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takyon writes:Intel shared a number of product announcements at its Intel Architecture Day 2020, and later, at Hot Chips 2020.Intel's upcoming "Tiger Lake" mobile processors will improve performance with "Willow Cove" cores (a small IPC gain from "Sunny Cove", but higher clock speeds), and feature Intel Xe integrated graphics with up to 96 execution units. The chips use an upgraded "10nm" process Intel calls "10nm SuperFin", indicating improvements to the FinFET transistor technology. Intel claims this is the "largest single intranode enhancement in Intel history", with a 17-18% transistor performance jump from their original "10nm" node (and most elusive one?).Intel's Alder Lake hybrid/heterogeneous desktop CPUs are set to be released in 2021. These will use a big/small core configuration that first appeared in Intel's Lakefield, and is similar to ARM's big.LITTLE (which was redesigned for more flexibility as DynamIQ). Alder Lake will use big "Golden Cove" cores which are the successor to Sunny/Willow Cove, and "Gracemont" Atom cores. Leaks point to configurations topping out at "8+8" (8 big cores, 8 small cores).Intel plans to launch a high-performance discrete "Xe-HPG" GPU for gamers in 2021, but will use a third-party fab to build it. The GPUs will support real-time ray-tracing, like Nvidia and AMD's next-generation GPUs. Leaks indicate that TSMC will build the GPUs, using a "6nm" node.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Scientists determine 'Oumuamua isn't made from molecular hydrogen ice after all:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/charter-can-charge-online-video-sites-for-network-connections-court-rules/

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Jack Daniel’s-Maker Suffers REvil Ransomware Breach:

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takyon writes:ProBeat: Microsoft's Surface Duo is dead on arrival, regardless of price

takyon writes:Micron Spills on GDDR6X: PAM4 Signaling For Higher Rates, Coming to NVIDIA's RTX 3090

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Sounds of action: Using ears, not just eyes, improves robot perception: Carnegie Mellon builds dataset capturing interaction of sound, action, vision:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Digital imaging pioneer Russell Kirsch dies at 91 – TechCrunch:

takyon writes:Is Xiaomi's transparent TV the biggest design fail ever? (archive)

Have you ever been attacked by a wild animal? What happened? Your humble editor has so far succumbed only to being sprayed by a skunk. Weeks later — much to my dismay (and anyone around me) — after heavy exertion, those putrid oils were still coming out of my pores!What prompted the opening query? We had three(!) different story submissions about animal attacks... be careful out there!Bald Eagle Attacks Woman Along Lake Superior -- Sott.netupstart writes in with an IRC submission for guy_:Bald Eagle attacks woman along Lake Superior:

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takyon writes:The Panopticon Is Already Here (archive)

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Forensic research proves that textile fibres can be transferred between clothing in the absence of contact:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/08/disney-will-show-a-lego-star-wars-holiday-special-on-wookie-life-day/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:SpaceX Starlink speeds revealed as beta users get downloads of 11 to 60Mbps:

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takyon writes:Folding@Home ARM64 Linux Beta Release for COVID-19 Vaccine Research

DannyB writes:Amazon Alexa security bug allowed access to voice history:

stretch611 writes:After 8.5 years and countless delays for "refinement" Factorio has finally released today.Factorio is a very successful indie game. (A few months back, it hit 2 million sales.) It is a base builder. The premise is that your spaceship crash lands on an alien planet, you are left with next to nothing and from there you build a gigantic factory so that you can build a new spaceship and get off the planet. You start off gathering basic materials and researching the basics until you rise to the level of advanced materials and spaceship construction. Your factory will continue to grow as you advance and as it grows it will create pollution. The pollution will cause the local alien life to stir and eventually attack your base; so you will need to set up defenses while advancing.It is very addictive. Probably the most addictive thing for me is that often you need to do multiple things, and must prioritize. As your base grows, you will need to expand your power production, at the same time you need to explore and find a source of oil so that you can unlock the next level of research, at the same time, aliens are attacking the other side of the base and need to be killed... then you need to rebuild... add defenses... clear alien hives that are too close... add more ammo production... add even more power... expand your resource harvesting before the current iron patch is completely mined... and so on. and so on...I personally have played Factorio for 1500 hours over the last 4 years... Over that time it has gone through some major changes such as the addition of Nuclear Power, Massive Network games (over 100 people have played coop in a single game,) high definition graphic overhaul, and regular performance tuning. While the 1.0 release is here, the devs have promised continued bug fixes and already annouced that 1.1 will be coming.Factorio supports Linux, Mac, and that microsoft os.Related Links:

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takyon writes:Samsung Announces "X-Cube" 3D TSV SRAM-Logic Die Stacking Technology

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Report: Facebook Quietly Abandoned Drilling Gear Off the Oregon Coast:

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