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    Hardware support: SAMSUNG launches enterprise PCIe Gen5 SSD with up to 13 GB/s read and 6.6 GB/s write speed

    December 23, 2021

    Hardware support: SAMSUNG launches enterprise PCIe Gen5 SSD with up to 13 GB/s read and 6.6 GB/s write speed

    SAMSUNG launches enterprise PCIe Gen5 SSD with up to 13 GB/s read and 6.6 GB/s write speed

    Posted: 22 Dec 2021 11:27 PM PST

    AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 specifications have been leaked - VideoCardz.com

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    LG DualUp Monitor with 27.6in 16:18 display unveiled

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    AMD to reveal some details on Zen4 architecture at CES 2022 - VideoCardz.com

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    Worst components of 2021?

    Posted: 22 Dec 2021 05:00 AM PST

    We all remember the issues with fires this year (NZXT H1, Gigabyte power supplies) and everything bad about the 11th gen launch, but what other hardware stood out to you as particularly bad this year?

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    We've All Been Duped by LED LCD's Input Lag vs OLED for Gaming

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    IEEE Spectrum: "Memory Chips That Compute Will Accelerate AI"

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    Posted: 22 Dec 2021 05:23 AM PST

    Graphics card data mining, privacy, 'spywares' and EU laws

    Posted: 22 Dec 2021 04:03 AM PST

    Many things are connected. Like graphics card/playstation price scalping/fixing scheme is connected with your personal data privacy. This is specially true in terms of graphics card because companies can do machine learning using graphics card. And the output target of their dataset? They will use the cards to find out how much price gauging they can do with hardwares next month so they can get away with it without citizens or senators passing laws that curb their plan to gauge price.

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    Hardwares have privacy issues. According to these articles, closed source peripheral apps have security flaws and sometimes borderline spywares.

    Asus and Gigabyte peripheral apps had security flaws which they were quite slow to fix-

    https://www.pcgamesn.com/asus-gigabyte-security-flaws-secureauth

    Gigabyte Fusion reportedly gets blocked by anti-cheat, specially Riot's vanguard anti cheat.

    Corsair icue was very intrusive and sometimes disabled hardware if you don't update, because it got bundled With windows 10 updates.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Corsair/comments/9wqeta/corsair_icue_not_much_iq/

    MSI bundled with Cofspeed, which kinda works like a virus. Even if you uninstall Cofspeed, you have to delete some startup files because it is likely to install itself on next boot.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/MSI_Gaming/comments/lpesjv/dragon_center_download_includes_virus_like/

    Lenovo had Superfish scandal a decade ago and paid millions in settlement. It was not a gaming app, it was more like an encryption chip app. It was a big scandal, look it up.

    and… look at Razer Synapse video-

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JTNvcjLqJs

    https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/cbhbv2/i_doubt_many_people_know_about_razers_software/

    Really? Tracking mouse movement and keylogging? Even though it is voluntary, but it's still too risky. A group of hacker can find zero day bugs in the closed source app and all our data will be exposed.

    Other hardware makers also collect lots of data. For example- NZXT, Coolermaster etc. collect your data but they claim that 'we only collect minimum information like system configuration and operating system'. Can you really trust their closed source un-auditable softwares?

    Nvidia Geforce Experience might be tracking your game data to sell it to data miners. (Although some experts like gamernexus claimed that Nvidia's privacy policy is not bad)

    https://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story/nvidia_adds_telemetry_to_latest_drivers_heres_how_to_disable_it.html

    Technically, you can disable the telemetry using methods. But the issue is, we need nvidia shadowplay, and to get that we need Geforce Experience app.

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    How to fix these problems? We have to form some sort of union to push for legislations towards API exposures. If all hardwares support API, we can use some openrgb or unified rgb software to control peripherals.

    We should allowed to use softwares other than Geforce experience to use Nvidia Shadowplay.

    This might apply to game launchers too. We might need to force closed source game launchers to provide API so we can have an unified game launcher for all our games and have better privacy.

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    Price fixing-

    We might need EU parliament to force companies to sell 1 graphics card to 1 credit card each quarter or something. It is rumored that right now chipmakers don't really care about bulk graphics card scalpers. These bulk ps5 and gpu sellers on ebay and other sites are not paying sales tax, so we might be able to persuade EU to do something.

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    Ecosystem- Maybe pass laws so you don't get tied to one ecosystem/metaverse? If you have Apple's speakers, they should be able to receive music from android's bluetooth as well as iphone.

    This also applies to car software updates, which is off topic.

    This also applies to metaverse and VR exclusive ecosystem, which has to be another topic. 3d world has gltf, usdz and new openXR technologies. Maybe we need to research about VR silicon wastage and 3d/games monopoly.

    For those who think this is type of laws are too intrusive for a company, companies are not sovereign, countries are sovereign. When it comes to EU, EU is already pushing 'intrusive' laws to force iphone to have type-c port or no port. Why not push another law to prevent spywares?

    Summary: Hardwares have privacy issues and we can 'fix' the issues by legislations. EU parliament seems to be keen on legislations regarding gaming topics like lootboxes and GDPR. Why not push for a EU legislations towards hardware privacy issue, and force companies to provide API for their RGB hardwares?

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