Feb 23, 2018 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

 

Main News Topics

Intel discrete gpu prototype

Source 1: NumLock21 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/898168-intel-discrete-gpu-prototype/

Source 2: https://www.techpowerup.com/241669/intel-unveils-discrete-gpu-prototype-development

 

• At the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, Intel unveiled slides showing the direction its discrete GPU development is headed since head-hunting AMD’s Raja Koduri

• They appear to be scaling up their existing iGPU architecture, and bolstering it with mechanisms to sustain high clock speeds better.

• The first 14nm dGPU prototype is a 2-chip solution.

  • The first chip contains the GPU itself and a system agent;

  • the second chip is an FPGA that interfaces with the system bus.

• Consists of 1.5 billion transistors.

  • Nvidia's GP102 GPU that's found in the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is built on a 16nm process and has 12 billion transistors.

  • The GP108 found in the GT1030 has a similar 1.8 billion transistors.

• Following media speculation about the slides, Intel has stated:

  • "Last week at ISSCC, Intel Labs presented a research paper exploring new circuit techniques optimized for power management.

  • The team used an existing Intel integrated GPU architecture (Gen 9 GPU) as a proof of concept for these circuit techniques.

  • This is a test vehicle only, not a future product. While we intend to compete in graphics products in the future, this research paper is unrelated.

  • Our goal with this research is to explore possible, future circuit techniques that may improve the power and performance of Intel products."

 

Retailer Leaks Three Upcoming Coffee Lake CPUs

Source 1: Tx_2_step https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/899334-retailer-leaks-three-upcoming-coffee-lake-cpus/

Source 2: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/retailer-leaks-coffee-lake-cpus,36551.html

 

• The Coffee Lake platform is finally being expanded:  i5-8600, i5-8500, and i3-8300 chips have been listed on online retailer Provantage, although you can't buy them yet.

• How they fit in to the existing lineup:

  • i5-8600K - $251

  • i5-8600 - $217

  • I5-8500 - $199

  • i3-8350K - $168

  • I3-8300 -  $135

• These are all “non-K” parts likely meant to be paired with the upcoming budget-oriented H370 and B360 boards.

• Provantage also lists downclocked “T” versions of all of these processors for bulk purchase

 

AUO to begin shipping 8K TV panels in 4 months

Source 1: https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20180222PD202.html

 

• AUO’s Video Products President says the company will begin shipping 8K TV panels in the first half of 2018

• Shipments of TV panels in 65-inch and above sizes will be a major focus of AUO as global sales of 65- and 70-inch TVs and display products are expected to grow 40% and 50%, respectively, in 2018

  • They’ll make 8K panels up to 80”

• They project penetration of 8K TVs to reach 10% by 2020

  • penetration of 4K TVs is expected to hike to over 40% in 2018, from 30% a year earlier

• On phones, all-screen models will account for over 80% of their total handset panel shipments

 

Kylie Jenner wipes out $1.3B of Snapchat’s value

Source 1: Monkeybiz0985 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/899393-snapchat-stock-value-plummets/

Source 2: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43163544

 

• After Kim Kardashian's half-sister Kylie Jenner tweeted "sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me... ugh this is so sad”, to her 24.5 million Twitter followers, Snap's shares sank 6%.

 

 

• The stock price is now back near $17.50, close to what it debuted at after the IPO last year.

• Snap is under pressure from Instagram absorbing its core features, and users complaining about the app’s recent redesign.

• Meanwhile, CEO Evan Spiegel was paid $637.8m last year, thought to be the third-highest annual package ever received by a company's CEO

 

What’s Coming Out on Floatplane? Go Over Current Week.

Rapid Fire

FSLabs intentionally installs DRM to steal passwords

Source 1: Sierra Fox https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/898030-fslabs-intentionally-installing-drm-that-can-steal-your-passwords/

Source 2: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/flight-sim-devs-say-hidden-password-dump-tool-was-used-to-fight-pirates/

 

• Flight simulator mod developer FlightSimLabs (FSLabs) has been caught distributing "malware" with an add-on package for Lockheed Martin's popular Prepar3d simulation.

• The add-on contains a file called test.exe that uses a "Chrome Password Dump" tool to extract passwords saved in the Chrome Web browser.

• In response to community uproar, FSLabs head Lefteris Kalamaras revealed that the malware does not "reveal any sensitive information of any customer who has legitimately purchased our products" (emphasis in original).

• The file, he insists, is only activated if the installer sees a serial number that matches a database of pirated numbers found floating around on the Internet.

  • Not only that, the tool was only activated in the case of one specific pirate who had been identified as creating and distributing illicit registration keys via an offline key generation tool.

  • "We even went so far as to figure out exactly who the cracker was, but unfortunately we could not be able to enter the registration-only websites he was using to provide this information to other pirates,"

  • "We found through the IP addresses tracked that the particular cracker had used Chrome to contact our servers, so we decided to capture his information directly—and ONLY his information (obviously, we understand now that people got very upset about this—we're very sorry once again!) as we had a very good idea of what serial number the cracker used in his efforts."

• Justified?

 

ARM announces ISim (Sim Card + Processor in one package)

Source 1: Deus Voltage https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/899096-arm-announcing-isim-sim-card-processor-in-one-package/

Source 2: https://www.gizmochina.com/2018/02/22/arm-technologies-announces-isim-iot-devices/

 

• ARM today announced a new technology called 'iSIM' an SOC that combines main processor, modem, and SIM son a single component.

  • This brings is a significant reduction in production cost

• IoT devices will now be able to have cellular identities

• And if these chips ever make it into smartphones, Enterprise customers could switch an entire fleet of phones from one carrier to another without the end user doing anything.

• The SIM is stored in a secure enclave with enhanced hardware security like Arm CryptoIsland.

• The new technology is also said to be GSMA Embedded SIM Specifications compliant.

 

Google exposes Microsoft Edge security flaw

Source 1: SC2Mitch https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/898154-google-exposes-security-flaw-in-microsoft-edge-before-a-patch-is-ready/

Source 2: https://www.neowin.net/news/google-exposes-security-flaw-in-microsoft-edge

 

• Back in November 2017, google’s Project Zero security researchers found a “medium” severity flaw in Microsoft Edge.

• The researchers notified Microsoft, who were given a 90 day grace period to fix the big before Google would disclose it to the public.

• After 90 days, Microsoft was granted an additional 14 days so that they could roll out a patch with their scheduled February Patch Tuesday

• But Microsoft missed that too, expressing that the bug was more complex than initially believed.

• Google has said this about the bug:

  • This issue is a security mitigation bypass and cannot be exploited on its own.

  • An attacker would first need to exploit a separate vulnerability to gain some capabilities in the Edge content process (such as the ability to read and write arbitrary memory locations), after which they could use this vulnerability to gain additional capabilities (namely, the ability to run arbitrary machine code).

 

Samsung unveils 30TB 2.5" SSD

Source 1: snortingfrogs https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/898401-samsung-unveils-30tb-25-ssd/

Source 2: http://www.zdnet.com/article/samsung-launches-30-72-terabyte-sas-ssd/

 

• Samsung has launched a 30.72 terabyte SAS interface SSD aimed for enterprise.

• It is the largest memory capacity ever for a single form factor storage device and enough to store 5,700  HD movies.

• Thanks to the 12Gb/s SAS interface, it has random read and write speeds of up to 400,000 IOPS and 50,000 IOPS.

• It has sequential read and write speeds of up to 2,100MB/s and 1,700 MB/s, more than triple that of its predecessor.

• The 2.5-inch SSD is composed of

  • 32 1TB V-NAND packages,

    • made by stacking 16 layers of 512Gb 3-bit V-NAND

  • an ultra-high speed controller that integrates nine main and sub controllers used in previous SSDs.

  • 10 4GB DRAM packages with through silicon via (TSV) technology,

    • made by stacking four layers of 8Gb DDR4

  • new firmware

Pirates Crack Microsoft’s UWP Protection, Five Layers of DRM Defeated

Source 1: jagdtigger https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/897584-pirates-crack-microsoft%E2%80%99s-uwp-protection-five-layers-of-drm-defeated/

Source 2: https://torrentfreak.com/pirates-crack-microsofts-uwp-protection-five-layers-of-drm-defeated-180215/

 

• Video games pirates have defeated Microsoft's Universal Windows Platform system on Zoo Tycoon Ultimate Animal Collection, which was reportedly protected by five layers of DRM within the UWP package, including the Denuvo-like Arxan anti-tamper technology.

• For the pirated game to work, it’s important that the game isn’t allowed to communicate with the Internet, and various layers of protection had to be bypassed, including:

  • MSStore, UWP, EAppX, XBLive, and Arxan(an anti-tamper system).

• What is unclear at this stage is whether Zoo Tycoon Ultimate Animal Collection represents a typical UWP release or if some particular flaw allowed it to be hacked.

 

Vulnerabilities discovered in µTorrent that gives websites control of computers

Source 1: Jamiec1130 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/898816-vulnerabilities-discovered-in-%C2%B5torrent-that-gives-websites-control-of-computers/

Source 2: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/02/utorrent-bugs-let-websites-control-your-computer-and-steal-your-downloads/

 

• Google Project Zero researchers have announced that uTorrent, one of the Internet's most widely used BitTorrent apps, has easy-to-exploit vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute code, access downloaded files, and snoop on download histories

  • Affects uTorrent desktop app for Windows and uTorrent Web

• The biggest threat is posed by malicious sites that could exploit the flaw to download malicious code into the Windows startup folder, where it will be automatically run the next time the computer boots up.

• the flaw has been fixed in a beta release of the uTorrent Windows desktop app but has not yet been delivered to users who already have the production version of the app installed

 

Google Rolls Out AR-Core

Source 1: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/23/google-publicly-launches-arcore-1-0-on-13-phones-will-begin-expanding-lens-availability/

Source 2: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/23/can-ghostbusters-copy-pokemon-gos-success-with-its-own-ar-mobile-game/

 

• Google is bringing its ARCore augmented reality platform to its 1.0 release with availability on 13 phones- over 100 million Android devices

  • Pixel 2 owners already had this with Star Wars and Stranger Things stickers.

• Now 3rd parties can develop with ARCore, and Google has already been working with companies like:

  • Snap, Sony, Wayfare, Porsche

• The new supporting phones are:

  • Pixel & Pixel XL,

  • Pixel 2 & Pixel 2 XL,

  • Galaxy S8, S8+, Note8, S7 and S7 edge,

  • LG V30, V30+ (Android O only),

  • ASUS Zenfone AR

  • OnePlus 5

• One major release is a new AR GhostBusters game

 

Upgraded Airpods are Coming

Source 1: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-22/apple-is-said-to-plan-upgrades-to-popular-airpods-headphones

 

• Apple is planning on regular refreshes of the Airpods, with a new version coming as early as this year.

• The next version will:

  • let people summon Apple’s Siri digital assistant without physically tapping the headphones by saying "Hey S-i-r-i”

  • include an upgraded Apple-designed wireless chip for managing Bluetooth connections.

    • Likely the W2 chip that launched with last year’s Apple Watch

• A subsequent water resistant model for as early as next year is also planned

  • They likely won’t be designed to be submerged in water.

 

Tesla wants to install chargers at your office

Source 1: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/23/tesla-wants-to-install-chargers-at-the-office/

Source 2:

 

• Tesla is introducing the Workplace Charging program to allow offices and business to apply for a Wall Connector to be installed in the company garage or parking lot.

• The Wall Connector itself and installation will be free to the property managers.

  • You still have to pay for electricity

  • These are meant to serve only employees who work in the building

• Tesla also has a Destination Charging Program for restaurants, hotels, but those chargers are displayed on Tesla’s navigation systems and available to use publicly.

• Would LMG pay for my Tesla’s fuel?

 

Discord launching Verified Servers

Source 1: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/23/discord-partners-with-esports-teams-to-launch-verified-servers/

Source 2:

 

• Discord has announced a new partnership with a number of esports teams for the launch of Discord Verified Servers.

• Verified servers ensure that users know they’re communicating with an official source, similar to verified accounts on Twitter and YouTube.

• Pro teams that are already on board to use Discord Verified Servers include Team Liquid, Cloud 9, Echo Fox, Team Envyus, 100 Thieves, and almost all of the Overwatch city league teams.

 

ASUS Intros GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti Cerberus Series Graphics Cards

Source 1: https://www.techpowerup.com/241754/asus-intros-geforce-gtx-1050-and-gtx-1050-ti-cerberus-series-graphics-cards

Source 2:

 

• Much like the GTX 1070 Ti Cerberus card launched late-2017, these cards come with 144-hour burn-in quality-control by ASUS, and are targeted at gaming iCafes

• The company didn't reveal pricing

[Canada EH]

I feel blessed to be the first one to respond

You on time today Linus?

 

OK Lemme read what you typed and I will see if I will watch on YT, otherwise I will comment on a topic I like.

 

Interesting, I'd still buy Ryzen though, but depends I guess with gaming, which I only play indie games so.

8K, yeah I may buy one

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Retailer Leaks Three Upcoming Coffee Lake CPUs

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8K TV's

 

[Nicnac]

No mention of the DLDO?

[closetcat]

Any news on the new FloatPlane site that takes credit cards and not paypal, y'all mentioned it then completely forgot about it.

[Canada EH]

Just now, closetcat said:

y'all mentioned it then completely forgot about it.

LOL Typical I guess

You listened in on the YT did you, lots of eyebrow movement on Lman?

Luke is sexy

[closetcat]

Just now, Canada EH said:

LOL Typical I guess

You listened in on the YT did you, lots of eyebrow movement on Lman?

watched it live on twitch actually, had my card ready to go join the club, anticipation for the airflow experiment pc has been building for a friggin year.

[Canada EH]

1 minute ago, closetcat said:

watched it live on twitch actually, had my card ready to go join the club, anticipation for the airflow experiment pc has been building for a friggin year.

Did they start the podcast on time?

[closetcat]

dunno, i just got the notification and went.

[idmb]

Suggestion for motherboard house of cards; with a laser pointer, a protractor and a measuring tape on the floor you can measure very tall things just by doing trig.

 

 

No need for a ladder!  

[Freeman]

Wow, distributing malware with game release just to steal personal information for use in a court of law that is a whole new level of stupid.

[DoctorWho1975]

So why have someone prepare a WAN document with so many topics when most of it is "boring"? Just have 3 or 4, that's all that is needed.

 

Also once Floatplane is in fact off the ground and operational later this year will all of the LTT content go over there? Will LTT become a pay to watch in its entirety?

[Freeman]

1 minute ago, DoctorWho1975 said:

So why have someone prepare a WAN document with so many topics when most of it is "boring"? Just have 3 or 4, that's all that is needed.

 

Also once Floatplane is in fact off the ground and operational later this year will all of the LTT content go over there? Will LTT become a pay to watch in its entirety?

 

So that people who go to the forum and read thru it get something extra, I appreciate it quite a lot .

[DoctorWho1975]

But the WAN document is created from the very same forum posts... so it's all there already.

[Freeman]

On 2/26/2018 at 9:47 PM, DoctorWho1975 said:

But the WAN document is created from the very same forum posts... so it's all there already.

Well, not everybody has time to go through all those posts, so I just look at the doc once a week...