This year CES 2021 was a digital venue showed newest innovation in consumer electronics. It had some 1900 virtual booths, several peripheral product showcase.
Here are some links to reports on the event.
CES 2021 products you can actually buy this year
CES 2021: My Top 3 Gadgets of the Show—and 3 of the Weirdest
CES 2021: What Is Mini-LED TV?
CES 2021: A Countertop Chocolate Factory Could Be This Year’s Best Kitchen Gadget
Intel has to be better than ‘lifestyle company’ Apple at making CPUs, says new CEO
AMD Opens Up Threadripper Pro: Three New WRX80 Motherboards
CES 2021: Consumer Electronics Makers Pivot to Everything Covid
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Tomi Engdahl says:
Microsoft makes support for Linux GUI apps on Windows 10 coming later this year
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-makes-support-for-linux-gui-apps-on-windows-10-generally-available/
Microsoft’s Build 2021 event doesn’t have a whole lot of Windows-specific news, but there are some tidbits of potential interest to Windows developers, especially those wanting to run Linux apps on Windows.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Microsoft: Behold, at some later date, the next generation of Windows
Meanwhile, fans may enjoy Linux GUI apps on Windows Subsystem for Linux
https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/25/microsoft_windows_build_roundup/
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Cryptocurrency & Mining
Check out this mockup of AMD’s next-gen Zen 4 ‘Raphael’ AM5 CPU
AMD’s next-gen Zen 4 ‘Raphael’ LGA1718 package teased in new mockup, 28 PCIe 4.0 lanes, DDR5 memory, and so much more on the way.
Read more: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/79551/check-out-this-mockup-of-amds-next-gen-zen-4-raphael-am5-cpu/index.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
In a completely unexpected move, Intel added four new processors based on the Tiger Lake architecture to its product database. What is even more surprising is that all of them are for desktop, marking the launch of the first 10nm processors for desktop from Intel.
Full story: https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/joao-silva/intel-has-surprisingly-released-11th-gen-core-desktop-processors-powered-by-tiger-lake-architecture/
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Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech:
Intel unveils a refresh of its 11th-Gen Tiger Lake-U chips aimed at laptops and debuts a 5G modem developed with MediaTek that supports 5G on slower, sub-6 GHz — Due to the global pandemic, this year’s annual Computex event in Taiwan is being held virtually, but all the big-name companies …
Intel at Computex 2021: Tiger Lake-U Refresh, Mediatek 5G Solutions, NUC 11 Extreme
by Dr. Ian Cutress on May 30, 2021 10:30 PM EST
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16716/intel-at-computex-2020-tiger-lakeu-refresh-mediatek-5g-solutions-nuc-11-extreme
Normally with a refresh we typically expect a full stack of processors, but this time around Intel is only providing two, at least to begin with. At the top of the stack is the new halo processor, the Core i7-1195G7.
The Core i7-1195G7 represents the first time Intel has enabled 5.0 GHz on a U-class processor (not counting the H35 series which aren’t H-series processors but U-series processors with a stupid name). Intel enables 5.0 GHz through the use of Turbo Boost Max 3.0, which is a ‘favored core’ technology and the best core of the processor can boost that high.
The other specifications of the processor include a 2.9 GHz base frequency (at 28W only, Intel hasn’t given the 12W or 15W base frequency), a 4.6 GHz all-core turbo frequency when inside the turbo window, and a new peak 1400 MHz graphics frequency on the Xe-LP Iris graphics configuration of 96 execution units.
The processor has four cores and eight threads, and supports up to 64 GB of DDR4-3200 or 32 GB of LPDDR4X-4266. In our initial report, we had believed that the refresh processors might be the first to support LPDDR5, given that was part of Intel’s specifications when the Tiger Lake-U platform first launched in Q3 2020. We are still yet to see any Tiger Lake-U processor run with LPDDR5, so here’s hoping it comes to fruition perhaps later this year.
The second processor is the Core i5-1155G7, a new peak Core i5 processor in the family going above the Core i5-1145G7. Like the new Core i7 halo, it beats the incumbent by exchanging base frequency (-100 MHz at 28 W) for peak turbo (4.5 GHz, Turbo 2.0) and all-core turbo (4.3 GHz).
Intel is expecting 60+ new laptop designs with the updated Tiger Lake-U refresh processors this year, creating a total of 250 Tiger Lake-U designs overall in the global market.
Intel 5G Solution 5000
In July 2019, Intel sold its 5G assets to Apple. At the time, Intel had been working on 5G technology for some time, but it was very late to the game. The company had a number of key design wins on 4G, but reports of a lack of performance and power efficiency compared to others in the market. Ultimately Intel decided to sell its faltering smartphone modem business that had never actually turned a profit to Apple in order for Apple to develop its own vertically integrated design. Intel, now without a 5G solution, had to call on third parties for cross-branding. Insert MediaTek.
In November 2019, Intel and MediaTek jointly announced a partnership to bring 5G connectivity to its processors. At the time MediaTek was well underway with its 5G solution, especially with a burgeoning smartphone processor business to support and the need to have a competitive solution with Qualcomm and Samsung. Under the deal, rather than simply rebranding the solution MediaTek created, Intel would be defining its offering in a semi-custom-like arrangement. Today, a long while after MediaTek has been supplying 5G modems with its own mobile processors, Intel is disclosing the first Intel-branded productizable solution out of the partnership, likely based on the T700 announced in the middle of last year.
The Intel 5G Solution 5000 is an M.2 module with an odd size. Rather than being a standard 2230 or 2242 module, which means it would be 22x42mm, the unit is actually 30x52mm. Over a PCIe 3.0 interface, it supports 5G Sub-6 GHz (the wider slower version of 5G), 4G LTE and 3G WCFMA, with global geographical coverage to support the following carriers
The solution, branded as the Fibocom FM350-GL, is supported in Windows, Chrome, and Linux, and supports 4700/1250 for download/upload over 5G. With 4G LTE, the speeds are 1600/150.
Intel is targeting the platforms for Tiger Lake and Alder Lake, but Acer has already announced a home router/base station with the technology.
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Ryan Smith / AnandTech:
AMD unveils Radeon RX 6000M series of graphics adapters for gaming laptops, which are based on the RDNA2 architecture that underpins AMD’s desktop RX 6000 parts
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AMD Announces Radeon RX 6000M Series: RDNA2 Makes Its Laptop Debut
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16721/amd-announces-radeon-rx-6000m-series-rdna2-breaks-into-laptops
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nvidia announces flagship gaming GPU GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, promises to deliver 1.5x more performance over RTX 2080 Ti, available worldwide on June 3 for $1,199
Nvidia announces new RTX 3080 Ti, priced at $1,199 and launching June 3rd
This is Nvidia’s new flagship gaming GPU
https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/1/22461660/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-specs-price-release-date-features?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4
Nvidia is unveiling its latest flagship gaming GPU today, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Based on Nvidia’s latest Ampere architecture, the RTX 3080 Ti will succeed the RTX 3080 and promises to deliver 1.5x more performance over the previous generation RTX 2080 Ti. Nvidia is making the RTX 3080 Ti available worldwide on June 3rd, priced from $1,199.
The RTX 3080 Ti looks very much like the RTX 3080, with an identical design and ports. The main difference is a jump in power and VRAM. The RTX 3080 Ti ships with more VRAM than the RTX 3080, with 12GB of GDDR6X in total. This new GPU is essentially as close as you can get to an RTX 3090 on paper, with half the VRAM. The $1,199 price matches the same pricing Nvidia used for the RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition cards, and it’s $300 less than the giant RTX 3090.
You’re obviously losing out on an extra 12GB of VRAM if you opt for the RTX 3080 Ti over the 3090, and what will likely be a small improvement in performance for that $300 difference.
Nvidia is also including its cryptocurrency nerf on the RTX 3080 Ti, much like new RTX 3080 and RTX 3070 cards. Nvidia offers a separate Cryptocurrency Mining Processor (CMP) for Ethereum miners instead. These cards include the best performance for mining and efficiency, but they’re not designed to handle games.
Elsewhere, the RTX 3080 Ti has the same power requirements as the RTX 3090. You’ll need a 750-watt power supply, and the card can draw up to 350 watts of power. That’s the same as the RTX 3090, but the RTX 3080 draws less at up to 320 watts. Just like the RTX 3080 before it, the 3080 Ti also uses Nvidia’s new 12-pin connector. Nvidia will include an adapter that’s compatible with eight-pin cables.
Nvidia is also launching a second GPU next week, the RTX 3070 Ti. The $599 RTX 3070 Ti will be available on June 10th, and is designed to offer 1.5x more performance over the previous RTX 2070 Super. It will include 8GB of GDDR6X memory.
Both new RTX cards will support all of Nvidia’s ray-tracing, DLSS, and Reflex technologies. More than 50 games now support Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS), offering AI-powered performance boosts to games.
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Andreessen Horowitz:
Analysis of 50 public software companies finds that repatriating workloads from public cloud infrastructure could help them reduce their cloud spend by 50% — There is no doubt that the cloud is one of the most significant platform shifts in the history of computing.
The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox
https://a16z.com/2021/05/27/cost-of-cloud-paradox-market-cap-cloud-lifecycle-scale-growth-repatriation-optimization/
There is no doubt that the cloud is one of the most significant platform shifts in the history of computing. Not only has cloud already impacted hundreds of billions of dollars of IT spend, it’s still in early innings and growing rapidly on a base of over $100B of annual public cloud spend. This shift is driven by an incredibly powerful value proposition — infrastructure available immediately, at exactly the scale needed by the business — driving efficiencies both in operations and economics. The cloud also helps cultivate innovation as company resources are freed up to focus on new products and growth.
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AMD’s Answer To Nvidia’s DLSS, FSR, Works On All GPUs
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/06/amds-answer-to-nvidias-dlss-fsr-works-on-all-gpus/
Nvidia’s DLSS isn’t foolproof, but when it works the performance benefits of AI-powered upscaling can be astonishing. It’s why fans have been pushing AMD for almost a full year to come up with an AI-powered solution of their own, and today, AMD finally announced it. Even better: it’ll work on any GPU hardware.
Termed FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR), the technology is basically AMD’s response to Nvidia’s deep learning super sampling (DLSS). But as consumers saw when DLSS was first unveiled, AMD’s technology won’t be broadly implemented to begin with. Only 10 games and game engines will support AMD’s FSR this year, although AMD’s hope is that their open-source approach will lead to faster adoption in the long-term.
And AMD might be right, especially since AMD’s FSR doesn’t just work on AMD hardware — it supports Nvidia cards too.
Journalists asked during the briefing whether FSR had any resolution restrictions, as Nvidia’s DLSS technology did in its initial implementation. AMD said they would provide more detail on June 22, or June 23 Australian time, which is when FSR is due to launch.
That’s also when we’ll get the full list of games and engines that support FSR out of the game. If Godfall is any indication, there’s a lot to look forward to. The very good 6800 XT, under AMD’s testing, only runs at 49 FPS in Godfall when ray-tracing and all settings are maxed out.
But with FSR enabled, that frame rate jumps to 78 FPS at the lowest upscaling setting (Quality) and 150 FPS at best (when Performance is enabled).
AMD was pressed on the rendering resolution for each of the settings. Nvidia’s DLSS generally can render up to 4x the internal resolution, so a 4K game running in Performance mode would be using AI to upscale the image from 1080p.
Tomi Engdahl says:
AMD’s DLSS rival is coming to way more graphics cards than I was expecting
FSR is coming to over 100 AMD and Nvidia GPUs (and AMD CPUs!) later this month
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/amd-fidelityfx-super-resolution-release-date-graphics-card-support
AMD’s answer to Nvidia’s performance-boosting DLSS tech is arriving much sooner than expected, and it’s going to be supported by an incredible range of graphics cards. Announced earlier today during AMD’s Computex keynote presentation, their FidelityFX Super Resolution tech (also known as FSR) will be launching in just a couple of weeks time on June 22nd.
Even better, you won’t even need a ray tracing capable graphics card to use it. In addition to AMD’s new Radeon RX 6000 desktop GPUs (and their freshly announced Radeon RX 6000M laptop GPUs), FSR will also be available on all RX 5000 GPUs, RX 500 GPUs, RX Vega GPUs, and every AMD Ryzen processor with integrated Radeon graphics. Heck, even Nvidia GTX 10-series card owners will be able to take advantage of FSR, as AMD also showed a demo of it running on a GTX 1060. Excuse me a sec while I sit down and take that all in.
Much like Nvidia’s DLSS tech, AMD’s FSR tech will use AI and spatial upscaling algorithms to deliver more performance at higher resolutions. This is particularly important for when you want to turn on ray tracing, and should finally give AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 desktop GPUs on a level playing field with Nvidia’s RTX 30 cards. It will also specialise in creating “high-quality edges”, according to AMD, producing high resolution frames from lower resolution inputs.
AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) will be coming soon to GPUOpen
https://gpuopen.com/fsr-announce/
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AMD’s prototype Zen CPU delivers 15% gaming boost and will be in production ‘by the end of the year’
By Alan Dexter 1 day ago
Chips packing huge caches will be available before the end of the year.
https://www.pcgamer.com/amds-prototype-zen-cpu-delivers-15-gaming-boost-and-will-be-in-production-by-the-end-of-the-year/?utm_campaign=socialflow
After announcing its mobile GPUs, Zen 3 APUs, and some tasty details about FidelityFX Super Resolution, AMD finished its Computex keynote by revealing its brand new 3D chiplet technology. Admittedly that’s not something you’d normally get too excited about, only this is pretty neat and capable of producing a seemingly significant performance boost for gaming.
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While some of us are still clinging onto our favorite 8-bit microprocessors, ARM announced they will be killing off the 32-bit architecture in 2022 and/or 2023. Over on the GaryExplains YouTube channel, posted a great review of the current 32- vs 64-bit state-of-affairs — not just for ARM but for Intel and AMD processors as well. And it’s a dismal outlook for you 32-bit fans….
https://hackaday.com/2021/06/06/is-32-bits-really-dead/
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Tomi Engdahl says:
The venerable ATX standard was developed in 1995 by Intel, as an attempt to standardize what had until then been a PC ecosystem formed around the IBM AT PC’s legacy. The preceding AT form factor was not so much a standard as it was the copying of the IBM AT’s approximate mainboard and with it all of its flaws. With the……
https://hackaday.com/2021/06/07/intels-atx12vo-standard-a-study-in-increasing-computer-power-supply-efficiency/
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Oliver Haslam / iMore:
Apple introduces Object Capture, an API on macOS Monterey that enables developers to turn 2D images of real-world objects into 3D models optimized for AR — Apple announced a ton of new software updates today and they all need new tools to allow developers to do what they need to if they want to make great apps.
Apple announces new tools, features, and more for developers
Developers, now’s your time!.
https://www.imore.com/apple-announces-new-tools-features-and-more-developers
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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple brings TestFlight to the Mac and launches Xcode Cloud, a continuous integration system that can offload the app build process from Macs
https://9to5mac.com/2021/06/07/xcode-testflight-to-the-mac/
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Apple unveils macOS 12 Monterey, with Universal Control, to move the cursor between iPad and Mac using the same trackpad, AirPlay to Mac, Shortcuts, and more — The past year has seen some of the most dramatic updates to Macs in recent memory. At last year’s WWDC, Apple announced …
https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/07/apple-unveils-macos-12-monterey/
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Computex 2021: TeamGroup Announces its First DDR5-4800 Memory Module https://trib.al/ECmCLrP
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Intel’s ATX12VO Standard: A Study In Increasing Computer Power Supply Efficiency
https://hackaday.com/2021/06/07/intels-atx12vo-standard-a-study-in-increasing-computer-power-supply-efficiency/
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https://www.pcgamer.com/developer-puts-unreal-engine-5-to-the-test-with-10-billion-polygons-of-dog/
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AMD Ryzen 8000 series reportedly based on Zen 5 cores and TSMC’s 3nm node
João Silva 2 weeks ago APU, CPU, Featured Tech News
https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/joao-silva/amd-ryzen-8000-series-reportedly-based-on-zen-5-cores-and-tsmcs-3nm-node/
We may still be a long way from getting our hands on Ryzen 8000 series processors, but leaks and rumours have already started to surface. Recently, a roadmap showing Strix Point was posted on social media, giving away the codename of the new Ryzen series — Granite Ridge. The roadmap had multiple rectangles blurred to hide the specifications of the architectures, but the few legible ones were enough to get us curious.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/05/30/photos-135000-fans-gather-at-indy-500-marking-worlds-largest-sports-gathering-during-pandemic-helio-castroneves/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Super Resolution tuo roiman parannuksen ruudunpäivitykseen – ei vaadi AMD:n näytönohjainta
1.6.202111:35|päivitetty1.6.202111:35
AMD esitteli oman vastineensa Nvidian dlss:lle.
https://www.mikrobitti.fi/uutiset/super-resolution-tuo-roiman-parannuksen-ruudunpaivitykseen-ei-vaadi-amdn-naytonohjainta/7095c5f8-c281-43d8-b8a4-7ac472603ca2
Tomi Engdahl says:
China’s ISCAS to build 2,000 RISC-V laptops by the end of 2022 as nation seeks to cut reliance on Arm, Intel chips
Software porting efforts aim to make sure Android, Linux, Firefox, and Chrome work well ahead of time
https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/08/iscas_2000_riscv_laptops/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
Tomi Engdahl says:
The GPU shortage means MSI is re-releasing the GeForce GT 730
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-gpu-shortage-means-msi-is-re-releasing-the-geforce-gt-730/?utm_campaign=socialflow
The graphics card market is in such a shoddy state right now that MSI has released a new graphics card using a GPU that originally saw the light of day back in 2014 (via Tom’s Hardware). The MSI GeForce GT 730 uses a Kepler GPU with a Boost clock of 902 MHz with 384 Cuda Cores and 2GB of 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM to call its own.
This is not a graphics card you want for gaming, but it still may be your only option if you’re current GPU gives up the ghost and you need your machine up and running for work or Minesweeper. Especially if you don’t have integrated graphics to fall back on, as is the case if you have an Intel F-series CPU or an AMD Ryzen CPU.
The GeForce GT 730 isn’t a powerful GPU, but it isn’t too demanding on your system either, sipping just 23W of power, which it’ll draw from the PCIe slot, and is passively cooled too, making it a silent option.
Tomi Engdahl says:
The latest rumor related to AMD’s next-gen Zen 4 CPU architecture says the company will be doubling down on the core count, literally, to 128 cores in its next-gen Zen 4 based EPYC server lineup.
https://www.neowin.net/news/amds-zen-4-could-be-a-behemoth-with-up-to-128-cores-in-a-single-socket/
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Nvidia Ends Support For Kepler GPUs, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 On August 31
By Zhiye Liu 3 days ago
The end is near
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-end-support-kepler-gpu-windows7-windows-8-august-31?utm_medium=social&utm_content=tomsguide&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com
The time has finally come. Nvidia announced earlier today that it would stop supporting its Kepler-based graphics cards on older Windows operating systems with its next GeForce R470 driver. You won’t find Kepler on the list of best graphics cards, but plenty of gamers still own one. As a result of the change, they’ll no longer have access to new day-zero drivers.
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/2600net/permalink/3051342695088835/
Microsoft says it will stop supporting Windows 10 in 2025, as it prepares to unveil a major revamp of its Windows operating system later this month. When Windows 10 was launched, Microsoft said it was intended to be the final version of the operating system. But from 14 October 2025, there will be no new updates or security fixes for either the Home or Pro versions. And Microsoft says its successor will represent one of the “most significant updates” to the OS in the past decade. Its predecessor, Windows 7, was retired in 2020, although businesses could pay Microsoft to continue receiving updates for Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Enterprise.
Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57443598
Microsoft says it will stop supporting Windows 10 in 2025, as it prepares to unveil a major revamp of its Windows operating system later this month.
When Windows 10 was launched, Microsoft said it was intended to be the final version of the operating system.
But from 14 October 2025, there will be no new updates or security fixes for either the Home or Pro versions.
And Microsoft says its successor will represent one of the “most significant updates” to the OS in the past decade.
Its predecessor, Windows 7, was retired in 2020, although businesses could pay Microsoft to continue receiving updates for Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Enterprise.
Windows 10 was released in July 2015 and dubbed “Windows as a service”, which meant the software was gradually updated at no extra charge, rather than the company releasing a new version of its OS every few years.
Mr Nadella and chief product officer Panos Panay will launch the new OS at a virtual event on 24 June, with Microsoft now facing stiff competition not just from Apple but also from Google.
While PC sales still dominate – 79.4 million shipped in 2020, according to Gartner – Google’s alternative is proving popular, with 11.7 million Chromebooks, which run on Google’s Chrome OS, shipping in the same timeframe.
Some commentators suggest the new OS will be given a name rather than numbered 11.
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Intel ‘Alder Lake’ CPUs to Support PCIe 5.0, DDR5 RAM
https://uk.pcmag.com/processors/132365/intel-alder-lake-cpus-to-support-pcie-50-ddr5-ram
Leaked slides from an Intel presentation offer a glimpse of what we can expect from the Alder Lake family, which will encompass both laptop and desktop CPUs.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/majordomo/permalink/10161876638859522/
20+ years in the making, finally there is a 64 bit version of Visual Studio, available for download as a preview now. What specifically makes this x64 a long awaited version? The fact you are no longer bound to a 4GB process memory limit, meaning you could now for instance open a 150 project, 30000 file solution without having to wait so long you might as well go for coffee, have a haircut, wash your car and write a book.
Not anymore!
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/preview/vs2022/
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Ensin mullistui akkutekniikka, nyt kiintolevyt? 10-kertainen tallennuskapasiteetti samaan hintaan
13.6.202120:01
Grafeenin avulla voidaan kiintolevyjen tallennustila nostaa moninkertaiseksi ilman valmistuskustannusten nousua.
https://www.mikrobitti.fi/uutiset/ensin-mullistui-akkutekniikka-nyt-kiintolevyt-10-kertainen-tallennuskapasiteetti-samaan-hintaan/6e0da895-1beb-441e-9f55-21f238442d67
Thanks to graphene, hard drives could contain ten times more data in the future
https://swacash.com/2021/06/09/thanks-to-graphene-hard-drives-could-contain-ten-times-more-data-in-the-future/
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ReactOS: Can It Replace Windows In 2021?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLP-B3-OftU
ReactOS is a free open source operating system that aims to be a drop-in replacement for Windows, and allows you to run Windows applications. I give it a test-drive in this video and see how well it performs.
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Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
Pandemic boosted the “phone-ization” of PCs, which are adopting power efficient CPUs and thin designs, a trend which will accelerate with broader adoption of 5G — Apple is dragging Microsoft, Google and the entire PC industry into the 21st century
Why PCs Are Turning Into Giant Phones
Apple is dragging Microsoft, Google and the entire PC industry into the 21st century
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-pcs-are-turning-into-giant-phones-11624075230?mod=djemalertNEWS
Your next laptop will be like a smartphone—only bigger, more powerful and more capable. It’s a reversal of almost a decade of trends in mobile computing, a decade that saw our phones get ever faster while our laptops and other PCs felt like they just wheezed along.
For everyday tasks both at home and at work, we have long had a choice: pull out a heavy brick with a noisy fan, a pixelated display, a few hours of battery life and a tenuous connection to the internet; or reach for that instant-on, always-connected, app-stuffed supercomputer in our pockets.
Laptops survived mostly because they’re better for heavier jobs: Their screens are bigger and physical keyboards are better for productive and creative tasks. And when a global pandemic arrived, we found those traits outweighed the mobility benefits of phones and tablets, especially since we were usually on home Wi-Fi and plugged into the wall socket.
Computer sales had generally been in decline for the past decade, and those declines were expected to continue for the foreseeable future. During the pandemic, there were increases in PC sales of 50% or more a quarter, compared with the prior year, according to technology market research firm IDC. Laptop makers are seizing this sudden return to the spotlight.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Fresh rumors regarding AMD’s long-term product roadmap have arisen and they imply some major improvements and changes coming with Zen 4.
AMD Roadmap Leak: Major Platform, Graphics Changes Coming in Zen 4
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/321796-amd-roadmap-leak-major-platform-graphics-changes-coming-in-zen-4?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook
Tomi Engdahl says:
Graphics cards pricing beginning to decline, availability improving as well
https://videocardz.com/newz/graphics-cards-pricing-beginning-to-decline-availability-improving-as-well
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China is forcing mining farms to close, so GPU pricing is already plummeting in China.
Clampdown On Crypto Mining Cuts China’s GPU Prices Nearly 45 Percent
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/china-clampdown-crypto-mining-gpu-prices-plunging?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=tomsguide
China’s non-stop effort to crack down on cryptocurrency mining farms has started to pay dividends. As the South China Morning Post reported today, graphics card pricing in the country has decreased substantially over the past few weeks. Following up on the South China Morning Post’s tip, we’ve analyzed the historic pricing for various Ampere graphics cards.
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Retailers are taking more steps to stop graphics card scalpers
But are they working?
https://www.techspot.com/news/90114-retailers-taking-more-steps-stop-graphics-card-scalpers.html
A hot potato: Scalpers are one of several reasons why the price and availability of graphics cards are comparable to gold right now, but several retailers are introducing measures to try and curb the practice of reselling.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/12318-chromebook-oli-alkuvuoden-jattihitti
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M.2 NVMe SSD Explained – M.2 vs SSD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvfIeTieXOI
Tomi Engdahl says:
Kris Holt / Engadget:
HP unveils the 13.3-inch Pavilion Aero 13, its lightest consumer laptop, weighing under 1KG with a 90% screen-to-body ratio, starting at $749, available in July
HP’s Pavilion Aero is its lightest consumer laptop yet
The $749 machine weighs under a kilogram and has a 90 percent screen-to-body ratio.
https://www.engadget.com/hp-pavilion-aero-13-laptop-m-series-monitors-130032913.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-confirms-navi-23-has-64-rops
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/3138/zhaoxin-unveiled-next-generation-x86-soc-plans-32-core-servers-sub-7nm-client-designs/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Jonathan Greig / ZDNet:
Gartner survey of public cloud services in 2020: AWS had $26.2B in revenue, up ~29% and a 41% share overall, followed by Azure with $12.7B in revenue, up ~60% — Amazon led the market with $26.2 billion of revenue in 2020 from IaaS public cloud services. — According to new data released …
Amazon, Microsoft lead 40% growth of IaaS public cloud services market in 2020: Gartner
Amazon led the market with $26.2 billion of revenue in 2020 from IaaS public cloud services.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-microsoft-lead-40-growth-of-iaas-public-cloud-services-market-in-2020-gartner/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Catching a single Transistor – Looking inside the i9-9900K: A single 14nm++ Trigate Transistor (3/3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtuUANbaEFI
Tomi Engdahl says:
SBCs in 2021: The State of Play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcvMxC81r_g
The single board computer marketplace is maturing, with fewer realistic competitors to the Raspberry Pi, software becoming more important, RISC-V CPUs on the horizon, and machine learning a growing industrial SBC application.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Introducing AMD Bergamo.
CPU, APU & Chipsets
AMD EPYC Bergamo CPUs: Zen 4 + 128 cores, 256 threads on 5nm TSMC
AMD’s next-gen Zen 4-based EPYC CPUs will have up to 128 cores, 256 threads — all on 5nm at TSMC and will drop in late 2022, 2023.
Read more: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/80337/amd-epyc-bergamo-cpus-zen-4-128-cores-256-threads-on-5nm-tsmc/index.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
Tomi Engdahl says:
AMD’s Instinct MI200 Exascale GPU: 128GB of HBM2E
By Anton Shilov 1 day ago
AMD’s Aldebaran to get up to 128GB of HBM2E memory.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-aldebaran-memory-subsystem-detailed?utm_content=tomsguide&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/262688-boost-older-gpu-performance-since-cant-buy-new-one?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://wccftech.com/intel-10nm-sapphire-rapids-xeon-cpu-performance-rumors-hbm-variants-slip-to-2023-only-56-cores-to-compete-against-amd-epyc-genoa/
Tomi Engdahl says:
How to enable XMP to run your RAM at full speed
When you buy high-performance RAM it only runs at stock speeds out of the box. Here’s how to change that.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3623194/how-to-enable-xmp-to-run-your-ram-at-full-speed.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/12346-kaikki-datasi-menee-nvme-n-lapi