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      Samsung seemingly caught swapping components in its 970 Evo Plus SSDs

      Jim Salter · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 27 August, 2021 - 22:20 · 1 minute

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    Enlarge / You can't see the part number which distinguishes the newer, slower drive from the older, faster one on the box—you need to check the PN field in the top center of the label on the drive itself. (credit: Jim Salter)

    Recently, major SSD vendors Crucial and Western Digital have both been caught swapping out TLC NAND in their consumer SSDs for cheaper but much lower-performance, lower-endurance QLC NAND. Samsung appears to be joining them in the part-swapping corner of shame today, thanks to Chinese Youtuber 潮玩客, who documented a new version of the Samsung 970 Evo Plus using an inferior drive controller.

    Although the consumer-facing model number of the drives did not change—it was a 970 Evo Plus last year, and it's still a 970 Evo Plus now—the manufacturer part number did. Unfortunately, the manufacturer part number isn't visible on the box the SSD comes in—as far as we've been able to determine, it's only shown on a small label on the drive itself.

    Falling off the write cliff

    • This CrystalDiskMark test makes the newer, inferior drive look faster than the original in most tests—but notice the very small 1GiB test size. This test isn't escaping the SLC write cache! [credit: 潮玩客 ]

    We tested the 970 Evo Plus (alongside the 980, and the older 970 Pro) in March, clocking it at write speeds of 1,600+ MiB/sec on 1MiB workloads. Our benchmarking was done with he old version, part number MZVLB1T0HBLR. The newer version—part number MZVL21T0HBLU—is considerably slower. According to 潮玩客's test results, the newer version only manages 830MiB/sec—half the performance of the original.

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      TSMC is considering a 3 nm foundry in Arizona

      Jim Salter · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 14 May, 2021 - 17:57

    In a few years, Phoenix residents will be seeing a lot more of this logo.

    Enlarge / In a few years, Phoenix residents will be seeing a lot more of this logo. (credit: SOPA Images )

    Reuters reports that TSMC—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the chip foundry making advanced processors for Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm—is beefing up its plans to build factories in Arizona while turning away from an advanced plant in Europe.

    Last year, TSMC announced that it would invest $10-$12 billion to build a new 5 nm capable foundry near Phoenix, Arizona. According to Reuters' sources, TSMC officials are considering trebling the company's investment by building a $25 billion second factory capable of building 3 nm chips. More tentative plans are in the works for 2 nm foundries as the Phoenix campus grows over the next 10-15 years as well.

    US President Joe Biden called for $50 billion to subsidize US chip manufacturing facilities, and the US Senate may take action on the item this week. Strong domestic manufacturing capacity is seen as critical, since US chip firms such as Nvidia and Qualcomm rely on Asian manufacturing facilities. TSMC would be competing with Samsung and Intel to secure these Biden administration subsidies.

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      Samsung will soon ship Micro LED TVs, but MiniLED still leads the lineup

      Samuel Axon · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Tuesday, 2 March, 2021 - 21:32

    • A Samsung Micro LED TV in suitably swanky digs. [credit: Samsung ]

    It's that time of year when many TV manufacturers begin announcing prices for and shipping their annual product refreshes. We took a look at Sony's OLED lineup yesterday, but today we're turning our attention to Samsung, which just announced imminent availability (most models will start shipping this month) for its high-end Micro LED and MiniLED TV lineup.

    We'll get to Micro LED in a minute, but let's start with the mainstream high-end, which are the MiniLED TVs. Samsung is giving these a proprietary "Neo QLED" label.

    The top-end QN900A is the most tricked-out 8K option, with 65-inch ($5,000), 75-inch ($7,000), and 85-inch options ($9,000). One step down while keeping the 8K banner flying is the QN800A, offered in the same sizes but at $3,500, $4,700, and $6,500, respectively.

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      Samsung says auto chip shortage could hit smartphones

      Financial Times · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 28 January, 2021 - 15:07

    Samsung says auto chip shortage could hit smartphones

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    Samsung Electronics said a global semiconductor shortage that has hit global carmakers could also disrupt orders for the memory chips used in smartphones, as manufacturers rushed to respond to the crisis.

    The warning from the world’s biggest memory chipmaker comes as companies and governments grow concerned that constrained chip manufacturing capacity could derail countries’ economic recoveries from the coronavirus pandemic.

    The rush by semiconductor foundries to meet demand for auto chips means many are now operating at full capacity, limiting their ability to take on new orders, which could in turn slow deliveries of chips designed for mobile devices.

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      On a trouvé la tablette ultime pour les jeux Xbox en streaming et ce n’est pas un iPad

      Maxime Claudel · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Sunday, 17 January, 2021 - 16:25

    Samsung a lancé, il y a quelques mois, la Galaxy Tab S7+ qui a tout pour plaire. Elle est devenue notre compagnon idéal pour jouer au sein de l'écosystème Xbox. [Lire la suite]

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      Samsung backtracks on $1,000 Chromebooks with cheaper Galaxy Chromebook 2

      Ron Amadeo · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 7 January, 2021 - 21:44

    • The Galaxy Chromebook 2. It's still extremely red. [credit: Samsung ]

    CES 2021 is next week, and announcements are starting to hit the wire. Last year, Samsung launched the Galaxy Chromebook , a premium, $1,000 Chrome OS laptop that felt like a successor to the Google Pixelbook . Just like Google, after experiencing the sales of a premium, $1,000 Chromebook, Samsung has decided to tone down the premium-ness in subsequent versions, and today's " Galaxy Chromebook 2 ," is a cheaper follow-up.

    Last year's Galaxy Chromebook featured a headline-grabbing 13.3-inch, 4K OLED display, but this year, Samsung has hacked and slashed at the spec sheet to get down to a lower price. Instead of a 4K OLED we've got a 1080p LCD. The laptop is slower, thicker, and heavier than last year, with less storage, fewer cameras, and less RAM. All this cost-cutting has nearly cut the price in half, though: it now starts at $549.

    For the starting $549, you get a 13.3-inch, 1920×1080 (16:9) LCD touchscreen, a 1.9GHz, 14nm, dual-core Intel Celeron 5205U, 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM, 64GB of eMMC storage, and a 45.5Wh battery. For $699, there is an upgraded model with an Intel Core i3-10110U, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage.

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      Samsung va lancer des téléviseurs Mini LED pour rivaliser avec l’OLED

      Maxime Claudel · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Thursday, 7 January, 2021 - 09:12

    L'année 2021 sera bien celle des téléviseurs dotés d'un rétroéclairage mini LED. Samsung mise sur cette technologie pour rivaliser avec les modèles OLED de son rival LG. [Lire la suite]

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      Samsung va-t-il tuer sa gamme Galaxy Note avec les Galaxy S21 ?

      Julien Cadot · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Wednesday, 23 December, 2020 - 11:00

    Les Galaxy S21 Ultra pourront être utilisés avec un stylet. La gamme Note de 2021 devra donc proposer d'autres fonctionnalités si elle souhaite rester pertinente. [Lire la suite]

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      Electro Dépôt : nouvelle vague de bonnes affaires pour Noël sur des smartphones, TV ou barres de son

      humanoid xp · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Saturday, 19 December, 2020 - 15:54

    L’heure est encore aux cadeaux de Noël et il est possible de profiter de prix intéressants pour peu que l’on sache où regarder. Electro Dépôt par exemple, lance un grand déstockage ce qui permet de profiter des meilleurs produits tech’ sans se ruiner. [Lire la suite]

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