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    Apple A11 SoC

    Considering A11 has a full node jump (10nm, ) plus supposedly a 'new in house' designed you, colour me not that impressed. Saying that what we are looking at is ultra book performance graphics in a smartphone- in absolute terms still pretty good, just not compared to its predecessor and new...
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    Apple A11 SoC

    Well I wouldn't go as far as to call them insidious :) they do deliver great products hence the sales. I'm just alluding to my own personal preference and perception, have not been able to talk my self into buying any apple product so far- I have tried, for the app store and cpu tech alone...
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    Apple A11 SoC

    Good questions, not sure about that, display is likely a Samsung amoled (or LG?) and supports HDR10, not sure if that's full 10 bit or mobile version (8bit?), but I would think it would be some major cudos to apple if it could record HDR, no matter 4k 60hz is pretty mind blowing it's self. not...
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    Apple A11 SoC

    I'm not sure about that, apple makes these legacy software issues in the first place by cheating out on ram in what is routinely the most expensive phone bar boutique brands. they offer years worth of software updates which is commendable, but on phones with 512mb and 1gb ram it has caused no...
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    Apple A11 SoC

    4k-60 recording, that's a first on a phone if i remember correctly, multi core performance is pretty amazing for a phone, apple now has fastest phone across 99℅ of scenarios- impressive. That new gpu looks suspicious though to say the least, there is no way in hell that is a totally brand new...
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    AMD Vega 10, Vega 11, Vega 12 and Vega 20 Rumors and Discussion

    IF this was 2016 then yes I would agree, but not H2 2017!, Also the die size is massive compared to gp104 so no I don't think it was intended as a competitor to gtx 1080.(probably a late competitor to original Titan Pascal) I do agree however they underestimated the clock speed increase of...
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    AMD Vega 10, Vega 11, Vega 12 and Vega 20 Rumors and Discussion

    Perhaps, it's good with compute, I can't imagine AMD would be so dumb as to market the hell out of this architecture when they knew all along this would be the final gaming performance, they would have modelled the projected performance of this in lab with results probably 18 months - 2 years...
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    Apple's ongoing use of ImgTec PowerVR GPU IP

    Look for huawei or someone to buy them up.
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    Apple's ongoing use of ImgTec PowerVR GPU IP

    If this Isn't a precursor to a takeover then you have to wonder what apple are up to, IMG buy is pocket money to apple with massive benefits, i hope they dont do it but it makes sense.
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    Apple's ongoing use of ImgTec PowerVR GPU IP

    I Wouldn't bet against apple using PVR tech and trying to not pay for it, unless it is a brand new architecture from the ground up it is almost certainly going to use someones ip, its unavoidable. This also means a brand new driver stack, also you can guarantee within 5 years they will abandon...
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    Nokia's Present & Future

    Boy i wish i had some spare cash to buy nokia a couple of years ago. Anyway looks like they are going about android skinning the right way, ie by not having much of one :) Now imagine what would have happened if nokia had switched to android after the burning memo? The king will soon return :)
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    AMD Vega 10, Vega 11, Vega 12 and Vega 20 Rumors and Discussion

    It's the same underlying technology (Samsung) but this is glofo we are talking about and this is their first run of 14nm finfet (production) Samsung designed the process ( stole from TSMC?) Producing a years worth of LPE before leading with LPP, I'm sure they would have some kind of short term...
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    AMD Vega 10, Vega 11, Vega 12 and Vega 20 Rumors and Discussion

    I don't believe Pascal is 2x more efficient than Polaris even in worst case scenarios, in modern games and with new drivers it's a lot closer than people think, don't get me wrong Pascal is more efficient in any situation,compare 2+ year old dx11 games or game works titles and yes I'll accept...
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    AMD Vega 10, Vega 11, Vega 12 and Vega 20 Rumors and Discussion

    Remember that's Samsung not global foundries broken implementation, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Samsung own more mature Lpp process is a good 10% (or more) better than glofo Lpp in a variety of metrics, but we just don't know as of yet.
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    AMD Vega 10, Vega 11, Vega 12 and Vega 20 Rumors and Discussion

    Thanks, I have seen some of tech power up reviews but was not impressed with the game choices and especially the version of API being used to come to conclusions, as I'm sure your well aware, the game choice (old/modern/dx11/12/Vulcan/game works/amd equivalent) can affect the conclusions of...
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