tjwolf

mjtomlin said:

deegee1948 said:

Great hire! This guy has some big chops, AMD, INTEL, and ARM! Just watch what’s coming!

Possible in-house x64 based CPUs?

Not sure what the point in that would be: it would cost billions (and years) to do a clean room version of x86.  It would be cheaper to simply keep paying Intel.  The only thing to be gained is some greater independence from Intel's delivery cadence.   No, I think this guy will help raise A series' performance  to desktop class.  Or, maybe, help add fast chip-level x86 emulation so that when Apple does move to A-based laptops, folks won't have to throw away their old Intel-based software right away.

I wonder how Ikea deals with the non-standard widths of US windows?  Will they sell 2-3 widths and let the customer cut them to the exact size at home?

A lot of VR related patents described in an article ostensibly about AR.

Between Munster's and Ming-Chi Kuo's predictions on what Apple will deliver, I'd put my money on on the latter.  Munster doesn't appear to understand the technology and its limitations if he thinks Apple will release  $1,300 glasses which, presumably will cost that much because they'll be gill full of tech.  But there's no room for a lot of technology in glasses that are to be worn all day.  I think that was one of the traps Google Glass fell into: it tried to fit a complete system into the temples & hinge of the glasses.  The resulting glasses were still too heavy - and its batteries lasted only lasted for a couple hours at most.

Kuo, like me, seems to think that most of the processing will happen on the phone (where ARKit and ARKit enabled apps already reside).  The glasses themselves will simply replicate the sensors/camera the iPhone already uses for AR and a display for AR images sent to it by the phone, use a minimal CPU, memory, and networking (e.g. Apple's own W2 chip),.  It should then be possible to have small batteries drive these AR glasses last all day.

It was already ridiculous enough that BMW charged some $300 for CarPlay when some $20k cars throw in CarPlay for free.  Their subscription service is yet more money grabbing.  Ridiculous.

Oh, did I mention that you can’t even get CarPlay unless you also buy their $2k navigation package?!

I have a 2006 BMW 330i and pretty soon need a new car.  It ain’t gonna be a BMW for sure.  Next one will be an Audi (etron sportback) or Tesla Model Y.

"Ambient noise has been a common complaint about existing models," - who could *complain* about something that is obviously not designed into a product?  It's like saying "lack of electric propulsion is a common complaint about existing ICE models."