#semiaccurate

[eightyonekilograms]

Epistemic status: this is all hearsay. Supposedly Qualcomm has a chip in the pipeline that can finally trade blows with Apple's M-series, and they're throwing away all that performance on a moneymaking scheme that isn't even making them any money. It's so stupid it seems hard to believe, but it would be totally in-character for them.

[ramtracking]

Qualcomm claims its Snapdragon X Plus is an M3 beater, but is it really? [ Apple ]

Qualcomm claims its Snapdragon X Plus is an M3 beater, but is it really? [Highlights] Qualcomm continues to challenge both Intel and Apple in the processor market, as the tech giant claims the mid-range model of its Snapdragon… The notoriously confrontational tech site SemiAccurate claims that Qualcomm is cheating on the benchmarks of its new Snapdragon X Elite and… Qualcomm is debuted its…

[mueslisoup]

Constantly drawing Sonic fanart has fucked up my ability to draw semiaccurate human anatomy

[picturefighter]

2023-03-16

noticed that depending on where I put the focus changes how bright the outdoors look

Managed to find a spot that was... semiaccurate at least x3

[andrssterranova]

Imma preemptively Fact Check myself on this one and refer you the CDC and WHO's websites because I am not a medical expert. Just keep calm, carry on, use common sense, do your own research, and be considerate of those more vulnerable than you. Even a small velociraptor is dangerous to those in poor health but we shouldn't strangle small businesses until they're all rounded up because you can be certain those who crave power will make sure there are always a couple still running around. #velociraptors #raptorsinthekitchen #petraptor #jurassicparkvsreality #semiaccurate #coronabeer #expectationvsreality #simonno #dontyoudoit #raptorsarejerks #dinosarejerks #dinosaursarejerks https://www.instagram.com/p/CIJf8u4jaQH/?igshid=1pepseducqjqh

[lovingnekoma]

henlo my beloved bobs i am here to request a character kin list and also my elemental vision please !! i think you know me pretty well tbh, im more on the quiet side, have dry humor, and i love sleep LMAO thank you in advance and ilyvm boba!!!

gabuccino my beloved i love you so much

YOUR ELEMENTAL VISION IS… ANEMO

YOUR KIN LIST IS…

1. KAZUHA

i feel like, while you enjoy your work, in the end the things that it boils down to are travelling and enjoying good food and poetry. rather than your reason for existence / your existence being propelled by work, you want to moreso just exist and live and enjoy life (which, same bestie). i also think you’re quite thoughtful and a bit sentimental and and kazuha is too. i don’t think you’re as, calculating but i think kazuha cares deeply and tries his best to love the world and find people he loves too. i feel like you have a lot of love in you too.

2. ALBEDO

did you know elevator man has his own wikipedia page i think albedo represents the quieter side of you. kazuha is quite chatty and outgoing and albedo comes into the kin list for you socially. he’s a bit more reclusive and more introverted, social interactions can be stressful (read: draining) for him. i feel like he, too, has a drier sense of humour. he also gets really involved and knowledgeable about things he likes, and i see that in you too with a myriad of things you’re interested in. you’re also both really great artists!

3. AYAKA

its the perfectionism for me, your honour. ayaka and you overlap in this: you are helpful, kind and loved. little things make you happy and part of your charm can be your cuteness. you do not carry yourself with flamboyant arrogance, but more quietly and a little more reserved while still being friendly and i feel like you make good impressions. ayaka just kind of fills in the gaps of and adds to what albedo and kazuha covered. she also reaches a bit for the edges of your ambition, as i see you going on to do great things career wise.

-> still accepting some asks for my genshin event

[windfighter]

doodled my gender because I had nothing to do

[dailytechnologynews]

ARM server vendor lays off 130 and cancels cores - SemiAccurate https://ift.tt/2GcPk0f

[burntcanvas13]

Ooo it turned out decent 😎😎 . . . #sketch #artwork #self_portrait #artclasswork #traditionalart #meee #semiaccurate https://www.instagram.com/p/CQEfwhknEDu/?utm_medium=tumblr

[whatwouldteslado]

In honor of Summerween, here is some costume makeup I've been working on recently, complete with semi-accurate constellations! (I'm an NB Nebula. An NBula, if you will)

hell you went all out

you know the semiaccurate constellation thing makes you a semi nerd at least though right, full out nerd if we’re being honest here

pretty good though, think my entire green face paint today might be better but you know what can i say shreks just hard to beat B;)

[wyrmoftheweb]

i want to get a jacket and embroider a semiaccurate constellation map on it BUT things cost money AND i haven't embroidered in 3 years and completely forgot how

[wolfliving]

Cruel Apple-Qualcomm gossip

*It’s all about Intel failing to do 5G, which they did, and which is really bad. Bad for Apple, who now has to fold at the knees.  But especially bad if you’re a trade-war fed and you’ve got a Huawei 5G Princess stuck in prison in Canada because you thought big American chip companies ought to be able to handle 5G.

*Hey, they’re saying it, not me.  I just got here.

https://semiaccurate.com/2019/04/16/qualcomm-just-beat-apple-into-sumbission/

Qualcomm just pummeled Apple over patents and technology because, well, it appears the scales tipped in Qualcomm’s favor. SemiAccurate has been saying that Qualcomm would prevail and since we first started covering this suit and Apple’s tactics, and now they have.

If you read our last piece on the suits it was pretty obvious that Apple was in the wrong, allegedly caught red handed, and dug the hole deeper with their petty and vindictive reactions. Qualcomm claims to have multiple emails where Apple gave sensitive trade secrets to a competitor, then refused to allow Qualcomm to exercise their contractual audit rights. While there may be some more evidence not presented publicly, it sure looks like Apple was in the wrong.

So rather than fixing their alleged wrongs and making Qualcomm whole, they appear to have withheld legitimate royalty payments and launched a barrage of somewhat specious trade and patent related counter-suits along with lowball press sniping. Like several other non-public IP issues, Apple seemed to think bullying, threatening, and not paying Qualcomm would bring them to heel. We will skip the intervening legal and press posturing by Apple and suffice it to say they aren’t laughing at the moment.

So what was the result? Apple on their knees begging Qualcomm for mercy. Why do we say that? Read this. Seems pretty simple, right? Apple paid Qualcomm an undisclosed sum and licensed modems from Qualcomm, likely exclusively, for six years with an option for two more. What is the problem there? First start by looking at Apple’s claims over the past two or so years on the topic. Compare and contrast the wrongs that Qualcomm was said to have committed against the evidence Qualcomm presented. Then look at who paid whom and reflect on the fact that that the magnitude of the amount Apple shelled out started with a B.

Apple was trying to cut Qualcomm down to size and marginalize them to another supplier of commodity parts. They did this by trying to build up Intel modems and even allegedly handing Intel Qualcomm’s trade secrets when the Santa Clara company could not figure out how to make a working product. For the billions Apple dumped into this enterprise, they failed because Intel, the best of the non-Qualcomm modem makers, quite literally never made a single device that met their promised specs. No we are not joking, Intel’s modem business was a mess.

How bad was it? By the end they were showing multiple versions of the same fake chip photoshopped to ‘be’ a 5G modem. Really, you can’t make this stuff up. Intel claimed release dates, specs, and all sorts of numbers but never showed actual 5G silicon, functional or not. Worse yet they never got LTE modems even close to what they promised Apple. This is Intel’s problem not Apple’s, right?

Actually it was Apple’s problem more than Intel’s. Sure Intel was ‘selling�� Apple modems with a $10 bill wrapped around each one as SemiAccurate exclusively told you last year, but finances only go so far. Remember the iPhones with 600Mbps LTE modems? You know the ones where if you put that same Qualcomm part in any other device it was a 1Gb LTE modem? Then again if you put the same Intel modem in any other device it was a 600Mbps modem, not that there were any other customers dumb enough to use that device despite the contra-revenue pricing. Apple literally crippled their Qualcomm modem to match Intel’s so the finance set would put pressure on Qualcomm....(((etc etc)))

[thetechtin]

Intel announces 5.5Ghz capable 12th Gen CPU - The Verge

Intel announces 5.5Ghz capable 12th Gen CPU – The Verge

Intel announces 5.5Ghz capable 12th Gen CPU  The Verge Intel announces 12th-gen H processors for laptops with hybrid design – GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.com Intel releases lots of hardware at CES  SemiAccurate Intel already has an answer to AMD’s 3D V-cache secret weapon CPU  TechRadar Watch Intel’s CES 2022 event in under 10 minutes  Engadget

[b0ringasfuck]

Executive summary: Intel 10nm is bullshit.

Una pettinata Intel se la merita.

[famousruinsdeer]

Переход на 10-нм техпроцесс не решит всех проблем Intel

New Post has been published on https://v-m-shop.ru/2020/12/17/perehod-na-10-nm-tehprotsess-ne-reshit-vseh-problem-intel/

Переход на 10-нм техпроцесс не решит всех проблем Intel

Переход на 10-нм техпроцесс не решит всех проблем Intel 17.12.2020 [08:24],  Алексей Разин

Представители Intel сейчас любят говорить о том, какого прогресса в плане быстродействия им удалось добиться при смене одного поколения 10-нм техпроцесса на другое, в результате чего последнему даже было присвоено обозначение SuperFin. Некоторые осведомлённые источники продолжают считать, что даже в апогее своего успеха 10-нм техпроцесс компанию Intel спасти от всех проблем не сможет.

Источник изображения: Intel

Чарли Демерджян (Charlie Demerjian), обычно скрывающий свои откровения за барьером платной подписки на материалы сайта SemiAccurate, выступил на конференции Susquehanna, позволив некоторым участникам обсуждения на страницах Reddit зафиксировать высказанные ими тезисы в письменном виде. Речь шла о проблемах, с которыми Intel предстоит столкнуться при освоении 10-нм технологии.

Чарли начал с того, что напомнил присутствующим о чрезвычайно ни��ком уровне выхода годных кристаллов у 10-нм процессоров Cannon Lake, которые Intel даже была вынуждена отнести к «нулевому поколению» из-за ограниченного распространения на рынке. Так вот, менее 25 % получаемых на кремниевой пластине кристаллов Cannon Lake в дальнейшем годились для использования по прямому назначению, даже с учётом отключения встроенной графики на всех серийных экземплярах.

Безусловно, так называемый SuperFin обошёл Cannon Lake на два поколения, но уровень выхода годной продукции в рамках этой версии 10-нм технологии всё равно ниже, чем в случае с 14-нм техпроцессом. Источник утверждает, что годными являются больше половины всех 10-нм кристаллов, но этот показатель далёк от типичного для зрелой литографической технологии.

Не хватает Intel и производственных мощностей для выпуска 10-нм продукции в достаточном количестве. По этой причине темпы расширения ассортимента 10-нм изделий могут оказаться ниже обещанных, да и объёмы производства уже представленных изделий будут ограниченными. В частности, производители ноутбуков жалуются на нехватку 10-нм процессоров Tiger Lake, выпускаемых Intel по передовой версии технологии SuperFin. Отчаянный жест Intel по переносу Rocket Lake на 14-нм техпроцесс для выпуска настольных процессоров с современной архитектурой Чарли Демерджян подвергает критике. По его словам, процессоры получили крупные кристаллы и высокий уровень энергопотребления, а это повышает их себестоимость и ухудшает потребительские качества.

По сути, источник не верит, что 10-нм техпроцесс сможет обойти 14-нм технологию по объёмам выпуска продукции Intel. Это может создать проблемы для выпуска 10-нм настольных процессоров Alder Lake-S в достаточных количествах, хотя представители Intel и предвкушают серьёзное увеличение производительности по сравнению с предшественниками. Позволят ли ограниченные объёмы производства Alder Lake переломить ситуацию с укреплением позиций AMD в настольном сегменте — большой вопрос.

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[theforbiz]

Video Game News and Rumors: Ps5. When and Why?

Playstation 5 is created. And we know so much. The rest are game rumors, guesses, and speculations. Some based on “trends” and financiers points of view. Such in 2012-13. They predicted that the era of cells was coming, that desktop consoles and computers were becoming a thing of the past. Nobody will buy PS4 and Xbox 3 anymore. The second type of speculation is based on technical materials. And this is what I will deal with in this text.

The most important element distinguishing the new consoles from the current generation will be the processor (CPU) because the one in current consoles in many types of calculations important in games is comparable with the electronics known from PCs, which can currently only be found in a museum. New consoles must offer a specific leap in performance in this aspect or rely on some “gimmick” like Nintendo. So if you assume that PS5 will not be based on being a “nextgen” on a VR attached to each kit or other mass attracting factors like Wii or Switch, then a strong proc seems to be an insurmountable requirement.

It is known that instead of Lakers (sorry, Jaguars) known from current consoles, in new ones we will probably get the AMD Zen architecture. It is known that this will give a big leap in performance, but it is not known whether Zen in an energy-saving form will allow for the correct gameplay large enough for players to agree that it is a new generation. I think that + 80%, for example, will not be enough. Sure, it’s cool if games like Destiny 2 or Uncharted 4 will be able to fly at 60fps, but the difference between 30 and 60fps is in the eyes of most players a minor detail (unfortunately). What we need is a new level of interaction, physics, a new level of detail of open scenes without annoying pop-ups, etc.

A more powerful “graphics card” (GPU) will not change much, because the difference could be at least the same as between PS4pro and Xbox X. So this time we can let go of Teraflops. It will be similar to the amount of memory. Previously, the difference gave concrete benefits, because the previous generation had too much RAM and imposed specific restrictions. Even 32GB of RAM will not give even half the advantages it gave when switching from 0.5GB to 8GB in the previous generation, because currently, this is not the weakest link. Even at 16GB, CPU and GPU power will run out to make the most of it. More memory will help during the production of games and thus reduce the cost of creating them, but this will not be a change for which players will want to buy next-gene.

How much for gutters?

Budget first. There is nothing even to say about speculation. This is a 100% divination from coffee grounds. There are “analysts” and “experts” who are sure that they know what will happen based on the past, but I think this is wrong thinking. They say that the console must be cheap, because Sony has gone through the cost of producing PS3 and that cheap PS4 guts turned out to be a bull’s-eye, so it must be cheap also on PS5. Meanwhile, the situation of PS3 was not so simple, because the higher cost of production did not translate into an advantage over the competition console. 

There was also a mighty misfire with Cell. Originally, it had to count everything, and in the end, it turned out that you still need to add a GPU from Nvidia. This time the situation may be different, especially if Sony realizes that that too weak PS5 may turn out to be a catastrophic mistake. Mobile devices are getting stronger. Nintendo may release a more powerful version of the Switch, and if the difference between Switch 2 and PS4 and PS5 is not large, a weak PS5 console may become the beginning of the fall of the Playstation brand and maybe desktop consoles in general. Especially that casuals may be enough to play based on streaming services. 

I hope Sony is aware of this risk. Another argument for “this time they can go to a higher cost of production” will be the fact that once consoles were sold at a loss at the beginning and yet no one would say that Sony on PS1 and PS2 lost totaling the entire life cycle. Now there are many more buyers, there are fees for online multiplayer, the same profits from the license for the sale of such a GTA V probably Sony took from 5x more than GTA IV about GTA III not to mention. So you can risk selling your console for 1-3 years at a loss, especially if progress slows down and you may have to wait 10 years for PS6. Enough time to reflect losses and more powerful equipment would conquer the market and the hearts of players.

On the other hand, tailors on corporate boards see high PUBG sales on X, even though the game was tragic. They may find that what the console offers is less important than the power of marketing. Therefore, there is absolutely no sense in guessing what the budget for the production of PS5 will be. “Anything can happen”.

Available Technology

Finally, we come to the place where we will use some facts besides coffee grounds. The new heart of PS5 will be 99% based on the AMD chip produced in Global Foundries. There is a small chance, however, that the production will be taken care of by TSMC, whose process would allow achieving a little better performance, but GloFo are former AMD factories, so they have signed contracts and commitments with them. So I bet on GloFo. 

We have only two options here: Either risky weak APU in the currently available 14nm technology (also called 12, but it’s just marketing) or better performance and the subsequent premiere of the console with chips in the 7nm process (again it’s just marketing, closer to 10nm, but still it’s a lot of progress)

And here we come to the last game rumors. Charlie from SemiAccurate raves about 2018, and today Kotaku reports as if their “plugs” laughed at the possibility.

Video Game News and Rumors

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