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Nvidia has showcased RTX graphics running on ARM CPUs as a way of highlighting the potential performance non-x86 processors can offer to consumers — and to make the point that gaming does not require an x86 microprocessor. There are a few caveats to the presentation (we’ll address them), but make no mistake: This is as much a warning to Intel and AMD as it is an opportunity to crow about Nvidia’s graphics prowess. Nvidia showed one game, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, and one tech demo (the Bistro, from the Open Research Content Archive (ORCA). The video Nvidia posted for GDC (embedded below) indicates that the testbed is running an RTX 3060 on a MediaTek Kompanio 1200, which is based on the MT8195 SoC.
Tesla has finally rolled out the promised Full Self-Driving (FSD) subscription service. For $199 per month, owners of supported Tesla vehicles will be able to get a taste of the company’s most advanced self-driving features. That might not sound like a great deal, but the only option previously was an up-front $10,000 package. However, not all of the Tesla faithful are happy. Some vague language on Tesla’s part means that vehicles marketed as having full Autopilot capabilities might . All Tesla vehicles come with basic self-driving Autopilot capabilities, allowing them to remain in the lane, adjust speed based on traffic, and so on.
Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has had some ups and downs over the last few years, but it’s been all positive movement recently. The company just announced that the latest Canalys market report shows that it has passed Apple to become the second-largest smartphone maker in the world. That leaves Samsung to battle Xiaomi for the top spot. Based on the company’s impressive growth rate, it may only be a matter of time before it overtakes Samsung as well. If you live in the US, you probably don’t spend much time thinking about Xiaomi. It doesn’t sell phones at all in the US or Canada.
Valve only just opened reservations for its Steam Deck to anyone over the weekend, and the wait times are already up to six months long in some cases. As of this writing, the Steam Deck 64GB and 256GB models have an estimated availability date of Q2 2022, while the Steam Deck 512GB model is delayed until Q3 2022. This puts an amusing spin on the debate over whether the Steam Deck will succeed. Valve has clearly tapped an interest in the PC market. An ordering system loophole spotted by Ars Technica that roughly 110,000 people pre-ordered one of the two higher-end systems in the first 90 minutes the system was available for pre-order.
It has now been more than a month since the Hubble Space Telescope following an apparent memory failure. NASA attempted all the standard fixes such as turning it off and on, but the aging observatory stubbornly refused to come back online. After investigating the issue, NASA traced the failure to a power component on the Science Instrument Command and Data Handling module. The team announced yesterday (July 15) that it was beginning a process to switch to the backup data handling module, which could take several days. However, NASA says Hubble is already up and running today. The issues started on July 13th when Hubble’s payload computer stopped working.
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Specifications for Intel’s upcoming Alder Lake have leaked, and they imply a CPU that’s at least somewhat more power-efficient than its predecessors without giving up any top-end clock. As always, all leaks should be taken as rumors, not facts. These leaks, from the Chinese forum , suggest the Core i9-12900K will match the 5.3GHz top clock on the Core i9-11900K, with an all-core boost frequency of 5GHz. The CPU’s PL1 is 125W and its PL2 is 228W. The PL1 value is in line with other Intel processors currently in-market, while the PL2 of 228W is down somewhat from the 250W of current Intel chips.
Valve’s new Steam Deck has already attracted a great deal of attention. The company’s servers aren’t responding particularly well today, because they’re getting slammed with preorders. Would-be buyers should keep in mind a caveat that Valve didn’t prominently disclose when it announced the device: Unless something changes, it won’t be compatible with a number of Steam games, including multiple Top 10 titles, that rely on certain kinds of DRM. , PUBG, Apex Legends, Rust (for online play on standard servers) Destiny 2, and Rainbow Six: Siege are all incompatible with Proton, the Wine fork Valve developed for its own use.
