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  • Amazon takes on Apple TV 4K with updated Fire TV featuring HDR, Dolby Atmos support

    ksecksec
    I dont want three remote control for three different things relate to TV. And not something hanging out of it like this new FireTV.

    Apple, just give me an Apple TV Set with Apple TV built in, charge it 30%+ of Sony TV Set and I would still buy it.
    watto_cobra

  • macOS High Sierra drivers for Nvidia PCI-E video cards now available for Mac Pro, eGPU

    ksecksec
    Stilling hoping Apple release their new Monitor with Integrated GPU.
    xzu

  • Apple rumored to launch jumbo-sized 6.46-inch iPhone X in 2018

    ksecksec
    May be Apple should have two line up?

    X mini ( iPhone SE Size )   - 5.2"        
    X ( iPhone 7 Size )             - 5.8"
    X Plus ( iPhone Plus Size) - 6.5"

    iPhone SE
    iPhone
    iPhone Plus

    This is assuming, OLED price aren't coming down in the next 2 - 3 years. And Cutting OLED into irregular sharp wont be either. ( Current only Sharp is doing it ) NAND and Memory price will drop by the end of 2018.

    Pricing would be
    X Plus  - Starting at $1199
    X          - Starting at $999
    X Mini   - Starting at $799
    iPhone Plus - $699
    iPhone         - $499
    iPhone SE   - $299

    Or Simply cutting out the iPhone Plus

    X Plus  - Starting at $1199
    X          - Starting at $999
    X Mini   - Starting at $799
    iPhone         - $599
    iPhone SE   - $349

    doozydozenkituwatto_cobra

  • Inside iPhone 8: Apple's A11 Bionic introduces 5 new custom silicon engines

    ksecksec
    wizard69 said:
    longfang said:
    Daniel is getting mellow in his old age. I didn’t figure him for the author until half way through the article.
    Frankly it is his best article to date.   Generally I can't read through his articles, the style just runs my stomach.    This article is very good though and nicely corrals the known information.

    Now I kinda look at this as a start, I really want to see more details on the GPU and other new units in the chip.    A11 is a powerhouse of a chip and ushers in a lot of new technology that I want to see more detail on.  
    This isn't any better, Just much more toned down. As soon as AI touches anything that is "technical". It fall short.  Nvidia, AMD, ARM even Qualcomm all uses some form of Tiled based Rendering, and deferred Rendering isn't unique to IMG either. But of course IMG being the pioneer of this tech has the best implementation, and the patents around it.

    H265 Hardware Encoder is nothing new. What is surprising ( at least to those who dont follow Apple ) is the quality of encoding. Normally, most hardware encoder tends to produces very poor quality results, compared to software based encoder. You can trying doing Hardware encoding from Intel iGPU and Nvidia. 

    And then it got to iPod? And you dont paid patents and IP for the chip even if it includes WMV decode or encoding. You only have to paid if they are activated. That is why there is a different between shipping 300 million of X capable chips and devices that can play a certain codec.

    You can argue A10 was still not quite up to Intel's Core performance /watt, but A11 surely is. And it is done with a slightly inferior node, TSMC 10nm. At the moment we are paying roughly $150 - $300+ ( Retail Prices with Apple Margin ) extra for the same performance but x86 compatibility on Mac. Not sure if the maths will ever work on in flavor of Apple switching to its own CPU.   

    derekmorr

  • Qualcomm loses two key rulings in its patent royalty fight with Apple

    ksecksec
    1. Qualcommm has the best LTE Modem.
    2. Qualcomm Charges too much for it.

    That is it.

    The article try to spin as if Qualcomm modem dont do what they advertise. That is the problem of the Network, not its modem. So it is not Qualcomm's smokescreen.

    And because of its tech, Qualcomm WILL provider faster data rate compared to Intel at the same environment. More CA, higher efficiency. etc.

    I really do hate Apple fan site tries to spin the story to flavor Apple whenever possible,

    And this is writing as an Apple fan as well.
    gatorguyDracarys