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After Samsung last year with the Exynos 990 the displeasure of many Gamer attracted and often talked about the low point in the chip development of the South Korean company, they want to get back with Qualcomm with the Exynos 1080 and Co. draw level. Already at 12. Comprehensive information on the 5G-capable chip is to be published on November 1st. Use in the upcoming Vivo X 60 is also considered secured. Unofficial benchmarks are already showing surprisingly good results.

The information already available includes, for example, production in the 5 nm process, as with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 or the Apple A 14, or the Kirin – 9000 – Chip. For this purpose there should be four Cortex-A 78 – cores that are supported by one Mali-G 78 GPU are supported. After the release in the Vivo X 60 the processor will probably be in a A number of other devices and especially in their own smartphones are used.

However, it should be noted that the successor chip of the Exynos 990 is more of a midrange SoC. The actual premium model, the Exynos 2100 should be 2021 give. This has modified Cortex-X1 cores and will be in the Galaxy-S 21 – series to the competitor Snapdragon 875. A release can be expected quite early next year.

Huawei’s operations face great difficulties following the latest US ban, that cut access to chip supply. Now according to Financial Times, the Shenzhen company is now preparing its own chipset plant (instead of relying on TSMC) that will run on behalf of the in-house R&D business and will be backed by the local government.

It will initially be able to only manufacture 45nm chipsets that were initially introduced back in 2007.

Earlier this year Richard Yu, CEO of the consumer business group at Huawei, revealed the company can no longer make its own chips, meaning it has to start from square one. The FT report said 28nm chipsets will be manufactured by the end of 2021 – such platforms are useful for IoT devices; by 2022 Huawei will eventually be able to yield 20nm chips that would be useful for the 5G base station business.

The Chinese company is highly unlikely to get any smartphone-worthy chips from its new factory in the next few years and a 5nm process technology is wishful thinking at best. However, latest reports indicate that Qualcomm might be able to get a license and supply the Chinese giant.

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Oppo is launching the K7x smartphone on Wednesday, November 4, and initially, the company revealed this device will have a big battery. Now the phone with model number PDM00 appeared on Geekbench with a Dimensity 720 5G chipset, while a new official Weibo post unveiled an LCD panel with a 90Hz refresh rate.

The benchmarked unit had 8GB RAM which is rather impressive for an entry-level handset. We can also see it will come with Android 10 out of the box which is likely with ColorOS 7 on top.

The official post also said the K7x will have a 180Hz touch sampling rate for minimizing input lag and it confirms a single punch hole in the upper left corner, while the fingerprint scanner is on the right – the volume rocker is nowhere to be seen and is likely going to be on the left side of the phone.

The phone has allegedly appeared on TENAA with a 5,000 mAh battery, 6.5” screen with Full HD+ resolution. The camera island brings four shooters with a 48MP main unit and a single LED flash. Everything will be confirmed in two days when we’ll also learn the pricing and availability of this Oppo K7x 5G smartphone.

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Apple’s new iPhone 12 lineup used the relatively calm week to reinforce its grip on our trending chart.

The iPhone 12 Pro Max keeps its lead, while the 12 Pro and 12 rejoin it on the podium after the Mate 40 hype died down a bit.

The OnePlus Nord N10 5G was the clearly the most significant announcement of the week, shooting up to fourth, while the N100, which debuted alongside it didn’t make the top 10.

The Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ is the only member of the lineup to retain its spot on the chart with the Mate 40 Pro and the RS Porsche Design losing their inertia and getting relegated.

The Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro has gained a couple of spots to claim sixth, while the Poco X3 NFC is up by three in seventh.

In a trend opposite to its stablemates the iPhone 12 mini has lost ground and now sits in eight, ahead of the returning Samsung Galaxy M51 – the only smartphone by the Korean company to make the cut this week. That’s still better than the last one when Samsung had no representative whatsoever.

LG’s newly released K92 5G captured the final available spot, sending the Redmi Note 9 Pro down.

Welcome to your week’s recap. The biggest story was the arrival of the OnePlus Nord N10 5G and the N100 are both affordable midrangers with LCDs, but only the N10 5G has a high refresh rate screen, which OnePlus has called a non-negotiable part of any OnePlus phone. The Nord N10 5G costs €350/£330, while the N100 is €200/£180.

Xiaomi had an accouncement of its own – Redmi K30S. The Redmi K30S is a rebranded Xiaomi Mi 10T for markets where Redmi’s brand is more recognized. Reservations for the phone are open and the first flash sale is coming November 11. The Redmi K30S starts at CNY2,599 ($390/€325)

The Apple 12 mini made an appearance on video a full 9 days before it’s set to arrive on pre-order. The main attraction was seeing the phone compared to the iPhone 12 and 11 Pro Max, giving us a scope of just how small it is.

Huawei published a timeline of the 27 devices that will receive EMUI 11, which could turn out to be the final EMUI OS. Huawei is said to make the transition to its Google-less Harmony/HongMeng OS for its future smartphones.

Word has it that Samsung will ship the Galaxy S21 without earbuds and a charger, just like Apple. We expect the entire industry to transition to smaller retail packages in favor of a reduced carbon footprint, eventually.

Speaking of the Galaxy S21, we saw renders of what could prove to be the Galaxy S21 Ultra with a 108MP main camera and an extra sensor (to the S20 Ultra).

Finally, Apple may be forced to stop receiving payments from Google to provide it with the search duties on iPhone. It’s said Apple is developing its own search engine to give direct access to sites, bypassing Google.

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In the beginning, OnePlus released only one phone a year. Then two. In 2020, the company has already unveiled six new models (not counting carrier-specific variants) and it’s the last two phones that are now in the spotlight.

The two Nord-series phones are the most affordable OnePlus devices yet, but at what cost? Well, the OLED panels are gone, for starters, replaced by LCD. And the premium chipsets are no more. Let’s have a closer look, starting with the better-specced model.

The OnePlus Nord N10 5G costs €350/£330, which is €50/£50 less than the original Nord (in the 8/128 GB configuration).

That drop in price entails a switch from OLED to LCD, though still a 90Hz panel of essentially the same size and resolution (same pixel count, anyway, remember that the LCD has a full RGB stripe).

There’s also the Snapdragon 690 chipset, which replaces the 765G. The model numbers make it sound worse than it is, the chipset actually falls somewhere between the 765 and 765G chips in terms of performance based on AnTuTu.

The 690 also has a different modem, the X51, which has slower 5G downlink speeds, but it’s not clear if that will be noticeable in real life usage (where theoretical maximum speeds are rarely observed).

OnePlus Nord N10 5G in Midnight Ice

The camera is different too – the 48MP main module with OIS is upgraded to a 64MP one, but loses the OIS. The selfie camera goes down to 16MP (from 32MP) and loses the ultrawide lens. The remaining modules (8MP ultrawide, 5MP depth, 2MP macro) are the same.

The battery is essentially the same, 4,300 mAh capacity and 30W fast charging over USB-C. A big thing to note here is that the 3.5mm headphone jack is back and there’s even a microSD slot to expand the storage. In fact, both of the new Nords have jacks and memory card slots.

OnePlus Nord N100 in Midnight Frost

The other phone being the OnePlus Nord N100. No 5G here as the device is powered by the Snapdragon 460 chipset. The screen is the first in OnePlus history to have sub-1080p resolution, it’s a 720p+ panel with standard 60Hz refresh rate.

The latter part is strange as this is essentially an Oppo A53s, which costs the same and does have a 90Hz display (here’s how they compare). The Oppo is available in Europe too, so the main question is whether you want OxygenOS or can live with ColorOS (or even prefer it).

Speaking of costs, at €200/£180 the N100 is the cheapest OnePlus phone ever and is the first time the company has tried its hand at an entry-level device. But it’s entering a very crowded market.

Availability is an important point to mention – the Nord N10 and N100 will be available in the US while the original Nord is not. Keep that in mind when considering alternatives to the new Nords.

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Traditionally, At the end of the year, Oneplus brings a new edition of its current top smartphone with a T name suffix. The Oneplus 8T scores above all with 65 – Watt fast charging and 120 – Hz display.

The T-models are traditionally new editions of the current top-of-the-range phones from Oneplus, which will be launched in the first half of the year. Even if some considered this to be too short a rhythm for a generation change, it has long since become commonplace. In fact, the T models were usually not about completely new smartphones, but rather something like a facelift. In 2020 is a lot different, including that: Oneplus is bringing an Oneplus 8T onto the market, but an Oneplus 8T Pro is missing and will probably not come either. The reason: The manufacturer considers the Oneplus 8 Pro (test report) to be too fresh and, compared to the competition, too good to justify a successor. Our answer to that: Right! But is the Oneplus 8T necessary then?

Design It is chic, the new Oneplus 8T. The back of our test model is made of a satined silver tone, the glass of the surface is slightly more handy, but remains overall slippery. Due to the rounded sides towards the long edges, the smartphone is very comfortable to hold, but the protruding camera unit is annoying when it is placed on a table. Since it was placed in the upper left corner, it tumbles when it is operated. The transition to the shiny metal frame is flowing, it has no disturbing edges. It’s different at the front.

But this is not due to the shape of the Oneplus 8T or the processing, but to the protective film applied to the display. It shows a bit of resistance when wiping over it and is sharp-edged at the edges. This can be easily remedied by removing the foil. Apart from that, the front looks fresh and modern. The punchhole notch in the upper left corner and the evenly narrow frame around the display contribute to this.

The workmanship is excellent. The transitions between materials are fluid and barely noticeable, the few hardware buttons including the selector switch for the bell mode are wobble-free and have a perfect pressure point and key travel. The Oneplus 8T is with its 160, 7 × 74 × 8.4 millimeters and 188 Gram has become slightly larger and heavier than its predecessor, but that is not noticeable. For a smartphone with these values, it feels downright light-footed. Unfortunately, like its predecessor, the new model is not waterproof – that is reserved for the Oneplus 8 Pro (test report).

All pictures from the Oneplus 8T in the test (18 Photos) Oneplus 8T

Display With its top models, Oneplus continues to rely on OLED displays, which is also the case with the Oneplus 8T. 6, 55 The panel measures inches here and comes with a resolution of 2400 × 1080 pixels to the customer. This corresponds to an image sharpness of 402 pixels per inch. According to the manufacturer, the screen of the 8T has once again been significantly improved – what is marketing and what is really different, we cannot 100 – say a percentage. It is clear that the screen of the new Oneplus model is really good. Colors, contrasts and brightness with over 600 cd / m2 are excellent. In combination with the great viewing angle stability, there are no problems with readability even in direct sunlight.

Definitely new is the refresh rate of 120 Hertz, which means that 30 Hz is higher than its predecessor. The Oneplus 8T is now on a level with top models such as the significantly more expensive Samsung Galaxy S 20 Ultra (test report) and 8 Pro (test report) from own home. This generally benefits the fluid display of moving screen content and increases the sampling rate 240 Hz hand in hand. This should make the screen react more directly to inputs. The question of whether this is really necessary must be answered by interested parties for themselves. Because the predecessor is fast too and a difference in the test we were able to use 90 and 120 Hz do not matter.

Camera The Oneplus 8T has one more lens on paper than its predecessor Oneplus 8, namely a monochrome lens for better contrast and sharpness. In addition, the macro lens used again now offers 5 instead of 2 megapixels. The rest is the same: 48 – Megapixel sensor from Sony with optical image stabilizer, 16 – Megapixler for wide-angle shots. A telephoto lens is still missing; it is reserved for the Oneplus 8Pro (test report). In order to differentiate it from the Pro model, this is understandable from the manufacturer’s point of view, but we consider this to be a disadvantage for the end customer compared to the competition. Some of these come in significantly cheaper models with telephoto and wide-angle lenses.

Unfortunately, the camera of the Oneplus 8T lacks a telephoto lens The picture quality of the Oneplus 8T that doesn’t change anything, it’s just good. Although it does not quite come close to the Pro model, it impresses overall, especially in good light, with decent image sharpness, great image dynamics and predominantly natural colors. Image noise is then not a criterion. Only in low light does the image sharpness decrease faster than desirable and, depending on the situation, image noise comes to the fore. All in all, the lowlight capacity of the Onelus 8T is quite decent, but the Oneplus 8 Pro (review) is better here too. With the front camera, however, there is largely a tie.

A short word about the macro lens, of which we are not a fan in combination with the low number of pixels: The actual motif doesn’t look bad on the corresponding shots, unfortunately the actually pretty bokeh bothers with strong picture noise. A telelens would have been much better and more universally applicable.

All original recordings with the camera of the Oneplus 8T (23 Photos) Wide angle, low light

Watch videos recorded with the Oneplus 8T really good. The image stabilization works even better than its predecessor and 4K recordings with 60 Images per second look really good. In the 4K-CINE – 60 FPS mode eats up a minute of recording but then also around 1 GB of memory! With today’s memory sizes, we prefer that to poor recording quality.

Furnishing As expected, the Oneplus 8T’s working speed is very high – no wonder, after all, there is cutting-edge technology in the stylish casing of the smartphone. This includes a Snapdragon 865 in combination with depending on the version 8 or 12 GByte RAM, added 128 or 256 GByte internal UFS 3.1 memory. It is not expandable, at least there is a dual SIM function. Looks familiar? Was it already in the Oneplus 8 without the T name addition, but why improve something that is already good? Even 5G is back, but a storage expansion would have been nice. There is now USB-C-3.1 for that. For everything else, it should be pointed out again at this point that the T models are more of a facelift than a new model – this is no different with the Oneplus 8T. The fingerprint sensor in the display works sufficiently quickly and precisely, the stereo loudspeaker is pleasantly powerful.

The operating speed is accordingly really high, there are simply no jerks or hooks. Thanks to the ample RAM, this also applies to intensive multitasking or many open browser tabs. In the PCmark Work benchmark, the 8T does not come as a surprise with around 11. 256 Points an almost identical result as the Oneplus 8 Pro (test report). For comparison: Particularly fast models with Snapdragon 741 + break through the 14. 00 0 brand, the middle class model Oneplus Nord (test report) comes to around 9000 Points. The original Oneplus 8 came to about 10. 600 Points.

One reason for the increase in speed could be Android 11 with which the new Oneplus 8T comes to customers, the Oneplus 8 Pro has also already received an update. As always, there is a slim OxygenOS interface that makes few, but targeted and good improvements to Vanilla Android. The security patch is from October 2400.

Battery pack The battery of the Oneplus 8T compared to its predecessor is 200 on 4500 mAh grown. Nevertheless, the loading speed has increased instead of with Warpcharge 30 loads the 8T as the first model with warp charge 65. In addition, the battery is divided and the charger supplies both halves with around 30 Watt. As a result, the entire battery is fully charged in just under 45 minutes! “Intermediate loading” becomes normal with the 8T, because in only 14 minutes the battery is half full again – that’s how fast it is currently no other smartphone. The Lenovo Legion Phone Duel already presented, but not yet available, should be thanks to 90 – Watt fast charging in only around 30 minutes to be fully charged – but required there are two USB-C cables to quickly fill the split-up battery with power. Nonetheless, the Oneplus 8T charges really quickly.

Does the manufacturer want to compensate for insufficient running times? Fortunately not. Because with around 8.5 hours in the PCmark Battery Test at 120 – Hz usage, the 8T delivers a really good endurance value, which is even above the value of the Oneplus 8 Pro (test report). There, the higher resolution presumably presses the result. When on 60 Hz reduced frame rate, the endurance should be a good 1 to 2 hours better with continuous use.

Price 599 Euro requires Oneplus for the new 8T in of memory configuration 8 / 128 GByte, which is available in green and silver. The version with 12 / 256 GByte is 100 Euro more expensive and only available in green. At the time of the test, the street price of the 8T was not yet significantly lower.

Conclusion To answer the question asked at the beginning directly: No, an update of the Oneplus 8 was not really necessary, but so far this has always been the case with the upgrades to the T models. There is no question that the new model is the better smartphone and anyone who is thinking about buying a new one can ignore the predecessor in terms of price. Because at least the smaller memory variant is not even 19 Euro more expensive than the predecessor, only with the large memory variant there are clear differences in favor of the older model. Then the choice is more difficult.

Overall, the Oneplus 8T does not have any real weaknesses. What bothers us most is the camera, or more precisely: the configuration with superfluous macro instead of telephoto lens. Then the 8T would have come suspiciously close to the Oneplus 8 Pro (test report), even if the Pro model still has a few aces like waterproofness and wireless charging – things that we miss with the new Oneplus 8T, by the way. Overall, the smartphone is pretty good, but has a lot of competition, including Xiaomi Mi 10 (test report), Realme X3 SuperZoom (test report) or the Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro ( Review).

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Enough waiting. The Apple One package, which is a combination of Apple TV +, Apple Arcade, Apple Music and Apple iCloud, has officially debuted. Check how much you can actually save on it.

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Looking at Apple’s financial results yesterday, it is easy to conclude that services are one of the most important segments of the Cupertino giant’s activity . In order to increase the number of subscribers who regularly pay for access to Apple TV +, Apple Arcade, Apple Music and Apple iCloud, the company decided to combine these solutions into one. Of course, while lowering its price, I am sure that this strategy will bring tangible results. After the trial period ends, Apple Arcade and Apple TV + will definitely opt for the Apple One plan.

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In Poland, we can use two plans. The first “For You” is an individual package containing 50 GB of iCloud space and access to the aforementioned services. We will pay for it 24, 99 PLN per month. A “Family” plan has also been prepared, in which we share 200 GB of iCloud space and access to Apple TV +, Apple Arcade and Apple Music. The subscription cost is 39, 99 PLN per month. It is worth remembering that in both cases we can use a free 30 – day trial period. However, if 50 or 200 GB of iCloud space is insufficient, you can easily enlarge “cloud” package.

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The Swiss UPC, a cable network subsidiary of the US group Liberty Global, is allowed to take over the Sunrise Communications Group. This was announced yesterday by the Swiss regulator, the Federal Competition Commission (WEKO). The WEKO announced on Friday that it had examined the merger of UPC and Sunrise in detail, especially with regard to a possible joint dominance of the market together with Swisscom.

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Dominance “unlikely” Such a coordination between the two companies seems unlikely, since the merger partners and Swisscom are set up differently, the regulator analyzes, and therefore allows the merger, it says in the communication. WEKO even expects the takeover to stimulate competition.

UPC owner Liberty Global made the purchase offer for Sunrise last August. Sunrise is the second largest telecommunications company in Switzerland. Together with the largest Swiss cable network operator, the new company will generate sales of CHF 3.1 billion (around EUR 2.9 billion) and have 2.1 million mobile phone subscription customers. Paired with UPC’s 1.2 million broadband customers and the combined 1.3 million TV subscribers, the future joint venture will have a market share of around 30 Percent.

The WEKO decision has overcome another hurdle on the way to the merger. In the meantime, more than 96 percent of Sunrise shareholders have offered their shares for sale, Sunrise reported. According to Sunrise, the final completion of the merger is expected in mid-November.

Initially, Sunrise wanted to take over UPC Beginning 2019 the merger should take place before. At that time, the Sunrise management was planning a takeover of UPC and had failed, among other things, due to the resistance of a major shareholder, the German Freenet. In any case, the wedding is now taking place – just the other way around.

The merger of the telecommunications companies makes a lot of sense. The billion-dollar merger of the two telcos not only creates an even more potent competitor to the largely state-owned market leader Swisscom. In addition, UPC is now getting its own cell phone network (with a strong 5G positioning) and Sunrise benefits from UPC’s fiber optic network, which supplies households with Internet at up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbit / s). According to Sunrise, percent of Swiss households should be able to use this speed until next year 90. With DOCSIS 3.1 upgrades, the goal is to increase the speed bit by bit up to 10 Gbit / s.

Liberty Global is an international media group and one of the largest operators of broadband cable networks worldwide. In Europe there are Liberty Global networks in twelve countries, for example under the brands Virgin Media (England), Telenet (Belgium), UPC (Switzerland) and Unitymedia (Germany).

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Google’s latest and greatest Pixel 5 has started to slowly make its way onto the market, with first impressions and reviews from media and the community already revealing some issues with the device. Pixel-related hardware issues have pretty-much turned into an industry meme at this point, with basically every generation getting heat in one way or another. Call it a self-fulfilling prophecy if you want, but the Pixel 5 didn’t manage to break the cycle. Reports of screen gap issues have started popping-up here and there.

What better way to actually take a closer look at what is going on than a full disassembly and reassembly video of the Pixel 5. The clip reveals a set of quite hefty clips around the display, in addition to adhesive that needs heat to pry open. Pretty standard construction, overall and one that shouldn’t really be problematic. To be fair, screen gap reports have only been a few and far between thus far. Hopefully, the issue isn’t quite as major as the internet might currently lead you to believe. At the very least the display isn’t actually going to detach any time soon, thanks to that set of hefty clips around its edge. The gap issue is likely one caused by problems with the quality, amount or application of the adhesive. While prying the panel off of the frame, the video presenter did express confidence in said adhesive and its ability to likely hold a water-resistant seal even if slightly expanded, which is at least reassuring to hear.

Screen issues aside, the Google Pixel 5 seems very orderly and sensibly assembled on the inside. There are plenty of pop-out connectors and ribbon cables, accross quite a few independent modules. A practice that is generally good for repairability. It’s a bit impressive that Google didn’t resort to a more space-saving construction method with more soldered and permanently attached parts, especially seeing how the unit in the video features two sizeable 5G mmWave antennas.

Building the Google Pixel 5 around the more-efficient and less heat-producing 7nm Snapdragon 765G, instead of a more potent flagships chipset, in combination with a pair of nice and big graphite pads has allowed for a relatively smaller and less-complex cooling solution. A definite plus in terms of space-saving. Then again, Google has also notably skipped the Soli Radar hardware with the Pixel 5 to also free up some space. Though the module and Motion Sense feature will, allegedly, be making a comeback in later devices.

If you want to delve deeper into the Pixel 5, we have a full, in-depth review. You might also find Google’s own limited sales predictions interesting, as well as our editor’s hot take and the results of our recent poll.

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During the Tech Lenovo illustrated its strategy, which revolves around 5G, the edge and related services. And announced two partnerships: the first with SAP, the second with DreamWorks

of Alberto Falchi published on 31 October 2020 , at 11: 31 in Edge channel

Lenovo 5G Edge

During the Tech World 2020 , Lenovo’s event that was held in a virtual way, The multinational outlined its digital strategy for the business world. Strategy that leverages the company’s solutions, able to cover the entire spectrum of company needs, from the world of smart manufacturing to that of retail, passing through transport, energy, health, education and agriculture. The password is “ smarter technology for all “, technology plus intelligent for everyone.

Lenovo’s partnerships with SAP and DreamWorks

Lenovo took the opportunity of Tech World to announce the news in the partnership area. The first is the strengthening of the collaboration with SAP, which will bring the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud , relying on Lenovo TruScale Infrastructure Services and Lenovo ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile servers. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud will allow customers to run SAP software within their data center, relying on lower latencies and keeping the most sensitive data at home, keeping the same cloud usage model.

In collaboration with Dreamworks – the studio that brought animated films such as Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and Baby Boss to the big screen – Lenovo designed and installed the new supercomputer, liquid-cooled with the solution Lenovo Neptune , which made it possible to reduce energy consumption by a third. Note that the system was installed during the pandemic, which demonstrated Lenovo’s ability to effectively manage the supply chain. “ The data center is the heart of our environment “- commented Jeff Wike, Chief Technology Officer of DreamWorks Animation – “ It is responsible for supporting all of our creative and operational ambitions. We strive to use technology to optimize one of our most valuable assets, our artists. We can automate a number of operations so that our engineers can focus on those strategies that allow artists to focus on the artistic side. “

The edge in the center of Lenovo’s strategy

Lenovo introduced an important concept during Tech World, that of SIoT, which represents the fusion of hardware (IoT, in fact), software and services . These are the main building blocks of Lenovo’s entire strategy and vision for the future . Sensors and smart devices are of little use if a world of services is not created behind it, and the main example is represented by the 5G . New generation networks, faster and with less latency, but the 5G revolution does not come from (only) technological advances: they are the cost-effective services. revolve around that give added value. And to ensure that these services are efficient and distributed, it is necessary to invest in the Edge, to manage data locally where it is needed.

Lenovo offers end to end solutions for the edge, starting from the hardware (computer, IoT) to get to the infrastructure, the Lenovo Edge Computing Platform, to get to the Edge AI , to bring artificial intelligence to the peripheral part of the network. A concrete example? A robot that applies paint on products, controlled by artificial intelligence, which allows it to use the right amount of paint depending on the surrounding conditions to arrive at a practically perfect job, which improves over time. Thanks to machine learning, over time the robot learns to recognize an increasing number of small defects, improving its accuracy. Accuracy that can only be obtained by processing the information relating to the AI locally, precisely on the edge.

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