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  • Apple's investment in micro LED predicted to lead to future Apple Watch with longer batter...

    ksecksec
    The article is basically a rehash of what i said here


    Along with new information from Digitimes on Aixtron SE. This is , Liquid Metal all over again!

    Sigh.

    The Aixtron AIX G5 has literally nothing to do with the MicroLED solution Apple are using / trying. This Wafer based MicroLED, are insanely expensive, but may have a much better chance of being commercially deployed in specific applications.

    Mini LED, something TV market will try to do next year to combat OLED TV using Mini LED backlight, isn't even cost efficient yet, but it is not far off and can leveraging all the existing manufacturing infrastructure.  

    I would LOVE to be proven wrong. Micro OLED is like the holy grail on paper, but reality is OLED has a very clear roadmap of improvement coming in the next three years while Micro OLED; cost issues aside, has yet to prove themselves.







    patchythepirate

  • Apple looking to develop custom ARM chips for future Macs, cutting out Intel - report

    ksecksec
    1. What has Radio Patents got to do with Broadcom? If you mean WiFi chipset? Those standard are done by IEEE and are patents free. Apple has already shipped two generation of WiFi chip, the W1 and the new W2 in Apple Watch. Its own implementation of Bluetooth 4.2 and WiFi 802.11n. Needless to say, they are likely working on W3 with Bluetooth 5.0 and 802.11ax.

    2. If you meant patents of LTE as in Qualcomm, well Apple is already having a battle with them anyway. Lets redefine what SEPs are and their fair price by court.

    3. No one has the answer yet what the LTE baseband were on Apple Watch S3 LTE. It was suppose to be Intel according to rumors. But i have always doubt that because Intel simply dont have something so small and so advance ready. It doesn't support CDMA, which basically rule out anything Qualcomm. It doesn't support GSM, but it could be disabled. I am going to guess the LTE in Apple Watch is Apple's first implementation of LTE Baseband modem.

    4. We wont get an Apple Modem in 2018. There is a different between Modem inside watch and iPhone. Next year it is likely to be 100% Intel Modem 7560, supporting 1Gbps speed, LAA, basically the same as Qualcomm X16. Fabbed with Intel's 14nm. Apple dont change modem often, so 7560 will likely stay until 2019. By 2020, Apple will have its own 5G modem.

    5. WiFi, Small Radio chipset are perfect fit for Global Foundry SOI technology, 22FDX now and 12FDX coming next year. I am hoping Apple will diversify its Fab usage to GF.

    6. In typical Apple fashion, It is very likely Apple thinks 4.5 / 5G  ( 1Gbps ) has reached a point where speed is no longer an issue. LAA / Small Cells, more band and lower latency are all done in spec already. Apple are now working its baseband modem because it can reduce cost, and more importantly minimize battery usage.

    7. It is highly unlikely Apple decide to Drop Intel from Mac when they need Intel most on the modem side of things. Given iPhone is literally the whole of Apple, Tim would be foolish to do so.

    8. Apple now has AMD to keep Intel honest. I seriously doubt if Intel does not lower its price to large clients like Apple.

    9. Intel has already sent out words of warning on Emulation of x86 is like walking on a patent minefield. It truly is stupid, but Mircosoft are doing it too, Apple is not in a hurry. They can wait.

    10. I believe Apple making their own Metal GPU makes much more sense, it include its AI and Neutral Engine inside, which is lacking on the Mac. There is still so much innovation inside GPGPU untapped, and Apple cant do much if those aren't opened up.
    RacerhomieX

  • 'A11 Fusion' in iPhone X appears to be a six core processor, according to iOS 11 leak [u]

    ksecksec
    repressthis said:
    SOOO... what's the significance of the A11, 6 cores with "no Fusion?"
    Huge!. In A10, you dont get to choose ( Well you can but let simplify things here ) which core to go. So despite there are 2+2 Core, there is only "2" Core active at any time, depending on work load.

    Now it has 2 + 4 Core, and you can program to use them all at the same time. If done correctly this is much better then SMT / Hyper threading.

    But previously the 2+2 Core was done because there is a believe that programmers shouldn't and wont know which one to use. That is why there is a Hardware Switch to automatically choose which Core to use on the fly. Even Linus thinks this is a better way to handle it rather then the big.LITTLE implementation.

    Now they have gone back, I wonder why, there must be very good reason behind this, Automatic Compiler optimization? Still having a hardware switch in place? Contention?

    Note: One thing i would like to point out, ARM were never keen on SMT. It added complexity to the uArch and lots of testing needs to be done to get things right. And in modern SoC the actual size of the CPU core are already tiny compared to SRAM and GPU, it doesn't make sense to add all this to complexity for extra performance per transistor count. 
    doozydozentmayavon b7

  • Leaked iOS 11 GM confirms 'iPhone 8' 'Face ID' facial detection, revamped AirPods, more

    ksecksec
    Thanks for killing all the remaining excitement Apple. The amount of leaks coming from Apple's own faults and software is getting fxxking ridiculous.
    superklotondoozydozenNameo_williamlondon

  • Samsung is sole supplier of costly 'iPhone 8' OLED, putting Apple in 'urgent need' of alte...

    ksecksec
    anton zuykov said:
    ksec said:
    1. MicroLED aren't likely coming to Apple Watch or iPhone. At any rate they may come to TV first, before the tech move into smaller devices if at all.
    Probably the opposite is true. It is much harder to manufacture a huge defect free panel with 10M pixels, vs a much smaller panel with 120k pixels, don't you think?
    If you have a certain probability that a certain pixel ends up dead due to production, you surely will get a MUCH higher probability of having at least 1 defect, with a 10Mpx panel, comparing to 120kpx panel. That is why it took so long for Apple to get 4k and 5k panels into their products.
    True if the panel are produced in wafer / sheet. This is how it works for OLED and LCD.

    There are really two types of Micro-LED, one that is being used and sold and continuously refined by Sony. First came out as Crystal LED Technology. You bond those "individual" LED into a panel. That is currently only working at 40PPi, and with an 80PPI coming soon.

    The other one is MicroLED on film, which allows up to 1000ppi. But the tech is so far from commercial production, we will likely not see it on any Apple's product in the next five years. Compared to OLED, as much as I hate to admit it, is making a lot of progress and cost saving year after year.  
    Solipscooter63