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IntroductionNVIDIA has released an announcement on the restriction of hashing power on the RTX 3000 series cards, specifically the RTX 3060. NVIDIA said:
"Halving Hash Rate RTX 3060 software drivers are designed to detect specific attributes of the Ethereum cryptocurrency mining algorithm, and limit the hash rate, or cryptocurrency mining efficiency, by around 50 percent. That only makes sense. Our GeForce RTX GPUs introduce cutting-edge technologies — such as RTX real-time ray-tracing, DLSS AI-accelerated image upscaling technology, Reflex super-fast response rendering for the best system latency, and many more — tailored to meet the needs of gamers and those who create digital experiences." blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2021/02/18/geforce-cmp/ Now first off, I discussed why the CMP processors wont work in reducing the supply of GPUs for "gamers". Read that in my other post. I first need to clear some vocabulary for anyone not in this tech "bubble" of information.
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It has been about half a year since the RTX 3080 GPU launched worldwide. Ever since, the chaos of the scalping problem has ensued. There is a handful or major reasons that caused the shortage of these GPUs and, in turn, the higher and higher prices for not just the new, but used GPUs on the 2nd hand market. And of course, I will put it in the simplest and easiest to understand form. Problem #1: Increase in BuyersOverviewAs some readers may know, I have a project that is in the works called Project Lädra. This project's mission is to take a video from a camera, 2D or 3D, to identify cleanable surfaces. This is accomplished by using a neural network (imagine different neurons in your brain) to identify different objects in an image, taken from the video. Current ProgressFor the project up until this point, it has been going according to plan, with some fall back. As of now, I have the tools to put together a network together, except one: an image dataset. The only tool needed is because this network needs to be trained on, just like the neurons in your brain need to be trained how to walk and such. Grabbing a dataset is not as easy as it sounds. The ImageNet Dataset that I am going to use is only given via request or URL grabbing (taking an image's web location and copying the image to your storage) Other than that hurdle there is not that many kinks to iron out to this project. The project is eclipsing on the experimental phase, where model tests are going to be run. ConclusionProject Lädra is a bit behind course due to a hurdle in this project. After that hurdle is traversed, an experimental process can be started and the project can return to its original path of modifying variables to improve on the network.
This is about the new M1 Chip and the devices with the M1 Chip in them including the Mac Mini 2020, MacBook Air" 2020, and the MacBook Pro 13" 2020. Source: www.apple.com/mac/m1/ M1 Chip: Specs The new M1 Chip that Apple has just announced has 4 "performance" cores, and 4 "efficiency" cores, the former for CPU-intensive tasks like gaming, video editing, and more. The latter is used for light loads, like web browsing and background tasks. It also has an 8-core GPU, which is the most Apple has made in the AS (Apple Silicon) lineup (iPhones, iPads, etc.). It also has the RAM of the system built in, but it cannot be changed after production. A Neural Engine is included, which is very similar to the one on iPhones. This is used for if the computer needs extra cores, it can be used. M1 Chip: How it's integrated How the M1 Chip will be integrated in the Mac Mini, the MacBook Air, and the MacBook Pro will be important. Both the Mac Mini and the MacBook Air will have little to no fans! The MacBook Pro will have some motorized cooling. How the Mac Mini and MacBook Air plan to cool the chip is a tossup between simply having no cooling, and have a scenario from 2019, where all the Mac's had cooling issues, or be passively cooled, where thermodynamics help cool the chips. The latter seems promising. Also, the macOS Big Sur (The Mac's newest update) will apparently integrate well with the new Macs, with a instant wakeup feature, universal apps (Apps that work with both the AS Chips and the Intel chips), iOS app compatibility, and more. Even if app developers have not optimized for the new Macs, they don't have to, but they may crash more often. M1 Chip: Pricing The Mac Mini (A small square that you hook up to a monitor for display) is going for $699.99, The MacBook Air is going for $999.99, and the MacBook Pro is going for $1299.99. All of these prices have been laughed at for past generations as being too expensive for not much performance, but this time, not so much. The MacBook Air has a 15hr battery life on the web, and a 18hr battery life in video playback. The MacBook Pro has a 17hr and 20hr battery life, respectively. Do not take these numbers as hard facts, as this is from Apple, and not from a 3rd Party. M1 Chip: First Impressions On paper, the new chip seems amazing, as it balances Performance with Battery Life, and the prices aren't too outrageous (MacBook Pro is the exception). The comments I have against this is that, still, Apple is not letting users upgrade their RAM and Storage after production, as most of the features are on the M1 Chip already. Takeaways: The specs produced are a lot better than last year with Intel chips. The Apple integration is stronger than ever. That is what I have been going at, that Apple has more control over how their devices. With the M1 Chip along side the A13 (iPhone, iPad) and S6 (Apple Watch). The Mac is kind of turning into an iPhone: Streamlined and in the ecosystem. This is great for people in, but maybe not for people outside. iOS 14 has just dropped for about a month now, but the majority of people don't know what changed. Here is what changed.
Widgets: Widgets have been added, and this was the main feature for most in the iOS 14 update, as its the most dramatic. Now, you can add little boxes on your home screen that either give you a constant message (Time, Battery Charge, etc.), or a recommendation on what information it should present, also known as a "Smart Stack". To add a widget, hold on an app for a bit as if you were to move it, and tap the "plus" button on the top left. Then, choose and drag a widget onto your screen. Picture-in-Picture Video Player: An addition made for all you multitaskers, you now can have Picture-in-Picture, or a mini video player, on most apps with video. All you have to do to activate it is to pinch the video that you want to put in picture, and then it should operate as normal, and you can resize as if it was an individual object on screen. Changes to Siri, Calls, and FaceTime: Now, Siri, Incoming calls, normal and FaceTime, and FaceTime itself got some overhaul. Now when Siri gets activated when you are logged into your phone, it has a little bubble instead of the full screen takeover that it once was. Siri also got updated with more intelligent answers, instead of directing you to a web search. Incoming calls now do not take over your screen when you are logged in, and instead appear as a persistent notification would. Also, Facetime acts like a video, and can be Picture-in-Pictured as such. App Drawer and Hiding Home Screen Apps: Do you know how many apps you own? What percentage do you actually use? Now, you can delete any apps that you don't want on your screen. All you do is hold down an app as if you were to move it, but hold it a bit longer than normal. Then an option "Remove from home screen" should be an option. Sound Notifications & Tap To Activate: A couple things to mention in the accessibility section. There is an option for you to opt into sound notifications. This notifies you if an alarm goes off, if the water is running, someone is at your door, and so on. This helps people hard of hearing to know what is happening around them. Also a Tap to Activate option is in Siri. You can double and triple tap the back of your phone to activate Siri, take a screenshot, open the Camera, and so on. My Take: This update was massive, as any major version change would. I think 90% of the things here I would use, but 10% I do not care about, like the sound notifications. They are cool, but they have no practical reasons for me personally to have them on. |
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