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    The Verge: "Trump administration blacklists Xiaomi as a 'Communist Chinese military company'"

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 04:29 PM PST

    PC shipments climb 13% in 2020, marking highest increase in a decade

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 09:11 AM PST

    Samsung Unveil New OLED Laptop Display with an Under-Display Camera

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 04:35 AM PST

    DisplayPort 2.0 monitors to 'appear later in 2021' - VideoCardz.com

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 07:37 AM PST

    VW and Audi cut German output on semiconductor shortage

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 01:36 PM PST

    Samsung might gradually remove in-box chargers from its smartphone packaging

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 11:59 PM PST

    (Anandtech) AMD Previews 3rd Gen EPYC ‘Milan’ Performance

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 09:11 AM PST

    Anandtech: "Samsung Announces Galaxy S21, S21+ & S21 Ultra: Cheaper Baseline, Higher High-End"

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 07:10 AM PST

    MSI Z590 motherboards to cost up to 1000 EUR, ASUS Z590 up to 1516 EUR - VideoCardz.com

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 06:21 AM PST

    I'm sure there are reasons...but why can't GPU manufacturers mix 1GB and 2GB modules on a card?

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 07:54 PM PST

    I'm not 100% sure what's going on with RAM pricing right now, but more and larger RAM chips are always a variable cost that manufacturers would like to reduce, right? With the recent 8GB RTX 3000 cards and 16GB RX 6000 cards, it seems like we either have too little or too much. Is there no reasonable way to mix and match VRAM modules to achieve intermediate capacities? I know that one chip is needed per 32-bits of the memory interface, but what exactly requires all chips to be the same capacity? Why wouldn't a 192-bit card work with 3 2GB modules and 3 1GB ones? If it increases the complexity of the memory controller or some other logic, is it not worth the investment to improve that versus continuing to pay for too much VRAM every generation?

    Alternatively, if 1GB and 2GB modules are very close in price, is Nvidia just being super stingy with the 3060 Ti, 3070, and 3080?

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    Why aren't NAND companies still making SLC and MLC?

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 05:12 AM PST

    I know that we need more and more storage all the time, especially for servers and datacenters, so making TLC and QLC Flash at all makes sense, obviously.

    The question for me though, is that with 128 Layer QLC allowing for 8TB drives. I'm pretty sure an 8TB QLC SSD means you could just as easily make a 2TB SLC drive? Or 4TB MLC.

    SLC has advantages in terms of speed, and durability. Write endurance. After hearing about NVDIMMs and persistent memory a while back, I would think higher speed and durability would be a plus for those use-cases. But as far as I can tell, nobody makes SLC or MLC anymore, even for that.

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    Have there been any new cases unveiled at CES this year?

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 03:18 AM PST

    Haven't seen a lot that the vendors have shown off.

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    Linksys MX8500 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E Router gets the first Wi-Fi 6E certification for a router

    Posted: 14 Jan 2021 05:11 AM PST

    Popped up today at the Wi-Fi Alliance Wi-Fi 6E Product Finder: The Linksys Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E Router, with model number MX8500. Couldn't find it at the FCC yet (FCC ID), so it's probably a while out.

    Full certificate (PDF) https://api.cert.wi-fi.org/api/certificate/download/public?variantId=99340

    So Linksys beat Asus and Netgear with their Wi-Fi 6E certification, which is interesting. Doesn't say much about market availability though.

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