Recently, the "ZTE Incident" can be described as a tornado in the communication and IT industry, which has attracted industry leaders to express their patriotism. The editor is also a passionate patriotic young man, but after the indignation, I suddenly smelled a hint of crisis, what is it? And listen to me.
Let's review the ins and outs of this incident first, so that the friends who eat melons can understand the background of the origin of the crisis.
——“On the evening of April 16, 2018, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the U.S. government will prohibit ZTE from purchasing sensitive products from U.S. companies within the next seven years.”
This news has actually become Baidu Encyclopedia in just a few days! What is a "sensitive product"? It's a subtlety... It's nothing more than that "chip"! ZTE's main businesses include base stations, optical communications and mobile phones. Among them, some radio frequency devices in the base station, such as cavity filters, optical modules, and structural component modules in mobile phones, can basically meet the self-sufficiency requirements. Only chips have a certain degree of insufficient self-sufficiency in the three major application fields.
My friends have questions again, why don't you sell us chips? Chips, whether in mobile phones, smart devices or computers, are the brains, responsible for command and computing functions. The essence of the computer is to carry out a series of complex mathematical calculations, even the inventor of the computer - von Neumann himself is a mathematician! Now you understand, without chips, no matter how many radio frequency devices you have, no matter how many filters you have, it will be of no use. If a person lacks a brain, what is the use of thick arms and legs?
Well, now that you know the status of the chip leader, it's time to understand why the United States is doing this. After reading countless news, the editor came to a conclusion (the editor's personal opinion, if you have any objections, welcome to come to the editor for dinner) - Americans are afraid! Fear that ZTE or Huawei's leading position in the 5G market will pose a threat to the United States, both technically and economically! If it weren't for timidity, why did the United States announce sanctions on ZTE just two weeks after ZTE announced that it had successfully made the first 5G phone call in China and officially opened the end-to-end 5G commercial system-scale field site?
So, why is 5G, which has frightened Americans so much magic? Why do Americans have to issue such a face-slapping ban without hesitating to catch up with the president? Why are Huawei and ZTE becoming a thorn in the US's side because of 5G breakthroughs? In summary, there are two main points:
(1) Economically, an IHS 5G industry report previously predicted that by 2035, 5G will create a global economic output of $12.3 trillion, which is almost equivalent to the entire spending of all U.S. consumers in 2016, and more than combined consumer spending in China, Japan, Germany, the UK and France in 2016.
(2) From a technical point of view, compared with 3G/4G technology, 5G technology has high transmission rate, large network capacity, and short delay, which can improve network energy efficiency by more than 100 times, provide basic resource support for the Internet of Everything, and bring AI to AI. The hope of development will also bring huge industry profits.
Therefore, from the above two points, the land of 5G must be a battleground for military strategists! No matter who wins or loses in this war, the commercialization of 5G must be an inevitable trend, it is only a matter of time.
As a small partner in the testing industry, have you smelled a crisis? 5G is here, bringing unmanned driving, smart city, smart home, Internet of Vehicles, Internet of Things, etc. These areas are areas that our testers have not covered in the past, and also lack corresponding testing experience. In addition, most VR products on the market can only provide audio-visual and entertainment functions, and will produce different degrees of vertigo. According to research, VR latency can only relieve dizziness when it is less than 20ms. Therefore, the high-speed, low-latency 5G network is considered to be a "life-saving medicine" to effectively solve the problem of VR data transmission. At the same time, only the popularization of 5G network can truly drive the popularization of immersive VR products. If the commercial use of 5G goes smoothly, some people predict that in 2021, the shipment of VR/AR helmets will be close to 100 million units. By then, VR games will become very popular and will become popular! As a tester, how much experience do you have in testing VR games?
The editor is not a magician, but judging from my more than ten years of testing career experience, the testing field will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes in the next 5 years. eliminated by this era. And when you smell the crisis, have you figured out how you should go?
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