Snapdragon 855 is for phones SCX 8180 for PC
Two different chips
Qualcomm is scheduled to update us on the future mobile SoC in early December and if it was not clear before, these 7nm solutions are two different chips.
5nm mobile chips to arrive in late 2020
Industry contacts shared
The mobile industry is definitely outpacing the manufacturing progress of both GPUs and CPUs and this is not going to change anytime soon. Apple lead the industry with millions of 7nm A12 SoCs, Huawei and Qualcomm are joining in, while the PC industry will get them slightly later with much smaller volumes and with the help of small AMD.
IBM might have the power to go beyond 7nm
New materials and processes
Big Blue has come up with some new materials and processes that could help improve the efficiency of chip production at the 7nm node and beyond.
Nvidia stock dropped for the wrong reason
Analysis: Crypto drop was inevitable
Crypto currencies are rather volatile and most people reading this are very well aware of that. The fact that it could cause Nvidia stock to drop by more than 30 percent is ridiculous as obviously, the finance community didn’t do its homework well. Long term betters on Nvidia should bet on two things, AI and Automotive, backed up by strong and stable gaming.
Turing RT cores are made for AI
Great that they can do Ray Tracing
Graphics experts very close to what's happening have shared an interesting thesis that helped Nvidia justify the transistors spent in Turing RT cores. It is all about AI and the next generation data workloads.
OnePlus 5G is more expensive than 6T
Coming in 2019
OnePlus is part of the big six alliance committed to bringing their 5G phones in 2019 and it is not surprising that this is still on schedule. China, the US, and a few European countries will have 5G networks ready in the course of 2019.
Intel XMM 8160 5G silence XMM 8060
From 2G to 5G in 2H 2019
Intel has announced its XMM 8160 5G modem that supports all the "Gs" from 2G to 5G NR and it plans to ship the modem in 2H 2019 so expect it in phones and PCs in early 2020.
Intel spends $2 billion a year on modems
Industry sources
Each year Intel invests some $2 billon to please one large modem customer - Apple - and the level of investment will likely increase in the near 5G future.
Red Hat killing off KDE
News buried as GNOMEs triumph
Red Hat appears to have used the news of its takeover by IBM to bury the news that it was killing off KDE.
Big Blue buys Red Hat
$34 billion deal
IBM is acquiring software maker Red Hat in a deal valued at $34 billion, the companies said Sunday.