I am not too surprised that they are giving up on the P/E core model. AMD’s approach seems much more sane where the “efficiency” cores still have full functionality of the full fat cores.

More intense competition for AMD’s X3D line is also a good thing. AMD needs more pressure for price competition and more consumer friendly product management policies.

I am not really all too happy about the switch to Nvidia for graphical acceleration, this sounds like a state sanctioned initiative and it will only serve to reduce the minimal competition we have in the GPU market (Chinese GPUs aren’t really viable where I live; I am talking about purely pragmatic reasons, ignoring broader considerations with using Chinese GPUs in this particular case).

You’re still using a platform upon which Google has an enormous influence, including making life much more difficult for projects like GrapheneOS. And I think it’s only a matter of timer before they’ll take more aggressive measures.

Btw, I am not saying one should or shouldn’t use a Pixel with GrapheneOS.

An interesting thought experiment, but the $300 price is not realistic for any company other than SBCs makers (let alone Apple).

I also feel desktop computing is fundamentally a different sort of experience where there is a bigger emphasis on flexibility (both in terms of hardware and the software platform).

While this is a good initiative from South Korea (recycled older devices are often good enough for basic web usage and media consumption), a much better initiative would be to investigate Samsung and SK Hynix, who are basically colluding to maintain tight supply by refusing to build more capacity.

A performance and price competitive SKU from Intel! Who could have thought?

Or is this some sort of fake launch that is meant to capitalize on lack of memory and SSDs?

I initially (just for a brief moment) thought intel somehow add Direct3D (DirectX) support on their CPUs without turning it into an iGPU.

I highly doubt banking and eGov apps will work through the compatibility layer. But that’s why I want to try using both phones in parallel; to find how to best manage the transition.

I am planning to buy myself a Jolla phone later this year.

Planning to use it in parallel with my Android phone, I want to prep for switching off Android.

Banking apps and eGovernment apps is going to be a massive issue. I am really hoping there will be a big push in Europe to adopt SailfishOS.

Cool!

The Fudan team reports a 94.34% yield from full-chip testing — a figure that rivals commercial silicon production — and operational speeds up to five megahertz. Each bit consumes just 0.644 picojoules, far below the energy draw of today’s silicon flash cells. The memory demonstrated fast 20-nanosecond programming and erasing, ten-year data retention, and endurance of over 100,000 write cycles.

Pretty slick specs even if this is an early proof of concept.

What do you mean by anti-commercial style? I am not from North America, but this seems like pretty typical PR copytext for local tech companies. Lot’s of pomp, banality, bombast and vague assertions of caring about the world. It almost reads like satire at this point, like they’re trying to take the piss.

If his intentions are literal and clear, what does he mean by “superintelligence” (please be specific) and in what way is it safe?

This honestly looks like a grift to get a nice salary for a few years on VC money. These are not random sales goons peddling shit they don’t understand. They don’t even bother to define “superintelligence”, let alone what they mean by “safe superintelligence” .

I find it hard to believe this wasn’t written with malicious intent. But maybe I am too cynical and they are so used to people kissing their asses, that they think their shit doesn’t smell. But money definitely plays some role in this, they would be stupid to not cash in while the AI hype is hot.