This is honestly an appealing option if you are in the market for heavy and loud gaming laptops (I personally only buy 17 inch laptops because I don't like small screens).

I was surprised the review didn't include a section on how exactly the optional water cooling works. The OEM description pages implies it's a plug and play system with an additional 1.2 kg reservoir attachment (for an additional €199)

You would want a proper carrier bag for the this laptop.

The base 16GB RAM for the ~€2,000 euro configuration is a joke though.

Market share table:

Here is how Hyperion Research carved up the on premises HPC server market for 2023, including a revision that brought in HPC machines made by Supermicro and other non-traditional suppliers:

Those non-traditional suppliers, who are by and large building “AI supercomputers,” as a group have a little more than a quarter of the market, and HPE has the dominant market share at just a little under a quarter – thanks in large part to the massive deals taken down by Cray to build pre-exascale systems in the United States and Europe and exascale machines in the United States.

Netlist, Inc. today announced that it won a $118 million damages award against Samsung Electronics Co., LTD., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. (together "Samsung") in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Isn't the "United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas" the main court for high-level fraud and scamming in the US?

But what if you want to stand out from the crowd? Every Tom, Dick and Harry has a tablet or laptop in the subway car... 😅

I am also personally waiting for MicroLED, I thing with my usage patterns burn-in will be an issue.

But it could work for more casual usage (web + occasional media viewing).

A portable gaming device that can also work as a micro-laptop (for news, videos and emails)?

Any situations where size considerations or some level of portability are key purchase drivers.

Another set of rules curbing shipments of high-bandwidth memory chips to China is expected to be unveiled next month as part of a broader artificial intelligence package, the email continues.

Sanctions will also cover HBM memory, which is critical for "AI" development.

Overall, we think this is a relatively positive update on the burn-in front after 9 months of heavy static content usage, or around 2,000 to 2,300 hours of total use. As we saw in the previous update, there are visible signs of burn-in on our panel, but the level of degradation between 6 months and 9 months has been relatively minimal.

As things stand, burn-in is not having a significant impact on our daily usage of this monitor, and it's close to, though not quite, a non-issue. We can spot the burn-in in some edge case applications with large uniform areas of dark grey, but it's pretty uncommon and rarely distracting. We think that's a pretty good result given we're stressing the crap out of this display, using it in absolutely the worst-case realistic scenario you could think of, and our usage patterns equate to displaying eight hours of virtually static content every single day.

It's too bad it's somewhat difficult to identify the burn-in impact via screenshots. IMO it's something that you need to experience during usage to evaluate. The review is also not here or there. Burn-in is noticeable, but seems to be not that big of an issue.

Still, what will burn-in be like after 2-3 years if we are already seeing issues after 6 to 9 months (albeit under worst case scenario type usage).

I didn't even notice this when reading the article. That's got to be an error.

x2 8 pin would 300 W + 75 W from the connector. No way it's 650 W with such a setup.

It's too bad the price did not leak. If the price is truly competitive (not like with AMD that generally offers a minor discount to comparable Nvidia SKUs), this could be a (more) compelling offer especially with rumors that Nvidia are going to crazy with prices for Blackwell.

It's like the old saying goes, there are no bad products, just bad prices.

I wouldn't go that far, oligarchs (in the US or otherwise) are generally very intelligent, sophisticated (in the functional sense) and even hard working.

This is not meant to be some sort of justification, they are clearly corrupt, deeply dishonest and extremely malicious. That doesn't mean they should be underestimated or one should discount their capabilities.

Why doesn't this have a high end AMD CPU?

Where did they even find those 2050s?

By the standard of "slab" format phone, it is somewhat different.

At any rate, other than foldables, it is unlikely we are ever going to get any truly new designs, even compact slab designs are barely holding out.

Intel hopes to gain a manufacturing advantage over TSMC with the upcoming 18A node, which includes new technology such as RibbonFET and backside power delivery. The technologies will make chips more efficient.

Intel is betting the farm on 18A in its transition to a manufacturing-first company. The ability to customize with chiplets and GPUs may be an advantage with 18A. Intel is hoping for a server advantage over rivals with Clearwater Forest, which will be made on 18A and ship next year.

They have an awful lot hanging on the success (even market leadership) of their 18A node.

I think it's fair to have a paid subscription if you're using Sony's servers. I thought you would be able to stream from your own PS5 across the internet (like with Steam).

Despite the technical limitations, the PlayStation Portal has proved successful since its launch, with US sales estimated to be between 420,000 and 630,000 units, exceeding Sony's initial expectations.

I wonder what their sales estimates were, I would have thought their unit sales targets would be higher.

I think readers can make up their own minds with respect to the article and your claims.

I never claimed they haven't been delivering 7 nm. I claimed that it didn't seem viable and could be more of a state sanctioned push.

I am referring to this comment by Bloomberg:

Worse, Huawei’s main production partner, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., is struggling to churn out even 7nm chips at steady volumes. The Shanghai-based firm’s 7nm production lines have been plagued by poor yield and reliability issues, according to another person. There’s little guarantee that Huawei will be able to secure enough smartphone processors and AI chips in coming years, the person added.

Which is further by a more context:

State-backed chipmakers have been trying to push the limit of ASML’s older deep ultraviolet lithography machines, the Dutch supplier’s second-best lineup (after EUVs), with the so-called quadruple patterning technique.

That requires lithographic machines to perform up to four exposures on a silicon wafer, with a total margin of error of no wider than hundredths the diameter of a human hair. Compared to EUV lithography, the multi-patterning technique with DUVs is not only resource-intensive but also prone to alignment errors and yield losses, according to Ying-Wu Liu, an analyst at research firm Yole Group.

That's not what the information implies.

The quadruple patterning approach does not seem viable even if they can deliver products with 7nm.