Xiaodu’s new products continue, and a variety of products rank first in the industry

  On August 22, Beijing time, Baidu released its unaudited financial report for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023. In the second quarter of 2023, Baidu achieved revenue of 34.10 billion yuan, an increase of 15% year-on-year; net profit attributable to Baidu (Non-GAAP) reached 8 billion yuan, a significant increase of 44% year-on-year, exceeding market expectations.

  Among them, the smart technology brand Xiaodu, as an important business segment of Baidu’s "AI Life", continues to maintain a strong growth trend. According to data released by IDC and Canalys, Xiaodu ranked first in China’s smart screen and smart speaker shipments in Quarter 1 of 2023. In the second quarter, Xiaodu’s smart screen/smart speaker sales and sales also achieved double growth, up 31.58% and 10.19% year-on-year respectively.

  In addition, Xiaodu launched a number of new products in the first half of the year, continuously strengthening the brand’s innovation DNA.

  New species Plant grass on the whole network, and add girlfriend machines to develop "new categories"

  In March this year, Xiaodu dug deep into the pain points of users’ home scenes and launched a "walking" 27-inch all-round oversized tablet aimed at people who pursue quality life. The product integrates flat-screen, TV, fitness mirror, learning machine, and oversized speakers, which can move freely. It also has multiple functions such as Xiaodu AI voice interaction, watching movies and chasing dramas, AI fitness, Karaoke, and office online classes. Once released, it quickly "came out of the circle", triggering a large number of grass planting. On Douyin and Xiaohongshu, the content about adding a girlfriend machine once formed a trend of screen swiping, and the topic of Douyin alone was played more than 700 million times. It is understood that the Tiantian girlfriend machine has been on sale for only two months, and sales have exceeded 100 million.

  New products face "most volume" 618, Xiaodu smart screen X9 topsHot SaleGolden List

  This year’s 618 was recognized as the "most volume in history" 618. Major e-commerce platforms and brands invested the most and strived to hand over high scores. Xiaodu smart screen X9 was officially launched on June 1. It participated in the battle on the eve of the battle. Just three weeks after its listing, it topped the gold list of TikTok portable speakers as a dark horse.

  In addition to fully inheriting the core functions of Xiaodu smart screen, Xiaodu smart screen X9 adopts a horizontal rotating camera gimbal in the hardware configuration, which can realize 360 ° panoramic horizontal field of view and 120 ° ultra-wide-angle field of view, and supports infrared night vision function. In terms of software, Xiaodu smart screen X9 fully upgrades the core functions of "go home and see", "care assistant", "video call" and other core functions that users value most. The software and hardware integrate to achieve 24-hour all-round and convenient home care.

  United Gaosi Intensive Farming FamilyStudy CounselingXiaodu continues to promote educational inclusion

  In July this year, Xiaodu officially announced a deep cooperation with Gaosi Education, a well-known educational institution, and jointly launched a new educational hardware product, the Z20 Plus Gaosi Deluxe Edition of Xiaodu Optical Eye Protection Learning. The product integrates Gaosi’s strong teaching staff, refined layered teaching system, and high-quality courses covering all aspects from preschool enlightenment to senior high school entrance examination sprints. It complements Xiaodu’s innovative AI teaching methods, eye protection, habit formation, and parental control based on the Baidu ERNIE Bot model. It can provide children with more comprehensive learning coaching solutions, so that primary school students across the country can learn Gaosi lessons. According to official data, the product has been online for only one month, and the sales of the Douyin platform have exceeded 100 million.

  In addition, Xiaodu also invited Gao Siai Learning Vice President, Peking University Psychology Professor, and experts in early childhood education to jointly develop the "1234 Effective Counseling Method" for parents. By "identifying the first responsible person", "determining 2 learning directions", "cultivating 3 major abilities", and "adopting a 4-step plan", combined with Xiaodu Learning’s tablet Gaosi version of teaching content and functions, it provides practical help for family learning counseling, and at the same time cooperates with parents to cultivate children’s good learning habits.

  Whether it is in the field of home infotainment or youth education, Xiaodu always insists on providing consumers with more convenient and warmer services through its own AI technology capabilities and innovative product concepts. With the arrival of the big model era, Xiaodu will continue to accelerate the brand vision of "creating a ubiquitous artificial intelligence assistant", using technology to make life more convenient and better.

The Xiaomi Mi 14 Ultra series was released in Beijing, and the "whole ecology of people, cars and homes" was in full swing

        On February 22, Xiaomi held a Xiaomi Mi 14 Ultra series product launch conference in Beijing. This conference officially released the professional imaging flagship Mi 14 Ultra, as well as Xiaomi tablet 6S Pro 12.4, Redmi Book Pro 2024 series, professional-grade e-sports display Redmi display G Pro 27 and other "people, cars and home all-ecological" category flagships.
 
         Xiaomi, people and cars
 
 AI + mobile phone, imaging platform access to large model
 
According to Lu Weibing, partner and president of Xiaomi Group, the brand-new professional imaging flagship Xiaomi 14 Ultra is an epoch-making work that integrates imaging "new level" and advanced "hard technology" with Yu Dacheng. It uses the new top-level Leica Summilux optical lens system, the industry’s first AI large-scale model computational photography platform Xiaomi AISP, and invites Zhang Yimou as the chief consultant of imaging to jointly discuss imaging standards, and the imaging capabilities span all directions. At the same time, the first solid and reliable Xiaomi Dragon armor architecture, the industry’s highest silicon content and highest energy density Xiaomi Jinsha River battery, and two-way satellite communication with a new breakthrough in scene-based experience usher in a leap-forward upgrade of hard technology. 
 
            Xiaomi, Zhang Yimou
 
Since this conference, Xiaomi has no longer only released individual flagship new products, but has continued to release advanced intelligent experiences that integrate the complete scene of "people and cars". The new products released at the same time, such as Xiaomi tablet 6S Pro12.4 and Redmi Book Pro 2024, are all equipped with Xiaomi Surging OS, and the interconnection ability of Inter-App communications has been greatly improved.

Lu Weibing said that behind the first "people, cars and family ecology" conference in Xiaomi’s history is not only the release of new products, but also a new breakthrough in Xiaomi’s cognitive, technological and strategic progress, which has brought Xiaomi’s own and the industry’s evolution to a new level.

 
It is reported that the Xiaomi Mi 14 Ultra will be officially sold on February 27, with two-way satellite communication as standard, priced at 6,499 yuan, and the titanium special edition priced at 8,799 yuan; the Xiaomi Mi 14 Pro titanium special edition also launched a satellite communication version priced at 6,999 yuan; the Redmi Book Pro 2024 14-inch price starts at 4,999 yuan, the 16-inch price starts at 5,999 yuan, the Xiaomi Mi tablet 6S Pro12.4 price starts at 3,299 yuan, and the Redmi display G Pro 27 price starts at 1999 yuan, all of which were officially launched on February 22. All the above flagship phones and tablets support Wi-Fi 7, and Xiaomi is also continuously deploying Wi-Fi 7 routers. Xiaomi has fully entered the Wi-Fi 7 era.
 
In fact, before the official release of the Mi 14 Ultra, Xiaomi announced the joint establishment of the "Mi x Leica Optics Research Institute" with Leica Camera. The Mi 14 Ultra was upgraded from the previous image brain to become the first AI large-model computational photography platform Xiaomi AISP. By fully integrating the CPU, GPU, NPU and ISP computing power, the platform can achieve a computing power of 60 TOPS, providing "super capture" and "super negative" functions.
 
Xu Fei, vice-president of Xiaomi China, said at the press conference: "Xiaomi Mi 14 Ultra also applies AIGC technology to the field of computational photography for the first time, supporting AI super zoom. This function intervenes when the user shoots in the early stage, and directly shoots the AI-processed 100x digital zoom photo."
 
It is reported that the Xiaomi Mi 14 Ultra has a four-camera module, with six focal lengths and unlimited recording function of 8K video full focal length. The main camera uses the second-generation one-inch 50 million pixel sensor "Light Pre-LYT-900" provided by Sony Semiconductor. The sensor was previously launched by the OPPO Find X7 series mobile phone.
 
It is worth mentioning that a series of advanced process innovations of Xiaomi Mi 14 Ultra have completed key verification in the newly put into production Xiaomi Mobile Phone Smart Factory. It is Xiaomi’s first smart factory with a true large-scale production capacity, with an annual production capacity of tens of millions of flagship mobile phones. At the same time, the self-research rate of group testing and packaging equipment in the factory has reached 96.8%, and the self-research rate of the software system of the overall factory has reached 100%. Combined with advanced technologies such as IOT, 5G, cloud computing, big data, AI, etc., Xiaomi Mobile Phone Smart Factory has been fully automated and digitized. Such advanced capabilities allow it to meet more stringent and diverse manufacturing process requirements faster.
 
Lu Weibing said that Xiaomi has obtained more than 5,900 authorized patents in the field of communications, with more than 14,000 patents in the application process. Among the authorized patents in the past three years, invention patents account for 95%.
 
 
2024 will be the year when Xiaomi’s "people, cars, and family ecology" are in full swing
 
In 2023, Xiaomi ushered in a leap-forward moment and achieved significant growth in performance.
 
Among them, the shipment of smart phones for 14 consecutive quarters ranked among the top three in the world, forming a stable three-pronged pattern with Apple and Samsung; high-end leap-forward growth, Xiaomi 14 series first sales in the 4K-6K price range to obtain 38% market share, driving Xiaomi to return to the first place in the Chinese market in Q4 last year; released the world’s first "people and cars all ecological" operating system Xiaomi Surging OS, the number of connected devices in the world has reached 823 million; Xiaomi SU7 debut, bringing the world’s leading large die-casting technology, super motor and a series of self-developed hard core innovation, "people and cars all ecological" officially complete closed loop.
 
 Lei Jun, founder, chairperson and CEO of Xiaomi Group, said that Xiaomi did the most important three things in 2023: one is to clarify the 2020-2030 new decade goal, that is, continue to invest in the underlying core technology, and strive to become a new generation of global hard core technology leader; the second is to clarify the new strategy of Xiaomi Group, that is, "people, cars and the whole ecology", and also clarify the six sub-strategies of high-end strategy, industrial capability leadership strategy, OS strategy, AI strategy, chip strategy, and new retail strategy; the third is to explain Xiaomi’s cultural values.
 
At this press conference, Xiaomi notebooks, Xiaomi tablets and other businesses have launched flagship products, and all of them are equipped with Xiaomi Surging OS immediately after leaving the factory, providing advanced intelligent experience throughout the complete scene of "people and cars". As more new members carry Xiaomi Surging OS, active and connected advanced experiences will cover more and more scenarios.
 
            Xiaomi chip
 
For example, the new Redmi Book Pro 2024 is based on the underlying capabilities of Xiaomi Surging OS, bringing a better Inter-App communications experience, application circulation experience and Windows/Android ecological integration experience. In addition, the full introduction of "AI dynamic performance scheduling technology" on the mobile phone has made a qualitative leap in notebook battery life. At the same time, Xiaomi tablet 6S Pro12.4 is equipped with Xiaomi Surging OS when it leaves the factory. The combination of software and hardware brings a huge leap in experience, which increases the fluency of multi-window use by 34% and reduces power consumption by 12%. As an important part of the "whole ecology of people, cars and homes", the Mi tablet 6S Pro12.4 can be paired with the Mi SU7 to achieve car-machine interconnection, plug and play in the back seat, connect to the car Wi-Fi, automatically evoke the car control interface, and bring the innovative experience of the native car.
 
Lu Weibing said that 2024 will be the year when Xiaomi’s "people, cars, and home ecology" is fully launched. Under the strategy of "people, cars, and home ecology", Xiaomi will comprehensively lead through advanced technology and advanced experience, and Xiaomi Surging OS will fully open up the three major scenarios of people, cars, and homes, drive the industrial chain, and create a super intelligent ecosystem that is people-centered and actively serves people.
 
It is reported that on the evening of February 25, Xiaomi will hold a global press conference in Barcelona, officially launching Xiaomi’s "people, cars and families all ecological" strategy overseas and Xiaomi’s surging OS, and Xiaomi’s 14 Ultra will also be released globally for the first time.
 
 

The national industrial Internet platform empowers Deepin to launch in Nanjing, and Caos helps build a data space ecological chain

On May 10-11, supported by the Information Technology Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Industrial Internet Platform Empowering Deepin Bank (inaugural event · Nanjing) conference was held in Jiangning, sponsored by the China Institute of Information and Communications Technology and the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology. The conference focused on the theme of "platform empower, work together for a win-win situation". Han Xia, chief engineer of MIIT, attended the forum and delivered speeches. Representatives of local industry and information technology authorities, subordinate institutions, industry experts, and leading enterprises attended the meeting.

CAOS COSMOPlat was invited to attend the conference as a key domestic industrial Internet platform. Xie Haiqin, deputy general manager of Haier CAOS IoT Ecological Technology Co., Ltd., attended the launch ceremony and congratulated the launch of the "Industrial Data Space · Ecological Chain" partner plan. Hu Jin, deputy general manager of Haier Digital Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., delivered a keynote speech entitled "From the Integration of the Two Networks to Promote the High-Quality Development of Enterprises", and had in-depth dialogues with platform enterprises and industry users to explore the strategy of deeply empowering the Industrial Internet.

Work together for a win-win situation to build an industrial data space ecological chain

Data is the lifeblood of the Industrial Internet, and the industrial data space is the infrastructure for data to flow across organizations. MIIT also made it clear in the new three-year action plan that it supports enterprises, institutions, industrial organizations, etc. to establish industrial data spaces in key industries. By 2023, promote the Industrial Internet data sharing initiative and explore the establishment of industrial data spaces in no less than three key industries.

In this context, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology has joined forces with more than 30 enterprises and universities to jointly create industrial data trusted sharing technology architecture standards and solutions, and took this conference as an opportunity to officially release the "Industrial Data Space · Ecological Chain" partner plan to build a solid foundation for enterprise digital transformation.

As a co-sponsor of the "Industrial Data Space · Ecological Chain" partnership program, COSMOPlat will work with various partners to continuously improve the industrial data space technology solution and productization, cooperate to promote the application of industrial data space in more scenarios, and at the same time, also face practical work needs, explore a variety of industrial data space business models for sharing, trading, and equivalent exchange.

In fact, as early as in cooperation with the European Cloud and Data Association (Gaia-X), COSMOPlat complemented the implementation architecture and best practices of data sovereignty through mass customization models, and began to explore the establishment, formation, implementation and growth of digital ecosystems, to promote the cross-industry and cross-field transnational application of digital space, and further enhance the international voice over Chinese enterprises in the field of industrial Internet.

Deeply cultivating the Yangtze River Delta, deeply empowering across industries and regions

The construction of the data space ecological chain is an innovative exploration of production factors and business models in the Internet of Things era, especially in the face of differentiated user requests and experiences in different scenarios, enterprises need to change the traditional model, with the help of the Internet, big data, etc. to achieve from production to consumption to consumption to production.

As the relevant person in charge of COSMOPlat mentioned at the forum, the integration of consumer Internet and industrial Internet is the second half of the spiral integration of the Internet economy and the real economy, and it is also the inevitable development of the economy. Among them, the consumer Internet is the demand side, the industrial Internet is the supply side, and the mass customization model is the link between the two networks.

Based on the exploration of the mass customization model centered on user experience, COSMOPlat is based on the pain points of the industry and provides a full-process empower solution for the digital transformation of enterprises. It not only empowers across industries, but also builds 15 industry ecosystems such as molds and chemicals. Through cross-regional deep empower, it has realized the replication and promotion of empower results in 7 regions across the country and 20 countries around the world.

In the practice of empowering the Yangtze River Delta region, COSMOPlat has undertaken the national intelligent manufacturing strategy, from the Loki G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor to taking root in Shanghai and deepening the industry, from the implementation of regional layout of "one core and two wings" to the coordinated development of "three provinces and one city", and has always been steady and steady.

Today, COSMOPlat has provided innovative practices and empowered landing for many industries in the Yangtze River Delta region, such as medical and health care, automobile manufacturing, heavy industry machinery, etc., covering a number of key tasks such as logo analysis construction, advantageous platform construction, and industrial ecological cultivation in the Yangtze River Delta G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, driving the rapid development of the "engine" of the Yangtze River Delta.

In the future, COSMOPlat will continue to deeply cultivate the practice of cross-industry and cross-regional empowering the industrial Internet platform, solidly promote the construction of industrial data space and the landing of scene applications, empower the depth of the platform, and help enterprises strengthen the comprehensive competitiveness based on the industrial Internet, thereby enhancing the level and strength of intelligent manufacturing in our country.