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May- 2020 -29 MayiPhone 11
Omdia reports that the iPhone 11 is the most sold phone in the first quarter of 2020
Omdia Research, has a Smartphone Model Tracker and have reported that the iPhone 11 was the best selling phone in the first quarter (Q1(Jan-March)) period. Apple is reported to have sold 19.5 million units in that period. If you are unfamiliar with Omdia, the research company was established following the “merger of the research division of Informa Tech and the acquired IHS Markit technology research portfolio.” The Omdia report explains that even though the COVID-19 pandemic is raging, Apple still managed to sell that many iPhones, and even surpassed the iPhone XR by 6 million units! Despite the devastating impact…
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29 MayARM
ARM releases the Cortex A78 and Cortex X1: 2 powerful cores for 2021 flagships
The UK based chip maker ARM(Advanced RISC Machine where RISC stands for Reduced Instruction Set Computing) has launched not one, but two SoCs(System on Chips) mainly for Android smartphones. The main announcement was the Cortex-A78 which is an upgrade to the Cortex-A77 that was released last year, and based on the Cortex-A roadmap. The other announcement which came as a surprise is the new Cortex-X1. The Cortex-X1 is developed out of its new Cortex-X Custom Program. A78 and X1: Power efficiency vs absolute performance Both the A78 and X1 are geared for performance computing, but the main difference between both…
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28 MayDDR5
DDR5: The latest RAM standard is faster, and clocks way higher. Coming soon to a Desktop near you… In 2021
As you know, we are at this time of the year when the new RAM standard has been released, and it’s DDR5. This announcement has caught the eyes of both enthusiasts and professionals alike. 6 years ago, the DDR4 standard was launched, and many made the switch in less than 2 years. The new DDR5 RAM promises double the performance than current DDR4 modules, while lowering power consumption. DDR5 features Clock Speeds The latest generation of DDR(Double Data Rate) memory gets a speed bump. The older DDR4 had an average clock speed of 3200MHz, but DDR5 has an…
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24 MayEnergy
Need a new energy source? A California based company will be starting one in 2023
People have always been looking for a new energy source to replace the ones we already have, and it hasn’t been easy finding one. Fortunately, This California company, SGH2 has a hydrogen facility in the works, and has promised to transform thousands of tons of garbage into energy every year, and no other plant has been able to achieve that. According to a report by New Atlas, the hydrogen produced by SGH2 will be the “cleanest of all on the market”, and be “the cheapest,” while “pulling tens of thousands of garbage from landfills”. Green Hydrogen Green hydrogen is now…
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21 MayAMD
AMD finally decided to keep their promise. Will allow Zen3 to be compatible with X470 and B450 motherboards
A while back, AMD had stated that there won’t be any zen3(Ryzen 4000) CPU support for boards older than X570. But in a surprising turn of events, they went back against their statement and decided to allow Zen3 support on X470 and B450 motherboards. This will literally be a “promise now, figure out the details later” type of arrangement. I believe they could enable support for majority of the 400 series motherboards which will be upgraded to Zen3 this year. Promise kept In the AMD blog post last year, they made a commitment to support AM4 until 2020. The statement…
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