Huawei launched the MateBook 14s laptop which is powered by Intel 12th-gen core processors and a 2.5k resolution display.

Earlier today, the notebook went on sale in China at 12:00AM (GMT+8) Chinese Time.

Huawei MateBook 14s specifications

In terms of display, the device has a 14.2-inch, 2.5k resolution, 3:2 touch-screen display, with a 90Hz refresh rate and 400 nits of brightness. Additionally, the display features a 100% sRGB color gamut and also supports 10-point multi-touch technology. Also, It is 1.43kg lighter than its predecessor and has a metal body construction build.

The notebook runs on Intel’s 12th Generation Core P-Series Standard-Pressure Processors. It is notable that all P-series processors can handle multi-core and low-power scenarios. The most performing i7-1280P has 6 performance cores that support hyper-threading and a maximum clock of 4.8GHz. All i5 and i7 models have 4 performance cores, with the exception of the i7-1280P.

In addition, the new MateBook 14s has a built-in 60Wh battery, a 90W GaN charger, and a four-speaker audio system. Interfaces include HDMI, Thunderbolt 4, USB Type-A, and more. The new MateBook 14s supports HyperTerminal in terms of software and is compatible with a variety of gadgets, including smartphones, tablets, monitors, and smart screens.

Price and availability

Space grey, Haoyue silver, and spruce green are the three colours that the new MateBook 14s is offered in.

The pricing of the different configurations is as follows:

• i5-12500H + 16GB + 512GB: 6599 yuan ($980 approx.)

• i5-12500H + 16GB + 1TB: 6799 yuan ($1000 approx.)

• i7-12700H + 16GB + 1TB: 7999 yuan ($1180 approx.)

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The Kirin 970 is official and Huawei has set a record with the new flagship chip. The 10nm chip is the first mobile computing unit with a built-in AI computing Neural Processing Unit NPU.

Before we dive into the configuration of the Kirin 970, lets talk about its AI NPU. Instead of letting the CPU carry out AI computing tasks, the NPU is assigned the tasks and it does it better and faster. According to the figures provided, the Kirin 970’s NPU delivers performance that is 25 times more than the CPU’s,  and efficiency that is 50 times greater. That means lesser time and power required for AI tasks.

The TSMC-built Kirin 970 is an 8-core CPU with a clockspeed of uP to 2.4GHz i.e. 4 x Cortex A73 at 2.4GHz + 4 x Cortex 53 at 1.8GHz. It has a 12-core Mali G72MP12 GPU, making it the first commercially available chip to use ARM’s latest GPU. The GPU provides a 20% performance increase over the previous generation as well as a 50% increase in efficiency. Its Kirin NPU can perform 1.92 Teraflops when using 16-bit floating point numbers.

The Kirin 970 has 4.5G Cat.18 LTE and offers gigabit LTE speeds of 1.2Gbps. It also features an advanced dual ISP with face and motion detection, 4-hybrid focus, low-light and motion shooting. Since the Kirin 970 will be appearing in the Huawei Mate 10 series first, expect them to have an impressive camera performance.

The chip also has HDR10 support and 4K video encode and decode. It supports LPPDR 4X RAM (1883MHz) and UFS 2.1 storage. It also features an i7 sensor processor, iNSE and TEE security engines and support for HiFi audio.

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Huawei says it has built an open AI ecosystem so apps can access NPU capabilities directly and via 3rd party AI frameworks. The Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro are the first two devices that will be powered by the new chipset and they will be announced in Munich on October 16.

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