Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 PRO preorders occur in Italy, Spain, and France
Published in Mobiles


Insane €799 and €999 pricing

It took Xiaomi more than a decade to make a camera that could challenge Apple, Huawei, and Samsung, and when it did, it doubled the price of its phone compared to last year. The Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 PRO can be preordered in Spain for the insane amounts of  €799 and €999.

The Aida 64 6.25 is out
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 09 April 2020 18:29

The Aida 64 6.25 is out


Speaks AVX-512 for Ice Lake server

Aida is one of the legendary tools / benchmarks that can answer the eternal question, which kind of a configuration can you have, without needing to open your computer or notebook?

Apple 5G phone is on schedule
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 09 April 2020 18:23

Apple 5G phone is on schedule


iPhone 12 that is

Many outlets covered the rumor that Apple plans to delay its 5G iPhone because of COVID-19 and Foxconn production capacity issues but as we suspected, the rumors turn out to be premature.

Tiger Lake may start at 3GHz
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 08 April 2020 09:41

Tiger Lake may start at 3GHz


New X3 graphics beats Ryzen 7 4800U

Intel launched its 10th generation Core architecture on May 27, 2019, at Computex last year, and it is most likely aiming to launch a Tiger Lake successor in a similar time frame. Ice Lake U will get replaced by Tiger Lake U, and the first leaks suggest a base clock of 3GHz.

Intel launches 5.3GHz 10th Gen Intel Core H
Published in Mobiles


100+ design wins with 30+ slimmer than 20mm

It is not surprising that just two days after AMD had its moment and launched its Renoir high-end notebook processors, Intel has launched six new Core H series where the top contender goes all the way to 5.3 GHz.

Nvidia launches GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER for laptops
Published in Mobiles


RTX 2070 SUPER and RTX 2060 notebooks from $999

Early April is clearly the time for notebook expansion, and Nvidia is no exception. The company has just announced that Top OEMs launch 100+ laptop designs with GeForce GPUs.

Xilinx Donates $1.1 Million to COVID-19 Relief
Published in AI


Healthcare clients prioritized

Xilinx is a company that is working hard in data centers around the world to support your home office, 5G networks, data centers, and even codecs in many streaming services many heavily use these days.

Let’s not get Physical, use Video, VR conferencing
Published in Mobiles


Analysis:
The age of always-connected, 5G and XR is now

Olivia Newton-John released her song Physical in 1981. March and April 2020 have been full  of news of the unfortunate COVID-19 around the world, but I wanted to point out that despite the desperation, this is a time for technology to thrive. Let’s not get physical to save lives and instead use connectivity Wi-Fi or 5G in an always-connected device is possible and in VR or AR.

Disney+ off to a proper HD start
Published in News
Thursday, 26 March 2020 17:49

Disney+ off to a proper HD start


Lockdowns will help

Disney chose the right time to launch its service as Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom got the Disney Plus service starting on Tuesday, March 24.

Computex reschedules for September 28
Published in News
Wednesday, 25 March 2020 16:59

Computex reschedules for September 28


COVID-19s latest toll

The last of the big shows, Computex 2020, has been postponed from the original date,  June 2 - 6 to September 28. Taiwan is not a hard-hit area right now, but with travel bans implemented around the world, it is unlikely that many international travellers would be able to show up in late May for the original date.