suddenly newton

Soli said:

MacRumors are going nuts about this interview with Jony Ive. They keep saying that if it's not about the 10 year anniversary they why call it iPhone X. Clearly that's the marketing department capitalizing on the timing, not the technology involved to create this amazing jump into the future of the iPhone.

Windows 8 went straight to Windows 10 and it wasn't even Windows' tenth anniversary, but MacRumors isn't shitting on Microsoft for doing that. Yet these guys nod their head with Microsoft and regurgitate the story of how Windows 10 is such a "yuge leap" over Windows 8 that it deserves to skip a version number.

So... NAND mirroring and using brute force to try every passcode does not equal "unlocking secure enclave."

Soli said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

Soli said:

I’d like to see AI conduct that same encode test on  one of their 2017 MBPs since those machines have built-in HW acceleration.

Hardware decode only, it appears.

I personally don't have a 2017 on hand, but we'll see if any of the encoding utilities have been updated for High Sierra yet.

I thought that the Intel chips included a HW encoder and decoder. Are you saying they don't or that High Sierra is only supporting HW decoding? If the latter, is this due to cost?

First, with regards to Intel's CPUs, if you mean hardware support for encoding HEVC _in realtime_, no. Decoding, yes. I understand too that the decoding support in hardware is a matter of efficiency. A software-only decoder is posible, but, as it was a generation ago with H.264, extracted a penalty in battery life.

StrangeDays said:

"a copy of which was obtained by AppleInsider"

 ...by "obtained", do they mean subscribe to his newsletter? not understanding this.

It's a research note. Picture Sean Bean in an internet meme saying: "ONE DOES NOT MERELY SUBSCRIBE TO A RESEARCH NOTE."

No. research notes command dignity, pomp and circumstance. For example, passive voice must be used when describing transmission of the research note, in order to obfuscate the method of transmission, and to emphasize the recipient.

Research notes are not free either. It's pay to play. The subscriber might receive an email notifying them of a secure, password protected link containing the research note in PDF form. Don't be fooled however. This is not the actual research note, but a copy of which. That's right, a copy of which. The actual research note is in a locked vault, in a room full of immortal venomous snakes, guarded by the ghosts of dead kings. The research note sits atop a pedestal, with a single ray of light shining down upon it. To gaze directly at it is to turn to stone, but copies of which can be safely viewed on a computer screen.

Hope this answers your question, and have a great day!

mbsmd said:

Honestly, this is what the iPhone should look like. The giant bezels on the iPhone (especially the Plus models) is pretty silly these days.

You may get your wish, if the rumors are true. Then again, once the bezels are all gone, where do phones go next year to appear even more "modern"?  Truly terrifying when you reach the end of smartphone design history, isn't it?