Lenovo ThinkCentre M Master’s new upgrade escorts the “speeding” of the 20th anniversary of the F1 Chinese Grand Prix! –Fast Technology–Technology changes the future

Recently, the 2024 Lenovo Tech World was held in Shanghai. Lenovo has newly upgraded its ThinkCentre M master series products specially designed for government and enterprise customers. Its distinctive feature is its AI capabilities, which can not only carry local large models and knowledge base, and supports a variety of AI applications, which will further stimulate the innovative vitality of government and enterprise users and enhance the productivity and creativity of all walks of life.

At the same time, at the Shanghai International Circuit, the World Formula One Racing Championship (F1) Chinese Grand Prix celebrated its 20th anniversary, and it was also the 20th anniversary of the Shanghai International Circuit being put into use. Since it was first held in Shanghai in 2004, the F1 Chinese Grand Prix has become one of the most watched annual racing events in the world. As the official technical partner of F1, the ThinkCentre M master series desktop computers, an important series of products in Lenovo’s Think commercial family, rely on their excellent technical strength and stable product performance to escort the efficient deployment and close collaboration of the F1 Chinese Grand Prix.

Master quality is “small but powerful” to escort the completion of the world’s top events

The F1 event shows the perfect combination of speed and technology. It is not only an arena of extreme speed, but also a testing ground for advanced technology. As one of the most technologically advanced and data-driven sports in the world, F1 event operations are like a huge and precise project, and every link must be accurate. The event brought together more than 300 team members, more than 93 cameras to capture exciting moments on the field, and 147 special microphones to bring an immersive stereo experience to the audience. In such a competition between speed and wisdom, every link, from equipment transportation, venue deployment, to competition data collection and transmission, etc., places extremely high demands on technical support.

In addition, F1 has 24 stations around the world throughout the year, and the schedule is very tight, sometimes less than a week apart. In addition, a complete set of equipment including hardware in the competition needs to be transported by air from the previous station to the next station, which places very high requirements on flexibility, portability and cold resistance of the equipment during flight.

Lenovo ThinkCentre M Master Desktop

The ThinkCentre M master series desktop computers and other equipment provided by Lenovo can well meet the needs of F1. As a small but powerful representative of the ThinkCentre M family of products, the ThinkCentre M950q “breaks out” with its 1L ultra-small size, and its compact and exquisite body can be deployed It is very flexible and convenient. At the same time, because it is equipped with Intel® vPro® and Intel® Core™ i9 processor, it also has powerful performance that is no less than that of a traditional desktop computer, creating a hard-core “infrastructure” for F1 that is convenient, mobile and capable of flying around the world.

Intel vPro, born for business excellence

At the same time, the ThinkCentre M master series desktops are easy to operate and maintain on a daily basis. The body has many slots and interfaces reserved for upgrades and expansions, and supports tool-free disassembly and assembly, fully meeting the requirements of F1 events for easy deployment and transportation of hardware equipment. , strict requirements for easy upgrade.

In addition to meeting the hardware needs of F1, the ThinkCentre M master series desktops can also support cross-team collaboration such as track engineers and broadcast teams, and help them collaborate closely in real time with more than 170 colleagues at the UK headquarters. This mainly relies on the support of its built-in “ThinkCentre M Master Management Center” integrated software and hardware management platform. The embedded localized vPro deployment management module can realize the security protection of local software and hardware, and supports the F1 operation team to implement convenient remote equipment Management, making F1 event management and operation more professional, convenient, unified and efficient.

From top events to commercial offices, escorting the intelligent transformation of thousands of industries

In addition to the high-profile F1 event, Lenovo ThinkCentre M Master Series desktop computers also shined at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. More than 3,000 devices are equipped with smart technologies such as remote monitoring management and preventive maintenance, distributed in 6 competition areas and 74 competition and non-competition venues, supporting daily office and event operation tasks, stably and efficiently accompanying every Asian (Para) Games staff member, and withstanding the rigorous test of “not shutting down” for dozens of days. , and made every effort to ensure the successful conclusion of the Hangzhou Asian Games.

It can be seen that Lenovo’s Think commercial family products have been deeply involved in major global sports events. In the past 17 years, Lenovo has served many world-class major projects, and has provided event support for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the 2023 Chengdu Universiade and the Hangzhou Asian Games. Maintaining the outstanding performance of “zero failure” operation and maintenance of major international events.

In addition to being deeply involved in top sports events, the ThinkCentre M family, which has been synonymous with high-end, quality and innovation since its birth, has become the cornerstone of efficient and stable customer information systems in the commercial industry.

With the advantages of powerful and outstanding hardware performance, efficient and convenient operation and maintenance management, and solid and comprehensive security guarantee, the ThinkCentre M family provides industry users with more comprehensive and professional solutions to solve the problems of enterprise IT equipment purchase and bring The huge improvement in performance and management efficiency has made it the best choice for customers in the government, public utility industry and large enterprise customers. In addition, with the professional customized services provided by Lenovo to enterprise users, users can not only obtain services including software and hardware customization, accessory selection, and information identification customization, but also bring benefits to enterprises while meeting the practical applications of users in various industries. Comprehensive improvement of brand image.

In the future, with the more segmented and diversified needs of government and enterprise commercial users in different commercial scenarios, ThinkCentre M series desktops will continue to build a modern and efficient office environment for them, “contributing to the digital transformation” of enterprises, and with the help of more Many top sports events have promoted the brand strength and technological innovation of the Think Commercial family to a broad international stage.