1. Apple processor A10 photos were leaked details is unclear; 2. Apple Pay hard into NFC straws; 3. Meguiar's 3 d NAND to kill! Break the samsung dominating, threat of war; 4. GaN for TI talk; 5. The GPU has become VR market AMD/NVIDIA who will win? ; 6. Mobile processor into 10 nanometers war! The new samsung processor performance was up 30%

Dispatch of sina science and technology Beijing time on August 11, the morning news, rumors of apple will launch of the iPhone this year 7 smartphones as early as in a long time ago has leaked information from various sources, the information presented is iPhone 7 external design changes. And on Wednesday has photos out, these photos show is used for the iPhone 7 "A10" processor.

If the company follow the principle of earlier for the new iPhone upgrade processor "A10" processor will is a kind of very natural evolution. The apple for the iPhone, the iPhone 6 s Plus 6 s and the iPhone SE phones equipped with A9 processor, and in November last year for the Pro series products launched "A9X" processors, made a modest upgrade to its. Generally speaking, the company will provide the new upgrade for the models with an "X" processors, and at the time of the year released its new iPhone traditionally upgraded with new Numbers by the processor.

Wednesday leaked photos did not provide any details, "" A10 chip also did not say what the processor will have new features. But as the rumor will be improved camera system and redesigned Home button, expect the iPhone 7 internal hardware will also be upgraded.

Most of the leaked information also shows that the iPhone 7 from the physical design compared to the iPhone 6 s basically won't have any change, only the antenna position will change, and is expected to remove 3.5 mm headphone jack. (tang)

2. Apple Pay hard into NFC straws;

On August 4, the company confirmed, and there were 23 Banks and credit cooperatives in the United States announced plans to support Apple Pay, at present the mobile payment service has expanded to nine markets worldwide, the United States, support Apple Pay location is more than 3 million. At the same time, Apple Pay the adoption rate of year-on-year increase of 400% on the previous year.

In stark contrast to this and the Chinese market. Since February officially entered the Chinese market, Apple is Pay NFC (Near Field Communication, namely the NFC) chain parties to give high hopes. But over the past six months, the market seems to impress. Reporters around most people mentioned in the response to Pay more than Apple is used, not very convenient, is seldom used. Hoped to Pay for Apple, it seems, NFC market fire up doesn't seem to be.

Technology without pressure

The terminal is not

NFC by grace wisdom pu and SONY in 2002 to develop, can be used in the near field pay, bus, entrance guard, electronic business CARDS and many other areas, the development of both hardware and related solutions, it should be said has been very mature.

In the first half of this year, on the Apple Pay rhythm, Samsung launched the Samsung Pay in the Chinese market, followed by Huawei has launched a Huawei Pay, millet and cooperate with China unionpay to depth. These rely on NFC implementation of mobile payment to let this was born ten years technical a renewed enthusiasm in the industry chain parties. Now, five apple iPhone6s, samsung Galaxy S7, millet, and the glory of huawei launched eight products are able to support NFC.

But compared with many brand value NFC function a few years ago, now in addition to the above several, most brands have abandoned this feature. And the above mentioned these products, basically belongs to the flagship model, from the point of price, the cheapest also nearly 2000 yuan.

"The cost will be increased. Misia meizu technology vice President in an interview with "China electronics news" reporter said, "at present the mainstream of mobile phone design is to use metal fuselage, if loading on metal fuselage NFC function will bring some trouble. Technology can also be done, but it brought about by the trouble and cost of ascension is out of step with it can provide experience."

Reporter discovery, in the past the meizu launched flagship model also carry MX4pro NFC function, but MX5 gave up later. Also give up 4 and millet, despite the support NFC millet at 3.

Analysts had listed the cost of NFC chip, including its hardware cost of the chip and chip upper protocol stack, the API software development costs, chip embedded SE security chip costs and the related API, security access control software development costs, and cell phones with NFC chip contactless RF antenna and RF circuit costs, increased the mobile payment chips need additional costs, the third party examination authentication and even cell phones to the market after the application development costs. That is to say, a carrying the NFC mobile phones, the increase is not only the cost of the chip itself, there are more costs.

It's no wonder like meizu gave up the NFC mobile phone manufacturers. Misia said, when NFC haven't good application scenario, the increase of the cost is uneconomic. High-end machine may also can try. But when asked about the meizu high-end model plan in the future, whether or not to consider about this, he said, "this possibility, but it is not a strong will."

Indeed, almost naked melee in the mobile market price war, the increased cost of each item, vendor will weigh input-output ratio. No application scenarios, who is willing to pay for the cost?

Two scenarios

A difficult to promote a bay

NFC is a recognized two best application scenario is near field pay bus card system and mobile.

Mobile China league secretary-general wang told the Chinese electronic newspaper reporter, he has been tended to favor widespread promotion NFC payments from the public transportation card, because the user scale and application is convenient. Question, however, each city bus card system is not connectivity, if by a mobile phone manufacturer to promote, also need a city a city to talk about cooperation. If it is a place of transit to dominate the NFC payment, then need to fit all kinds of mobile phones.

According to understand, such as Beijing, Shanghai, shenzhen, xi 'an city has achieved NFC mobile phone charge by bus, but not yet common. Shanghai huahong meter through intelligent system co., LTD., the original market, a senior manager zhi-jian fang explained to "China electronics news" reporter, at present NFC in metro pay in supporting the promotion has been well, most first-line second-tier cities can be covered. The main problem is not form a unified national standards and connectivity, it should be said that is not technically problem, but be involved in various places of interest, so it is still a difficulty.

In bank card test center general manager Fan Guifu view, NFC in the public transport system hasn't opened, on the one hand is the onboard the POS machine level is limited, on the other hand, the performance of the mobile terminal is uneven, bad experience.

In the field of bus card promotion, in the field of mobile payment NFC didn't heat up.

Apple Pay market is popular in the United States, but in the Chinese market is "not very convenient", its reason is that there is no application environment.

Misia said, NFC and no significant improvement in the experience, because there is no brush NFC scene everywhere. Unionpay has more than 4 million NFC POS machine, but basically all useless. Wang also said: "in the north to connect these first-tier cities, based on NFC POS support rate is already high, 70% ~ 80%, the penetration rate still can be. But high penetration does not represent businessmen are willing to use it, mostly because it does not really bring convenience to the public."

At present, the rapid development of mobile payment market, represented by alipay and WeChat qr code pay across markets. According to the ratio of consulting (BigData - Research) issued by the third party of 2015 year China mobile payment market Research report, in 2015, the third party mobile payment transaction scale in market share, pay treasure to 72.9% share of the largest, choi tenpay (hand WeChat + Q) was second with 17.4%.

, Fan Guifu explained to reporters, WeChat pay, pay treasure to belong to without card payment, the user experience is better. But since there is no implant SE security module, common people's privacy is no guarantee security. The financial industry, and dominant NFC is card mode, first consider the user security, is the second consider the user experience. The starting point of difference.

In spite of this, but for NFC have promotion for many years, bereft of mobile payment this market is still a big regret.

The industrial chain is too long

"The three boys no boy"

WeChat and pay treasure to have in the past two years to rise rapidly, tencent and alibaba's huge investment and helped to push mode.

"WeChat, pay treasure back to tencent and alibaba, to take a lot of promotion, and WeChat and pay treasure has large user scale, as long as through the businessman this link, can get through the industrial chain, so to achieve the large-scale application market." Wang explained to reporters.

Ecological involved too many links, by contrast, NFC, upstream chip design has a complex, middle reaches a handset vendors, downstream POS equipment, promotion combined with telecom operators, Banks and China unionpay, terminal merchants cooperate parties. Among this docking technology, standards, profit distribution, etc., who come to dominate? Who can achieve maximum benefits?

For these problems, the industrial chain all wondered who would like to take initiative, who are afraid of "be good for others, can be to each other for the outcome, but missed the market opportunity.

As wang said: "the industrial chain is too long, and none of the stakeholders are willing to pay a large sum of money to publicity and promotion. This creates a 'three boys no water to drink."

A path for future NFC, Fan Guifu optimistic. Now, he says, apple, samsung, handset makers such as huawei, enter this area, suggests that the market is promising. And China unionpay also recently introduced a "cloud lightning pay", can achieve visa exemption, faster and safer.

But the reporter also saw some netizens said on zhihu, a developed over 10 years of technology, the future can only be "ah". China electronics news

3. Meguiar's 3 d NAND to kill! Break the samsung dominating, threat of war;

The 3 d of NAND flash memory war is about to start! The current 3 d NAND from the exclusive production of samsung electronics, but first, Toshiba (Toshiba) into the camp now Micron (Micron) also announced the development of 3 d NAND, deliver, and has to samsung's situation will draw the next period.

TechRadar, ComputerWorld reports, meguiar's 9 announced to develop the company's first 3 d NAND chips, 48 layer stack, capacity of 32 gb. The 3 d NAND wisdom will be used for the high order machine, support new store standard UFS2.1.

Meguiar's claims that the new product performance than the previous generation of 40% increased, the size is the smallest, meguiar's 3 d NAND grain (die) than plane NAND grain of the same efficiency, volume decreased 30%. New product factory has directly to the mobile device, reserve widely shipment end of the year.

Meguiar's action business department spokesman Dan Bingham, said the company will be the second generation of 3 d NAND 64 layer, development schedule has not been announced. To support virtual reality and streaming video demand, increasing memory capacity of mobile devices, meguiar's forecast, wisdom machine 2020 built-in memory may have 1 TB, and computers.

And Aaron (Barron, go s) 9 publication Pacific Crest report, content to predict 3 d NAND era coming. Reported that Intel, micron, SK Hynix (SK Hynix), Toshiba, Western Digital 3 d NAND should go public soon. Estimated season 3 and 4 3 d NAND products will be increased. Intel and the light products have been almost ready, Toshiba and SK hynix may shipment in Q4.

Pacific Crest that 3 d NAND battle, meguiar's situation. The company's 3 d NAND although layer number is less, but the density is high, and meguiar's loss.

South Korea's samsung electronics for the world's first production 3 d architecture NAND type Flash Memory (Flash Memory) of the manufacturer, but NAND Flash biggest rival Toshiba (Toshiba) pursued at a breathtaking pace, and announced the 64 leading global trade, the development of stack layer 3 d Flash products, and deliver.

Toshiba press release announced on July 27th, has developed 64 layer 3 d Flash process technology, and leading global trade since today began to shipment sample, and is expected to be through the plant was completed in July 4th on the city new 2 factories for production.

Goto rival catch-up, samsung, will pay 17 million won ($15 billion), research and development of 3 d NAND flash and OLED, consolidate the leading edge.

South Korea herald reported July 29, samsung electronics, the second half of the 17.2 million Korean won this year's research and development spending, where the money will be used? Jin give direction, samsung executives Lee myung-bak, says because of surging demand, this year will focus on 3 d NAND and OLED panel. Samsung is first developed 3 d NAND flash, for now is still the only power of 48 layer 3 d NAND flash, to prevent the opponent rob, samsung this year will increase more productive line in gyeonggi province South Korea factory. Lean news

4. GaN for TI talk;

American TI (Texas Instruments, TI) Silicon Valley Analog (SVA) department, senior vice President David before submitting machine's visit to Japan and held a news conference in Tokyo, expressed in the conference for the company recently began efforts on the confidence of the GaN power devices.

TI highlight the characteristics of the GaN power device products, not only in one package with GaN power transistor (FET), also built-in gate drive. Main products are two, one is equipped with a pressure of 80 v GaN FET "LMG5200" (see the site reports). In 2015 began to supply the sample, the other one is equipped with a pressure of 600 v GaN FET "LMG3410" (see the site reports). Supply samples have been since 2016.

About can use GaN power device of the utility of the vision, submitting, said that under the withstand voltage 100 v, "the customer to pursue high-speed switching applications such as radar gave a strong focus on". Purposes above the withstand voltage of 600 v, adopts GaN power device is the output power of 1 kw to 3 kw power supply with high switching frequency of the drive, by narrowing the passive components to the pursuit of miniaturization of product ".

In terms of existing Si power device, the characteristics of the company products have a wide range of product line. The focus of publicity to DC - DC converter module products. Minimum support 2.2 V input voltage, the highest support 60 V. Output current, small to below 0.4 A, big to 50 A, have corresponding products.

In the conference, in addition to the above content, submitting also announced that TI will continue to develop the simulation domain. TI's sales of about $13 billion in 2015, the simulation in the field of sales of $8.3 billion, accounting for more than six as above. Simulated as the source of growth, the company will vigorously into the research and development in this field. Will turn 9 into the r&d input to the analog world. (reporter: tianjin shot) online

5. The GPU has become VR market AMD/NVIDIA who will win? ;

In advanced image processing unit (GPU) market, has long been a superfine (AMD), and NVIDIA (NVIDIA) between the two companies in the world, gradually prevail NVIDIA has now achieved 77% market share, but the possibility of AMD are still looking to return, as the rise trend of virtual reality (VR), two male strive for is about to enter a new stage of GPU, NVIDIA has technology and capital advantage, and have a better product CP value of AMD, seems to be quite still unknown at present.

Motley Fool site analysis, to promote the VR devices industry, at present the biggest difficulties is the entry threshold is too high, consumers now light is a PC that can make the VR devices running smoothly for about $1000, not calculate Facebook's Oculus VR devices in Rift for $600, or the HTC cooperation with steam Vive price 800 yuan, this undoubtedly make VR devices are difficult to break into the general mainstream consumer mass market.

But with AMD and NVIDIA launched entry-level GPU products designed for VR, such problems Also is expected to obtain a certain degree of improvement. Developed by AMD RX 480 with a 1.3 Ghz pulse velocity, equipped with 4 gb of memory, while NVIDIA GTX 1060 with a 1.5 Ghz pulse velocity, with 6 gb of memory, both price order at $200 and $250 respectively, estimates that allows VR devices for PC price cut to $700 left to the right.

RX 480 with GTX 1060, however, which is able to win the battle for VR market again? According to the hardware performance test site PCEVA review earlier, in 3 dmark "Time Spy" DirectX 12 indexes in the test, the performance of the GTX 1060 score is 6 ~ 7% higher than RX 480, but the test result is not good for NVIDIA, because many consumers may not be more than willing to pay 25% of the cost, only to be able to display card efficiency is increased by 7%.

Even so, AMD is not able to rest easy, because NVIDIA still holds an advantage in other aspects. First, NVIDIA in the past ten years, the growth of a large part of with the consumers for its GeForce brand loyalty, which means the consumer was willing to accept the NVIDIA product relatively high prices, this is from the financial ratios of two companies will also be able to see the difference.

NVIDIA in the latest quarter gross margin is as high as 57.5%, relative to AMD is only 32%, so the NVIDIA have more capital than AMD can launch a price war to seize market share.

Second, NVIDIA has long been able to lead AMD to develop more advanced technology, and relatively low power consumption chip architecture, as to AMD has always been accustomed to the pursuit of faster speed of arteries and veins, but often also make the product easy to overheat problem.

Are such differences, it is because NVIDIA GPU is a focus on the development of IC design company, so the research and development of all resources can be concentrated, not like AMD in addition to the development of GPU, still need to put a lot of manpower and capital to compete with Intel (Intel) in the CPU market.

Comprehensive the above analysis, in VR GPU pair of market competition, the NNVIDIA obviously on the brand, technology and capital has the absolute advantage, but AMD borrow by providing lower prices, in performance does not differ too much product, should be can still get to those who seek the CP values of consumers, not completely in disadvantage in the market. DIGITIMES

6. Mobile processor into 10 nanometers war! The new samsung processor performance was up 30%

Set of network news, according to foreign media reports, mediatek, qualcomm, apple processors have entered 10 nanometer era, samsung does not fall, allegedly second generation processor also USES 10 nanometers, surged 30% in performance, power consumption not only makes qualcomm Xiao dragon 830.

Android Headlines, PhoneArena report, the samsung is testing the next generation of chips "Exynos 8895", the new chip USES 10 nm process, expected from the previous generation of 14 nm Exynos 8890 more save electricity. Gaiden Exynos 8895 mining big. LITTLE architecture, with four core, Cortex - A73 architecture (A53 core.

Weibo fact guest I ice universe that Exynos 8895 A - 73 core, pulse up to 4 GHz, when A - 53 core of arteries and veins also is 2.7 GHz. Before the peak pulse generation Exynos 8890 to 3 GHZ, mean as much as 30% of new chip performance.

Ice in addition, I also revealed that the universe A - 73 run to 4 GHz, power consumption and Xiao dragon 830 at 3.6 GHz and its means of samsung's new chip, high efficiency, but very save electricity. 830 is the next generation of qualcomm processor Xiao dragon, will play to Taiwan and Exynos 8895. However, these tests are still preliminary stage, the new chip, when the actual in order to avoid overheating, save power, frequency reduction processing, the pulse is unlikely to be the same as the current leakage data.

Samsung Galaxy next year is expected to S8 smartphones are likely to be the first use Exynos 8995 processor products. For now, however, migrate to 10 nm manufacturing process, is still very difficult. Intel had prepared this year to make such a change, however, plan has been postponed, and introduced a stopgap products, according to 10 nm process more difficult than expected. The same thing could happen in the mobile chip industry, 10 nm processors is unlikely to be next year's flagship product.

Mediatek next generation processor "Helio X30" specifications have been exposed, the company said, from Helio X20 20 nm to 10 nm evolution process, by TSMC foundry. By "three plexus ten nuclear" design new processors, support of virtual reality (VR) device. Mediatek Zhu Shangzu set piconets interview through the COO, Helio X30 pioneered the use of 10 nanometers process not only, and to conduct a comprehensive upgrade in the Modem, supports up to three carrier aggregation Cat10 - Cat12 netcom, support 26 million megapixel camera, double main camera, VR, etc. Memory, Helio X30 LPDDR4 will support four channels, the maximum capacity of 8 gb. Flash memory, will join the latest it technology standard 2.1.

Mediatek Helio X30 is expected in the first quarter of next year, the official confirmed to pick 10 nm TSMC process. X30 ten core including: 2 architecture A73 core, 2.8 GHz of arteries and veins, responsible for the most demanding job; When four architecture (A53 core, pulse 2.2 GHz; And four core architecture A35, 2.0 GHz of arteries and veins, deal with the most simple work.

Qualcomm executive confirmed that Xiao dragon 830 flow has been, will be 10 nm process, due early next year.

10 poured into the nanometer order, TSMC and samsung to which manufacturers? Reportedly winner-take-all 10 nm TSMC apple A11 processor orders, slated for Q3 2017. Another 10 nanometers huawei haisi kirin chip, mediatek Helio X30 also by TSMC foundry, samsung package qualcomm Xiao dragon 830.