AMD Zen processor frequency has been increased to 3.6GHz
Although the AMD processor in 2016 is basically out of reach, and it will take until early next year to go public. However, if you are optimistic, the delay of the Zen processor may not be a bad thing. It will be launched later to give AMD more time to test and improve. The sample frequency of the latest version of Zen processor has been increased by 350MHz, and the basic frequency has been increased from the previous 2.8GHz to 3.15GHz, and it can accelerate to up to 3.6GHz. There is also a quad-core version with TDP of 65W.
In fact, about AMD's Zen processor, it has long entered the ES engineering sample stage. The product AMD demonstrated at the press conference is ES version, with 8 cores and 16 threads, basic frequency 2.8GHz, and acceleration frequency 3.2GHz. Compared with AMD's current 8-core CPU, this ES version of Zen processor is not very frequent. Fortunately, AMD is still working hard to launch new ES samples. Someone on the Anandtech website forum revealed two new SKU models, which are still A0 steps, and there is not much improvement compared to previous products, but the frequency is different.
The new 8-core 16-thread processor has a basic frequency of 3.15GHz, a 4-core acceleration frequency of 3.3GHz, a single-core acceleration maximum of 3.6GHz, and a TDP is still 95W.
The second new product is 4 cores and 8 threads, with a TDP of 65W, a basic frequency of 2.9GHz, a quad-core acceleration frequency of 3.1GHz, and a single core maximum of 3.4GHz. However, the whistleblower said that he didn't know whether this was just an SKU for testing motherboards or something, because the high-frequency 4 core SKU was originally 95W TDP, and AMD could not reduce power consumption, and the GF's 14nm process should be more mature.
In addition to the processor, the AM4 motherboard is already in production. It will be released on paper at the end of this year and will be launched in February next year.
Huawei officially announced its annual flagship Mate 9
Yesterday, Huawei announced that the global launch of new products was scheduled to be held in Munich, Germany at 8 pm on November 3, Beijing time, with the theme of "A STEP AHEAD (Step forward)". The outside world speculates that the protagonist of this press conference is likely to be the new flagship Mate9, and of course, the possibility of Mate S2 is not ruled out.
This morning, Huawei terminal mobile phone product line president He Gang posted a promotional poster on Weibo. The center of the poster consists of a box in the shape of a mobile phone and a number 9. The text next to it is "Imagine by Mate". From this point of view, it is undoubtedly confirmed that it is Mate 9.
In addition, He Gang also hinted that Mate9 will have major innovations, and the first Kirin 960 processor, the new Leica certified dual camera (with left and right symmetric laser focus and fill light) and a hyperbolic screen may become the three biggest selling points of the new phone.
Previously, the big whistleblower @evleaks revealed that there will be two versions of the Mate 9, both of which are 5.9-inch screens, one of which is a hyperbolic screen design (named Mate 9 Pro), and both phones use front fingerprint recognition Home buttons.
other configurations include: 2K screen, standard 4GB of memory, top 256GB, and the system is upgraded to Android 7.0. In terms of
price, Mate9 and Mate 9 Pro will also reach a record high in Huawei mobile phones. According to reports, the Mate9 Pro (expectedly paired with Huawei smartwatch) is priced at up to $1,300.
Surface Book's domestic price plummeted
Double 11 is coming soon, and Microsoft also officially announced the official online mall's promotional plan for this year's Double 11. Surface Pro, SurfaceBook and Xbox are all within the scope of activities.
Among them, the discounted price of SurfaceBook Double 11 starts at 9,988 yuan, and the second-top model equipped with Intel i7+16GB memory+512GB SSD has the largest price reduction, reaching 1,600 yuan, and the price after discount is 18,488 yuan. There are also Bluetooth speakers, Bluetooth mouse and protective stickers, but it still costs nearly 20,000 yuan!
For gamers, the XboxOne domestic host also offers discounts ranging from 100-300 yuan, with a price starting from 2,699 yuan. The Xbox One Elite Edition controller is reduced by 199 yuan, and the Double 11 price is 1,099 yuan.
In addition, Microsoft has officially launched coupons and trade-in discount services for Double 11, and the two discounts can be used in combination. Consumers can enjoy additional discounts when purchasing SurfacePro 4, Surface Book or Office, with a discount of up to 700 yuan.
As planned, the Double 11 promotion in Microsoft's official online mall will start from now and will continue until November 11.
Apple released the official version of iOS 10.1
In the early morning of this year, Apple brought a big surprise to iPhone7 Plus users and released a new official version of iOS 10.1 system, fulfilling the depth of field effect function that made everyone climax at the previous press conference but was not installed on their phones after they were on sale.
iOS10iOS10.1 official version has the largest function upgrade unique to iPhone 7 Plus. It has been added to the camera APP, which is to capture the depth of field effect with clear subject and blurred background. However, although the system is the official version, the function is in the Beta version, which is likely to be similar to the previous beta version of iOS 10.1. It is not ruled out that Apple is on the shelves... Of course, in the beta version, many players reported that the blur effect is still good, at least stronger than other companies.
In addition, this time iOS10.1 has also improved map usage in Japan and added mobile payment support. On other iOS devices, this new system mainly involves a large number of bug fixes.
EVGA GTX 1080/1070 is troublesome to burn card
EVGA is a very popular graphics card brand in North America. It often produces some high-end products, but now their GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 are in big trouble.
According to the reactions of many netizens, and the authoritative hardware media Toms Hardware has confirmed that the EVGA FTW GTX 1080/1070 graphics card has serious problems. At the very least, it can be black and screen of death, and at the worst, the graphics card will be smoked and burned, even at the default voltage.
After investigation, it was found that this was caused by improper heat dissipation design of the graphics card. To be precise, the lack of heat sinks in the VRM power supply area, resulting in excessive temperature of components.
Some netizens said that the heating in the power supply area is so large that nearby GDDR5X video memory particles will be heated to 107℃, which is far beyond the limit specified by the standard 95℃.
In response to this, EVGA officially responded that Toms hardware used Furmark for extreme copying machine. Its engineers reproduced this test scenario and used a thermocoupling probe to measure the temperature. The test results show that the VRM and video memory temperature are within a reasonable error range, and there is no problem with the PCB and heat dissipation design of the graphics card itself. However, if the heat sink fins are added, the user's ideal temperature will be obtained, so from October 24, 2016, the heat sink will be provided for users for free.
smart watch can't be sold? !
According to a report released by the IDC, the global shipment of smart watches in the third quarter of this year was only 2.7 million units, a decline of as much as 51.6% compared with 5.6 million units in the same period last year.
IDC specifically pointed out that in the third quarter of 2015, Apple Watch entered the retail channel for the first time to sell large-scale goods, driving the development of the overall industry. In the third quarter of this year, the second-generation Apple Watch only sold for a few weeks.
But this does not explain the recession and confusion of the entire smartwatch industry, especially the repeated delays of Google Android Wear 2.0, and the Gear S3 released by Samsung is also a thunder and raindrop. As for
manufacturers, Apple still ranks first, with shipments of 1.1 million units in the third quarter, with a market share of 41.3%, but 3.9 million units and 70.2% in the same period last year were really miserable. Garmin shipped 600,000 units, exactly six times that of the same period last year, and its market share soared from 2.3% to 20.5%. Samsung ranked third, with 400,000 units shipped unchanged, but its market share increased from 6.4% to 14.4%. Lenovo shipments were 100,000 units, with a market share of 3.4%, which was not as good as 300,000 units and 6.2% in the same period last year. Pebble, the founder of smart watches, is only ranked fifth, with shipments of only 100,000 units, half of the year-on-year decrease.
