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  • AMD proved that Apple skipping 4nm chips isn't a big deal

    thadec said:
    No, AMD's competition is not Intel because they can't beat Intel at raw power, which is what the x86 people care about. So, AMD is attempting to go after Apple fans by proclaiming great power per watt. 

    AMD is not going to convince the x86 crowd that - all of a sudden after all these decades - the ability to make thin and light devices that have 12 hour battery life is more important than single core performance. AMD has played this game for ages too, and everyone would know that if they shift gears after all this time it will be an admission that they can't win it; that they have no answer for things like this: https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i9-13900ks-worlds-first-6-ghz-cpu-now-available-for-699-us/

    In what world are you living that you think that AMD can't compete on power?  The 7950x desktop process trades blows with the 13900K in single core performance, and is a better multicore performer in most applications, while being more power efficient.  Intel has nothing currently that competes in the HEDT market, and their server chips are getting destroyed for the past few generations of EPYC chips, and EPYC Milan chips absolutely destroy intel's offerings in price, performance and power efficiency. 

    The 5000 and 600 series laptop chips from AMD were more powerful and more power efficient than Intel's offerings, and the 7000 chips look to continue that trend.  I suspect that Apple was brought for the AI/Machine learning comparison, as Intel does not offer a chip with machine learning currently, while AMD is integrating an FPGA into their chips from their Xilinix acquisition.
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  • AMD proved that Apple skipping 4nm chips isn't a big deal

    lkrupp said:
    How often does it have to be repeated that ‘cherrypicking' and ‘crowing’ is for spec monkeys and benchmark junkies that populate tech blogs. But interesting that AMD chose Apple Silicon instead of Intel to attempt to smear, a la Samsung. At least we know Apple Silicon has everyone’s attention now, don’t we.
    They compared themselves to both Intel and Apple, specifically the 1280P from Intel and both the M1 Pro in Cinebench and the M2 for the AI engine performance.  And yeah, I think its a sign of respect for Apple Silicon that they are being compared, Apple has big head start in leveraging AI in desktop hardware.

    Every company cherry picks at their presentations to highlight their performance advantages.   Apple, Intel, Qualcomm and AMD all do this.  The article mentions(strangely) that they don't compare themselves to the M1 Pro Max or the M1 Ultra.  This is because the 7040 is not in the same pricing category(and the Ultra is a desktop chip...).  The 7040 is not their high end chip, its a thin and light chip.  They have a separate Dragon Range chip for high performance laptops that is a 16 core Zen 4 chip that runs at a much higher TDP.  And obviously the M1 Ultra should more rightfully be compared the desktop 7950x or a Threadripper chip, especially when factoring in costs.
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  • Apple Watch rumored to get MicroLED face in 2025

    MicroLED isn't some magic technology.  Its main advantages have always been higher brightness and no(far less) risk of degradation over time.  On the flip side, OLED is a pretty mature technology.  MicroLED offered more accurate colors originally, due to WOLED require a white pixel to boost the brightness, however Samsung's QD OLED no longer requires that, and is offered currently in a TV that has 2k nits of brightness.  So the brightness advantage is minimized, and the fact that QD OLED uses only a blue backlight with quantum dots to transform them into RGB, it supposedly reduces burn in risk(take that with a grain of salt, we will see over time).  

    I think Apple will use whatever the best technology they can get at a high volume at a specified price level.  MicroLED continues to improve, but at least with Samsung's version is still power hungry and produces a lot of heat, both of which are not good for a portable device.  And OLED continues to improve each year.
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  • AMD trying to take on Apple Silicon with Ryzen 7040

    The most interesting thing from the presentation isn't even mentioned here, its that the have integrated a Xilinix FPGA as part of their AI engine.  Depending on how addressable that FPGA is, it could create some interesing(if niche) capabilities.   
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  • EU hits Meta with $411 million fine for forcing users to accept personalized ads

    The EU is out of its mind! They are trying to regulate American innovation with their policies 
    We have reached this crazy point in America where people think all regulation is bad and companies must have your best interest at heart, cause that's how capitalisms works.  They would never us deceptive practices, unsafe products, or any number of immoral decisions in order to make just a little more money...
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