Despite the 5-nanometer process technology , the CPU area will greatly increase: a completely new SP5 platform with a new LGA 6096 socket will debut with Genoa, which is one and a half times larger than the current LGA 4094 in the number of contacts. The power consumption of the Genoa CPU line will increase: the level of 320 W, cTDP - up to 400 W. For comparison, the maximum TDP of CPU Milan is 280 W. It is logical to think that Genoa frequencies will grow relative to the CPUs of the Milan line, and even more so Rome.

What's new in the SP5 platform? For example, it will have 128 PCIe Gen 5.0 lanes and 160 lanes for dual-processor configurations. Promised support for DDR5-5200 MHz RAM is a huge step forward compared to the currently used DDR4-3200 MHz memory. SP5 will provide support for 12 channels of DDR5 memory, with the connection of two modules per channel, this adds up to 3 TB of RAM in the system (when using modules with a capacity of 128 GB).

The AMD Genoa CPU and the SP5 platform look very attractive - on paper, but we will find out how it will be in practice in the second half of the year.

Apparently, the official announcement of the new AMD super-powerful server processors will take place in the fall, and they will become available to customers in 2022. Intel will respond to Genoa with its Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPUs, which will also support PCI Gen 5.0 and DDR5. But their release is not expected until 2023.

Rumors in industry are that Apple aims to use PCIe 5.0 in all upcoming 8/16 cores ARM CPUs made for their upcoming iOS based notebooks lines. Of course Thunderbolt via USB-C ports will also greatly benefit from this change with corresponding speed increases.

Some very early leaks and predictions:

• 7nm+ process, mostly to make products cheaper by using EUV on some parts
• around +100Mhz frequency rise on average, +200Mhz stock for top models
• 1-3% IPC progress
• DDR4 memory controller must stay same as in Zen 2
• Possible DDR5 controller for premium x670 boards
• 8 core price is expected to drop to $199
• 16 core to $499

The laptop Mi Notebook Pro 2021 Enhanced Edition is available with a display measuring 14 or 15.6 inches diagonally. In the first case, the resolution is 2560 × 1600 pixels, in the second - 3456 × 2160.

All laptops are equipped with a Wi-Fi 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) wireless adapter, Thunderbolt interface, and a 100-watt rechargeable battery. The operating system Windows 10 is installed. The list of available configurations is presented below (processor, RAM, storage, video card).

Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 14 2021 Enhanced Edition:

• Core i5-11320H, 16GB + 512GB - $ 815;
• Core i5-11320H, 16GB + 512GB, MX450 - $ 923;
• Core i7-11390H, 16GB + 512GB, MX450 - $ 1076

:Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 15 2021 Enhanced Edition:

• Core i5-11320H, 16 GB + 512 GB - $ 1000;
• Core i5-11320H, 16GB + 512GB, MX450 - $ 1077;
• Core i7-11390H, 16GB + 512GB, MX450 - $ 1230

RedmiBook Pro 14 2021 Enhanced Edition:

• Core i5-11320H, 16GB + 512GB - $ 723;
• Core i5-11320H, 16GB + 512GB, MX450 - $ 815;
• Core i7-11390H 16GB + 512GB MX450 - $ 923

RedmiBook Pro 15 2021 Enhanced Edition:

• Core i5-11320H, 16GB + 512GB - $ 769;
• Core i5-11320H, 16GB + 512GB, MX450 - $ 846;
• Core i7-11390H 16GB + 512GB MX450 - $ 969

As we move to present day

Air coming from top, but lot of time capacitor is in the corner, give it 85 degrees rated capacitor and some time and it'll be issue. Photo above is for good PSU (no longer made) that fail with around 90% probability within 3-5 years time.

Sample of one of Seasonic PSU designs

Better cooling, 105 degrees Japan capacitors and hence very long warranty (they have 7-11 year for good products).

EVP and GM of Intel’s Client Computing Group, Gregory Bryant, is this week spending some time at Intel’s Israel R&D facilities in his first overseas Intel trip in of 2021. An early post on Sunday morning, showcasing Bryant’s trip to the gym to overcome jetlag, was followed by another later in the day with Bryant being shown the offices and the research. The post contained four photos, but was rapidly deleted and replaced by a photo with three (in the tweet above). The photo removed showcases some new information about next-generation Thunderbolt technology.

In this image we can see a poster on the wall showcasing ‘80G PHY Technology’, which means that Intel is working on a physical layer (PHY) for 80 Gbps connections. Off the bat this is double the bandwidth of Thunderbolt 4, which runs at 40 Gbps.

The second line confirms that this is ‘USB 80G is targeted to support the existing USB-C ecosystem’, which follows along that Intel is aiming to maintain the USB-C connector but double the effective bandwidth.

The third line is actually where it gets technically interesting. ‘The PHY will be based on novel PAM-3 modulation technology’.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16858/intel-executive-posts-thunderbolt-5-photo-80-gbps-and-pam3-then-deletes-it

Specs

• 24-inch 4.5K Retina display - 4,480 x 2,520 (218 ppi)
• Apple M1, same underpowered CPU
• 8 GB / 16GB Memory
• 256 / 512 GB SSD
• 547 x 461 x 147 mm
• USB 4 (x2) / USB 3 (x2), USB 4 (x2)
• 802.11ax, Bluetooth 5.0
• 4.46 kg
• From $1,299

Apple's ultra-colorful new iMacs will include wireless Touch ID capabilities. This will allow users to log in, swap profiles and complete purchases with Apple Pay on the iMac. The feature will be built into specific versions of the Magic Keyboard that will be sold alongside the fresh iMac line.

It had been long known inside company, as divisions have plans on collecting identification information.

Going outside iOS is long planned move, and having M1 had been necessary step for it, as processor is able to send information to Apple via very hard to find injections without any OS interference, making it almost impossible to find and identify. It is similar to Intel ME processor cores, but much more advanced.

Specs

• Ryzen 9 5900HX
• 14" screen
• $1,799 with NVIDIA RTX 3060
• $2,199 for RTX 3070
• $2,799 for RTX 3080

Specs

• M1 chip, exactly same as in Macs, 50% peak performance improvement
• M1 chip overheats here during hard tasks, Apple uses heavy throttling
• up to 16GB of memory (same soldered on CPU)
• up to 2TB encrypted, unrepairable SSD
• Tablet can later get update to iOS that will bring Mac apps compatibility (as both OSes will merge)
• 12.9-inch Liquid Retina XDR display (much worse 11" model also exist)
  • miniLED design that uses over 10,000 LEDs across the entire back of the display
  • 1,000 nits of full-screen brightness
  • 1,600 nits of peak brightness
  • P3 color space support
  • bad miniLED cooling, during inside test Apple allow up to 10% of leds to die within intense usage
• Support 5G wireless connectivity
• Thunderbolt port
• $799 for very bad 11" and WIFi only
• $1099 for 12,9" model with WiFi
• $1299 for12,9" model with WiFi + 5G

Again, new record margins, just this time lot of suppliers will hike prices to dig in Apple profits.

Specs

• Features miniaturized control panel based design.
• Built in support for recording each input as a separate ISO file.
• Saves DaVinci Resolve project file for 1 click editing of live production.
• Supports connecting up to 4 cameras or computers.
• Live streaming via Ethernet supported on ATEM Mini Pro.
• USB output operates as a webcam and supports all video software.
• Automatically standards converts and re-syncs all HDMI inputs.
• Includes free ATEM Software Control for Mac and Windows.
• Internal media for 20 RGBA graphics for titles, opening plates and logos.
• Includes ATEM Advanced Chroma Key for green/blue screen work.
• Multiview allows monitoring of all cameras on ATEM Mini Pro.
• Audio mixer supports limiter, compressor, 6 band EQ and more!
• Available now for US$895

The 3090 is not faster/sometimes a bit slower than my previous Radeon VII. I had a similar problem when trying to speed up NeatVideo with two Radeon VII - seeing no gain (even when using a special NeatVideo beta version specifically made for multi GPU use - big thanks to ABsoft).

The support team at ABsoft/NeatVideo are really friendly and did a fantastic job in pinning down the problem: The data is sent from the CPU to the GPU with about 13 GB/s, but the return path is only about 7 GB/s on my system - which is way to slow!

I'm using a Threadripper 2920X CPU on a Gigabyte Designare EX mainboard and as the PCIE-controller is inside the Threadripper, the problem is most likely the CPU. But is it only my CPU, is it only the 2920X or is it every Threadripper?

I need your HELP:

Everybody who has a Threadripper (1000- and 2000-series) and is willing to run a small benchmark tool (all in all takes less than 5 min.), please send me a PM. Any graphicscard (even old ones with DDR5 VRAM) will do, as long as its in the PCIE 16x slot.

So, lets see if I just got unlucky with my Threadripper, or if AMD has intensionally crippled there flagship CPUs.

Hoya believes that the 22 and 24 TB hard drives expected to hit the market in 2022 will be only possible if they meet who hard things. First, the number of plates should be increased to ten or more pieces. Secondly, the recording density can be significantly increased only due to the HAMR technology - by using auxiliary heating of the recording area to overcome the coercive force of the disk magnetic surface.

It was the latter technology that Seagate staked on, while Western Digital first decided to implement MAMR technology, or auxiliary microwave irradiation of the recording area, which also allows to overcome the coercive force of the magnetic layer. According to Hoya, MAMR technology is viable, but it won't push the limits of increasing storage capacity far. In principle, WDC agrees with this and is also developing its own heated recording options (HAMR).

And this is where Hoya reveals itself in all its glory. While its main competitor - Showa Denko - relies on aluminum plates, Hoya is developing the production of glass plates. Only glass will allow the production of thinner and stronger plates so that 10, 11 and 12 magnetic plates can be installed in the hard disk package, and maybe more.

As for the HAMR technology, the glass without the appearance of defects can withstand local heating up to 700 ° C, while the heat resistance of aluminum is limited to 200 ° C. The choice of the future is obvious. Increasing the capacity of hard drives over 20 TB is possible only on "glass" and this is already included in the production plans of all interested parties.

Small leak of 11th gen CPUs.

Most fun fact is 8 core max limit.

Of course, it is still 14 nm chips, as 10nm does not work still.

It has all pluses of 500 series H.264/HEVC dedicated decoders/encoders, slow GPU/memory speed for playback mode.

If you do simple editing, especially in Final Cut X, Edius, Vegas, PowerDirector, Video Pro X - it is one of best options.

It is extremely cold and 50W consumption max.

Note - I suggest 4Gb version, it is very cheap at around $100

2Gb start from around $80

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=amd+rx+550&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aamd+rx+550

Coming soon. Finally Chinese managers figured out that latest Apple notebooks have too many ports and this can be fixed.

First leaks.

Compared to 1-2 gen Ryzen new CPUs real advantage is only around 10-15% on same clock speed, all Ryzen processors are overclockable on any decent motherboard.

So, we'll go from most bargain CPUs:

• Ryzen 5 1600, $79,95 shipped, without any coupons, 6 cores / 12 threads, overclockable to around 3.9-4.1Ghz on air
• Ryzen 7 1700, $135,9 shipped, without any coupons, 8 cores / 16 threads, overclockable to around 3.9-4.1Ghz on air with good cooler
• Ryzen 5 1400 $56,3 shipped, without any coupons, 4 cores / 8 threads, overclockable to around 3.9-4.1Ghz on air
• Ryzen 3 1200 $41,6 shipped, without any coupons, 4 cores / 4 threads, overclockable to around 3.9-4.1Ghz on air

Two latest CPUs are best for file storage servers or for simpler 1080p editing rig.
Even Ryzen 3 1200 is enough for fast server with 10Gbit connection and pair of NVMe drives that hold most recent footage. Ryzen 1700 will be better and better each month, as Adobe and Resolve with each new release will be more and more aimed for high core CPUs.

I strongly suggest to use x370-x470 boards, even if used, to have upgrade path for later, check https://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/21405/amd-am4-motherboards-selection-guide-for-video-editors#Item_22.

X499 Aorus Xtreme Waterforce, X499 Aorus Master and X499 Designare EX-10G new motherboards.

All CPUs will get 15-25% price increase compared to previous generation.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has provided some more detail on the next Air refresh. It will be thinner and lighter, the publication reports, have a next-gen M1 processor, and use the same MagSafe charging system bound for the next MacBook Pro refresh. The company is also said to be deliberating a design with smaller screen bezels, which would shrink the already-portable form factor further.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-22/apple-aapl-plans-new-macbook-air-with-magsafe-macbook-pro-with-sd-card-slot

Magsafe and SD slot are very nice. Let cooling and battery life will take another his as managers want to make thing cheaper by making it thinner.

Yet rumors are that new M1 Update, aka M2 will have even more dynamic control, meaning it is not made for long rendering tasks, as it'll drop frequency as much as 3 times during this.

Superb thing.

Intel will keep same LGA 1200 socket, but will make it incompatible with current CPUs.

Another 20-25% hike in prices for motherboards based on new chipsets is expected.

If you get IBM PS/2 keyboard from 1991 and after working on it you go to your shop and try various keyboards you'll be in shock. Starting from $5-10 crap invented only to type up to 140 symbols a day (makes you understand twitter popularity), to pricey junk "space ships" designed to run video player.

And gaming keyboards. This is long story. Not only you must send all your time down the pipes, but you must do it on cool keyboards. I am not even start the story of motherfuckers who place extra keys in the bottom row, more and more. Inventor of Windows keys (and Fn keys on notebooks) must be found and executed in public using some very paintful way.

This was few thoughts I got after looking at keyboard market and getting Razor BlackWidow (not big choice of localized mechanical stuff is available really).

This is mechanical keyboard based on Cherry MX Blue switches

Razor keyboard is very good example of modern "inventors".

1. Key size is slightly reduced compared to normal keyboards (whole main block is smaller than normal keyboard).
2. Typeface used for keys is just awful, not major, really, if you type constantly, but anyway.
3. As this is "gamers keyboard" it has macro keys that are on the left and placed in such distance that makes harder intuitive use of left Ctrl.
4. It is glossy and keys are made from quite cheap plastic (if you compare to IBM keyboards)

But overall, of couse it can't be compared to rubber dome crap, even good one as some Microsoft keyboards.

It not have ideal main key block layout like some keyboards:

As Enter is still small.

May be in future we'll see something ideal, like IBM keyboards, but with larger bottom row, no widows keys and with buckling spring or mech switches options.

Available at:

• http://www.amazon.com/Razer-Blackwidow-Ultimate-Mechanical-RZ03-00381900-R3U1/dp/B008U5ZNIG

Note: You can get older (not 2013) version, it is cheaper but absolutely the same from practical standpoint

Specs

• IPS LED Panel
• 99% coverage of sRGB ,98% of DCI-P3
• Calibrated with Delta E ≤ 3
• HDR10 support
• Two HDMI 2.0 ports
• DisplayPort
• USB 3.1 Hub + USB-C port