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Samsung Says Its LPDDR5X RAM Can Reduce Power Consumption by 20 Percent Mass produced on Samsung’s 14nm process, Samsung says that its collaboration with Qualcomm has enabled both entities to optimize the LPDDR5X’s 7.5Gbps bandwidth for use in Snapdragon mobile platforms. The Korean giant also states that the latest standard is 1.2 times faster than LPDDR5 RAM, which had a maximum bandwidth of 6.4Gbps. Benefits of using LPDDR5X memory include increased performance of high-resolution video capture, voice recognition, image recognition, and natural language processing in next-generation smartphones....

Samsung SmartThings Find is Enjoying Massive Success Thanks to Over 200 Million Users SmartThing Find lets Samsung users look for misplaced or stolen smartphones, tablets, as well as smartwatches, wireless earbuds, and even personal belongings if they are using SmartTag. The service uses Bluetooth LE and UWB to find devices, even when a device is outside the range of the user’s phone or tablet, SmartThings Find can still get help from other SmartThings Find-compatible smartphones to locate the device, which is always a convenient feature....

The first custom solution from Samsung may not appear until 2025, but rumor does not state if ARM’s architecture will continue to be used With Qualcomm Oryon set to debut in 2024 and Apple at the top of the rankings thanks to its powerful and efficient A-series silicon, The Elec reports that Samsung also plans to maintain a healthy level of competition. According to the latest information, the company has formed a team that is solely dedicated to developing a custom mobile SoC, though the official name has not been disclosed....

In Total, Samsung Could Supply Apple up to a Whopping 149 Million OLED Panels for the iPhone 14 Previously, Samsung was said to supply Apple with an estimated 130 million LTPO OLED screens for the high-end iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Given that circumstances can change overnight and the fact that the latest ‘Pro’ models have more upgrades than the regular versions to highlight their importance in the market, the Korean supplier will undertake more orders accordingly....

Galaxy S22 Ships With a Screen Protector in Most Countries Except for South Korea A Samsung Community member shared an image below of a company official stating that Samsung is planning to stop providing screen protectors with future Galaxy smartphones. The reasons for this are simple, which the Korean giant has apparently highlighted too. Right now, the Galaxy S22 is the first Galaxy S series handset to ship with an Armor Aluminum frame, with Corning’s Gorilla Glass Victus+ at the front and back....

M2 MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM, 256GB Storage, Retina display and More Currently $100 off for Limited Time So, you want the M2 chip inside your laptop but you don’t want a MacBook Air. Then the M2 MacBook Pro is for you. And thanks to its active cooling system, it can sustain workloads for longer compared to the new MacBook Air as well. If you’re familiar with the MacBook Pro, rest is pretty standard....

Show Off Your AirTag in the Official Leather Key Ring from Apple - Discounted by $13.41 for a Limited Time Only If you recently bought an AirTag and want to show it off by hanging it to your car keys or bag, then there are plenty of accessories to choose from that allow you to do that. But, if you need something that fits like a glove and go hand in hand with AirTag then nothing comes close to the official leather key ring....

Enter MADFINGER Games, a company that, ten years ago, has made a departure for the mobile games scene. Today, the company announced that they’re jumping back into PC game design. They’ve also gone ahead and mentioned that the basis of their new game is a “realistic hardcore FPS for the PC”. The team there posted an article where CEO Marek Rabas was answering questions relating to the upcoming project and bluntly answered why the game isn’t on mobile, by saying, “The game design we created is not suitable for mobile....

For example, there is now an installer program that makes the installation process much easier. Similarly, Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition can now be fully configured before launching the game through a handy launcher tool. Then there’s the highly anticipated audio fix for the skipping sound that affected all modern PCs with multicore CPUs. Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition now features a custom streaming audio engine that resolves this and also fixes the stutter in cutscenes dialogues....

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Rumored to Be Mass Produced on TSMC’s 4nm Process, Will See Improvements Across Various Areas Unlike past Qualcomm chipsets, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is said to feature a ‘1 + 2 + 2 + 3’ CPU configuration, according to Ice Universe, who also states in his tweet below that the chipset will be made on TSMC’s 4nm process, the same one used for the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and A16 Bionic....

Talking to Sector, Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka says they see Sonic Frontiers in the same category as Sonic Adventure, in the sense it will provide a foundation for future games to come. “Just like Sonic Adventure, our goal for Sonic Frontiers was to create a game that would be the cornerstone of future Sonic games. It is a brand-new approach for the franchise, but we have been conscious to honor Sonic’s roots as well - the game still needs to feel like a Sonic game....

Briar and Lute are two sisters who have been reborn as a Chimera. The transformation has granted Briar superhuman strength and resilience, while Lute, who was sacrificed in order to bind her soul to her sister’s, has become a ghost with mystical powers. Voiced by Stefanie Joosten (Metal Gear Solid 5), Briar and Lute are sent on a mission to reclaim a city in ruins that has been ravaged by the Wraiths, only to discover that the Order they belong to has a far more complex plan in mind....

Today, Square Enix and tri-Ace shared the game’s PC system requirements on the game’s official Japanese website, which are surprisingly high compared to some other recent titles that don’t look particularly demanding. The minimum requirements will allow users to run the game at 720p, medium settings at 50+ frames per second, while the recommended at 1080p resolution, high settings at 60 frames per second. An SSD is recommended for faster loading times as well....

Interestingly, Newell shared the hope that other vendors would create similar products to the Steam Deck. We thought the entry price was going to be the critical factor [for Deck’s success] but it turns out that far and away the most popular SKU is the most expensive one. That’s an example of us being a little surprised by what our customers are telling us. They’re basically saying, ‘We would like an even more expensive version of this’, in terms of horsepower capabilities or whatever....

First W790 Motherboard Breaks Cover, Supermicro E-ATX Design With 16 DDR5 DIMM Slots, Huge LGA 4677 Socket & Six PCIe Gen5 Slots Last week, we reported that Intel was going to announce its Sapphire Rapids-WS ‘Xeon Workstation’ lineup by February 2023 with a launch planned for April 2023, Now, the first W790 motherboard by Supermicro has leaked out by Videocardz. The picture might be of a low-quality but it still provides us a good insight into what the new Fishhawk Falls platform has in store for workstations & HEDT PC builders....

That’s what the executive told investors during the publisher’s most-recent earnings for the 3rd quarter of FY2022. A lot has been said and written about Microsoft’s planned acquisition of publisher Activision-Blizzard, and during Take-Two’s investor Q&A, Zelnick was asked about the competitive landscape when it comes to gaming subscription plans if the deal between both companies goes through. According to Zelnick, the deal on hand will result in two very powerful industry-leading companies, with Take-Two still being one of them....

Of course, this is far from the first time Take-Two and NBA 2K have been under criticism due to the loot boxes and microtransactions. A couple of years ago, a particularly gambling focused trailer of NBA 2K20 prompted a response by the ESRB. Even earlier than that, in 2018, the publisher was forced to tweak the game’s microtransactions in countries like the Netherlands and Belgium due to their strict anti-gambling laws....

As Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) contends with a veritable volley of short-term challenges, ranging from Musk’s Twitter takeover overhang to uncertainty around the outlook for fourth-quarter deliveries amid weakening global demand, the EV giant has now announced its earnings for the third quarter of 2022. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) Q3 2022 Earnings Tesla has reported $21.454 billion in revenue for the third quarter of 2022, missing consensus expectations of $21.96 billion. (All figures are in billions of dollars) Tesla identified US dollar strength as a major challenge to its top-line metric during the quarter....

Perhaps too much gore. At least, that’s what the Japanese CERO board has decided, as The Callisto Protocol has failed to pass the CERO certification. Unfortunately, Japan’s CERO board has very strict rules regarding body horror and gore. Rules that the game seemingly has broken as the game failed to pass the test due to an overabundance of violence and graphic content. Rather than doing something like reducing the amount of body horror or censoring it, Striking Distance Studio has decided to cancel the Japanese version of The Callisto Protocol....

The First Descendant is an online cooperative action RPG developed by NEXON in the vein of games like Outriders or The Division 2. To learn more about the setting, mechanics, and the developer’s experience with the shiny Unreal Engine 5 technology, we arranged an email Q&A with the development team. You can read the full transcript below. As a reminder, The First Descendant will also be available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S|X....