Huawei becomes a hot keyword in the trade war between the United States and China now. On May 15, Huawei was banned by United States Administration under national security order.
Tesla New Full Self-Driving Computer
Tesla held the “Tesla Autonomy Day” on 22nd Apr, and disclosed their fully new Full Self-Driving (FSD) computer. It has two FSD chips and achieves 144TOPS. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said it’s the best chip in the world. They also plan to have a new chip which has 3 times the performance of existing FSD after 2 years.
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On 1st, Apr 2019, Japan unveiled the name of the nation’s new era as “Reiwa”. It contains the expectation of anesthetic and peaceful era. Era name is a long historical tradition from China. However, China doesn’t use it anymore. Japan adopted this ear name system during the reign of Emperor Kotoku. Reiwa is the first era name which is not cited from Chinese classic literature but Japan’s own classic literature Man’yoshu.
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Spring is beautiful in Japan. It’s a cheery blossom season. Usually cherry blossom have a peek for one week. And then they will fall in the wind like a flurry of cherry blossoms. However, Spring is not only about pleasure but also tears and snot for those who have hay fever.
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Waymo is a leading company in autonomous cars. They develop its own hardware and software in house. They have highly integrated sensors developed by themselves, even like LiDAR. LiDAR is a core sensor which is regarded as an indispensable part in high-level autonomous driving.
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Apple is working on its self-driving car project, Project Titan, for several years. This week, apple confirmed that they dismissed more than 200 employees from Project Titan.
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Recent, there are many news around Huawei.
11/23 Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei [1]
11/28 New Zealand blocks Huawei imports over ’significant security risk’ [2]
12/1 China, MengWanzhou and Canada — how Huawei CFO’s arrest is playing out behind the scenes [3]
12/7 BT removing Huawei equipment from parts of
12/8 Japan set to say no to Huawei tech [5]
First Runner: Waymo One
Waymo has leaded the autonomous driving competition in nearly 10 years. This competition has more player than anytime, including traditional car manufacturers and leading internet companies. On 6th Dec, Waymo passed the milestone that they announced their new service, Waymo One in Arizona.
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Halloween is a big party in Shibuya, Tokyo. Shibuya scramble crossing outside the Shibuya Station is a famous spot. A lot local resident and foreigners come to join the celebration and have fun. Before Oct, 31st, almost every night police have to control the crowd and close the traffic in the area.
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In September, Nuro.ai released their safety report which described their robotic delivery vehicle safety strategy. Nuro was funded by two ex-google engineers, Jiajun Zhu and Dave Ferguson in 2016. They deeply involved in Google Driverless Car project, Waymo now.
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