech:

  At the 5th China Network Audiovisual Conference.

  Speech at "New Vision Innovation Summit"

  (December 1, 2017)

  Luo Jianhui

  It’s a great pleasure to meet you again at the annual China Internet Audio-visual Conference. Yesterday, I listened to Minister Tian’s keynote speech. I will work with you to further study, implement and implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and promote the network audio-visual to fulfill its new mission, take new responsibilities and show new weather and new actions in the new era. The theme of today’s summit is "New Vision Innovation — — Seize the opportunity in the transformation and upgrading ",attended by representatives from mainstream media, network audio-visual institutions, technology companies, film and television companies and other aspects. Whether for traditional mainstream media or new audio-visual media, innovation is an eternal theme. Facing the new era and new requirements, how to accelerate the deep integration of traditional mainstream media and create new mainstream media; How the network audio-visual institutions can play a position and role matching their influence in positive publicity and positive energy dissemination, and how to further innovate content, technology and mode to create a "new vision" are all worthy of our in-depth discussion. Let me talk about some experiences for your reference.

  First, we must further establish deep integration thinking. Radio and television and network audio-visual programs have the same essence, the same function and the same mission. Since the birth of radio and television, our vision and mission is to provide colorful, healthy and progressive audio-visual services for the people. No matter how diverse the communication channels, means and ways are, the nature, attributes and mission of audio-visual media have not changed. The evolution of media and the development of technology are all meeting people’s needs step by step and showing respect for people. We often talk about "big screen" and "small screen". Generally speaking, "big screen" pays more attention to meeting people’s common and more popular needs, and satisfies people’s desire to "sit around and watch" and communicate and share on the spot; "Small screen" can better meet people’s personalized and diversified needs, so that the audience has a more private, personalized and unique space. "Big screen" is not equal to "TV", and new audio-visual media is not necessarily a "small screen". With the development of technology, the integration of traditional media and new media will be further enhanced, and the boundaries will be more blurred. All means can do the integration business. Therefore, we have no reason to look down on the prospect of TV, because TV is not static in technology and communication mode, and it has been developing and evolving constantly.Now the essence of network audio-visual program service is the media service in the form of radio and television. We should recognize this, understand this and accept this. In this way, on the basis of adhering to the standard mission, we can further strengthen the concept of integrated development, and constantly meet and expand people’s new expectations for beautiful audio-visual enjoyment through new channels and forms.

  Second, we should make further breakthroughs in content innovation. Content is our core advantage and the real expectation of the audience. With the continuous development and progress of technology, people expect to enjoy healthier, better quality, more diversified and personalized program content through audio-visual new media. The general secretary once said that "one set of words can’t satisfy everyone, and one tone can’t be sung all over the world" and "a theme should have multiple communication methods". In terms of content production, both traditional mainstream media and emerging media have the problem of insufficient development imbalance. Compared with the content production of traditional communication channels, the "Internet expression" ability of new media content products produced by mainstream media is still short, and the "sense of the times" should be further improved; Compared with the high coverage and arrival rate of new media, commercial audio-visual websites have not played a full role in positive publicity, and there is still much room for improvement in consciously cooperating with major theme publicity and strengthening the creation of original online programs. In the field of audio-visual services, whether it is a big screen or a small screen, the transfer cost of users is very low. Where the good content is, users will go. Regardless of traditional media or emerging media, we should give full play to our advantages, put in more efforts, make full and strong features and high-quality content, build brands and provide high-quality, healthy and popular content products for different groups of audiences.

  Third, we should make further breakthroughs in technological innovation. Radio and television is the product of technological progress, and network audio-visual is one of the most active technical fields of innovation. From the "one-to-many" communication of traditional radio and television, to the communication modes including search and interactive functions such as Internet audio-visual programs and Internet television, and to the continuous evolution and deepening of video services and interaction in the era of mobility, socialization and intelligence, the audio-visual field is welcoming a broader new era. It is necessary to closely track and be good at using new technologies such as ultra-high definition, big data and cloud computing to provide strong support for the innovative development of network audiovisual. Internet is not only the connection between people, but also the connection between people and things, things and things. We are welcoming the arrival of the Internet of Things. Facing the online expression of the physical world, video has a great space to play its role.

  Fourth, we should make further breakthroughs in institutional innovation. The general secretary said, "The key to integration and development lies in integration." System and mechanism are the guarantee of integrated development, and we must adapt to the needs of deep media integration and establish integrated system and mechanism. We should be brave enough to break through the small pattern of resources and interests of the original departments, establish the concept of integrated development, and realize the comprehensive and effective integration of various media resources and production factors. It is necessary to establish an interconnected platform for content planning, collection, storage, production and distribution, and realize the sharing and integration of information content, technology applications, platform terminals and talent teams. Talent is the foundation of innovation, and the essence of innovation drive is talent drive. It is necessary to further explore the establishment of a more flexible talent management mechanism, strengthen distribution incentives, and give full play to the positive performance of leading talents and innovative talents.

  Fifth, we must strive for a breakthrough in win-win cooperation in the industrial chain. With the increasing influence of the scale of network audio-visual, from broadcasting platform, creative production of content, production of intelligent terminals, interactive marketing to user community, the network audio-visual industry is forming an industrial chain that connects upstream and downstream and aggregates resources of all parties. How to build a more vibrant, dynamic and efficient network audio-visual ecology, so that the upstream and downstream can further cooperate closely and share a win-win situation, which has a strong motivation, but compared with the ideal, there is a big gap, and we must work together to further explore and innovate.

  I’m going to tell you so much, and I hope to listen to your insights next. Thank you!

The opening of the 8th Beijing International Film Festival is just around the corner, and it is hard to get a ticket for the screening units and popular films.

CCTV News:On the 15th of this month, the 8th Beijing International Film Festival is about to open, and it is hard to get a ticket for screening units and popular films. This year, there are nearly 100 post-screening exchanges and academic salons in Beijing International Film Festival, which is the largest in history. The depth, academic nature and influence of the screening units of Beijing International Film Festival are also constantly improving. It is reported that there are 7 members of the jury of the Tiantan Award, including Wong Kar-wai, a famous director and screenwriter from China, as the chairman of the jury, and six filmmakers, including rob cohen, a famous American director and screenwriter, Duan Long, a famous China actor and Shu Qi, as the judges, and jointly selected 10 awards of the Tiantan Award.

Poster of the 8th Beijing International Film Festival

The film Rain Boots of Wangza, directed by 29-year-old Tibetan director La Huajia, is the opening film of Mandarin Film Unit of the 8th Beijing International Film Festival, which is full of childlike interest. In February this year, this film was also selected as a new generation competition unit of Berlin International Film Festival. This screening at Beijing International Film Festival is the first time to meet domestic audiences.

Wangzhade rain boots

Screenshot: The movie "Wangza’s Rain Boots"

Audience:After watching the movie, people will also have a desire to express, or you want to have a desire to communicate. Of course, if the creator himself is there, I think this is the best opportunity.

Director of "Wangza’s Rain Boots" Lahua Jia:I think it is very necessary to communicate with the audience. Especially literary films, after communicating with the audience, we can further understand this work.

There are 80 post-screening exchange activities like this during the film festival, including 43 domestic films. According to the setting of this year’s screening unit, academic lectures such as 40 Years of Fanghua: Looking Back on the Fifth Generation, and A Hundred Years of Chinese in female directors from 1916 were also arranged. This is a more academic activity than post-screening communication.

Celebrate the 8th Beijing International Film Festival with more than 500,000 flowers.

Celebrate the 8th Beijing International Film Festival with more than 500,000 flowers.

Shadan, curator of the screening unit of Beijing International Film Festival:All the professors in our university were invited, including some professionals in film creation, such as directors, to have a relatively in-depth exchange with you in the past.