black mag: June 2019

Sunday, 30 June 2019

Zoe Kravitz weds Karl Glusman in Paris

Zoe Kravitz has married at her father’s home in Paris, France. Read More

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Princess Diana’s ‘favourite sweater’ to fetch thousands at auction

A sweater once owned by British royal Princess Diana is expected to make US$5,078 when it goes up for auction. Read More

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Andy Cohen’s baby son helping Anderson Cooper mourn late mother

Andy Cohen’s four-month-old son is proving a great distraction for TV anchor Anderson Cooper following his beloved mother’s passing. Read More

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Former PM Harper offers help on trade, but staying ’neutral’ in UK Tory race

Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he's willing to help the next British prime minister negotiate a divorce deal with the European Union -- but he's not taking sides in the race to decide who that is. Read More

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Ontario community sets Guinness World Record for largest human maple leaf

TRENTON, Ont. -- An Ontario municipality now has bragging rights after setting the record for the largest human maple leaf over the Canada Day long weekend. Read More

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What’s in a name? How Canada’s national birthday as we know it came to be

Many hail July 1 as Canada Day, others may hearken back to when the nation's birthday was labelled Dominion Day, and some may wish to ignore it altogether, just like those who refused to celebrate the country's founding for the first dozen years of its existence. Read More

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Rare juvenile sixgill shark sighting off Vancouver is good news for population

VANCOUVER -- A rare encounter with several juvenile bluntnose sixgill sharks in waters off Vancouver implies the population may be larger than previously thought, says a marine biologist. Read More

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Brampton man, 37 dies in Lake Muskoka swimming incident

GRAVENHURST, Ont. -- Provincial police are investigating a possible drowning at a public beach on Lake Muskoka in Gravenhurst, Ont. Read More

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Hong Kong prepares for pro-democracy march amid extradition bill anger

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong authorities called for calm ahead of Monday's annual pro-democracy march, with widespread anger over an extradition bill expected to lead to large crowds after high-profile protests this month against the proposal. Read More

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A Zoo In Japan Used Someone In A Lion Costume As Prep Should A Real Big Cat Ever Escape

A zoo in Japan has been using a rather novel way of preparing their staff for a potential lion attack, by having one of them dress up as one.

Zoos are controversial places. For some, they are the perfect place to spend the day with the family. The chance to see exotic animals from far away places. Plus, most important of all, in most cases they are establishments that protect animals. If zoos didn't exist, it's entirely possible that some species of animal would be extinct.

Others see zoos as animal prisons. Places we have created so we can ogle at animals for our own pleasure. In extremely rare cases, those "imprisoned" animals manage to break free from their enclosures. That can naturally cause a state of panic within the zoo, and most people would not know what to do.

Tobe Zoo has taken steps to ensure its staff knows exactly what to do should some of its most dangerous residents escape. However, we're not entirely sure how prepared they will be should it happen. The zoo's bizarre training drill revolved around one of its employees dressing up as a lion and prowling around the zoo grounds, on two feet no less. You'd have thought they would at least crawl around on all fours.

The fact that this particular lion is a biped is by no means the strangest and funniest part of this training routine. As a group of zookeepers closes in on the "escaped" predator with a giant net, it chooses to body check one of its captors, knocking them to the floor. Our favorite part? When the footage cuts to two real-life lions watching on, clearly wondering why humans are so stupid.

The training comes to an end with some sort of weird drive by. A white van shows up with what we're assuming is a tranquilizer gun pointed out the back window. After being hit with a dart, the big cat falls to the floor. The keepers in the van then proceed to use a really big stick to prod their lion-clad employee. Should a real lion escape its enclosure at Tobe Zoo, there's no doubt in our minds that these men and women are now fully equipped to handle it.

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Trump holds historic meeting with Kim with a tweet, handshake and ‘flowers of hope’

PANMUNJOM -- U. S. President Donald Trump took a historic step into North Korea on Sunday, drawing on his penchant for showmanship and surprise to pull off talks with Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides the two Koreas. Read More

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Motel 6 hotel chain to settle lawsuit over sharing guest lists with ICE

Motel 6 has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over claims the budget chain routinely provided guest lists from properties in Arizona to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, court documents showed on Saturday. Read More

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Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner tie knot in second wedding

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner have married for a second time. Read More

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Report: Kyrie Irving, Brooklyn Nets near four-year, $141M deal

The Brooklyn Nets and former Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving are "motivated to move quickly toward" on a four-year, $141 million deal when they meet in New York on Sunday shortly after the beginning of free agency, ESPN reported Saturday. Read More

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Reports: Kemba Walker to sign four-year, $141M deal with Celtics

Three-time All-Star Kemba Walker will be in Boston on Sunday to confirm his agreement to join the Celtics on a four-year, $141 million deal, according to multiple reports. Read More

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Quebecers less exposed to Holocaust than other Canadians, poll finds

MONTREAL -- A new poll suggests that Quebecers are significantly less likely than other Canadians to have learned about the Holocaust in school or read a book about the Second World War genocide. Read More

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10 Most Expensive Things Conor McGregor Has Bought

‘I WAS VERY, VERY NERVOUS’: Red Sox, Yankees enjoy pregame royal visit

Prince Harry and his American-born wife, Meghan Markle, stopped into the clubhouses of the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox before the two rivals took the field in London. Read More

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Still-life painting looted by Nazis to return to Florence

MILAN -- A still-life painting by the Dutch master Jan van Huysum which was looted by retreating Nazi troops in World War Two will be returned to Florence, the Italian government said on Saturday. Read More

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Woman arrested after LGBTQ group protests at Hamilton mayor’s house

Hamilton police say they've made an arrest after a group of LGBTQ demonstrators showed up at the mayor's house Friday morning. Read More

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Putin says ‘genius musician’ Elton John mistaken on Russia LGBT rights

OSAKA -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Elton John was "mistaken" about LGBT rights in Russia, while praising the British singer as a musical genius. Read More

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Wildfires and power cuts plague Europeans as heatwave breaks records

PARIS/MADRID -- Hundreds of firefighters brought wildfires under control in southern France on Saturday as a stifling heatwave brought record-breaking temperatures to parts of Europe, killing at least six people. Read More

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Saturday, 29 June 2019

At G20, Trudeau highlights plight of Canadians in China, but details scarce

OSAKA, Japan -- Justin Trudeau kept his cards close to the vest Saturday as he wrapped up this weekend's high-stakes G20 meetings in Japan, acknowledging Canada's protracted impasse with China but offering few details about the ongoing effort to liberate the two Canadians caught in the crossfire. Read More

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Ex-senator Don Meredith harassed staff, constable, ethics officer reports

OTTAWA -- The Senate's ethics officer says ex-senator Don Meredith created a poisoned work environment by harassing a half-dozen employees, plus a constable in the upper chamber's protection service. Read More

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New Trudeau-Trump opioid plan helps rebuild frayed relations from trade talks

OTTAWA -- The ranking U.S. diplomat on drug enforcement policy is to visit Ottawa in July to kick-start a fresh round of co-operation between the two countries on tackling the opioid crisis. Read More

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Garbage-hauling ship arrives in Canada after journey from Philippines

VANCOUVER -- A ship carrying an infamous load of Canadian trash that had been rotting in the Philippines since as far back as 2013 has arrived at a port south of Vancouver. Read More

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Take A Look Around The Obamas' Luxury French Vacation Destination

Barack Obama and his family recently took a vacation to France, and the place they stayed is pretty spectacular.

Holidays and vacations mean something different to all of us. Some like nothing more than to retire to a quiet coastal destination and spend a week on the beach. Others prefer to keep busy during their time off, perhaps on a city break to explore somewhere they have never been before. For the rich and famous, it might not be as simple as that.

The idea of wandering around a busy city when you have a face that is known around the world doesn't sound much like a holiday if you ask us. That's why when Barack and Michelle Obama want to get away from it all, the place they choose to go has to be pretty secluded. Obama might not be the President of the United States any longer, but he will still be instantly recognized by almost everyone who sees him.

If we have now left you pondering where in the world the Obamas could possibly go to escape it all, then wonder no more. Barack and his family reportedly went on vacation to France last week, and stayed in a small town called Avignon, reports CNBC. More specifically, a vacation rental called Le Mar des Poiriers.

As you can see, the nine-bedroom farmhouse is pretty remarkable. It is split into a main seven-bedroom house and a two-bedroom cottage. It has its own gym, swimming pool, tennis court, and even comes with two chefs and two waiters so that those who stay there don't need to lift a finger, at least not at meal times.

Since its a rental, Le Mar des Poiriers is available for anyone to stay in. It will cost you a pretty penny, though, as you might have already guessed. €55,000 per week to be exact, or around $62,500. Perhaps if you have enough friends to put two people in each bedroom and split the cost it wouldn't be so bad. Or you know, became the President of the United States as clearly the job pays pretty well.

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Kawhi Leonard wants Magic Johnson to be at Lakers meeting: report

Magic Johnson is no longer working for the Los Angeles Lakers, but apparently not everyone is willing to deal with the club without him. Read More

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Lady Gaga fires up LGBTQ rally for Stonewall anniversary in New York City

NEW YORK – Lady Gaga electrified thousands of revelers who gathered in New York on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the LGBTQ rights movement, exhorting the crowd to honour the past by using its "power" to extend and defend a half-century of progress. Read More

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Alabama prosecutors weigh manslaughter indictment of woman who lost fetus in shooting

Eight weeks after an Alabama grand jury indicted a woman for manslaughter over the loss of her fetus in a shooting she was accused of provoking, a state district attorney's office said on Friday it was still considering whether to prosecute the case. Read More

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Donald Trump to discuss Huawei during highly-anticipated meeting with Chinese president

OSAKA, Japan — U.S. President Donald Trump says he will discuss Huawei during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Read More

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R. Kelly seeks sex abuse lawsuit dismissal

R. Kelly's lawyers are seeking the dismissal of a civil suit filed against the troubled singer by one of his sex abuse accusers. Read More

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Fans invited to public memorial for Beth Chapman

Fans of late reality TV star Beth Chapman have been invited to join her family and friends at a public memorial on Saturday. Read More

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Canadian actress Shay Mitchell pregnant

Canadian actress Shay Mitchell is pregnant. Read More

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Friday, 28 June 2019

Allison Williams and husband split

Get Out star Allison Williams and her husband have split after four years of marriage. Read More

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Ex Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler hospitalized after possible suicide attempt

Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler was hospitalized on Thursday night after allegedly stabbing himself in the stomach. Read More

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Micron: Shipments of 3D QLC for SSDs Nearly Double QoQ as Wafer Starts Cut Again

Micron was among the first companies to start mass production and shipments of 3D QLC NAND, so it is not surprising that at present it is among the leading suppliers of such flash memory as well as products on its base. According to the company’s management, bit shipments of 3D QLC for SSDs almost doubled quarter-over-quarter.

Micron uses its 3D QLC NAND for a number of products, including NVMe and SATA SSDs for clients and servers as well as microSD memory cards. In addition, Micron sells 3D QLC to other suppliers of SSDs. Since per-GB pricing of 3D QLC flash memory is very competitive against 3D MLC and 3D TLC, drives featuring this type of NAND are priced very reasonably, which makes them popular among end users. Considering this, it is not surprising that shipments of Micron’s 3D QLC memory for SSDs have increased 75% quarter-over-quarter.

“QLC SSD bit shipments increased approximately 75% sequentially, driven by growth of our consumer NVMe SSDs,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron.

According to estimates by SK Hynix, TLC NAND accounts for 85% of the NAND flash market today, so it will take 3D QLC quite some time to challenge the proven type of memory in terms of bit shipments.

Micron admits that supply of 3D NAND continues to exceed demand, which negatively affects pricing from a supplier perspective. Transition to 96-layer 3D NAND as well as to 3D QLC memory will inevitably increase the supply of flash in terms of total bit capacity. To that end, Micron plans to further adjust production of NAND in the coming quarter, but it remains to be seen whether this will help as the company will be cutting production (among other things) of its prior-generation NAND devices.

“Since our last earnings call, we have taken actions to further adjust wafer starts from the previously announced 5% reduction to now approximately 10%, which will result in lower supply growth in the second half of the calendar year,” said Mr. Mehrotra.

Germany’s largest online drugs dealer shut down, 11 arrested

BERLIN -- Authorities shut down Germany's largest online wholesaler of illegal drugs and arrested 11 people as part of an international investigation into a drugs ring they said spanned five European countries and sold narcotics worldwide. Read More

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Supreme Court orders new trial over use of sexual history in Edmonton case

OTTAWA -- Canada's top court says an Edmonton man shouldn't have been able to tell a jury that he was in a "friends-with-benefits" relationship with an alleged sexual assault victim. Read More

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Micron’s DRAM Update: More Capacity, Four More 10nm-Class Nodes, EUV, 64 GB DIMMs

During its earnings conference call with investors and financial analysts earlier this week, Micron expressed confidence in its long-term future and strong demand for its products as new applications emerge in various fields in the coming years. The company also outlined its plans to expand capacities and rapidly shift to more advanced process technologies.

“We are confident that the long-term demand outlook for memory and storage is compelling, driven by broad secular trends such as AI, autonomous vehicles, 5G, and IoT,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron. “The new Micron is well positioned to take advantage of these trends, with innovative products, a responsive supply chain, and well-established relationships with customers worldwide.”

Prices of DRAM have declined rather dramatically in the recent quarters as supply exceeds demand. To cut down on costs and to prepare for the emergence of new applications that will need memory, DRAM makers are aggressively transitioning to newer process technologies. Meanwhile, while admitting that they need to balance DRAMs supply and demand, they actually set up aggressive plans for expansion for their production capacities because they need more cleanroom space for upcoming manufacturing technologies.

Micron has an aggressive roadmap when it comes to fabrication proceses that includes four more 10 nm-class nodes (i.e., for a total of six 10 nm class technologies), and the company is researching an eventual transition to extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL). That being said, the company is also expanding its production capacities in a bid to produce next-gen memories for next-gen applications. The company is currently exploiting the fruits of its latest process technology by preparing 32 GB memory modules for client systems as well as 64 GB DIMMs for servers.

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McDonald's McFlurries Are Getting An Almost Plastic-Free Makeover

Sotheby’s auction may make NASA intern with rare Neil Armstrong’s moon walk videotape a millionaire

A one-time NASA intern who bought a truckload of videotapes to resell them may end up a millionaire next month when Sotheby's auctions what it says is the only surviving original recording of man's first steps on the moon 50 years ago. Read More

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Life sentence sought for neo-Nazi who killed protester at white supremacist rally

The self-described neo-Nazi convicted of killing Heather Heyer by ramming his car into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 will learn on Friday whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison. Read More

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France braces for record 45C as Europe melts

PARIS/MADRID -- France steeled itself on Friday for its hottest day since records began as the death toll rose from a heatwave suffocating swathes of Europe. Read More

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In The Lab: MSI X570 Motherboard Preview with the Godlike and Ace

The next generation of AMD Ryzen 3000 processors is edging closer to being released, and we'll see the results on July 7th. But alongside the new 7 nm processors we have a brand new motherboard chipset. As we receive copious amounts of deliveries containing new X570 models from various vendors, the first to arrive in my hands is MSI's high-end pairing from the MEG series, the MSI MEG X570 Godlike and the MEG X570 Ace.

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Innodisk Unveils Fire Shield SSD: Withstands 800°C Temperature & Direct Flames

Innodisk has introduced its new storage device that can withstand extreme temperatures as well as direct fire. The Fire Shield SSD can be used as a ‘Black Box’ device for in-vehicle and other applications that need ultra-reliable storage for accident investigations and other matters.

Set to be available in a 3.5-inch form-factor, Innodisk’s Fire Shield SSD is rated to survive temperatures of up to 800°C as well as direct exposure to flames for up to 30 minutes retaining 100% of the data it stores.

The drive comes in a special chassis that features three layers of protection against drops, fire, extreme temperatures, and so on. The enclosure of the SSD is made of a special copper-based alloy that is resistant to flames. Inside, there is another casing made of a heat-isolating lining material that is also used to firmly hold the drive in its position inside the chassis. The drive is then housed in a yet another protective chassis. The SSD itself is a small unit that is attached to external SATA ports using a special flexible connector that burns down quickly at low temperatures and thus does not transfer heat from the outside to the PCB of the storage device.

Fire Shield SSDs from Innodisk will feature a SATA interface and will be based on SLC or iSLC NAND flash memory for maximum performance and endurance. The manufacturer makes no secret that because of its construction after a long exposure to fire, its Fire Shield SSD cannot be used right away. Instead, a specialist will have to extract memory chips and read them using a special recovery device.

Innodisk does not mention pricing of its Fire Shield SSDs and currently does not list the product on its website. Given very specific positioning of the drive, it is likely that it will be built-to-order and its price will depend on volumes and configurations.

Poll finds the things Canadians are most proud of

More Canadians take pride in the things that affect them today than they do in their country's history, a survey from the Association for Canadian Studies suggests. Read More

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‘Don’t meddle in the election, please,’ Trump sardonically asks Putin at G20 meeting

OSAKA -- President Donald Trump on Friday sardonically asked his Russian counterpart to please not meddle in U.S. elections, appearing to make light of a scandal that led to an investigation of his campaign's contact with the Kremlin during 2016 elections. Read More

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Nipsey Hussle and accused killer talked about snitching: Reports

Rapper Nipsey Hussle and the man accused of killing him talked about "snitching" before the rap star was shot dead, according to court documents released Thursday, media reports said. Read More

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How Canadian is this, eh? Saskatoon man buys $777 canoe with Canadian Tire money

SASKATOON -- You can't get much more Canadian than buying a canoe with a briefcase full of Canadian Tire money. Read More

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Kamal Harris goes after Joe Biden on race in U.S. presidential debate

MIAMI — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris confronted front-runner Joe Biden on race during a debate on Thursday, saying Biden's remarks about working with pro-segregationist senators were "hurtful" and questioning his 1970s opposition to school busing. Read More

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Harvey Weinstein hires two new attorneys ahead of sex assault trial

LOS ANGELES -- Harvey Weinstein, the former Hollywood movie mogul, has hired two lawyers from a Chicago-based firm to join the legal team representing him in his September trial on rape and sexual assault charges, his representatives said on Thursday. Read More

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Sharon Osbourne bans Donald Trump from using Ozzy’s songs

Sharon Osbourne has slammed U.S. leader Donald Trump for using her husband Ozzy’s music on the campaign trail without permission. Read More

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VICTORY FOR TRUMP: U.S. House Democrats back down on border aid bill demands

WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives backed down to President Donald Trump and passed a $4.6 billion aid package to address a migrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border without the additional protections for migrant children that liberals had sought. Read More

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Stars, surprises comprise MLB All-Star Game starting rosters

The starting lineups for this summer's Major League Baseball All-Star Game were announced Thursday night, with several surprises getting the nod. Read More

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Blues re-sign Carl Gunnarsson to two-year, $3.5M deal

St. Louis Blues defenceman Carl Gunnarsson will stay with the Stanley Cup champions after agreeing Thursday to a two-year, $3.5 million contract. Read More

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Thursday, 27 June 2019

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ movie makes magic for Queen as music sales soar

LOS ANGELES -- British rock band Queen sold more albums in North America than any other artist in the first half of 2019, as music featured in movies and television sent streaming and downloads soaring. Read More

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‘HE THREW ME AROUND BY MY HAIR’: Pamela Anderson details bombshell cheating and abuse claims against ex Adil Rami

Pamela Anderson has accused her soccer star ex-boyfriend Adil Rami of physically abusing her in a bombshell post on her website. Read More

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California student killed by 3 sharks during Bahamas vacation

A California college student was killed in a vicious shark attack during a Bahamas vacation with her family. Read More

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Germany arrests two more suspects linked to politician’s murder

BERLIN -- German police have detained two suspects in the murder of a pro-immigration politician shot by a far-right sympathizer who has confessed to the crime, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. Read More

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Mark Harmon told CBS to muzzle Pauley Perrette or he’ll sue, source says

"You'd better rein in Pauley Perrette -- or I'll sue her!" Read More

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Dog the Bounty Hunter recalls wife Beth’s final moments

Dog the Bounty Hunter has revealed his wife Beth Chapman’s final words before she died involved checking that her family was OK. Read More

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Net Worth Of The Cast Of The Avengers

Prince William: I’d ‘fully support’ my child if they were gay

Prince William would “fully support” his children if they were gay, but admitted he’d “worry” about the pressures they’d face Read More

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67% of Canadians failed quirky Canadiana quiz, poll says

TORONTO -- A new poll suggests Canadians haven't made much progress in expanding their knowledge of the more colourful parts of the country's history. Read More

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Divers discover Roman-era shipwreck off Cyprus

ATHENS -- Researchers in Cyprus have discovered a Roman-era shipwreck off a popular beach resort, thought to be the first well-preserved discovery of its kind around the east Mediterranean island. Read More

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Two killed after Russian plane crashes during emergency landing in Siberia

MOSCOW -- Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing on Thursday at an airport in Russia's Buryatia region in Siberia, the area's emergency situations ministry said. Read More

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Huawei employees worked with China military on research projects: Report

Huawei Technologies Co employees worked on at least 10 research projects with Chinese armed forces personnel over the past decade, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, collaborations the Chinese company said it was not aware of. Read More

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‘I think it’s just lottery of birth’: Russian student says visa denial to attend conference in Canada unfair

OTTAWA -- A Russian student who was invited to present her research at an upcoming academic conference in Canada says she believes her visitor visa was unfairly rejected -- an issue scholars say is a growing problem for academics from certain areas of the world trying attend conferences in Canada. Read More

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel seen shaking for second time this month

BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen shaking as she met President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday, her second such bout within two weeks, but her spokesman said she was fine and she continued with her duties. Read More

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Korean TV stars Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki announce divorce, breaking fans’ hearts

SEOUL -- South Korean actors Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki are splitting up less than two years after their fairytale marriage, the couple said on Thursday, shocking fans across Asia. Read More

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The Google Pixel 3a XL Review: Does Mid-Range Make Sense?

It’s nearing 8 months since Google released the Pixel 3 and we extensively reviewed the phone. It also has been several years now since Google abandoned the Nexus line of devices; one of the most attractive aspects during the early days of Google’s own phones was their incredible value proposition and very competitive pricing. As Google evolved the Pixel line of smartphone, it was clear that we’d no longer see quite as attractive price-tags, with the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL nearing the $1000/€ mark.

Google apparently did see the higher price points as a hurdle for some consumers, and decided to expand its product line-up by introducing new mid-range devices at much more reasonable price-points, all while maintaining the key features that make the Pixel phones worth their namesake.

The new Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL, the latter which we’re reviewing today, are very much derived from the same DNA that was established in the Pixel 2 and further iterated upon in the Pixel 3 range. The Pixel 3a’s still come with the similar industrial design, feature an OLED display, and most importantly feature the very same full-fledged camera as their flagship siblings, at essentially half the cost. Of course, the lower price point comes with changes – a plastic body and a lower tiered SoC are among some of the compromises that have been made, along with a few other features that hit the chopping block.

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Alanis Morissette feared miscarriages had wrecked chance at having three kids

Alanis Morissette is thrilled she’s about to become a mother again at 45 after her dreams of having three kids appeared to be fading following a series of miscarriages. Read More

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Ariana Grande celebrates 26th birthday with risque photo

Ariana Grande marked her 26th birthday by sharing a sultry image for fans. Read More

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Democrats reveal divisions on U.S. healthcare during first presidential debate

MIAMI — Democratic presidential contenders battled over healthcare coverage during their first debate on Wednesday, reflecting the party's divisions on whether to abolish private insurance and shift to a Medicare-for-All system. Read More

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Max Wright, who portrayed dad on Alf, dies

Beloved Alf star Max Wright has died, aged 75. Read More

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Hollywood villain veteran Billy Drago dies

Veteran Hollywood bad guy Billy Drago has died. Read More

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Madonna issues ‘wake up’ call on gun violence in graphic music video

LOS ANGELES — Madonna stepped into the gun violence debate on Wednesday with a music video containing graphic dramatizations of a mass shooting. Read More

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Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo retires after 19 seasons

Florida Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo announced his retirement on Wednesday, ending a 19-year career that was one of the longest by a goaltender in NHL history. Read More

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Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Trade Minister: Don’t know whether meat that prompted Chinese ban is Canadian

OTTAWA -- The Canadian government does not know whether shipments of meat that sparked a temporary Chinese import ban actually come from Canada, Trade Minister Jim Carr said on Wednesday. Read More

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Burt Reynolds allegedly left behind kinky photos of himself ‘in all his glory’

When Burt Reynolds passed away, the Deliverance stud left behind a dirty secret -- a stash of X-rated pics! Read More

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Twitter joins Facebook in creating registry for online political ads

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Everything is good with Fast and Furious 9, now that Dwayne Johnson is gone

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Pamela Anderson’s ex denies leading a ‘double life’

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Saudi Khashoggi murder investigation fails to address chain of command: UN expert

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Dog the Bounty Hunter shares heartbreaking photo of wife Beth in hospital

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MY PARENTS THOUGHT I DIED: ‘Bachelor’ alum Melissa Rycroft opens up about Dominican vacation nightmare

The Bachelor alum Melissa Rycroft had a scary health crisis following her recent vacation to the Dominican Republic -- so scary, in fact, that at one point her parents thought she died. Read More

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Grandmother, 93, gets her ‘dying wish’ — to be arrested

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All Ryzen: Q&A with AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su

The biggest news of the annual Computex trade show came from AMD: the company is poised to launch its next generation Zen 2 microarchitecture, along with updates to its Ryzen and EPYC product lines. AMD is going all-in with its chiplet CPU architecture, as well as with its new RDNA graphics architecture for the upcoming Navi graphics product family. After AMD’s keynote, we joined a small roundtable of journalists to put questions to AMD’s CEO, Dr. Lisa Su.

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VESA Announces DisplayPort 2.0 Standard: Bandwidth For 8K Monitors & Beyond

While display interface standards are slow to move, at the same time their movement is inexorable: monitor resolutions continue to increase, as do refresh rates and color depths, requiring more and more bandwidth to carry signals for the next generation of monitors. Keeping pace with the demand for bandwidth, the DisplayPort standard, the cornerstone of PC display standards, has now been through several revisions since it was first launched over a decade ago. And now this morning the standard is taking its biggest leap yet with the release of the DisplayPort 2.0 specification. Set to offer nearly triple the available bandwidth of DisplayPort 1.4, the new revision of DisplayPort is almost moving a number of previously optional features into the core standard, creating what’s in many ways a new baseline for the interface.

The big news here, of course, is raw bandwidth. The current versions of DisplayPort – 1.3 & 1.4 – offer up to 32.4 Gbps of bandwidth – or 25.9 Gbps after overhead – which is enough for a standard 16.7 million color (24-bit) monitor at up to 120Hz, or up to 98Hz for 1 billion+ (30-bit) monitors. This is a lot of bandwidth, but it still isn’t enough for the coming generation of monitors, including the likes of Apple’s new 6K Pro Display XDR monitor, and of course, 8K monitors. As a result, the need for more display interface bandwidth continues to grow, with these next-generation monitors set to be the tipping point. And all of this is something that the rival HDMI Forum has already prepared for with their own HDMI 2.1 standard.

DisplayPort Signaling Standards

Standard

Raw Bandwidth
(4 Lanes)

Effective Bandwidth
(4 Lanes)

Target Monitor Resolutions

DP 1.0/1.1 (HBR1)

10.8 Gbps

8.64 Gbps

1440p@60Hz

DP 1.2
(HBR 2)

21.6 Gbps

17.28 Gbps

4K@60Hz

DP 1.3/1.4
(HBR3)

32.4 Gbps

25.92 Gbps

4K@120Hz
8K@60Hz (w/DSC)

DP 2.0
(UHBR 20)

80 Gbps

77.37 Gbps

8K@60hz HDR >8K@60Hz SDR
4K@144Hz HDR
2x 5K@60Hz

DisplayPort 2.0, in turn, is shooting for 8K and above. Introducing not just one but a few different bitrate modes, the fastest mode in DisplayPort 2.0 will top out at 80 Gbps of raw bandwidth, about 2.5 times that of DisplayPort 1.3/1.4. Layered on that, DisplayPort 2.0 also introduces a more efficient coding scheme, resulting in much less coding overhead. As a result, the effective bandwidth of the new standard will peak at 77.4 Gbps, with at 2.98x the bandwidth of the previous standard is just a hair under a full trebling of available bandwidth.

Putting all of this in practical terms for a moment, for the VESA and its member manufacturers then, the new standard opens the door to higher resolution, higher refresh rate, and wider color gamut monitors. DisplayPort 2.0 is fast enough to not just support an 8K monitor without any kind of compression (including chroma subsampling), but it’s enough to do so at 30-bit color, allowing for HDR support even at that high of a resolution. Similarly, 10K monitors at 24-bit color are now possible without compression, and 16K monitors with compression. Overall the applications are about as varied as manufacturers want to go, with options ranging from ensuring there’s sufficient bandwidth for next-gen VR to enabling new daisy chaining setups (daisy chained 5K monitors, anyone?), not to mention even more interesting setups such as mixing USB data with high resolution DisplayPort monitors. Many things which the VESA is happy to point out that even HDMI 2.1 can’t do, due to the former’s significant bandwidth advantage (all of this solidly putting DisplayPort back on top in terms of total bandwidth).

DisplayPort 2.0 Under the Hood: Thunderbolt 3, UHBR, & Passive Cables

Diving a bit deeper into today’s announcement, let’s talk about the DisplayPort 2.0 physical layer. For the last half decade or so, VESA members have commented here and there about where the standard might go in the future, and what direction the physical ports would take. Developing the next generation of high bandwidth external interfaces only gets harder and more expensive with each generation, which has increasingly caused the various standard bodies to coalesce around a handful of physical layers and data transmission technologies. At the same time, the physical DisplayPort, which was designed over a decade ago, wasn’t originally designed to scale up to the amount of bandwidth DisplayPort 2.0 will be pushing. As a result every option has been on the table to some degree, including disregarding most of the DisplayPort standard, DisplayPort and all.

The end result then is an interesting compromise, and importantly, one that delivers more bandwidth while retaining backwards compatibility with existing DisplayPort gear. The DisplayPort itself is staying: it and the USB-C connector (via DP alt mode) are both official ports for the new DisplayPort 2.0 standard. And because of this, the number of pins and resulting high speed data lanes is remaining unchanged as well, with DisplayPort continuing to operate over 4 lanes. Finally, the DisplayPort 2.0 standard also retains the technology’s packet-based approach to communications, which means that image data continues to be sent as packets over a fixed bandwidth link, as opposed to pixel-centric pixel clock approaches.

So what has changed to enable DisplayPort 2.0? While the titular DisplayPort itself has stayed, the rest of the physical layer has been almost entirely replaced… with Thunderbolt 3.

Rather than attempting to reinvent the wheel, for DisplayPort 2.0 the VESA decided to take advantage of Intel’s existing Thunderbolt 3 technology, which already hits the data rates that the VESA was looking for. While initially a proprietary Intel technology, Intel released the technology to the wider industry as a royalty-free standard earlier this year. This allowed third parties to not only create pure Thunderbolt 3 devices without paying Intel, but also allowed Thunderbolt 3 technology to be repurposed for other standards. So whereas USB4 is a more straightforward rebranding of Thunderbolt 3, for DisplayPort 2.0 takes it in a different direction by essentially creating a one-way Thunderbolt 3 connection.

Under the hood, Thunderbolt 3 operates fairly similarly to DisplayPort, with 4 high-speed each lanes carrying packets of information at 20 Gbps. However while TB3 is a true bi-directional, full-duplex link with 2 lanes allocated for each direction, DisplayPort is focused on sending large volumes of data in just one direction: out. As a result, DisplayPort 2.0 reverses the two inbound lanes to outbound lanes, allowing the four total lanes to be combined into a single 80 Gbps link.

Thunderbolt 3 vs. DisplayPort 2.0
	Thunderbolt 3	DisplayPort 2.0
Max Cable Bandwidth	80Gbps	80Gbps
Max Channel Bandwidth	40Gbps (Full Duplex, Bidirectional)	80Gbps (Simplex, Unidirectional)
Physical Layer	Thunderbolt 3	Thunderbolt 3
DisplayPort	2x DP 1.4 Streams	1x DP 2.0 Streams
Passive Cable Option	Yes (20Gbps)	Yes (40Gbps)
Interface Port	USB Type-C	DisplayPort USB Type-C

Speaking of the link itself, the move to Thunderbolt 3 technology also means that DisplayPort inherits Thunderbolt 3’s signal encoding scheme. Whereas DisplayPort 1.x has always used relatively inefficient 8/10b encoding – resulting in 20% overhead – DisplayPort 2.0 will offer 128/132b encoding, which has just 3% overhead. This is why the practical bandwidth gains for DisplayPort 2.0 are more than just the raw bandwidth gains; the standard doesn’t just get more bandwidth, but it uses it more efficiently. Consequently, at its highest data rate, DisplayPort 2.0 will be able to offer 77.37 Gbps of bandwidth.

But what of cables? Here’s where things get a bit trickier, both for the VESA and for users. Thunderbolt 3 pushed the limits of copper cabling, and as a result for all but the shortest runs it requires active cabling, with transceivers at each end of a cable. While effective, this drove up the cost of Thunderbolt 3 cables versus relatively cheap all-copper commodity USB 3 and DisplayPort 1.x cables. By using Thunderbolt 3 as the basis of their new standard, the VESA has inherited the cable technology limits of the standard as well.

The answer to the cable question then is that the VESA hasn’t really answered it. Instead, they’re focusing on what they can do now with passive cables. All told, the DisplayPort 2.0 actually introduces not one, but three new data rates: 10 Gbps per lane, 13.5 Gbps per lane, and 20 Gbps per lane. Dubbed Ultra High Bit Rate (UHBR), the for free-standing monitors the VESA right now is focusing on 10 Gbps per lane (UHBR 10), which will deliver a total of 40 Gbps of bandwidth.

At just half the data rate of full-fat DisplayPort 2.0 (and Thunderbolt 3), UHBR 10 is resilient enough that it can operate over standard passive copper cabling, and cables should have little issue reaching 2-3 meters. The VESA has actually been preparing for this for some time now, and UHBR 10 aligns with their previously-launched DisplayPort 8K cable certification program; 8K-certified cables will be able to meet the signal integrity requirements for UHBR 10.

DisplayPort 2.0: UHBR Modes

Standard

Raw

Effective

Cable

UHBR 10

40 Gbps

38.69 Gbps

Passive Copper

UHBR 13.5

54 Gbps

52.22 Gbps

Tethered

UHBR 20

80 Gbps

77.37 Gbps

Tethered

Past that, however, the VESA isn’t currently exploring (or at least not focused on) passive cables for the higher bitrate modes. Instead, the group envisions UHBR 13.5 and UHBR 20 being tethered setups: manufacturers would ship devices with an appropriate port/cable already attached. These can potentially be passive cables for very short runs (think laptop docks), or integrated active cables for longer runs. I should note that the group hasn’t closed the door entirely to more traditional passive cable setups for these higher bitrates, but at least for the moment the group doesn’t see very many non-tethered use cases coming to market in the near future.

Tangentially, here, there is one more signal-related changed to the DisplayPort standard. Forward Error Correction (FEC), which was introduced to DisplayPort 1.4 as part of the Display Stream Compression (DSC) standard, is now a core part of DisplayPort 2.0. So on a 2.0 link, FEC will be in use at all times, reflecting the challenge in getting these high speed interfaces to constantly transmit data in an error-free manner.

DisplayPort 2.0 Features: Mandatory DSC, Branch Devices, & Panel Replay

Shifting gears, along with the significant physical layer changes being introduced in DisplayPort 2.0, the standard is also introducing some much more modest feature changes.

First and foremost, Display Stream Compression support is now mandatory for DisplayPort 2.0 devices. Previously introduced as part of DisplayPort 1.4 – and not really hammered out entirely until a couple of years after that – DSC is the group’s standard for “visually lossless” image compression. Operating on small groups of pixels, DSC offers modest compression ratios of around 3:1, with the goal of compressing images just enough to save power and bandwidth without introducing visual artifacts and without adding significant latency.

At any rate, starting with DisplayPort 2.0, DSC is now a core part of the DisplayPort standard. To be clear, 2.0 devices do not have to use DSC – the preference is clearly towards uncompressed images when the bandwidth allows for it – however 2.0 devices must be able to encode, pass, and decode DSC compressed data. This will, over time, lay the groundwork for manufacturers to develop and release monitors that require DSC (at least in certain modes), as they’ll be able to sell monitors knowing that all 2.0 devices can drive them.

Speaking of efficiency, the DisplayPort 2.0 standard is also introducing another feature focused on power efficiency, and that’s Panel Replay. Derived from earlier Panel Self Refresh technologies that are part of the embedded DisplayPort standard, Panel Replay is a partial self-update mechanism that allows a system to only transmit and update the portion of an image that has changed since the previous video frame. Like PSR in eDP, this feature is primarily intended for laptops and other mobile devices, where power consumption and the resulting impact to battery runtimes are important qualities. Transmitting less data reduces not only the amount of energy used chauffeuring bits around, but it also reduces the amount of processing required in a display controller.

Last but not least, DisplayPort 2.0 is also updating how “branch devices” work in the standard. Essentially the splitters in a Multi Stream Transport setup, DisplayPort 1.x required that the branch device be capable of decoding a DisplayPort bitstream, which is not an easy feat with 20 Gbps+ of data. So instead, for 2.0, branch devices are being simplified some, and now will just be able to forward data rather than having to decode it. This should make MST (and daisy chaining) a bit easier to implement overall, as branch devices won’t need to be as complex.

On a final note, ahead of today’s specification release I also asked about the state of variable refresh support on DisplayPort. VESA Adaptive Sync is an optional feature for monitors under DisplayPort 1.x, and it will remain so under DisplayPort 2.0. So manufacturers can continue adding it as a useful feature for their monitors, but there are no plans to make it mandatory.

Coming In Late 2020

Wrapping things up, the latest version of the DisplayPort standard is easily the biggest update to the PC display standard since it launched in 2007. By replacing the DisplayPort physical layer with Thunderbolt 3, the VESA has greatly increased DisplayPort’s bandwidth potential, laying the groundwork for 8K monitors and beyond. This update doesn’t come for free, and the VESA’s member companies will have to tackle the same kind of high-bandwidth cabling issues that Thunderbolt 3 itself had to address over the last few years, but ultimately it’s a situation that gives the display standard a major shot in the arm in terms of bandwidth, while pushing the PC industry ever so closer towards using a handful of common standards for all high bandwidth I/O.

As for the first retail products, the good news is that this will show up sooner than later. Because the new standard is based on the Thunderbolt 3 physical layer, member companies can hit the ground running on development and testing. As a result, the VESA expects the first retail devices to show up in the latter part of 2020, less than 18 months from now.

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Bombardier sells money-losing regional jet business to Mitsubishi

Bombardier Inc said it will sell its money-losing regional jet business to Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) for $550 million in cash, in a deal marking the Canadian plane and train maker's exit from commercial aviation. Read More

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2.5 tonnes of meth seized in the Netherlands — the largest haul of the drug in Europe

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Canadians detained in China, meat dispute hot topics for Trudeau at G20 summit

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SK Hynix Starts Production of 128-Layer 4D NAND, 176-Layer Being Developed

SK Hynix has announced it has finished development of its 128-layer 1 terabit 3D TLC NAND flash. The new memory features the company’s charge trap flash (CTF) design, along with the peripheral under cells (PUC) architecture that the company calls ‘4D’ NAND, announced some time ago. The new 128-layer TLC NAND flash devices will ship to interested parties in the second half of this year, and SK Hynix intends to offer products based on the new chips in 2020.

1 Tb 128-Layer ‘4D’ TLC NAND

SK Hynix’s 1 Tb 128-layer TLC NAND chip features four planes as well as a 1400 MT/s interface at 1.2 Volts. The quad-plane architecture along with a 1400 MT/s I/O bus will make the new TLC NAND devices not only significantly denser (in terms of Gb per mm²) than previous-generation products, but also at least 16% faster. In fact, real-world performance increase could be even higher as SK Hynix once said that its CTF design would enable a faster program time (tPROG) as well as a faster read time (tR).

To stack 128 layers inside its 6^th Generation 3D NAND chips, the company had to use a multi-stacked design along with numerous new technologies, including ultra-homogeneous vertical etching technology as well as high-reliability multi-layer thin-film cell formation technology. Meanwhile, to increase performance of the I/O bus without increasing power consumption of the device, SK Hynix implemented its ultra-fast low-power circuit design.

It is noteworthy that transition to CTF + PUC architecture, along with various optimizations, enabled SK Hynix to reduce the number of process steps by 5% as well as increase bit productivity per wafer by 40% when compared to 96-layer TLC NAND. As a result, we should expect to see the new NAND run through the entire product lineup in due course.

Various Applications

SK Hynix and its partners will use the company’s 1 Tb 128-layer TLC NAND chip for a variety of applications.

“SK Hynix has secured the fundamental competitiveness of its NAND business with this 128-Layer 4D NAND,” said Executive Vice President Jong Hoon Oh, head of global sales & marketing. “With this product, with the industry’s best stacking and density, we will provide customers with a variety of solutions at the right time.”

Initial 1 Tb 128-layer TLC NAND chips that SK Hynix will start shipping in the second half of the year will be used primarily for mobile storage devices, such as USB drives and memory cards.

In the first half of next year SK Hynix promises to roll out its UFS 3.1 storage products based on the new 1 Tb devices. The company plans to offer 1 TB UFS 3.1 chips that will consume up to 20% less when compared to similar products that use 512 Gb ICs.

Later in 2020, SK Hynix intends to offer 2 TB client SSDs based on its own controller, as well as 16 and 32 TB server SSDs for datacenters ,.

176-Layer 4D NAND Incoming

String stacking technology, as well as the multi-stacked design, will enable SK Hynix to keep increasing the number of layers. SK Hynix says that it is currently developing 176-layer 4D NAND flash, but does not disclose when it is expected to become available.

Vulnerability in AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization for EPYC: Update Now to Build 22

One of the key elements of building a processor is that designing a secure product involves reducing the ‘attack surface’ as much as possible: the fewer ways an attack can get in, the safer your product is. For the white knights of the security world, when a vulnerability is found, the process usually goes through a period of reasonable disclosure, i.e. the issue is presented to the company, and they are often given a certain time to fix the issue (to help customers) before the full disclosure is made public (in case it might be swept under the rug). Using this method, a researcher at Google found a vulnerability in the way AMD’s EPYC processors provide Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) which would allow an attacker to recover a secure key that would provide access between previously isolated VMs on a system. AMD has since released an update to the firmware which patches this issue.

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Nicaragua arrests four men suspected of ties to Islamic State

MANAGUA — Four men with suspected ties to the Islamic State militant group were captured on Tuesday by members of the Nicaraguan armed forces after entering the country illegally from Costa Rica, Nicaraguan police said. Read More

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Michael Jackson fans sing, sob, leave sunflowers and roses on 10th anniversary of death

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U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before House panels on July 17

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who issued a report in April on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, will testify in open session before the House of Representatives Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17, the panels' Democratic chairmen said on Tuesday. Read More

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Kate Mara needed emergency caesarean and blood transfusion for baby’s birth

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‘The Office’ to leave Netflix in 2021

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Tuesday, 25 June 2019

Only 4 in 10 countries criminalize marital rape: UN study

UNITED NATIONS, June 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The home is one of the most dangerous places for women, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as research showed only four in 10 countries criminalize marital rape. Read More

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Facebook adds Canada to list of countries with rules for political ads

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Corsair’s PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Found For Pre-Order: MP600 up to 2TB

Amazon Japan has started to take pre-orders on Cosair’s upcoming PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. The MP600 SSDs will ship in mid-July, several days after AMD and its partners start to sell platforms that support the PCIe 4.0 interface.

At press time, Amazon Japan is offering Corsair MP600 M.2-2280 SSDs with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface featuring 1 TB and 2 TB capacity for ￥36,936 ($320) and ￥66,852 ($579), respectively. Considering the fact that we are talking about ultra-high-end client SSDs aimed at expensive desktops, their prices are not exactly surprising. Meanwhile, keep in mind that these are not their official MSRPs.

According to Corsair, its MP600 SSDs will offer up to 4950 MB/s sequential write speed as well as up to 4250 MB/s sequential read speed when used with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface, which is substantially faster when compared to modern PCIe 3.0 x4 drives.

Corsair’s MP600 drives are based on Phison’s PS5016-E16 controller as well as 3D TLC NAND memory. Considering that Phison usually sells controllers and NAND flash memory as a turnkey solution, expect other suppliers of SSDs to offer drives very similar to the MP600 family by Corsair at around the same timeframe. In the meantime, Corsair definitely deserves a credit for starting to offer its PCIe 4.0 SSDs ahead of competitors.

We saw a number of PCIe 4.0 drives at Computex this year, so we expect the market to have a sizeable number available in due course:

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Nadal: Wimbledon’s seedings system ‘not a good thing’

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Noctua Shows Off Updated 'D Series' 140mm CPU Coolers: NH-D15 Gets A Successor

During Computex 2019, Noctua announced its plans to update its fabled D series of CPU coolers with a new design. The new, currently-unnamed coolers incorporate an extra heat pipe as compared to the current NH-D15 and NH-D15S, as well as increase performance and utilize an asymmetrical design for improved PCIe slot clearance.

Noctua of course is well known in the air cooling market for its high quality fans and coolers, which are aimed at the premium end of the market and deliver some of the best performance on the on the market today. Not hurting the company's visibility either is their highly distinctive beige and brown color scheme, which make their products easy to tell apart from more commodity products.

At Computex in addition to its fanless concept CPU cooler design, Noctua also had its next generation of D series CPU cooler on display. The new cooler features seven heat pipes – up from the traditional six of the previous NH-D15 models – and the heatsink itself has been tweaked to offer 10% more surface area for heat dissipation than previous models. One of the most interesting aspects is that Noctua revealed that the new D series coolers are designed to dissipate up to 400 W of heat, which makes them highly suitable for beefier sockets such as AMD's TR4 and SP3.

Showing off one of the prototypes in action, the company had one of the new coolers setup against one of its current NH-D15 models in a custom designed test chamber, using the two otherwise-identical test systems to show the differences in performance between the two models. And since this was designed to be a test of the heatsink and not the fans, only the heatsink itself was swapped here; both systems used the same NF-A15 PWM cooling fans.

The new D series cooler is on the left, the pre-existing NH-D15 is on the right

Overall we didn't see a massive difference – and to be fair, it was very hot (ed: Taipei in June), so ambient temperatures were running high – but none the less, the prototype cooler did come out consistently ahead of the NH-D15. In its custom chamber, the new D series cooler had one degree advantage over its predecessor.

Shifting gears to retail matters, Noctua is planning on releasing two versions of the new D series coolers, rolling out both a single fan model and a dual fan model. The new coolers will include a traditional multi-socket mounting kit, which will support AM4, LGA20xx, and LGA115x. Meanwhile there will be separate dedicated TR4 models due to the larger base plate needed to properly match the large IHS used on AMD's Threadripper processors. Each cooler will also be bundled with a tube of its new NT-H2 thermal compound.

At this point the company hasn't announced an official release date, but it's likely that the next generation of D-type coolers will be available by the end of the year, with a pricing structure similar to that of the current NH-D15 and NH-D15S models.