A Swedish citizen rapes children on the Internet, an Israeli conspiracy Apple, an unnatural union of blue and red, Palm Pre still wants to kill iPhone and other events in the IT world.
Intel and AMD challenges Nvidia
The modern trend in the development of computers is reduced to the use of all available computing power. This is due, first of all, to the objectively voracious AI technologies and related areas. Because of this, a simple video card with a processor running under load is no longer acceptable. The downtime of other devices that can somehow help the general computing process are also unacceptable. For example, signal coprocessors, about which we wrote a lot earlier. Nvidia is well aware of this, which allowed them to prepare developers and release ready-made platforms for all market segments, from consumer video cards to server “heavy” data centers, serving the needs of still primitive AI. The company Intel found itself in a difficult position, because its processors have rather primitive integrated graphics, unable to fully participate in general calculations. And, worst of all, there are no specialized specialists, no time for their training. This has prompted the recent decision to cross the 'uncrossable' – computing cores from Intel and Vega graphics from AMD in a new chipset for laptops and tablets. Now the company Intel has gone even further and lured (with the help of money, honors and flattery) one of the key developers of AMD discrete solutions, Mr. Raja M. Koduri (Raja M. Koduri).
Raja M. Koduri, successful and expensive
This situation says a lot about the attitude towards each other in the environment of big business. The move seems to be unfriendly, but no one makes any claims to anyone, because Raji's 4-year contract with AMD has been fully completed and now you can sell your talent further. However, the move made the future of AMD discrete graphics cards rather hazy. AMD CEO Lisa Su has filled the temporary void, and there is no doubt that the plans for 2018 for the release of video cards will be realized. But what will happen next, we will find out in 2018.
The filling chief Apple went to Israel. What for?
If we compare Apple with a fish, and Samsung with a fisherman, then we can say that the American roach sits tightly on the Korean kukan. Never before has Apple been so dependent on its direct competitor for the supply of components. Earlier we wrote about adventures Apple, her attempts to fit into the purchase of Toshiba flash memory production, and her attempts to get hold of Qualcomm with the hands of Broadcom. And now the restless throwing has brought the boss Apple on chips Johny Srouji to the State of Israel.
It is here, on the ancient holy land, that the results of the state's correct policy to support innovation in the form of countless start-ups in the field of electronics blossomed in exuberant double color. “Israel could be a target for acquisition Apple because we need to have better technology for identification,” said Johnny Sroudzi, senior vice president Apple for hardware technology. (From an interview with Israel Daily business newspaper 'Calcalist'). In the same interview, Johnny said that the Israeli division is already in full swing developing a new chipset.
Company laboratory Apple in Herzliya (Israel)
So Apple are interested in Israeli sensors, chips and flash memory. A little earlier, the public learned from Srouji that the development of A-series chipsets for iPhone and iPad takes three years, and if in 2017 the chipset supports Face ID in hardware, then its development began back in 2014 year. Unfortunately, it is not known what specific sensors and chips the Cupertin buyer liked, which means that we cannot predict new possibilities of the future iPhone. Maybe we are talking about a discrete calculator, if it is impossible to implement it in software for Apple?
The first ever internet rape
Last week, a Swedish court sentenced for the first ever internet rape. The technical side of the matter looks like this: a certain citizen, using online live communication services, by threats, forces the victim to have sexual intercourse with himself or with a friend (girlfriend) who is nearby. Such actions were committed earlier, but the sentence was passed for the first time as for rape. The Swedish defendant seduced and victimized (made a victim) 27 children from the USA, Canada and the UK. In all cases, the perpetrator threatened to kill relatives of his victims and thus broke their resistance. The court passed a sentence of imprisonment for 10 years in a comfortable Swedish prison. The public prosecutor in the case, Prosecutor Annicke Wennerström, put it this way: “This is a real crime committed by a virtual instrument.” Interpol has also made appropriate changes to its definition of such crimes. As always, the law lags a little behind reality.
Despite the savagery of this situation for Russia and the CIS countries, it is time to think about what measures parents can take to avoid this. It is important for the rapist to see the pain and suffering of his victim, to feel like the undivided master of the situation, and modern technologies do not interfere with this in any way. It's time to think about creating a separate AI chip for a children's smartphone that would inform parents about the sexual activity of an external caller. Friends, what punishment do you think such a 'virtual' rapist deserves?
A short message from Samsung
Samsung has started mass production of the second generation FinFet chipset. Compared to the first generation, a 15% reduction in energy consumption is promised. Products with the new chipset will go on sale in 2018. Other details are unknown.
Qualcomm and Apple new round of patent fight
It is worth remembering the history of patent trollism, which two large corporations subject each other to. There are claims Apple to Qualcomm under consideration in court that the chip maker allegedly uses the power management system developed in Apple. Qualcomm has three claims of a different nature, including a demand to ban sales iPhone X. When it seemed like we've seen it all, Qualcomm pulls out a new patent weapon from the holster – known at the time as the 'killer ) 'Palm Pre (Released 2009)!
Back in 2014, Qualcomm bought several patents from Palm, including those for the webOS operating system. Qualcomm now claims that the new iPhone X, which offers users the ability to launch various applications in separate windows, mirrors the interface used in the Palm Pre. Qualcomm cites tech sites, comments from Verge and TechCrunch, which compare the operating system iOS to the Palm Pre's tab-based multitasking system. The special power of this weapon is given by the fact that the Palm Pre has never been charged with theft of patents, its reputation is pure white.
So what is all this suffering for? What makes two big corporations spend mountains of money on lawyers? The question is of fundamental importance – Qualcomm wants to receive a percentage based on the cost of everything iPhone, and Apple is ready to pay only a percentage of the cost of the modem itself. What do you think, friends? Who is right and who needs to buy a lip seaming machine?