Sell virtual "front row" tickets to NBA games. The NBA would add extra cameras and then write an application that intelligently stitches the video streams together into a real 3D image. Users could then experience something similar to sitting front row. There might be a market considering that front row NBA tickets are one of the few things that can make the Vision Pro look cheap.

Avoiding the interconnects can allow for improved performance but the overall impact is minimal. A system with equivalent performance while using modular memory could be designed as demonstrated by the numerous system that match M-silicon in performance. One just has to maintain the SN ratio in an increased noise environment by driving those memory lines harder.

The real advantage of integrated memory is reduced power consumption for equivalent performance. Apple generally sells devices that require a low power envelope so for them this is highly advantageous. This advantage becomes somewhat irrelevant when talking about desktop computers where power and space is cheap. But Apple doesn't sell enough desktops to warrant the engineering efforts required to develop new desktop-optimized systems. They just reuse the mobile solution with integrated GPU and unified memory - albeit bigger / stretched out for better performance.

I would love to see a M-series Ultra chip with silicon used for the integrated GPU repurposed for use as additional CPU cores. Then add support for external GPUs, plenty of PCIe lanes, and multiple memory channels. It could make for a killer workstation.

Forgive me for not reading the legislation. The summary implies otherwise. If it is as you have indicated then it really will be the best of both worlds. Thanks for the update.

Yes!!! That is exactly my point. Why strip for parts when the parts can not be reused? It pays more to attempt social engineering past the iCloud lock before the original owner disables the device. Can you really call support and make your way past a lock then even the FBI have issues with all before the user discovers they are missing their phone and disables it? Probably more profitable to send it to China.

Paired parts do annoy people that legitimately repair phones. No arguments from me here. That is why I stated that the phones should be required to accept parts without serial numbers.

People are going to hate reading this, but I like the fact that Apple pairs parts. I don't want anyone to be able to steal my phone and then either use it or strip it for parts. I want there to be zero incentive to mug someone on the subway for their iPhone. I want that lost iPhone to be turned in to the lost-and-found instead of just being stolen.

This law could potentially revert us back to how things were 10 years ago. When owning a high-end device was a pain in the ass simply due to the troubles it invited.

This law should have is provisions that allow for pairing of parts but require the ability to support generic parts without serial numbers. So if a phone is stolen then the components will be blocked from use in other devices. But if you require a replacement part you can install a third party part and everything will work as expected even without the blessing of Apple.

There is no reason to discard the advantages to paired parts when casting new legislation. The best of both worlds is still possible.

This is an issue that goes well beyond the end worker. What needs to be addressed are the underlying protocols / training / testing that let this sort of problem to occur in the first place. Workers will always make mistakes and the manufacturing process has to be designed to compensate for this fact.

Personally, I'm glad they no longer have the video because it would have resulted in all of the blame being thrust upon some worker who was having a bad day or was not properly trained. The ones who deserve the blame are those who are responsible for quality control and designed a system where such faults are not detected. No need for security camera footage to determine who is at fault here.

The majority of people are not a concern for most new products. All that is required is for this initial batch / version of the headset to sell out. You state that it is too expensive for the market but the market is not yet defined so it is too early to make such a statement. Selling out demonstrates that such a market does exist. This is all that is required to warrant future R&D investments into improving the product. And considering the reported small production run and number of people with money to spare, it will probably sell out.

Future revisions will be developed that address the shortcomings and introduce new features. And as production increases and component costs come down, lower cost versions will eventually become available. The initial market will expand due to improvements to the device, reductions in cost, and introduction of new and unique applications. What we are seeing is just the start.

At some point Apple will probably release a $1000 device suitable for the majority of people. It will take some time but Apple has done it before so they might just succeed at doing it again. Competitors will also jump in with comparable products so we can expect interesting things in the next few years.

And this is the real issue with Chinese product. China is perfectly capable of producing the finest product in the world. The problem is nobody wants to buy it from them so the only investment ends up being from local government assigned contracts or Western companies offshoring production. Why buy from China when you can get the exact same thing for a comparable price from Europe, Japan, or NA. China still has issues when competing in the market of high quality products.

Where China excels is in their ability to create products at low cost. Optimized production, limited environmental regulations, cheap electricity, solid infrastructure, and reasonable labour costs -- they can build at scale and on a budget. And as such, the demand for low margin, crap products is typically satisfied by Chinese companies. Some of this stuff doesn't even get sold in China because it's crap - and we still buy it.

So it all depends on demand. We are getting crap from China because that is what we are demanding. Hard to blame the Chinese for satisfying our demands. In time, Chinese companies creating quality products will start to stand out from the rest. But it takes time and we are not there yet. Until then one should be cautious (but not avoid) purchasing from China. Going cheap can be really expensive...

Just destroy everything as planned that is not handwritten. That should address future problems with excessive stored paperwork.

Looks like it supports PCIe 4.0 for storage (M2). Uncertain if it supports external GPUs but given that PCIe 4.0 exists for storage, support for external PCIe devices should be possible. Note that it does include an iGPU. It also supports USB 4.0 but no news on if this includes Thunderbolt support.

SATA??? What possible need would there be for SATA on a laptop? Same for RAID. One must remember that this product has been optimized for use in laptops so don't expect too much.

Considering how EUV works, you are not entirely wrong. From WIkipedia:

The article is stupid and missuses the term "die cast". Die casting involves injecting molten metal into a die. More info here. What Tesla is doing a a die press - which is very different.

There is no reason why companies can not create huge casts today. The technology has been around forever. Problem is that a traditional frame is stronger and results in a much better strength to weight ratio. Forged parts are simply better then cast.

The casting Tesla is doing is to create rapid prototypes. 3D printed sand molds has been around for a while - I saw a video on how F1 motors were being created this way. Those F1 motors only last a race and benefit from the complex geometry that casting allows. Using this technique, Tesla can prototype their frames without investing into expensive, time-consuming, hardened steel dies required for the press. Great - but none of this casting will actually be used in production vehicles.

So this article is really just talking about how Tesla has created a new development process. Great, it was required for the "gigapress" created frame components. And it sounds like it is a productive process. But the only impact this has on final vehicles is a reduction of development time. That is all, nothing else changes. The article is just making a mountain out of a molehill.

The latest AMD laptops have USB 4.0 included in the chipset. These parts arrived after the Ryzen 7000 desktop parts which did not include USB 4.0. See here.

They will be licensing any new architectures that ARM might release. For example, ARMv9.0 and up. The M2 is based on ARMv8.6-A so there is definitely a need for Apple to acquire rights to use newer architectures.

Yes, at this price it appears that Nissan does not expect to get many used batteries which can be refurbished. Considering the batteries are basically free (paid for when the vehicle is purchased), they can always drop the price if they have a sufficient supply of used cells. But this price appears to be the "fuck-off" price.