The plot thickens. There is more drama in electronics hardware than a 90s-era Latin American soap opera.
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TSMC's says 1.6nm node to be production ready in late 2026 — roadmap remains on track
(www.tomshardware.com)
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Google canceled the Pixel Tablet 2, not the Pixel Tablet 3 according to new source
(www.gsmarena.com)
Monitors aren’t being pumped full of this stuff and so won’t the premium televisions.
I have a feeling premium TVs won't escape adware/spyware either. They can get their margin on the hardware and earn some more money on spyware; I don't see what incentive they have to not do both. I hope I am wrong though.
I suspect in the near future it will be impossible to buy a TV without spyware/adware. The only option will be to not connect it to the internet and run your own Raspberry PI/SBC based solution.
A second hand dGPUs could be an option, or going with Intel dGPUs.
2080 should still be OK for FHD gaming.
It does have an additional x2 USB-C/Thunderbolt ports, but I agree that they could have added some more USB-A ports considering this is a 17" laptop.
The Mercury X1 can be purchased on Elephant Robotics for $15,999 US, which happens to be the starting price of the Unitree G1 2-legged humanoid robot with NVIDIA Jetson Orin, but lacking any programming guide as the Unitree robot looks to be configurable through a mobile app only.
You buy a robot for $16 K and you can only configure it via mobile app and don't have direct access?
Although the documentation for this particular robot doesn't seem all that hot. Seems like big issue considering the price.
The documentation has instructions on how to get started and a few demos/tutorials for QR Code Recognition and Grasping, Spatial Movement, Mobile Grasping, and Keyboard typing. I could not find anything about the ESP32 firmware and all instructions are high-level Python or ROS code or commands. I also feel the documentation could be improved as things like specs seem incomplete, and while the product page mentions a “Mercury API is a C++ control interface”, it’s nowhere to be found in the documentation.
The article on HBM memory was interesting. Doesn't look like consumers will get it any time soon (or really even need it?)
Nvidia "prepping" the market for our wonderful new Blackwell prices!
Bloomberg is right to point out the speculative component of SMIC's rally. On one hand they do have a captive market that has to use their services, on the other hand there is reason to believe their 7 nm node is not financially sustainable and that's tech from ~2018.
Oligarchs are going to do oligarch things.
Doesn't matter if it's Macedonia, Botswana or the US.
Anyone remember their previous foray into tablets with the Nexus series? Or the one before with Android Honeycomb and the Motorola Xoom?
They just can't get a consistent strategy going.
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Even if they have a compelling offering (which is a big if), it will likely be $30 - $50 cheaper (at most) than comparable Nvidia SKUs.
No way will they take a hit on margins, especially when the real money is in corporate GPUs.