Hello everyone and happy Diwali to every Indian out there, especially Indian community in Malaysia and Sarawak! On this brightly sparkle seventeenth chapter of the Techy Sum, volume 1, here’s the news that you’ve been looking for:
📱Tech news💻:
- Some Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition GPUs may show up with incorrect lower bandwidth (512GB/s) and memory clock (2000 MHz, 16 Gbps) than the advertised 560GB/s bandwidth and 2000MHz, 17.5 Gbps memory clock, on several other benchmark and hardware identifier, such as GPU-Z. This issue has already been reported to Intel via GitHub. It was speculated that this could be as simple bug in Intel API/drivers reporting wrong clocks. Anyway, we should keep an eye for any solution any day now.
- The iGame Neptune is a liquid-cooled RTX 4090 from the Colorful iGame series, apparently have the max TGP of 630W (80W higher than Vulcan). It is based on the same PCB as iGame Vulcan series, but the clock speed is actually a bit higher (2640 MHz vs. 2625 MHz). Kinda crazy how GPU this day and age needs nuclear cooling solution just for such monstrous power usage.
- [Leaked] Nothing Ear (2) design is literally that same, other than changing ‘1’ to ‘2’. Nothing to see here.
- Daniel R Deakin of NotebookCheck reported that despite AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU got a pretty good result against Intel Core i9–13900K, unsurprisingly, UserBenchmark, a joke/meme benchmark website that are pro-Intel and dislike competition from other CPU brand, decided to put Ryzen 9 7950X lower than most Intel Core 13th generation.
- [Leaked] S3XY ASTRO shows rear side of Tesla Cybertruck design with new, redesigned, almost final taillight group illumination sequence in a new spy video fromrecent visitation in Austin, Texas, U.S. Gigafactory.
- DOOGEE readies first-gen T10 tablet, which is a 10.1-inch, 1920 x 1080 resolution IPS panel device with a metallic unibody and an almost iPhone 13-like dual-lens rear camera hump, with battery capacity of 8,300mAh. It is driven by the Unisoc Tiger T606 SoC (system-on-chip), which packs Bluetooth 5.1 and Wi-Fi 5. It has a slot for microSD cards of up to 1TB in size. It has 128GB of on-board storage, paired to 8GB of LPDDR4 RAM. It will run on Android 12 OS (operating system), and will available in gray, silver or blue colours on 1 November 2022, priced at US$299.98 on AliExpress, although that price could be subject to change on its launch day.
- [Rumour] OPPO Find X6 Pro is tipped to debut with the new Sony IMX890 camera sensor as an ultrawide-angle camera, running on OPPO’s own MariSilicon X ISP (imaging signal processor)/NPU (neural processing unit) SoC, said Weibo hardware leaker, Digital Chat Station.
- [Rumour] Motorola reportedly finally ready to try and market in other regions such as Europe for it’s Moto Razr 2022, which is a hit in China. According to the latest leaks, it might fail to undercut its main rival the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 in term of global pricing. This is corroborated by the leaker SnoopyTech, which it will debut at €1,299 (~US$1,281). That figure is contradicted (albeit slightly) by a new Appuals post that asserts it will in fact start at €1,199 (~US$1,183). The latter figure (quoted by a second tipster, Sudanshu Ambhore) could apply to an 8GB RAM/256GB internal storage base model, whereas a top-end 12GB/512GB SKU could be the one that costs €100 more.
- [Rumour] A leaker by the name of Sudhanshu Ambhore said that Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 12 series will be launch worldwide around Q1 2023, which is months after Note 12 series launch in China by November 2022.
- [Rumour] Sony Xperia Ace IV compact is said to come with a Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 SoC that should outclass the Xperia Ace III’s Snapdragon 480 by up to +10% in GPU processing and +15% in CPU performance. The latest leak (via SumahoDigest/Reddit but originally on Weibo) also states that the compact phone will have a 5.5-inch display at 2520 x 1080 (FHD+) resolution at 21:9 ratio OLED panel. It will come with a starting configuration of 6 GB + 128 GB and a battery capacity of 4,500 mAh. It will support 18 W charging.
- [Leaked] ITHome claims to have found the slightly more convoluted new product name of Xiaomi 12 Lite 5G NE on an “IMEI” database, along with those of pre-existing devices such as the 12 Pro Dimensity and Redmi 10T. This now confirmed as a re-badged Civi 2 this time. The model number 2210129SG, nearly matching that of the second-gen Civi (2210129SC). It might be very late in the year for the smartphone to become part of the 12 series, but certainly not a disappointing thing about the “Lite 5G NE” on its debut.
- A report by a Redditor, u/reggie_gakil, of RTX 4090’s melting 16-pin power connector were posted on the NVIDIA subreddit. The user was playing Red Dead Redemption 2 on his Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 PC when the card went up in flames and burned the power connector. He also states that it could be a faulty cable and will RMA (return materials authorization or return merchandise authorization) it to AIB partner/Nvidia themselves as soon as possible.
- [Rumour] According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurnman on the ‘Power On’ newsletter, Apple’s team apparently discussed bundling a plastic iPad with a low-cost keyboard accessory and selling it as a single package for under $500, to take the battle to Chromebooks, taking market share away from those machines to make it the new standard in the school classroom. However, the idea was shelved for unknown reason.
- [Rumour] Referring to above reference, Mac Pro will have the high-end M2 Ultra SoC (24-core GPU, 76-core GPU) and highest-end M2 Extreme (rumoured to be a fusion of two M2 Ultra SoC; 48-core CPU, 152-core GPU), up to 512GB of unified RAM. Process node is unknown, but likely will be TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company)’s 4 nm due to 3 nm delays, slated for 2023 production.
- Porsche 911 GT3 RS pays tribute to Carrera RS as a delightfully retro winged track beast, with its 518 hp (horsepower) accelerate from 0–60 mph (0–96.56 kmh) in just 3 seconds, and peak speed of 184 mph (296.12 kmh). It has price tag of under $225,000, and can be customized to fit your style. It features a 4.0 liter naturally aspirated 518 hp engine, fully automatic adjustment of the front diffuser and rear wing, a Drag Reduction System (DSR)-rear wing, and more downforce. Porsche Active Aerodynamics (PAA) with DRS will be able to fine-tune vehicle profile data. The new aero wishbones on the front axle of the vehicle provide an increased downforce of up to an additional 88 lbs (39.92 kg), reducing turbulence and the flow rate behind the bars at top speed.
- Despite Russia invasion of Ukraine, apparently some PC brands prosper in Russia on Q1 2022. Lenovo topped the list of PC suppliers with 95,000, up 3% units sold in 1H 2022 (presumably year-over-year), after formally leaving the Russian market earlier this year. It was followed by HP with 80,000 units, down 93%. The №3 was a major Russia-based whitebox maker Aquarius with 61,100 units. The latter got a 215% sales increase, the company says. Traditionally the market was dominated by Dell and HP. Sales of PCs in Russia in the first half of 2022 reached 1.18 million units, according to analysts from Marvel, a major distributor of PCs and hardware, reports Vedomosti.
- Nick Evanson of TechSpot writes up a pretty in depth, yet worrying trend of increasing power consumption of CPU and GPU, and what you can do to reduce the power usage of your PC or laptop.
- New pictures found on eBay listing (priced at $500) show non-functional AMD Instinct MI100 accelerator up close, which is based on 7nm CDNA1 architecture and was only available as a PCI Express-based card (MI200+ are OAM based). It features an Arcturus processor with 7680 FP32 cores and a total of 32GB of HBM2 memory. This 300W acceleration is powered by two 8-pin power connectors, but this is not a PCIe connector but an EPS one (same motherboards use).
- TikToker MrYeester tested multiple thermal paste ‘drawing’ design configuration on top of CPU to figure out which has the best thermal coverage. It turns out to be Discord logo. How funny and weird, eh?
- EU (European Union) Council gave their final decision for all tech companies that’re currently doing business with EU that 2024 is the year when all of their tech gadgets and components must adhere the USB-C mandatory usage to unify the charging and data port and prevent tech fragment that might cost headache to consumers.
- TechEpiphany shared a new detail of CPU retail sales of 2022’s week 42. Intel’s Raptor Lake CPU dominate against AMD’s Zen 4 CPU, however, AM4-based CPU, such as Ryzen 7 5800X dominate the CPU market overall.
- Tesla’s price cuts for its EVs in China might increase sales by 40,000 units in Q4 2022, according to summary report by WCCFTech.
- AMD has officially confirmed the unveiling of its 4th Gen EPYC CPUs server, codenamed Genoa on the 10 November 2022. Keep an eye for that too.
- Bono says that it was his fault for the infamous, forceful free U2 album on every iTunes account back in the 2014. He also said that they want to be in the iPod music players ad back in 2004, with Steve Jobs in theory pays them in some Apple stock as symbolic gestures, but Steve refused the offer. He suggested a customized U2 iPod, which led to the special ‘black with red click wheel’ edition of the previously white-only device.
🎮Video game news🎯:
- When Townfall was announced during Konami’s Silent Hill transmission, creative director Jon McKellan said, “So obviously the teaser trailer is just the beginning, we can’t show you any more, […] it might be worth watching that trailer again, and see what you might have missed.” The internet took that as a challenge, and has already found some secrets buried inside it. Redditor u/MilkManEX downloaded the trailer’s audio as an m4a file, had a look at its spectrograph in Audacity, and found text that reads: “WHATEVER HEART THIS TOWN HAD HAS NOW STOPPED. By pausing the flickering images of the pocket television, it says, “THY FLESH IS WEAK”, as well as three dots, three dashes, and three dots: Morse code for S.O.S. That’s not the only code fans have discovered. When developer No Code tweeted an image of a house, and publisher Annapurna Interactive tweeted a similar image, it was obvious they weren’t identical pictures. When @yApth0 subtracted one from the other, it found more Morse code, which reads, “I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LEAVE”.
- Lego showcased a cool Halloween-theme decoration housing and PC build, which has an RTX 3090, Intel i9 12900KF processor, and a custom open-loop water cooling system. And yes, they said that it can run Crysis too. What do you think of the design? Let me know your thoughts in the comment section.
- Adafruit, in a light-hearted joke video, said that if you do find a chocolate bar that can play Doom and a Turing-complete bar, do not eat it. I mean, who’s gonna really eat that? Hmm, tiny motherboard and silicon, here I come!
- From 1 November 2022 to 1 January 2023, Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members will receive double Gold Points (worth 10% of the purchase price) on all purchases of games, downloadable content, and even Game Vouchers from Nintendo eShop. North American version seems to be limited to a few eligible games or DLC, just not yet known which. You can get a few Nintendo 64-themed icons, such as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64. New waves of user icons will be released each month from November 2022 until January 2023, with the first wave appearing on 2 November 2022. Gold Points can be earned on My Nintendo Store for the first time. Purchasing new Nintendo Switch/OLED units will grant buyers double the Gold Points.
- Fallout London, a Fallout 4 DLC fan expansion has received new footage in a new progress video update of Q3 2022 shows the new environments look, enemies, vehicles, and much more. Release date is currently unknown.
- According to SteamDB data, on Sunday of 23 October 2022 at 14:00 GMT, the data shows that 30,032,005 gamers were using the platform, Steam, at it’s weekend peak time. Looks like people are having a cool fun with their weekend, just like we do too when this newsletter stops for almost two day (because we too wanna have a rest). Congratulation to Steam and looking forward for this year until New Year 2023!
- Disco Elysium former writer, Robert Kurvitz, on behalf of his own company Telomer OÜ, is suing developer ZA/UM, presumably due to Luiga’s earlier allegations of unfair dismissal.
- Polish game studio, CI Games, updated their roadmap today on 24 October 2022 for few years to come, one of which is a multiplayer tactical PvE (player vs enemy).
- [Rumour] Gematsu spotted a new trademark listing by Square Enix, which filed “Symbiogenesis” on it. Symbiogenesis, also known as “endosymbiotic theory,” is the evolutionary theory whereby two separate organisms combine to form a single new organism. That also happens to be the basis for the story of the 1995 Japanese novel “Parasite Eve” by Hideaki Sena. The game came afterward and was released by Square Enix in 1998. But, other than this, not so much information is here to even confirm if Parasite Eve will be resurrect again or now. We’ll keep an eye of this for now.
🚀Space news🌌:
- NASA explains Artemis 1 moon mission journey timeline, from launch to reentry back to the earth, in a short 30-second video.
- Partial solar eclipse event on 25 October 2022 will occur mostly in the north hemisphere region, which comprises most of Europe, as well as parts of northeast Africa, the Middle East and western Asia. The eclipse begins at 4:58 a.m. EDT (0858 GMT) when the moon first begins to cross the sun as seen from the northern Atlantic Ocean. It will move east over the next four hours, ending at 9:01 a.m. EDT (1301 GMT) just south of India. Look out for the event and plan where you are at that day.
- An international research team, in a new research publication in Nature’s Scientific Reports, has found that the effects of isolated proton auroras caused a nearly 250-mile-wide (400 kilometers) hole in the ozone layer, which gaped right below where an aurora occurred. Most of the ozone vanished within about an hour and a half. The researchers had not expected nearly so much ozone to degrade in the wake of this phenomenon, they explained in a statement.
- In a new photo from Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), released on 10 October 2022 by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), which jointly run the mission, shows a globular cluster of Terzan 1, located 22,000 light-years from Earth, revealing a gorgeous palette of different-colored stars in remarkable clarity. While this is not the first picture (first captured by HST in 2015), it now reveals a multitude of red, aging stars bound together by their mutual gravity, details that never before seen in 2015’s photo.
- Researchers gathered NASA’s DART asteroid crash data, and what do we know about Dimorphos: one, the surface were uniformly rough surface of rock pillar that are loosely held together, and two, it looks like an egg-shaped asteroid. For Didymos: the surface have more bumps with smooth terrain and rough patches. This could be use to study on how binary asteroid were formed in the first place.
- According to a new study by the British Antarctic Survey, increasing levels of carbon dioxide reduce the density of the upper atmosphere, meaning that objects orbiting close to Earth face less drag and stay afloat longer. The worrying changes in atmospheric density will be measurable at altitudes between 56 and 310 miles (90 and 500 kilometers), the British Antarctic Survey said in a statement, and will occur even under moderate greenhouse gas emission scenarios that have been predicted. This is worrisome, as if this were left unchecked, Kessler Syndrome will eventually lock us out from further space exploration, as space object will always collide with other satellite and leaving with it is an orbital bullet speed debris (around 7.5 to 7.8 km/s).
- On October 24, 1946, a captured V-2 rocket captured the first-ever photo of Earth from space. While it is black-and-white photo, it excites the scientist at the time, since no one ever look nor even seeing the appearance of earth.
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