Network sources report that the Chinese company Huawei managed to purchase key components before the American government blacklisted it. According to a recently published Nikkei Asian Review report, the telecom giant told suppliers several months ago that it wanted to stock up on a 12-month supply of critical components. Due to this, the company hoped to mitigate the consequences of the ongoing trade […]
As we already know, Huawei is developing its own operating system for smartphones, which could become an alternative to Android if the use of Google’s mobile platform becomes impossible for the company due to US sanctions. According to preliminary data, Huawei's new software development is called Hongmeng, which is quite harmonious for the Chinese market. But for the conquest of Europe such a name, mildly [...]
The founder and CEO of the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, Ren Zhengfei, spoke out against the introduction of retaliatory bans that could follow from the Chinese government after the US authorities blacklisted the manufacturer. In an interview with Bloomberg, he expressed hope that China will not impose retaliatory bans, and also reported that […]
Network sources report that the world's first smartphone based on the Snapdragon 665 hardware platform developed by Qualcomm will debut in the near future. The named chip contains eight Kryo 260 computing cores with a clock frequency of up to 2,0 GHz. The graphics subsystem uses the Adreno 610 accelerator. The Snapdragon 665 processor includes an LTE Category 12 modem, which provides […]
This text is a continuation of a series of articles in which I consider the structure of the (presumably) distributed network Telegram Open Network (TON), which is being prepared for release this year. In the previous part, I described its most basic level - the way nodes interact with each other. Just in case, let me remind you that I have nothing to do with the development of this network, and all the […]
For two weeks now, Runet has been making noise about Telegram and the situation with its senseless and merciless blocking by Roskomnadzor. The ricochet offended many, but all of these are topics for posts on Geektimes. I was surprised by something else - I still have not seen on Habré a single analysis of the TON network planned to be released on the basis of Telegram - Telegram Open [...]
With the advent of processors of the Coffee Lake and Coffee Lake Refresh generations, Intel, following the lead of its competitor, systematically increased the number of computing cores in its offerings. The result of this process was that a new eight-core family of Core i1151 chips was formed as part of the mass LGA2v9 platform, and the Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 families significantly increased […]
Chinese electronics maker Huawei says it respects intellectual property rights, but according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), competitors and some former employees say the company is doing everything it can to steal trade secrets. The WSJ recalled a summer evening in 2004 in Chicago, when in an exhibition hall where only […]
More than a year ago, it became known about the plans of the Telegram messenger to release its own decentralized network, the Telegram Open Network. Then a voluminous technical document became available, which was allegedly written by Nikolai Durov and described the structure of the future network. For those who missed it, I recommend that you read my retelling of this document (part 1, part 2; the third part, alas, is still gathering dust […]
Hello, Habr. We spontaneously held our first internal hackathon. I decided to share with you my pains and conclusions about preparing for it in 2 weeks, as well as the projects that turned out to be. The boring part for those interested in marketing I'll start with a little story. Beginning of April. The first MskDotNet Community hackathon is taking place in our office. The Battle of Tatooine is in full swing, [...]
Quake II RTX was presented by NVIDIA at the March GDC 2019 conference. At the same time, the company promised to publish this version of the classic shooter from id Software for free. Later, NVIDIA posted a video in which the project is executed in ultra-widescreen mode so that you can evaluate the changes more clearly. Now NVIDIA has released fresh videos and announced that download Quake II RTX […]
In December, Intel promised that its upcoming 10nm Ice Lake-U laptop processors would feature integrated graphics with more than a teraflop of processing power. Ahead of its keynote at Computex, the company shared details that provide insight into what this improvement will mean for real-world gaming tasks. We are talking, for example, about a 72 percent increase in performance in Counter Strike: Go or […]
