Huawei Mate 20 eight features detailed

On August 31, Huawei officially released its new generation flagship processor Kirin 980 in Berlin, Germany. On September 5th, Kirin 980 held a media communication meeting at the Shanghai Contemporary Art Center, which was first exhibited in China.

Previously, Huawei has announced that it will release its annual flagship Mate 20 series in London, England on October 16. Not surprisingly, Huawei Mate 20 will also launch the world's first launch with Kirin 980. Coincidentally, this date is exactly the same as last year's Mate 10 conference.

What is the difference between Huawei Mate 20 this year? In fact, from the two Kirin 980 conferences and the current exposure information, you can already understand some.

1, end side AI upgrade: more powerful and more accurate
Last year's Kirin 970's biggest highlight was the built-in NPU (Neural Network Unit), and in this year's Kirin 980, the NPU was upgraded from a single core to a dual core. NPU hardware upgrade, the most intuitive difference in experience is to cross from two-dimensional to three-dimensional in intelligent recognition.

The highlights of the previous generation of NPUs were mainly focused on identifying the content displayed by the planar image and the speed of recognition. For example, when you take a photo, the camera will show you what you are shooting, landscape, text, animal, food or something else.

The dual-core NPU highlights the detection of three-dimensional objects, which will affect the more stereoscopic recognition requirements at the functional level, such as face recognition. Often 3D is more secure and accurate than 2D. Object recognition will no longer be identified by just one side, but by the whole.

Therefore, it is expected that Mate 20 will have further upgrades on the AI ​​camera selling point compared to Mate10 and P20, which may involve intelligent translation, algorithm mapping and 3D face detection.

2, flagship performance: CPU first use three clusters architecture, fill the game short board
The Kirin 980 equipped with Huawei Mate 20 has a considerable upgrade in basic performance and uses TSMC's latest 7nm process. Not only performance enhancements, but also power consumption expectations.

Kirin 980 has adopted a three-cluster architecture in the CPU part, which consists of three cores: large, medium and small. It was first seen in MediaTek's ten-core processor (2+4+4). Although the chip still uses an eight-core design, it is no longer the traditional 4+4, but 2+2+4.

Unlike MediaTek, Kirin 980 has joined Huawei's DynamIQ technology and added Huawei HiAI2.0, which is more intelligent in scheduling.

At the same time, the nature of Kirin 980 is still composed of two cores, A76 and A55. Unlike MediaTek, it is composed of three completely different cores. Kirin 980 selected two A76s as the super-large core, and the other two A76s were called the large core. As for the quad-core A55, it was similar to the previous one. The CPU performance of Kirin 980 is not much better than that of the Snapdragon 845. The on-site measurement of its application startup speed has been ahead of Qualcomm.

On the GPU side, the Kirin 980 is powered by the Mali-G76 MP10. Compared with the Mali-G72, the Mali-G76 has the biggest change in the total number of cores (up to MP20) and the increase in the number of individual execution engines (four to eight).

Based on this, Kirin 980 chose a 10-core GPU, which is a relatively compromise solution. Because Kirin has always been taking a multi-core high-frequency route, it is unrealistic to be full of cores. Even if Samsung's Exynos 9820 next year, it may only be maintained to MP15-16. It is foreseeable that its GPU limit performance is still a long way from Qualcomm and Apple.

However, compared with Kirin 970, Kirin 980's progress in GPU has been quite large. Therefore, Mate 20's performance in game performance will certainly not be very bad, in the past, Huawei's flagship game short board will be filled.

3, Yuba three photos: all equipped with rear three shots, the new ISP blessing
The difference between the Huawei Mate 20 series and the P20 series is that it will be equipped with a rear-mounted three-camera standard, and all of them are bath-type designs, except that the position of the flash is different.

Although the specific parameters of the three cameras are still unclear, the P20 Pro's wide-angle + black-and-white + telephoto solution should still be used. In addition, it will also adopt the new Dual ISP built in Kirin 980. The official said that the camera loading speed is increased by 46%, the recording efficiency is increased by 23%, and the recording delay is improved by 33%.

4, full screen: standard drop screen, the first bangs curved screen

Like the previous generation, Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro will use two different full screen solutions. Mate 20 uses the most popular drop screen design, which uses the COF screen packaging process.

The Mate 20 Pro is expected to create the bangs curved screen, combining the bangs screen with the full-view curved screen, and possibly using the COP packaging process to control the chin.

5, biometric identification: 3D structure light and screen fingerprints have?
Basically, Huawei Mate 20 still uses back fingerprint recognition, which may be because it has a relatively low price, in order to reduce costs. Mate 20 Pro may support both off-screen fingerprinting and 3D structured light face recognition, similar to the Xiaomi 8 transparent exploration version.

6. Network: Integrate Cat.21 baseband, but may not support 5G network
The Kirin 980 integrates the 1.4Gbps LTE Cat.21 baseband and has the world's fastest Wi-Fi speed, so Mate 20 will further increase the speed of 4G mobile networks. However, due to the need to consider mass production, the external 5G baseband is not realistic.

In addition, the Mate 20 series is likely to introduce a new pseudo base station identification function, which will use the Kirin 980 to identify the new pseudo base station fraud scheme and minimize the information exchange between the user and the pseudo base station.

7, EMUI 9: Based on Android 9 Pie system customization
Huawei Mate 20 will run EMUI 9 based on Android P deep customization. It will adopt natural and streamlined UI design, system response, application startup and other aspects of speed increase. It can supervise system permissions through AI and further enhance Huawei HiAI capability.

8, new selling points: dual Turbo, wireless charging, waterproof and dustproof...
In addition to the above mentioned points, Huawei Mate 20 will also have some affiliated selling points, such as supporting Huawei's two scary technology CPU Turbo and GPU Turbo, especially after the latter is turned on, the game performance will be more stable.

In addition, Mate 20 will be Huawei's first mobile phone to support wireless charging. According to the specifications of the previously exposed wireless charger, it can support up to 20W fast charging.

Of course, Huawei Mate 20 will continue the waterproof and dustproof features of the previous generation, but continue to maintain IP67, or reach the top IP68 like Samsung, it is still uncertain.

After reading the above 8 features of Huawei Mate 20, are you excited?

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Contrast Snapdragon 845: Kirin 980 is stronger in these areas

At this year's IFA2018 conference in Berlin, Germany, Huawei announced its new processor, Kirin 980, which uses 2+2+4 high-performance large-core, energy-efficient large core and energy-efficient small core architecture, 10nm TSMC process. The performance of this processor is very good.

Of course, after the announcement, we saw the approximate product performance of the Kirin 980 processor. Its strength is comparable to that of Snapdragon 845, but each product has its own strengths. In some areas, Kirin 980 does. It is better than Snapdragon845.

This time, the Kirin 980 processor finally dared to confront the Snapdragon 845 against the game quality. This time, thanks to the addition of AI Smart Taikoo scheduling technology, it can ensure a smoother and more durable gaming experience. Compared with the intelligent prediction of the previous generation Kirin 970 processor, the AI ​​load prediction of the Kirin 980 processor can be more accurate and efficient. Release the performance of the phone's SOC to ensure that it is avoided when dealing with different game scenarios. And based on the enhanced AI image quality, the combination of the two, the actual experience can already suppress Snapdragon845.

In addition, in terms of taking pictures, the Kirin 980 processor will use the AI ​​noise reduction technology to ensure excellent noise suppression and detail retention, especially in the use of high dynamic GDR. In the scene, the performance of the Kirin 980 processor model is better than the Samsung S9Plus equipped with the Snapdragon 845 processor. Even in the night scene, Kirin 980 can accurately restore color and environment, which is largely due to the powerful image recognition speed of Kirin 980. The Snapdragon 845 can reach 2,371 sheets per minute, while the Kirin 980 is up to 4,500 sheets.

The improvement of AI performance and actual energy efficiency are the upgrade and progress of Kirin 980 processor. At present, Huawei has also chosen to develop a HIAI third-party platform to attract more OEMs to join in the development. According to the data given by Huawei officially, there are already thousands of partners using Huawei's Goggles 2.0 platform. The growth of Huawei's HIAI ecosystem has played a very good role in the future development of Huawei on the road of artificial intelligence. The road to Qualcomm is not easy. This time, it is not a small success.

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The performance monster Kirin 980 is coming, except for 7nm, what else?

A few days ago, Huawei's terminal microblog released a video preview of "Exploring the future, beyond imagination, Berlin, Germany on August 31." Although the video does not indicate the upcoming product, the pattern of the chip shape clearly implies that the protagonist of this conference is Kirin 980.

Performance monster, full firepower

In view of the excellent confidentiality work of China, we know very little about the specific specifications of Kirin 980. The only thing that can be determined at this time is that Kirin 980 will be the world's first commercial mobile chip using 7nm process technology.

A little understanding of the chip process will tell that the smaller the process, the more the area can accommodate more transistors, which can lead to improved performance and reduced power consumption. It is reported that the 7-nanometer chip is expected to reduce power consumption by 40% compared to the 10-nanometer chip, and the chip area is reduced by 37%. Compared with the 16nm chip, the area can be reduced to 1/3, the power consumption is expected to be reduced by 60%, and the performance is improved by at least 30%.

In addition, Gizmochina said it received an official confirmation from ARM that the Kirin 980 will be equipped with the Cortex A76 architecture. The Cortex A76 is a new architecture released by ARM in June this year. It is a high-performance experience and is designed to replace the two cores of the Cortex A73 and Cortex A75 in the past two years.

According to ARM officially, the Cortex A76 is a "new architecture completely built from scratch." Compared to the Cortex A73, the integer performance is increased by 90%, the floating point performance is increased by 150%, and the overall performance is increased by 80%. Compared to the Cortex A75, the overall performance improvement is also 35%.

At the same time, due to improvements in the instruction set level, the Cortex A76 performs a "machine learning application" with a performance improvement of 400%. There is also a 40% increase in energy efficiency.

Undoubtedly, under the support of Cortex A76 architecture and 7nm process, the performance of Kirin 980 will be greatly improved. On the GPU side, there have been reports that the Kirin 980 is expected to carry the 24-core Mail-G72.

But it is more worthy of our expectation, it should be a new generation of NPU.

Next generation NPU

Artificial intelligence (AI) is probably the most popular technology at the moment, bringing new possibilities for the improvement of the user experience of smart phones. The functions that were previously limited by hardware performance and can not be realized can also achieve new breakthroughs by relying on AI.

The carrier carrying the AI ​​operation currently has two main forms, one is a heterogeneous operation represented by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and the DSP is used to coordinate the GPU and the CPU for calculation. The other is a form of adding an independent AI operation module represented by the Kirin 970 and Apple A11 bionics.

The Kirin 970 was equipped with the Cambrian 1A (NPU) for AI calculations. Its market performance has proven consumer support for the NPU. Today, Cambrian has released the third generation of the terminal product using the 7nm process - Cambricon 1M. Not surprisingly, the Kirin 980 will be equipped with this newly released product.

Compared to the Cambrian 1A, the performance of the Cambricon 1M has increased tenfold. It is reported that its 8-bit computing performance ratio is 5Tops/watt (5 trillion calculations per watt), providing three scales of processor cores (2Tops/4Tops/8Tops) to meet different processing requirements of different processing scenarios. And can further improve performance through multi-core interconnection.

What are the surprises of Huawei Mate 20?

Without any surprise, Huawei Mate 20 will be the first product to be equipped with Kirin 980. With the huge success of Huawei's Mate 10 global shipments exceeding 10 million, what surprises will Huawei Mate 20 bring?

The performance improvement is inevitable. Under the support of Kirin 980, Mate 20 may also be equipped with a new generation of CPU/GPU Turbo technology, bringing new possibilities for games and daily application experiences.

Thanks to the enhancement of the Kirin 980 process, the Mate 20 will also perform better in terms of battery life and power control. The 4200mAh battery, 5V/4.5A fast charge, can help Mate 20 solve the problem of battery life.

The full screen design will not be absent, and the COP package will bring a narrower chin. In order to integrate the whole machine, the screen will be added to the optical fingerprint recognition. In addition, there are also reports that the Mate 20 Pro will be equipped with 3D structured light technology.

The highly acclaimed Leica three photos are naturally preserved, and the upgraded NPU will help take Mate 20's photo to the next level. In addition, EMUI 9 based on Android 9.0 will also appear at the same time.

There is no doubt that Huawei Mate 20 will become a strong competitor in the high-end flagship market in the second half of the year.

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Yu Chengdong feels heartache, Huawei Mate10Pro North American market price avalanche

This year, smartphones have always been an unforgettable topic that may be Huawei and the US market.

In order to enter the North American market, Huawei invested a billion yuan in the early stage, who can think of the end will be such an ending. In desperation, Huawei can only choose to sell its flagship model on the e-commerce platform, and Huawei this time to enter the US market, but the most flagship Huawei Mate 10 Pro this model. But sometimes efforts don't necessarily pay off, and the results disappoint everyone. There is no way for this irresistible factor. But in the early stage, you have to sell the goods prepared for entering the US market!

The latest news shows that some of Huawei's previous e-commerce platform in the US has begun to cut prices and clear inventory. Note that in the US Amazon self-operated store, the 6+128G version of Huawei Mate 10 Pro has been reduced by 300 US dollars (about 2,000 yuan), the current price is 499.99 US dollars, about 3384 yuan. Now this price should be the lowest in history.

The price of 3,384 yuan is about 1,000 yuan cheaper than the domestic one. Now the current price of the 6+128G version of the domestic Huawei Mate 10 Pro is still above 4,300 yuan. As the flagship of Huawei's flagship flagship in the United States for only 3,384 yuan, it is estimated that Yu Chengdong's heart is bleeding, but he can do nothing. If the goods are shipped back to the domestic market, the loss may be even greater, and it is probably the best choice when it is urgent to cut prices.

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