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2025/04/23 16:24:36

1. Huawei Ascend 910C Chips to Be Mass Produced and Shipped, Starting from Next Month at the Earliest

Huawei plans to start mass - shipping the Ascend 910C AI chips to Chinese customers from next month at the earliest. Currently, part of the shipping work has been launched. Earlier this year, DeepSeek verified the performance of the Ascend 910C. The test results of DeepSeek researchers show that in reasoning tasks, the performance of the Ascend 910C can reach 60% of that of the H100.

The successor to the Ascend 910C AI chip - the Ascend 920 - is scheduled to be officially released in the second half of 2025.

2. The World's First Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery with 800-km Long Range and 12C Peak Charge Rate

CATL has released the 2nd generation Shenxing super - fast charging battery, which is the world's first lithium iron phosphate battery with both an 800 - km long - range and a 12C peak charge rate. The 12C peak charging power exceeds 1.3 megawatts, achieving a charging speed of 2.5 kilometers per second. It can provide a range of 520 kilometers with a 5 - minute charge.

3. Record Broken! New Breakthrough in Solar Cell Preparation Technology in China

The research team from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, has successfully developed a new technology for the efficient preparation of flexible perovskite/CIGS tandem batteries. A certified photoelectric conversion efficiency of 23.8% has been achieved on a 1.09 - square - centimeter device, setting a new world record for this type of battery. The relevant results have been published in the international journal Nature Energy.

4. Tsinghua's Video Generation AI -100% Open Source + 61 - page Technical Report, and Infinite Expansion for Generation Is Also Available

Magi - 1 is the first autoregressive video generation model that can achieve top - notch image quality output. Its model weights and code are 100% open source. The 61 - page technical report also elaborates in detail on the innovative attention improvements and the design of the inference infrastructure, giving people a feeling similar to the video version of DeepSeek.

Magi - 1 has taken video generation to a new height, and its blockbuster-level quality has directly captured everyone's attention. Its main capabilities are as follows: First, it has the ability of infinite length expansion, enabling seamless and coherent narration across time. Second, it can precisely control the generation duration down to every single "second". In addition, Magi - 1 has a deeper understanding of physical laws. It scored 56.02% in the Physics-IQ benchmark test, leading far ahead of a number of top models.

5. China Unicom Starts Testing Satellite Communication Service: Make Calls and Send Texts Even Without Signal

Recently, the "Unicom Satellite" service has been launched on the China Unicom App. After users subscribe to this service, they can obtain emergency communication services via the Tiantong satellite in situations where the coverage of the terrestrial communication network is unstable or non-existent.