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Jan- 2021 -20 JanuaryQualcomm
The Snapdragon 870 is released. But it’s just a higher clocked Snapdragon 865+
Qualcomm and TSMC tried really hard to squeeze out as much as they could from the 7nm process node. They seem to have succeeded so far. The Snapdragon 870 is basically a rebranded 865 with higher clocks. No design changes, no new processors, just a higher single core clock of their main core compared to their older flagship, 865+. Basically, this would be termed as an 865++ just like Intel’s 14nm+++ Snapdragon 870 is just a rebranded 865+ The main core is clocked at 3.2GHz which makes a 3% improvement compared to the older 865+. Unfortunately, Qualcomm doesn’t say anything…
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20 JanuarySpaceX
SpaceX is converting previously bought oil rigs into launch pads for it’s starship rockets
Elon Musk,the billionaire who’s working on going to Mars, and even start colonising the planet, has decided to buy a slew of oil rigs in order to convert them into rocket landing sites. Two rigs in the port of Brownsville were lying idle as the owner, Valaris had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The pair of rigs was purchased in July 2020 by limited liability corporation Lone Star Mineral Development, according to public records. Lone Star Mineral Development was incorporated in June 2020 and registered in the name of SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen. Elon Musk is converting old rigs into…
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19 JanuaryFacebook
Facebook owned WhatsApp now in damage control mode as the mass exodus to Telegram and Signal caused their stocks to drop drastically
WhatsApp messenger has always been our daily chat application, and so friends, family, relatives, and loved ones would chat over WhatsApp either in a group, or individually. It became an app that no one could forget, that we didn’t realise other apps were around until recently when Facebook updated the new terms and conditions so that all WhatsApp data will be shared with Facebook. After Facebook set a date for the new terms, and privacy policy for WhatsApp, people started panicking and wondering what to do next. As usual, people already knew about Telegram, and many started flocking over to…
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16 JanuaryMy two cents
Samsung S21 lineup launched: Some features added, and some taken off
The opinion expressed in this article does not necessarily reflect the views of tekhdecoded. Please keep this in mind. Samsung launched their latest flagship S21 lineup at the “Galaxy Unpacked” event on 14th Jan 2021. While the lineup does look great with many features added, they did take away a few which they ridiculed the others for doing so. The way at which we are progressing, it seems like downgraded features on newer flagships are a thing now. SMH. Normally Samsung would launch their newest chips by Feb, but they really rushed this one by a month! Let’s take a…
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13 JanuaryNew Launches
Intel launches 10nm Tiger Lake laptop processors at CES 2021
Intel just launched the Tiger Lake series of processors for laptops. They only have 35w TDP, and have taken the crown of the fastest laptop processor in single-threaded performance. The Tiger Lake H series can scale up to 4 cores and 8 threads and the improved TDP envelope allows it to overclock at higher frequencies without underclocking. The processors are launching as of right now and will be available from partners shortly. Intel has done away with 15w TDP Intel has stopped providing base frequencies for its processors at the 15W TDPs it has previously reported. Instead, it now reports…
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