Hammer of Technology

"Success!" Ning Wei nodded heavily.After living for more than 20 years, it was the first time that his old man was sensational at him, and he had to save face.

As Lao Ning said, even though this father is wrong in every possible way, he is indeed trying his best to create a better environment for him, but the words are a bit serious, which makes Ning Wei feel quite uncomfortable, so He mustered up his courage and said, "Well, well, Dad, you didn't stay back then, and it is definitely a loss for the army to let you do ideological work for the recruits!"

"Cut... you know what a fart! The political commissar who does ideological work is much better than me! It's okay, it's getting late, go to bed quickly!"

"Oh, don't worry, Dad, if you get the chance, I'll slap them in the face for you!"

"Well! Look at you!"

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271 Give them the present, we win the future

This is definitely a night that Ning Wei will never forget.

Whether it was wanting to do bad things at night and being caught directly by his mother, or Lao Ning staying up in the middle of the night and grabbing him to have a heart-to-heart talk, it was the first time in Ning Wei's life in more than 20 years.Especially when the first time in life appeared for two consecutive days, it was really hard to forget.Even the words that Lao Ning said were naturally deeply imprinted in his mind.

Even if Lao Ning is just a big bastard as he said, and he doesn't know anything about scientific things such as child psychology and pedagogy, there is no doubt that Lao Ning is very successful, that is, he has been uncompromising and never compromised for more than 20 years. Consistent precepts and deeds, this kind of subtle power is often the most powerful, affecting the formation of Ningwei's three views bit by bit in a silent way.This is where Lao Ning is simple and rude.

It was impossible to have such an old man at the stall, and the effect was obvious. Ning Wei woke up early the next day, and after a simple breakfast, he took Xiao Jiang to continue to receive foreign friends.Although I really want Ronnie Ledon and his party to quickly accept Yan Ming's invitation to visit Huawei's headquarters in Shencheng, don't continue to be a monster in the capital, so that he has to pretend to be a snake, but they have come all the way to Huaxia, so it is not good to speak directly Chase people.

Fortunately, with Isabel around, Ning Wei has reason to go out with her classmate Jiang in an open and honest manner.

Ning Wei's chosen itinerary is to climb the Great Wall.This is also the itinerary that was planned during the National Day, but failed to take place.Because it is winter, although the weather is good, the temperature in the wilderness is lower than in the city, and the wind is strong on the mountain, so Ning Wei and Xiao Jiang specially put on clothes that are both cold and windproof.Classmate Jiang conveniently brought Isabel a down jacket.

As for the group of people with Ericsson, they are naturally not treated so well.But Ning Wei felt that these people should not be afraid of the cold. After all, the place called Snow Country must be more gloomy and colder than the capital.And last night he had already notified today's itinerary in advance. In Ning Wei's words, if the good friends who came to Huaxia did not climb the mountain together, then the friendship cannot withstand the test. As the saying goes, if you want friendship to last forever, We have to climb the Great Wall together.

So the princess and the big brother took a car to the foot of the Great Wall early in the morning. After Liu Wei made arrangements, the group began to climb the steps to the ancient majestic frontier defense project.

Not to mention Princess Isabel, even Ning Wei and Jiang were climbing the Great Wall for the first time. In fact, there was nothing to say, just bite the bullet and go up the steps.It is said that there are more than 92 steps in the entire section of the Great Wall. I don’t know who is so leisurely to count them. Anyway, Ning Wei just walked for a short distance and lost the mood to continue counting the steps. He regretted and strongly requested not to use the cable car s Choice.

Ning Wei doesn't know if there is any truth in the saying that you can't be a hero if you don't reach the Great Wall, but it's true that your legs will go weak when you really get up.But the young guy can't show his timidity in front of a group of middle-aged people, so he can only hold on and continue to count the steps and climb up.

Of course, there are benefits to choosing to climb, for example, some people can't hide anymore.Several entourages followed behind the group of people, carrying large backpacks full of various drinks, high-calorie foods, and first-aid equipment and medicines.Fortunately, it is the off-season for tourism, and the Spring Festival holiday has not yet started. In addition, the temperature in the capital is already low, and there are not many people on the Great Wall, and the security work is relatively easy to handle.

What surprised Ning the most was that Princess Isabel, who thought she was pampered, and Jiang, who didn't usually exercise much, should be the first to be unable to hold on, but the two ladies were the most excited.Especially Princess Isabel, who led Jiang to the front of the queue, and stopped from time to time to ask Jiang to take some beautiful photos for her.

Really, if you forget the fatigue of the journey, every time you climb to a node, stand on the city wall and look into the distance, look at the majestic winding mountains, and enjoy how the ancients fought fiercely around the Great Wall thousands of years ago , It really makes people's hearts sway, and they stretch out infinite yearning.

It's a pity that I can't get out of my body due to exhaustion, Ning Wei just feels very tired.

"Look, we are exhausted from climbing around now. It's hard to imagine that it was built like this more than 2000 years ago! There are still people who want to attack the Great Wall. I'm afraid we will be exhausted after rushing to the middle of the mountain." Phew..." Ning Wei said with a long sigh.

"The wisdom of the ancients is indeed worthy of admiration. It makes sense for this place to be called a miracle of ancient architecture. Ning, the scenery here is indeed beautiful. Seeing these mountains made me feel enlightened. Some problems that I couldn't figure out before suddenly became clear. I have the answer. Thank you very much for bringing me here." Ronnie Ledon sighed.

Seeing Ericsson chairman wearing a windbreaker, climbing the wall and pointing Jiangshan, Ning Wei really couldn't tell whether this sentence was a sincere emotion or a disguised compliment.

This is the disadvantage of being too high. Everyone around him is trying to praise him, and it is difficult for him to tell whether some words are sincere.

"That's good. Next time you come to Huaxia, I'll take you to climb the Great Wall and see if you have any new insights." Ning Wei said seriously.

"Haha, okay, Ning, then it's a deal! I will definitely come again next time." Ronnie Ledon said with a big laugh.

Yan Ming, who was beside the two, also joked: "It's a good relationship. Remember to call me when Mr. Letun comes next time. I will be in charge of making the cable car to help you carry things, and cheer you up by the way."

"Haha, Yan, this is not your style. It's a pity that I have to go to Shencheng tomorrow, otherwise I really want to visit the imperial palace in the former capital." Ronnie Ledon said regretfully.

"Is there a palace there? It's just an ordinary scenic spot, Ronnie. In fact, whether the scenery is beautiful or not is more concerned with people's hearts. If the career goes well, everything is beautiful. On the contrary, if Ericsson is on the verge of bankruptcy at this time, no matter how beautiful the scenery is. It’s like chewing wax! As I said before, I am optimistic about Ericsson’s 100 years of glory, but the premise is that we can truly cooperate with each other. I don’t know if Mr. Yan mentioned it to you, Apple has signed a cooperation agreement with Huawei, and it will continue in half a year Provide us with a total of 16 pieces of A15 and A[-] series chips in three batches."

"Oh? And this?" Ronnie Lehton was taken aback for a moment. He hadn't received the news yet.

"Haha, of course, if you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Yan." Ning Wei pointed at Yan Ming.

Ronnie Le Dun looked at Yan Ming, who smiled and said nothing.

Although it is not an open contract with Apple, it is not a secret. Sooner or later, the whole world will know, and the temporary lack of official announcement is just to satisfy the small thoughts of friends and businessmen.

After all, Huawei's products use Apple's own CPU, which must be hidden from others.In particular, Huawei's technology research and development department has begun to work overtime to redesign the next generation of motherboards that can maximize the use of Apple series CPUs, and to launch a compatible Hongmeng system for this generation of products. During this period, it is necessary to communicate with the foundry. It is naturally impossible to keep it completely confidential, and of course I don't mind Ning Wei revealing it to friends and businessmen.

Not to mention that according to the agreement signed today, Huawei's first payment will be transferred to the account provided by Apple in the next two days. The first batch of CPUs will be transferred from Apple's warehouse in China to Huawei's warehouse a year ago.This will also involve third-party foundries, and there is no official announcement, but it is just for the sake of temporary face.Even if Ning Wei didn't talk about it with Ronnie Lehton now, it would become known to the whole world in a day or two at most.

"It seems that you have come up with enough weight to convince Tim." Ronnie Lehton said with a wry smile.

"It's not a big deal, it's nothing more than a large integration of various electrical engineering technical knowledge beyond the way of human cognition through data analysis. Not only Apple, but Oracle will also become one of the first members. The negotiating team is still in preparation and is expected to come after the next year. As you said before in the media, alliances and non-alliances are just floating clouds. It is difficult to maintain one’s heart in the face of visible interests. Betrayal for interests Isn’t the so-called allies basic skills? It’s the same with me.” Ning Wei looked into the distance with an indifferent expression, and commented indifferently.

"That's right, I never believed in the so-called alliance that couldn't bring enough benefits to attract members. Really, this news made me more confident that this trip to China will definitely have a good harvest." Ronnie Le Dun withdrew his gaze, looked at the young man beside him and responded.

"Okay, let's stop sighing, we have to hurry up, the two ladies are almost at the next guard post, let's hurry up, or we will be underestimated by the ladies, let's go!" Yan Ming smiled and pointed He pointed to Princess Isabel who was leading the way and said to Jiang.

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In fact, people are always underestimating the speed at which so-called open secrets spread in the Internet age.

In the morning, Huawei and Apple had just completed the signing ceremony in a low-key manner, and the rumors that the next generation of Huawei mobile phone products will be equipped with Apple's A16CPU have spread on the Internet in Huaxia.Of course, most people don't believe this news, and the scope of its influence is limited. It is basically circulated in the small circle of some technical personnel. Occasionally, some laymen pay attention to these things, and they will probably just sneer and say "Falsenews ".

After all, everyone knows that Apple did not make a fortune by doing charity. At this critical moment, it is obviously too divorced from reality to suddenly take out its own chips to support its highly competitive friends.

Not to mention that people in the industry are very clear that Apple's A-series CPUs are designed specifically for their own hardware and IOS systems, and Apple currently does not have the baseband chip research and development capabilities, and can only use third-party baseband chips, so Apple's motherboards In terms of design ideas, it is different from other friends.Even if Apple is really willing to sell its own chips to Huawei, whether Huawei can eat this batch of goods before the new phone goes on sale is still a matter of opinion.

However, just when everyone thought it was fake news, more and more news was exposed on the Internet.It is said that Huawei's various research institutes have received orders to redesign the mainboard frame according to Apple's A15 and A16 CPUs. Almost all front-line R&D engineers have begun to accept pre-site mobilization, and may need to give up vacation preparations in the next three months. .Even Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays that are not overtime days, which are very tacit on weekdays, may have to be prepared to work overtime.

Immediately afterwards, some small development companies said that they had received requests from Huawei's docking department, and gave them an open interface for a special platform, hoping that they could pass an intelligent optimization platform, and said that in the near future, they may be needed On this smart optimization receipt, optimize their software for a particular Hongmeng version.

This rhetoric is very intriguing, not the latest version but a special version.So the question is, why develop a special version of Hongmeng?

Later, insiders revealed the news that Apple's headquarters had issued an order to start inventorying Apple's two types of CPU inventory around the world, especially in China.

Immediately afterwards, there was news that Apple added several orders for the old version of the CPU to the chip foundry. Although the specific model has not been revealed, the sudden additional order is indeed extremely abnormal.

The insiders exposed the breaking news one after another, which really made people dumbfounded.When everyone puts all these news together, and then look at the Falsenews that broke out before, it will be terrifying!Looking at it from another perspective, when Apple and Huawei join forces to make mobile phones, do they want to monopolize the global high-end mobile phone market?

Let's not talk about the thoughts of other friends, what do companies like Google and Qualcomm think of Apple's play?What do those chip foundries think?You must know that the amount of OEM for Apple is large, but Apple's requirements for suppliers are already high, the price is still kept low, and the profit margin is obviously not as good as other manufacturers.

But for electronic enthusiasts in China, it is even more exciting. Huawei mobile phones equipped with Apple's A-series CPU, long time to see you?

Of course, there are still problems. Is Huawei capable of tuning Apple's A-series CPU in a very short period of time to fully utilize the performance of the CPU?After all, the advantage of the A-series CPU has always been single-core operation, while the Hongmeng system is similar to Android, which requires multi-tasking to stay in the background and relies more on the multi-core performance of the CPU. Can these difficulties really be solved perfectly?What kind of experience will it bring if the promotional video released by Huawei is added, and the Apple A-series CPU is equipped with the intelligent voice control system after the major revision?

Even with a lot of fruit powder started to get excited.

Apple has sold all the CPUs to Huawei, can Huawei not make a statement?By the way, will the next generation of Siri be upgraded?Will March, which is said to be able to talk directly, also be integrated into the next generation of Siri?Does it mean that Siri will be upgraded from artificial mental retardation to serious artificial intelligence?

In short, all the news combined, after all, ignited the enthusiasm of countless netizens, especially Zhihu, which is a more professional communication software for pretense. "How will Huawei's next-generation smartphone products use Apple's A-series CPU affect the entire mobile phone industry?" This question was pushed to the top of the day's hot search almost instantly. The detailed description of the question will discuss this news All the relevant news was collected, and finally a soul question was issued: "What do you think other friends and businessmen will think at this time after hearing this news?"

The answer that ranks first under this question, and the answer that ranks first in the comprehensive data of likes, comments, etc., is as usual a non-professional answer that is witty.

"Non-industry-related, uninvited. I don't know what other friends and businessmen think after hearing the news, and I don't care about the impact on the entire mobile phone industry, but I guess Tim Cook's phone call now It has been completely blown away, and based on my understanding of the so-called high-society bigwigs, it is impossible to say that the [-]th generation of the Apple CEO's ancestors are being greeted affectionately in beautiful English by friends and businessmen."

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In many cases, this non-professional answer directly points out the reality.

Yes, Tim Cook, who is already sitting in the Apple Park office in Cupertino, California, is indeed bombarded by various phone calls.

However, no one swears directly on the phone. After hanging up the phone, they don't know, but who would care?

Naturally, there is still some pressure, but with Apple's size, it is already possible to ignore some pressure.Decentralized equity makes Apple more influential. For example, many judgments of Apple’s largest institutional shareholder Pioneer Pilot Group can even affect the Federal Reserve’s decision-making on release policies.

Of course, external pressure can be resisted, but internal pressure is the most troublesome.Not everyone will approve of this deal. Although Tim Cook has maintained Apple’s continuous profit growth over the years, the position of the company’s leader is secure, even though many outsiders question his ability as Apple’s founding father. Jobs, but in the eyes of shareholders, Jobs, who is paranoid in thinking and acting, is obviously not as cute as Tim Cook, who is good at creating profits.

For listed companies, profit is the last word.

So no matter how a group of Wall Street analysts diss Tim Cook's ability every day, questioning that Apple has lost its ability to innovate after losing Jobs, etc., Apple's financial report released every quarter can always hit those gangs hard. Analyst's face.As far as shareholders are concerned, in addition to Apple's ever-rising valuations that make them a lot of money, there are four large cash dividends every year, which has inspired their love for Tim Cook.

Really, if you sort out the resentment between each other carefully, you will find that the logic is exactly the same as the romance written by a certain celebrity.

"Tim is incompetent and Apple has lost its ability to innovate."

"But it can make money!"

"Apple's innovation is squeezing toothpaste!"

"But it can make money!"

"Apple's new products are disappointing, and there is no bright spot in product upgrades!"

"But it can make money!"

"Apple is taking the cost-effective route? It's going to end!"

"But it's more profitable!"

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Really, being scolded every year, and making a lot of money every year, and the high profit margin makes countless friends and businessmen both envious and jealous.

This is the basis for Tim Cook to secure the position of CEO of Apple in the post-Jobs era.For more than ten years, no one has been able to challenge Tim Cook in this position. Even Apple’s shareholders have offered to buy a private jet for him. When the company comes out, Tim Cook is only responsible for using it, because it is necessary for the CEO to save time and energy to make money for the company.

But this time the decision split the opinions of internal shareholders. After all, supporting a strong competitor for their own industry, can they really continue the myth of old Tim's money-making king?

So Tim Cook, who was harassed by the phone, held an impromptu shareholder meeting again, started with a picture and a sentence, and then relied on his prestige to convince almost all major shareholders of Apple in three to ten minutes.

The picture is a very eye-catching car, with a streamlined body and double sunroof design, high-strength structure, and the super-long mileage data given, as well as the introduction of the highly intelligent master console and eye-catching L4 The advanced intelligent driving system is enough to catch the attention of all shareholders.

One sentence is also very simple: "What they get is the present, but what we win is the future!"

After doing this, this picture was intercepted and put on Apple's official website.The picture on the official website is naturally not supported by various data. It is just a simple car, and then four sentences are arranged above the most conspicuous picture.

The maximum cruising range is 1? 99km!

L3+?Autopilot technology!

Siri+?Intelligent central control!

In 2023, Apple cars will never miss appointments again!

Three question marks, coupled with the last sentence, are enough to make everyone daydream.

Especially the first two items, 1?99 cruising range and L3+? automatic driving technology, caused the strongest response.

First of all, there is a high probability that the place with a question mark cannot be 0, because if it is really 0 in the end, there is a high probability that the purpose of publicity will not be achieved, and you will be scolded half to death.

So even if the number represented by the question mark is only the smallest number other than 0, the cruising range of 1200km and the L4 autonomous driving technology can beat almost all new energy car companies on the market.At present, there are no new energy pure electric vehicles in the market that dare to officially announce that the cruising range of their own cars reaches four digits. As we all know, there is only one level difference between autonomous driving L3 and L4, but it is the most difficult leap.

The description of L3 is conditional automatic driving, but in the actual use process, the descriptions of the automatic driving scenarios of their own products by the respective manufacturers are actually very vague. The described adaptation scenario also requires the driver to be highly focused and to take over the driving authority from the system at any time.

But L4 level automatic driving is different. According to the industry's recognized description, it is highly automatic driving, which can adapt to the daily use scenarios of most vehicles, and only a few special cases need to take over.

To put it simply, even if L3 autonomous driving is popularized, there is no need to make large-scale revisions to the current traffic laws and regulations of various countries, because the main body of driving is still human.However, after the popularization of L4 autonomous driving technology, traffic laws all over the world need to be revised to keep pace with the times, and even the various evidence collection procedures before the traffic police issue a ticket have to be changed. For example, it is first necessary to determine whether the system is responsible or the driver. Responsibility.

In addition, when the L4 level autonomous driving technology is really widely popularized, it will not even be allowed to be used in most areas. It can only be tested in some designated areas until it is determined that its accident rate and traffic efficiency are far superior. After the traditional driving method, the real promotion is possible.So this is not even a purely technical issue, but also represents the development direction of the entire industry.

In addition to the influence of Apple itself, one can imagine how much repercussions this simple picture has brought. Really, Apple fans exploded!

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272 If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools

Really, when Apple puts the picture in the most conspicuous place on the official website with full confidence, it is doomed that China's Spring Festival will not be peaceful this year!Linkages spanning tens of thousands of kilometers have always been so novel and interesting, and when the Internet becomes a field of public opinion, even various hot searches will appear extremely interesting.

Everyone is concerned about Apple's supply of its own CPU to Huawei, and more concerned about the advantages and disadvantages of the next generation of Huawei's mobile phone products and Apple's products. Tesla.

It's outrageous. If calculated according to the Chinese lunar calendar, this is already the second time that Tesla has been passively pulled into the hot search by netizens in the same year.For the first time, because the founder made a bold statement about landing on Mars within five years and millions of people immigrating to Mars within 30 years, Tesla was passively rushed to the hot search by a kitten on the Internet with hundreds of Weibo posts.

This time Apple posted a picture, and everyone began to collectively discuss the advantages of Apple and Tesla's car-making capabilities.Originally, there was no need to discuss this issue. After all, Apple has only made mobile phones before, and even the concept car has not yet met with you.And Tesla has sold more than one million smart electric vehicles worldwide, but the picture released by Apple is really too cruel!

Tesla is indeed very powerful in the field of electric vehicles. All three electric vehicles will be blown to the sky. Then the question arises. Can the battery system composed of 18650 cells that Tesla is proud of run 1 to 99 kilometers?Can L4 autonomous driving be realized?

Originally, countless netizens on the Internet were still discussing rationally whether Apple can really achieve the awesomeness blown out on the pictures, but the Internet is always very easy to be provoked by a small group of people. It wasn't that Tesla fans started to ridicule Apple's PPT car building everywhere, which directly angered countless serious Apple fans.

So the never-ending war on the Internet began.Fans of the two major technology companies began to fight each other in all kinds of fancy ways.Tesla fans can stick to the PPT to make cars, and fruit fans draw the last sentence on the picture as a key point to popularize science everywhere. I only dare to say that I am an auxiliary driver...

Afterwards, the helmsman of the two major companies were also compared. A small number of fruit fans began to mock those Weibo posts posted in March by the old horse. The cow that the old horse blows out can not only immigrate to Mars, but may even circle the solar system three times.And come up with detailed arguments to prove how rigorous and successful Tim Cook is as a CEO. For example, this CEO is the most amazing supply chain management master on the planet. His precise control of the market is beyond everyone's imagination. So Apple can never be aimless.

Special fans can give examples of a group of bigwigs who entered new energy vehicles and finally surrendered.For example, the once very famous person who suffocated his dreams has already created the most advanced electric car on the earth through PPT, but countless years have passed, not only has the big guy never returned, he has never seen the electric car on the PPT really appear in the public eye.As for Lao Ma, although he sometimes speaks willfully, his rocket company has already sent Tesla into space.

The most depressing ones during this period are probably those netizens who are both fruit fans and special fans. Seeing the two groups of people arguing on various platforms on the Internet is so annoying.However, the fighting power of the bosses on both sides is extremely amazing. When the so-called rational customers are red-eyed, they can be directly labeled with various labels that make people feel uncomfortable. However, all this happened during the Chinese New Year, which should be happy the nodes of...

Yes, just when the whole network is full of excitement because of Apple's powerful official announcement cart, Chinese people also ushered in the most festive day of the year - the Spring Festival!

For the Ning family, this Spring Festival is also very special. This is the first time for the family to celebrate the festival outside of Yancheng, especially since it is not only a family of three, but also a daughter-in-law.Lao Ning and Ning's mother also hung the Spring Festival couplets at the door early, and the refrigerator at home was filled with various ingredients.

After climbing the mountain with Princess Isabel and his party, Ronnie Ledon left the capital with Yan Ming the next day and went directly to Shencheng. After visiting Huawei, he set off from Shencheng Airport and returned directly to China.Ning Wei also officially started to enjoy his New Year holiday on the second day after climbing the mountain.

Ning Wei knew about those quarrels on the Internet. He rarely surfed the Internet even during breaks, but with March as his public opinion assistant, it was impossible to miss such a large amount of discussion. However, Ning Wei did not choose to speak out, although countless people @ him on Weibo, private letter to him, and even the media above the provincial level found him in a roundabout way, hoping that Ning Wei could express his views, but Ning Wei resolutely rejected them all.

The reason is simple, and it is almost impossible to approach rational discussions on the Internet.No matter what he says, it is definitely impossible to satisfy the fans on both sides. After the Chinese New Year, who is interested in speaking out about this kind of shit, and then being scolded on the Internet for no reason?

Let's do a science popularization in March. It may be necessary to list hundreds of pages of papers to tell both sides of the debate how to treat these scientific issues.For example, the relationship between battery capacity and energy density, the function of the catalyst, how the battery anode structure affects the battery energy density, where is the core point of L4 autonomous driving, and what information does the machine brain use to determine what measures to take when encountering complex road conditions? What mathematical theories are involved in it...

In fact, it doesn't take much effort to get it out, the key is that no one can understand it, and may even misinterpret his meaning in various ways.

The most important thing is that Ning Wei is happy to see this kind of debate. Let’s argue loudly. It’s better to fight more grandly, give him time to do something silently, and then successfully surprise everyone. good.He had already promised Liu Wei that if he wanted to do something big, he should be obedient and dormant until the big ticket was actually made.

Ning Wei really wants to comment on the deal between Huawei and Apple. After all, it is rare for such a direct competitor to reach an agreement. Both parties feel that they have made money and achieved a so-called win-win situation. This is very rare!Ning Wei felt that he could directly blow up this cooperative attitude!It's a pity that although the outside news is disturbing and turbulent, the two large companies have always maintained this silence. They did not respond to these news at all, so they could only give up.