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Lexar’s Longsys tests DDR5-4800 memory performance with Intel’s Adler Lake, achieves 112% improvement over DDR4

One of the key pillars of next gen PC systems is going to be the introduction of DDR5 memory support. JEDEC released its final specification for DDR5 last July, and it wasn’t long until SK hynix was producing DDR5 DRAM ICs. In December Team Group became one of the first PC component makers to outline its DDR5 memory module release plans, and much more recently Asgard launched its DDR5-4800 RAM modules for Intel Alder Lake platforms. We’ve known for a while now that memory makers are working on DDR5, with plans to launch the first modules later this year alongside…

NASA’s Perseverance rover spots a dust devil zooming across the Martian surface

While Perseverance is flexing and testing out various pieces of equipment in preparation for the start of its science mission to explore and search for signs of ancient life on Mars, it’s already started sending back some exciting data. Not long after landing, NASA’s Perseverance rover used a microphone to listen to the wind on Mars. Now it’s also gotten an eyeful of what that wind can do. On Tuesday, NASA shared the rover’s view of a whirling dust devil making its way across the Martian landscape. Even while not working, it’s still managed to capture images and data from…

Samsung launches A52, A52 5G and A72 at “Galaxy Awesome Unpacked” event

The new Galaxy smartphones are here with all the nifty bits and additions that we were looking for. That’s right, Samsung has announced its new Galaxy A52, A52 5G, and the bigger A72 today that reflect an all-rounder approach. While the Galaxy A52 also has a 5G variant, the A72 only features 4G capabilities. Let’s dive in to see what else can we expect from Samsung in the mid-range category. Samsung has made improvements throughout the lineup when it comes to screens, usability, and more. Let’s start off with the Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A52 5G. The A52 and A52…

TSMC Earned $1,634 Revenue/Wafer In 2020 With A 54% Global Market Share

With the global demand for consumer electronics surging upwards in the wake of pandemic-induced remote working and entertainment shifts, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)’s revenue-per-wafer and overall market share in 2020 grew significantly. TSMC is responsible for supplying products to Cupertino tech giant Apple Inc and chip designer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc amongst a host of other companies, and the fab’s rapid development of chip fabrication nodes has placed it at the forefront of the global contract chip manufacturing industry. TSMC Earned 2x/Wafer More Than SMIC and 66% More Than Global Foundries Shows Data Data compiled by IC Insights…

Certain self decapitating sea slugs can regrow an entire body out of their severed heads

Everyone has heard of creatures capable of losing and then regenerating a tail or limb. But scientists just discovered two species of the sacoglossan sea slug that can do something incredible: severing and then regrowing an entirely new body — complete with heart and other internal organs, according to a new study published in the journal Current Biology. A few years ago, Sayaka Mitoh, a Ph.D. candidate at Nara Women’s University in Japan, was perusing her lab’s vast collection of sea slugs when she stumbled upon a gruesome sight. One of the lab’s captive-raised sea slugs, an Elysia marginata, had somehow…