On January 14, according to information received by the blogger, Wisdom Picachu, from the supply chain channel, he was able to find out what happened to himOpenAI I'm pushing the codeSweetpea(Sweet peas)'s audio equipment project. Fuscon has been advised to prepare five units of equipment for production by the fourth quarter of 2028。
This sweet pea is given top priority by the Johnny Ive team. According to the plan, the product will be released around September, and the first year of delivery is expected to be between 40 million and 50 million。
According to the supply chain, the hardware design of this device is described as "unique and unprecedented":
Next generation audio device intended to replace AirPods
Main uses metal materials, which are like pebbles
There are two recommended capsule headsets, which are put behind them when worn
Main processor target is 2 nm Smartphone chip, Exynos is the most favoured option
Also developing customized chips to enable the device to directly execute the iPhone Siri command by voice
Without bone transfer, the cost of the material inventory is expected to be very high and the materials and components are closer to cell phone level
It's interesting to note that OpenAI acquired the hardware studio created by former Apple Chief Designer Jonny Ive in May of last year at about $6.5 billion, officially putting the hardware strategy on the desktop。
CEO Sam Altman has also repeatedly revealed the location of OpenAI hardware. In his view, smartphones are Times Square, information bombing, attention smashing, OpenAi to the lake house, so you can close the door and block the noise when you need to focus。
The story also reveals that Fuscon's attitude to OpenAI hardware projects was positive, that he had lost all of AirPods' services to the state, and that he was still embarrassed by Fuscon's seniors, who thought it was a golden opportunity to take back the market。