Day: April 2, 2019

Supermicro takes the plunge into Cascade Lake, clutching X11 lines, screaming ‘AI’

Give me sockets, give me DIMMs, give me Optane, give me all the speed Server slinger Supermicro has dropped the veil on its range of second generation Xeon SP servers with Optane DIMM support – just as Chipzilla itself reveals all the gory details on its latest chippery.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Researcher prints ‘PWNED!’ on hundreds of GPS watches’ maps due to unfixed API

Over 20 GPS watch models still allow threat actors to track device owners, tinker with watch functions. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Walmart will let you shop for groceries using Google Assistant – CNET

The service can also adapt to your shopping habits. …read more Source:: CNet


Intel unveils broad Xeon stack with dozens of workload-optimized processors

The 2nd-Generation Xeon Scalable processor features new technology for built-in acceleration of AI workloads. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Intel Announces Cascade Lake With Up To 56 Cores and Optane Persistent Memory DIMMs

At its Data-Centric Innovation Day, Intel today announced its Cascade Lake line of Xeon Scalable data center processors. From a report: The second-generation lineup of Xeon Scalable processors comes in 53 flavors that span up to 56 cores and 12 memory channels per chip, but as a reminder that Intel company is briskly expanding beyond…


Here’s Intel’s epic Epyc response: Up-to-56-core, 4GHz 14nm second-gen Xeon SPs, Agilex FPGAs, persistent mem

Amazing what some competition can do: Kicking Chipzilla up the data cache In a highly orchestrated global manoeuvre, Chipzilla today launched, to much of its own fanfare, its second generation of Xeon Scalable Processors for servers – chips codenamed internally as Cascade Lake.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Ford Explorer Plug-In Hybrid packs 450 hp, 25 miles of range for Europe – Roadshow

A version for the US could make an appearance in the near future. …read more Source:: CNet


iPad Mini Makes Two Common Repairs ‘Unnecessarily Difficult,’ Says iFixit

Apple has released the fifth-generation iPad Mini. So, of course, the repair experts at iFixit needed to tear it apart. From a report: The new 7.9 inch tablet, launched two weeks ago, sticks to its roots as a revamp of the iPad Mini 4, according to iFixit’s teardown published Tuesday. One notable change is the…


2020 Gladiator gets the Easter Jeep Safari concept treatment – Roadshow

These sketches hint at a pair of Jeep Gladiator pickup truck-based one-offs. …read more Source:: CNet


YouTube restricts far-right activist Tommy Robinson but doesn’t ban him – CNET

The English Defence League founder has been hit with serious restrictions. …read more Source:: CNet