black mag: July 2019

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

‘I WANT MY MOM’: Selma Blair details insomnia struggles in emotional Instagram post

Selma Blair has shared an emotional update with fans about the side effects she’s experiencing from treatment for multiple sclerosis. Read More

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ADATA Launches XPG Gammix S50: A PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD

ADATA has introduced its first PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD, which is aimed at the latest AMD Ryzen-based PCs using the AMD X570 platform. The ADATA XPG Gammix S50 will be the company’s new flagship drive for users looking for the maximum performance possible today.

Set to be available in 1 TB and 2 TB capacities, the XPG Gammix S50 drive is based on Phison’s PS5016-E16 controller (the only PCIe 4.0 SSD controller available today) paired with 3D TLC NAND memory. The drive comes in an M.2-2280 form-factor and features a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface (an, of course, the unit is backwards compatible with PCIe 3.0 systems). What is a bit surprising is that unlike other SSDs powered by the same controller, ADATA’s XPG Gammix S50 is not equipped with a large heat spreader, but comes with a relatively regular sized one.

As far as performance is concerned, ADATA says that the XPG Gammix S50 offers up to 5000 MB/s sequential read speeds and up to 4400 MB/s sequential write speeds when SLC caching is used (data based on CDM benchmark). Meanwhile, the SSD is rated for up to 750K random read/write IOPS.

When it comes to endurance and reliability levels, the XPG Spectrix S50 drives feature up to 1800 or 3600 TB written over a five-year warranty period, depending on the drive's capacity.

ADATA XPG Gammix S50 Specifications
Capacity	1 TB	2TB
Model Number	AGAMMIXS50-1TT-C	AGAMMIXS50-2TT-C
Controller	Phison PS5016-E16
NAND Flash	3D TLC NAND
Form-Factor, Interface	M.2-2280, PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.3
Sequential Read	5000 MB/s
Sequential Write	4400 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	750K IOPS
Random Write IOPS	750K IOPS
Pseudo-SLC Caching	Supported
DRAM Buffer	Yes, capacity unknown
TCG Opal Encryption	No
Power Management	DevSleep, Slumber (0.05 W).
Warranty	5 years
MTBF	1,700,000 hours
TBW	1800 TB	3600 TB
Additional Information	Link
MSRP	?	?

ADATA’s XPG Gammix S50 will be available in the near future. Prices will vary by region.

‘Misogynistic critics’ spoiled Emma Thompson’s plans to be a comedian

Emma Thompson abandoned her plans to become a comedian after her variety show was trashed by “misogynistic critics.” Read More

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Saints’ Michael Thomas becomes top-paid receiver with new deal

All-Pro Michael Thomas and the New Orleans Saints agreed to a five-year, $100 million contract with a $20 million signing bonus that will make him the league's highest-paid wide receiver. Read More

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Reports: Bauer to Reds, Puig to Indians in massive three-team deal

Right-hander Trevor Bauer was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night as part of a three-team trade involving outfielder Yasiel Puig, multiple outlets reported. Read More

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Trump administration opens door to importing medicine from Canada

The Trump administration took a first step on Wednesday toward allowing the importation of medicines from Canada, an action the president has advocated as a way to bring cheaper prescription drugs to Americans. Read More

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32 GB Unbuffered DIMMs Listed from Seven Brands: DDR4-2400 to DDR4-3000

Now that both Samsung and Micron are shipping their 16 Gb DDR4 memory chips to third parties, we're seeing wider availability of 32 GB unbuffered memory modules (UDIMMs). To date, six brands have either introduced, or started to sell their 32 GB unbuffered DIMMs, and in the coming months more manufacturers are expected to follow.

The Basics

Before we proceed, let us recap the basics here. Because of the way memory sub-systems work, high-capacity memory modules (in our case, 32 GB and higher) for workstations and servers are built differently than regular DIMMs for client PCs (which are called unbuffered DIMMs, or UDIMMs). Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) carry a register chip that buffers the address and command signals, whereas the Load Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs) replace the register with an Isolation Memory Buffer that buffers the command, address, and data signals. While both the register chip and the IMB allow hardware vendors to build high-capacity memory modules and memory subsystems, neither RDIMMs nor LRDIMMs work with regular client platforms. Therefore, if you use a contemporary desktop and need a lot of memory for some reason, you'll need 32 GB UDIMMs.

You can read more about contemporary types DIMMs an appropriate article covering different types of contemporary memory modules

At the time of writing, 32 GB UDIMMs are supported by client platforms based on AMD’s 400 and 500-series chipsets as well as Intel’s 300-series chipsets.

The List

Twitter user momomo_us, who is from Japan, has managed to get a list of 32 GB unbuffered memory modules that are either available now or are about to hit the shelves there. The list is valid for Japan, yet we do know that ADATA and G.Skill are about to launch their 32 GB UDIMMs in the near future too, so our list includes data on these memory sticks as well.

There are a number of remarks to be made about 32 GB memory modules. Samsung’s mass-produced 16 Gb DDR4 memory chips are rated for 2133 MT/s, 2400 MT/s, and 2666 MT/s data transfer rates, yet even the company itself sells 32 GB DDR4-2933 memory modules. Meanwhile, its partners go all the way to DDR4-3000, albeit at 1.35 Volts. Meanwhile, the only modules that semiofficially feature Micron’s 16 Gb DDR4 chips are rated at 2400 or 2666 MT/s, at 1.2 Volts.

List of 32 GB Unbuffered Memory Modules Announced Note: Data is not official
Brand	Data Rate (MT/s)	Latency	Voltage	DRAM Vendor	PN	More Info
ADATA	2666	CL19	1.2 V	Micron (?)	AD4U2666732G19-B	-
Asgard	2666	CL16	1.2 V	?	?	-
Asgard	3000	CL16	1.35 V	?	?	-
Corsair	2400	CL16	1.2 V	Micron	?	-
Corsair	2666	CL16	1.2 V	Samsung	?	-
Corsair	3000	CL16	1.35 V	Samsung	?	-
Crucial/Micron	2666	CL19	1.2 V	Micron	CT32G4DFD8266.16FB1	-
G.Skill	4000	CL18	?	Samsung	F4-4000C18-32GVR	-
Gloway	2400	CL17	1.2 V	?	?	-
Gloway	3000	CL16	1.35 V	?	?	-
Samsung	2666	CL19	1.2 V	Samsung	M378A4G43MB1-CTD	-
Samsung	2933	?	?	Samsung	M471A4G43AB1-CVF	-

The Modules

Now that we know the specs, let us talk about the modules themselves:

ADATA

What ADATA has shown so far were 32 GB DDR4-2666 CL19 DIMMs at 1.2 V. Considering the clock rate, these modules hardly need a heat spreader, yet knowing the company, we cannot exclude a possibility of enthusiast-class 32 GB UDIMMs with heat spreaders.

Asgard

Asgard’s Loki T2 and W2 memory modules are designed for enthusiasts, so they come with heat spreaders. The 32 GB DDR4-3000 CL16 modules need 1.35 V voltage and therefore need an enthusiast-class platform. Meanwhile, their 32 GB DDR4-2666 CL16 modules use industry-standard 1.2 V voltages.

Corsair

Corsair’s 32 GB Vengeance LPX unbuffered DIMMs come with DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666, and DDR4-3000 speeds. Depending on speed bins, these modules reportedly use memory chips from Micron or Samsung and require 1.2 V or 1.35 V. Corsair’s UDIMMs traditionally rely on the company’s custom 10-layer PCB designed to ensure quality signaling when operating at higher clocks, and are equipped with black heat spreaders.

Crucial/Micron

Micron’s Crucial brand introduced its DDR4-2666 CL19 32 GB UDIMMs back at Computex and these modules are expected to show up on the market shortly. Crucial’s 32 GB UDIMMs do not feature any heat sinks, but use industry-standard voltage, which makes them compatible with a wide variety of PCs.

G.Skill

G.Skill demonstrated its 32 GB UDIMMs at Computex, yet these modules are not available just yet. The company traditionally addresses enthusiasts with its products, which is why the memory sticks are rated for DDR4-4000 CL18 speed and are equipped with red heat spreaders. Given the unique combination of performance and capacity, expect G.Skill’s 32 GB unbuffered DIMMs to cost more than competing products.

Gloway

Gloway’s 32 GB UDIMMs are rated to operate at DDR4-2400 CL17 and DDR4-3000 CL16 speed bins, according to the listing. Depending on performance, the modules need 1.2 V or 1.35 V and come with heat spreaders.

Samsung

Samsung was first to start to producing 16 Gb DDR4 memory chips and was naturally the first to launch 32 GB UDIMMs. At present, the company offers DDR4-2666 CL19 and DDR4-2933 32 GB unbuffered DIMMs that come without any heat spreaders (based on the pictures of the modules from AVADirect).

Despised Puerto Rico governor names successor

SAN JUAN -- Embattled Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello will nominate the island's former representative in the U.S. Congress Pedro Pierluisi as his new secretary of state and next in line to succeed him when he steps down, he said on Wednesday. Read More

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Apple woos investors with China gain, market value nears US$1T

Shares of Apple Inc rose 4.2% on Wednesday, after the company calmed Wall Street nerves with an improvement in sales in China and as several brokerages predicted a boost from its services business and the launch of new iPhones in the second half of 2019. Read More

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ISIS claims it has killed, wounded more than 40 soldiers in Nigeria: Report

CAIRO -- Islamic State said via its Amaq news agency that it killed or wounded more than 40 soldiers in the northeast Nigerian state of Borno in two separate attacks on Tuesday. Read More

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Taliban kills at least 35, injure 27 on bus in Afghanistan highway blast: Officials

HERAT -- A roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Wednesday killed at least 35 people travelling on a bus, including children, and injured 27, officials said. Read More

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Sage Microelectronics To Introduce Enterprise SSD Controller Supporting STT-MRAM

Everspin has announced that Sage Microelectronics is introducing a new enterprise SSD controller that supports Everspin's latest 1Gb magnetoresistive memory (MRAM) chips. A similar partnership between Everspin and Phison was announced last week.

Everspin's toggle MRAM is well-established as a non-volatile memory option for embedded and industrial applications, with a strong record for reliability. However, their small capacities of up to 16Mb (so far) have severely limited the potential use cases. Everspin's more recent spin-transfer torque MRAM (STT-MRAM) still can't directly compete with NAND flash on capacity, but with 1Gb parts now in production and larger parts in development, STT-MRAM is becoming useful for a new class of applications.

DDR memory controller IP that supports DRAM and Everspin's STT-MRAM is readily available, so designers of SSD controllers and other ASICs can easily add support for MRAM to products that can benefit from 1Gb or more of high-speed non-volatile memory. For SSDs, the most compelling use for MRAM is to reduce or eliminate the need for supercapacitors in enterprise SSDs. MRAM capacity is not quite high enough to entirely replace DRAM buffers in large, high-performance SSDs, but the 1Gb parts make for a decent write cache that is inherently non-volatile. Since MRAM has performance competitive with DRAM, it can be used to store FTL updates and newly written user data while still meeting the strict performance consistency requirements of enterprise SSDs.

It's not clear how much cost savings MRAM currently allows compared to a bank of supercapacitors, but Everspin and their partners cite other benefits as well: it's often much easier to fit MRAM into a small SSD form factor, and MRAM chips can outlast the useful lifespan of large capacitors, which sometimes fail before an SSD's NAND flash write endurance is exhausted.

Using DRAM, MRAM and NAND flash together in a solid state drive is not a new idea. Seagate showed prototypes at Flash Memory Summit 2017 based around Marvell controllers, and last year at FMS IBM announced a shipping product with all three types of memory and an FPGA-based controller. Now that two more controller designers are on board with the concept, it's clear that this is a viable market for Everspin if they can follow through on reducing cost per bit and continuing to increase capacities.

Everspin and Sage are both exhibiting at Flash Memory Summit next week, and we are expecting more MRAM-related announcements at the show.

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AMD Quarterly Earnings Report Q2 FY 2019

AMD announced their second quarter earnings for the 2019 fiscal year, and the company’s revenue was $1.53 billion for the quarter. This is down 13% from the same quarter last year. Gross margin improved from 37% to 41% year-over-year. Operating income was $59 million, down from $153 million a year ago, and net income was down $81 million to $35 million. This resulted in earnings-per-share of $0.03.

AMD Q2 2019 Financial Results (GAAP)
	Q2'2019	Q1'2019	Q2'2018
Revenue	$1531M	$1272M	$1756M
Gross Margin	41%	41%	37%
Operating Income	$59M	$38M	$153M
Net Income	$35M	$16M	$116M
Earnings Per Share	$0.03	$0.01	$0.12

Although AMD was in the black for yet another quarter, this is certainly a dip that AMD does not expect to last. Their forecast for Q3 2019 is a 9% year-over-year increase in revenue to $1.8 billion, and they’ve recently launched new products that could help them achieve those goals.

AMD Q2 2019 Computing and Graphics
	Q2'2019	Q1'2019	Q2'2018
Revenue	$940M	$831M	$1086M
Operating Income	$22M	$16M	$117M

Looking back at Q2 though, Computing and Graphics revenue was down 13% to $940 million, and AMD attributes this drop to lower graphics channel sales. This drop was slightly offset though by higher client CPU and datacenter GPU sales. Also good for AMD and their investors is that their average selling price for client processors has increased thanks to more Ryzen sales, and GPU average selling price has also increased thanks to datacenter GPU sales. The Computing and Graphics segment had an operating income of $22 million for the quarter, compared to $117 million a year ago.

AMD Q2 2019 Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom
	Q2'2019	Q1'2019	Q2'2018
Revenue	$591M	$441M	$670M
Operating Income	$89M	$68M	$69M

AMD’s other major segment is their Enterprise, Embedded, and Semi-Custom, and this product group also saw revenues fall 12% to $591 million for the quarter. AMD attributes this drop to lower semi-custom product revenue, which you can more or less read as console sales, and that makes sense since the current generation consoles are reaching the end of their life, but both Microsoft and Sony have both committed to AMD platforms for their next generation consoles, so expect this segment’s fortunes to get a bit better soon. Operating income was $89 million for this group, which was up from $69 million last year. The higher operating income is thanks to higher EPYC processor sales, which is also a great sign for this segment.

Although this quarter’s revenue certainly saw a dip, AMD did just launch their latest third generation Ryzen this month, which wouldn’t be reported in their Q2 earnings which ended June 29th. As we saw in our review, this is a great step forward for AMD’s processor designs, and they have also launched their Navi based GPUs in July, so it makes some sense to see a dip prior to a major product launch. We’ll keep our eye on their results for Q3, but as previously mentioned they are expecting this to be a short-term drop, and with their new product lineup, that seems like a safe bet.

Source: AMD Investor Relations

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Testosterone improves sexual function in older women: Study

Women who experience sexual dysfunction after menopause may feel more desire and pleasure when they use testosterone treatments, a recent study suggests. Read More

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‘Lost’ Dave Davies solo album to be released in The Kinks box set

A solo album Dave Davies left unfinished will be released in full for the first time as part of a new The Kinks box set. Read More

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Brian Wilson ready to tour again after mental health scare

Brian Wilson is ready to rock again after postponing his summer tour to deal with mental health issues. Read More

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U.S. Democratic debate: Rivals target progressives Sanders and Warren

DETROIT — Progressive candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren bore the brunt of attacks from more moderate rivals in the second round of U.S. Democratic debates on Tuesday, spotlighting the ideological divide among the party's crowded presidential field. Read More

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British Open champion Georgia Hall’s replica trophy stolen

Georgia Hall will be looking for another trophy this week when she defends her title at the Women's British Open. Read More

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$20M lawsuit alleges Cowboys concealed Ezekiel Elliott car accident: Report

A lawsuit seeking $20 million in damages has been filed against Ezekiel Elliott and the Dallas Cowboys alleging the team worked with police to cover up the severity of a 2017 car accident, TMZ reported Tuesday. Read More

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Indians’ Trevor Bauer fined for tantrum

Cleveland Indians right-hander Trevor Bauer reportedly has been fined by Major League Baseball for a tantrum that took place from the mound at Kansas City on Sunday. The amount of the fine has not been disclosed. Read More

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Apple’s iPhone sales plummet, but services, wearables shore up results

Apple Inc iPhone sales dropped to less than half of quarterly revenue for the first time in seven years, but CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday described the change as successfully diversifying away from a single product and forecast results above Wall Street targets. Read More

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YouTube’s ‘King of Random’ creator Grant Thompson dies in paragliding accident

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Grant Thompson, the star and creator of popular YouTube channel "King of Random," died on Monday in a paragliding accident in Utah. He was 42. Read More

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Tuesday, 30 July 2019

Iggy Azalea left fuming after being charged $65 for a grilled cheese sandwich

Iggy Azalea was left fuming after being charged nearly $85 for a grilled cheese sandwich and cutlery to eat it with as she ordered room service at her Las Vegas hotel. Read More

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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom work hard to keep long-distance romance strong

Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry have done their utmost to feel “tethered” to one another to make their long-distance relationship work. Read More

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J-Lo drives for first time in 25 years after receiving birthday porsche

Jennifer Lopez drove for the first time in 25 years after her fiance Alex Rodriguez surprised her with a Porsche to mark her 50th birthday. Read More

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MediaTek Announces New Helio G90 Series SoCs: Gaming Focused Mid-Range

Today MediaTek announces a new series in its product line-up: The new G-series starting off with the G90 and higher binned G90T. The new chips seemingly are a marketing exercise for MediaTek as it tries to battle again Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 7xx devices. The new G90 on paper very much looks like an update to the P90 which was announced late last year – updating the CPU and GPU IP whilst also slightly improving the camera capabilities of the chip.

MediaTek Current P- & G-Series
SoC	Helio P90	Helio G90 (Helio G90T)
CPU	2x Cortex A75 @ 2.2GHz 6x Cortex A55 @ 2.0GHz	2x Cortex A76 @ 2.0GHz (2.05GHz) 6x Cortex A55 @ 2.0GHz
GPU	PowerVR GM 9446 @ 970MHz	Mali G76 MP4 @ 720MHz (800MHz)
APU / NPU / AI Proc. / Neural IP	2x +140GMACs (Tensilica DSP) + In-house Inference Engine 1127GMACs total	2x APU +1TOPs total perf
Memory	2x 16bit LPDDR4X @ 1866MHz	LPDDR4X @ 2133MHz
ISP/Camera	1x 48MP or 2x 24+16MP	1x 48MP (64MP) or 2x 24+16MP
Encode/ Decode	2160p30 H.264 & HEVC	2160p30 H.264 & HEVC
Integrated Modem	Category 12/13 DL = 600Mbps 3x20MHz CA, 256-QAM, 4x4 MIMO UL = 150Mbps 2x20MHz CA,64-QAM
Mfc. Process	12FFC

The new G90’s main feature update is the switch from Cortex A75 cores to new Cortex A76 based IP. The new cores are clocked in lower at 2.0GHz, which is 10% lower than the 2.2GHz of the P90. The higher binned variant, the G90T, ups the frequency slightly higher by 50MHz at up to 2.05GHz. The big cores are accompanied by the same core config as on the P90- 6 additional Cortex A55 cores running at up to 2.0GHz.

Another big change in the IP setup is that MediaTek is dropping Imagination’s 9XM core sin favour of a Mali G76. The new GPU comes in a MP4 configuration (MediaTek also likes to specify three execution engines per core), running at up to 720MHz in the G90 and 800MHz in the G90T. MediaTek promises 26% faster performance than its direct competitors, the competition here being Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 730.

Part of the gaming theme of the SoC, MediaTek promotes its new “HyperEngine” game technology. It looks here that this is a response to Huawei’s GPU Turbo or Qualcomm’s own variant – it’s a plethora of software optimisations that promise to improve the experience of the phone. The most important aspect for MediaTek here seems to be the promise of 60% shorter rendering latency.

In terms of the APU performance we don’t have immediate details of the G90’s, but it looks like things have remained relatively unchanged compared to the P90, with possibly Tensilica DSPs augmenting MediaTek’s own inference engine IP which is here stated to be able to operate at up to 1TOPs.

On the camera department, the regular G90 remains the same as the P90 with up to 48MP single-sensor ability or 24+16MP multi-sensor capture. The G90T clocks the ISP higher and promises compatibility with the newest 64MP sensors that have been announced by vendors such as Samsung.

The new chip continues to be manufactured on the 12nm FFC process and thus MediaTek should likely be able to price the chip extremely competitively against Qualcomm who has more advanced process node chips in this range.

Meghan Markle recalls ‘special’ pregnancy in Vogue editor’s letter

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, recalled the “special time” of being pregnant with son Archie in her editor’s letter for the September 2019 issue of British Vogue, which she guest edited. Read More

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Examining Intel's Ice Lake Processors: Taking a Bite of the Sunny Cove Microarchitecture

Intel has been building up this year to its eventual release of its first widely available consumer 10nm Core processor, codenamed "Ice Lake". The new SoC has an improved CPU core, a lot more die area dedicated to graphics, and is designed to be found in premium notebooks from major partners by the end of 2019, just in time for Christmas. With the new CPU core, Sunny Cove, Intel is promoting a clock-for-clock 18% performance improvement over the original Skylake design, and its Gen11 graphics is the first 1 teraFLOP single SoC graphics design. Intel spent some time with us to talk about what’s new in Ice Lake, as well as the product's direction.

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Trudeau government spent $17.7 million on advertising in election lead-up

OTTAWA -- Newly released figures show the federal government set aside nearly $17.7 million on public awareness campaigns between April and June. Read More

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Hong Kong protesters disrupt train services, cause commuter chaos

HONG KONG -- Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters blocked train services during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, causing commuter chaos in the latest anti-government campaign to roil the former British colony. Read More

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‘India Ashamed’: Outrage grows over ruling party lawmaker accused of rape

NEW DELHI -- Protesters stepped up demands on Tuesday for India's ruling party to sack a state lawmaker accused by a young woman of raping her, holding several demonstrations just days after the accuser was critically injured in a highway collision. Read More

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U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky pleads not guilty in Stockholm assault case

STOCKHOLM -- U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of assault on the first day of a trial in Sweden that has drawn international attention and prompted President Donald Trump to intervene on the artist's behalf. Read More

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Trudeau says British Columbians really ’get it,’ amid conservative wave

VANCOUVER -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says British Columbia will play an important role in the upcoming federal race as a province led by a progressive government when so many others have swung to the right. Read More

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As Hurricane Erick heads toward Hawaii, another hurricane expected

As Hurricane Erick gained strength in the eastern Pacific as it churned toward Hawaii, another weather system, tropical storm Flossie brewing farther east is likely to become a hurricane later on Tuesday, forecasters said. Read More

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Pakistani military plane crashes near garrison city, kills 17

RAWALPINDI -- A Pakistani military aircraft on a training flight crashed in a built-up area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi early on Tuesday killing all five crew members and 12 civilians and setting off a blaze that left a pile of smoking rubble. Read More

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Cowboys’ Ezekiel Elliott takes holdout to Cabo: Reports

If there were any doubts about Ezekiel Elliott's training camp status with the Dallas Cowboys, they were clarified Monday: The holdout running back has left the country. Read More

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Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes share steamy kiss in Miami

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello no longer seem to care who knows they are madly in love after steaming up a beach in Miami, Florida with a public display of affection on Monday. Read More

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‘Lord of the Flies’ set for all-girl movie remake

William Golding’s classic novel Lord of the Flies is set for a gender-bending twist on the big screen. Read More

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Katy Perry loses Dark Horse copyright case

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Capital One: Hacker stole info of over 100 million people in U.S. and Canada

Capital One Financial Corp said on Monday personal information including names, addresses, phone numbers and credit scores of about 100 million individuals in the United States and 6 million people in Canada were obtained by a hacker who has been arrested. Read More

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Devils acquire Nikita Gusev from Golden Knights

The New Jersey Devils acquired forward Nikita Gusev in a trade with the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday. Read More

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Astros’ Jake Marisnick loses appeal of 2-game ban

Houston Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick lost his appeal to Major League Baseball over his two-game suspension for crashing into Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy and will miss games on Tuesday and Wednesday against the Cleveland Indians. Read More

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Monday, 29 July 2019

‘I WAS A BROKEN MAN’: Elton John marks 29 years of sobriety

Elton John is celebrating almost three decades of sober living. Read More

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Kim Kardashian relabeling two million ‘Kimono’ garments

Kim Kardashian has been forced to relabel almost two million garments after changing the name of her shapewear line, Kimono. Read More

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Liam Payne launches new a Hugo Boss collaboration in Miami

Liam Payne has launched his designer clothing collaboration with Hugo Boss in Miami, Florida. Read More

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William Shatner keen to reprise iconic Star Trek role

William Shatner would reprise his role as Captain James T. Kirk in Quentin Tarantino’s possible Star Trek movie if he was asked. Read More

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‘They’re good guys’: Nathalie Emmanuel defends Game of Thrones showrunners

Nathalie Emmanuel defended Game Of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.b. Weiss, calling them “really good guys”. Read More

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‘I CAN’T TAKE IT’: Cardi B misses daughter Kulture’s first steps

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Blake Lively developing fashion TV series with Amazon Prime

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Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Fast and Furious’ spin-off made his mother cry

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Greece to overturn law that made universities no-go zone for police

ATHENS -- Greece will propose legislation this week to scrap academic sanctuary, a law that was designed to protect protesting students and freedom of ideas but which the new government says is used as a cover for lawlessness. Read More

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Brad Pitt: ‘Harvey Weinstein scandal rattled Hollywood like Sharon Tate’s murder’

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Cyprus court postpones hearing in rape accusation case of British teen

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NVIDIA @ SIGGRAPH 2019: NV to Enable 30-bit OpenGL Support on GeForce/Titan Cards

Kicking off this week is SIGGRAPH, the annual North American professional graphics pow-wow that sees everyone from researchers to hardware vendors come together to show off new ideas and new products. Last year’s show ended up being particularly important, as NVIDIA used the show as a backdrop for the announcement of their Turing graphics architecture. This year’s NVIDIA presence is going to be far more low-key – NVIDIA doesn’t have any new hardware this time – but the company is still at the show with some announcements.

Diving right into matters then, this year NVIDIA has an announcement that all professional and prosumer users will want to take note of. At long last, NVIDIA is dropping the requirement to use a Quadro card to get 30-bit (10bpc) color support on OpenGL applications; the company will finally be extending that feature to GeForce and Titan cards as well.

Dubbed their Studio Driver: SIGGRAPH Edition, NVIDIA’s latest driver will eliminate the artificial restriction that prevented OpenGL applications from drawing in 30-bit color. For essentially all of the company’s existence, NVIDIA has restricted this feature to their professional visualization Quadro cards in order to create a larger degree of product segmentation between the two product families. With OpenGL (still) widely used for professional content creation applications, this restriction didn’t prevent applications like Photoshop from running on GeForce cards, but it kept true professional users from using it with the full, banding-free precision that the program (and their monitors) were capable of. So for the better part of 20 years, it has been one of the most important practical reasons to get a Quadro card over a GeForce card, as while it’s possible to use 30-bit color elsewhere (e.g. DirectX), it was held back in a very specific scenario that impacted content creators.

But with this latest Studio Driver, that’s going away. NVIDIA’s Studio drivers, which can be installed on any GeForce/Titan card, desktop and mobile, will no longer come with this 30-bit restriction. It will be possible to use 30-bit color anywhere that the application supports it, including OpenGL applications.

To be honest, this wasn’t a restriction I was expecting NVIDIA to lift any time soon. Rival AMD has offered unrestricted 30-bit color support for ages, and it has never caused NVIDIA to flinch. NVIDIA’s official rationale for all of this feels kind of thin – it was a commonly requested feature since the launch of the Studio drivers, so they decided to enable it – but as their official press release notes, working with HDR material pretty much requires 30-bit color; so it’s seemingly no longer a feature NVIDIA can justify restricting from Quadro cards. Still, I suppose one shouldn’t look a gift horse too closely in the mouth.

Otherwise, at this point I’m not clear on whether this is going to remain limited to the Studio drivers, or will come to the regular “game ready” GeForce drivers as well. Keeping in mind that both drivers are essentially identical software stacks – the difference being their testing and release cadences – there’s no reason to think it won’t show up in future GeForce drivers as well. But for now, it’s only being mentioned in the Studio drivers.

Meanwhile, the latest Studio driver release, true to its purpose, will also include updated support for several applications, including Cinema 4D and Blender. So while the 30-bit color announcement is likely to overshadow everything else, NVIDIA is continuing to iterate on their software support as previously promised.

New RTX Studio Laptops & RTX-Supporting ProViz Software

Along with their latest Studio drivers, NVIDIA is also using the show to announce their partners latest hardware and software developments.

On the hardware side of matters, another 10 Studio laptops are being announced. The NVIDIA branding program, first launched at Computex earlier this year, set about establishing a minimum standards program for participating laptops. In short, the laptops need to include a 45W Core i7 and a GeForce RTX 2060/Quadro 3000 or better, along with a calibrated display. The latest hardware release cycle will see new laptops from Lenovo, HP, Dell, and Boxx, and will bring the Studio program to 27 laptops in total.

Meanwhile on the software side of matters, NVIDIA is celebrating the adoption of their RTX technology, as well as the additional applications that are adding support for it. According to the company, 40 professional visualization applications already support RTX in some form, with more to come. At this year’s show in particular, Adobe, Autodesk, Daz, and Blender are all showing off new software versions/updates that add support, typically for hardware ray tracing. NVIDIA sees RTX as an important product differentiator for the company, especially as it seems AMD won’t have comparable technology for at least another year, so it’s something the company has continued to invest in and is happy to tout that advantage.

Gallery: NVIDIA @ SIGGRAPH 2019: NV to Enable 30-bit OpenGL Support on GeForce/Titan Cards

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Indian PM to join Bear Grylls in wilderness for episode of ‘Man vs. Wild’

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REVENGE!: Man turns tables and bites snake after being bitten

An Indian man who was bitten by a snake got his revenge on the reptile by biting it back and killing it, the man's father said on Monday. Read More

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Smith-Schuster gets Steelers fan season tickets for head tattoo

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Intel's Xeon Cascade Lake vs. NVIDIA Turing: An Analysis in AI

It seems like the new motto for Silicon Valley for the last few years has been “Data is the new oil,” and for good reason. The number of companies employing machine learning-based AI technologies has exploded, and even a few years after all of this has kicked off in earnest, those numbers continue to grow. This form of AI is no longer just an academic thesis or curious research project, but instead machine learning has become an important part of the enterprise market, and the impact on enterprise hardware – both purchasing and development – would be difficult to overstate. This is the era of AI.

Today we’re taking a look at what’s perhaps the heart of Intel’s hardware in the AI space, Intel’s second-generation Xeon Scalable processors, better known as "Cascade Lake". Introduced a bit earlier this year, these new processors are still based on the same core Skylake architecture as the first-generation products, but incorporate a number of instructions and other modifications to speed up AI performance.

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Orlando Bloom rules out starring in ‘Lord Of The Rings’ TV series

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Active shooter reported at food festival in California: police

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Meghan guest edits British Vogue, features ‘Forces for Change’ women

LONDON — Meghan, wife of Britain's Prince Harry, has chosen to feature 15 women she considers "Forces for change" on the cover of the September issue of British Vogue that she guest edited, Buckingham Palace said on Sunday. Read More

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Jessica Alba’s Twitter account hacked

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Ravens QB Robert Griffin III fractured thumb during practice: Report

Baltimore Ravens backup quarterback Robert Griffin III fractured his right thumb in practice on Saturday and will miss at least a few weeks, according to multiple reports. Read More

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Sunday, 28 July 2019

Former Chargers RB Keith Lincoln dead at 80

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Rams give Robert Woods US$3M raise: Report

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Titans RB Derrick Henry dealing with lower leg injury

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‘Lion King’ still rules box office but Tarantino film makes solid effort

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Disney's The Lion King might still rule everything the light touches, but Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood certainly held its own this weekend at the domestic box office. Read More

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Jessie J shuts down Channing Tatum questions during awkward interview

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MTV to remove Michael Jackson’s name from award: Report

MTV is reportedly set to rename the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award following the string of allegations made against the late pop star in the controversial Leaving Neverland documentary. Read More

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Mary J. Blige to star in spinoff’s of 50 Cent’s ‘Power’

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Jennifer Lopez stops Miami concert to celebrate Alex Rodriguez’s birthday

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Kylie Jenner’s dad Caitlyn ‘so proud’ of her

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‘Gossip Girl’ reboot producer wants Leighton Meester, Blake Lively to return

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s 22-year-old girlfriend Camila Morrone slams trolls attacking their relationship

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Vietnam seizes 125 kg of rhino horns, seven tiger carcasses

HANOI -- Vietnam said it has seized more than 125 kg (275 lb) of rhino horns hidden in plaster blocks and shipped from United Arab Emirates, the latest large-scale wildlife trafficking case in Southeast Asia. Read More

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‘LOVE LIVE THE KING’: Thai monarchist gets haircut to honour royal on his 67th birthday

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U.K. woman arrested for allegedly lying about hotel gang rape by 12 Israelis teens in Cyprus

ATHENS -- Police in Cyprus arrested a 19-year-old British woman on Sunday on suspicion of filing a false complaint of gang rape for which a dozen Israeli teens had been detained as suspects, two police sources said. Read More

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Protesters mass in Hong Kong amid fears of growing cycle of violence

HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities stepped up security and fired tear gas around China's main representative office on Sunday as several protests broke out, with anger among the crowds simmering over what many see as an increasing cycle of violence against them. Read More

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Police going door to door in northern Manitoba hunt for B.C. murder suspects

GILLAM, Man. -- More personnel and equipment are being poured into the gruelling hunt for two B.C. homicide suspects in the bug infested and bog strewn landscape surrounding the tiny northern Manitoba community of Gillam. Read More

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Romanian murder suspect admits killing two missing teens

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Russi Taylor, voice actress behind Minnie Mouse and Simpsons characters, dies at 75

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — Russi Taylor, the voice actress behind the famed Disney character Minnie Mouse, died Friday in Glendale, California, the Walt Disney Company confirmed. She was 75. Read More

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Russian cops arrest more than 1,000 in crackdown on opposition

MOSCOW -- Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent times against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin's tight grip on power. Read More

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Trump tells ‘brutal bully’ black critic from Baltimore to clean up ‘disgusting, rat and rodent infested’ district

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump hit out at a prominent African-American critic on Saturday, calling him a "brutal bully" who should concentrate on cleaning up his "disgusting, rat and rodent infested" Baltimore district rather than criticizing the work of U.S. immigration officers on the Mexican border. Read More

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Saturday, 27 July 2019

DON’T START A CONVERSATION OR PET THE DOGS: Meghan Markle, Prince Harry’s neighbours given strict rules

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Giants’ Golden Tate to appeal four-game PED ban for using fertility drug

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Capitals re-sign Chandler Stephenson to one-year deal, leaving team just over salary cap

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‘WE…FELL ON TOP OF THE HEADS OF OTHER PEOPLE’: S.Korean club floor collapses as foreign athletes dance; 2 locals killed

GWANGJU -- The upper deck of a nightclub collapsed on top of revellers in South Korea on Saturday, killing two people and injuring several foreign athletes competing at the World Aquatics Championships, rescue officials and witnesses said. Read More

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Seahawks’ Bobby Wagner becomes NFL’s richest inside linebacker: Reports

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Detroit Lions release Theo Riddick after six seasons

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Lil Wayne settles Drake royalties beef with Birdman

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‘SO SORE’: Alex Rodriguez needed a massage after Jennifer Lopez’s 50th birthday

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UNFOLLOWED: Kylie Jenner no longer Jordyn Woods’ fan on Instagram

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‘Aladdin’ blasts past US$1B mark at global box office

Will Smith’s Aladdin remake has become the actor’s first film to cross the US$1-billion mark at the global box office. Read More

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Woman dies en route to famed Magic Bus from ‘Into the Wild’ in Alaska

ANCHORAGE -- A Belarusian woman who was trying to hike to an abandoned bus at the edge of Denali National Park in Alaska made famous in the book and movie Into the Wild died after being swept away in a river, state troopers said on Friday. Read More

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Behind-the-scenes work on skills policy detailed in election-tinged documents

OTTAWA -- Top civil servants have been told that their departments don't know what the jobs of the future will look like and that employers' demands for skills will change more and more frequently in the years to come Read More

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U.S. students arrested in Italy in connection with cop’s murder

MILAN/ROME -- Italian military police Carabinieri have arrested two U.S. students in connection with the killing of a policeman in central Rome, they said on Saturday. Read More

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Hong Kong cops fire tear gas, rubber bullets in clash over banned march

HONG KONG -- Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets while protesters hurled rocks during clashes in a rural Hong Kong town on Saturday as several thousand activists gathered to protest an attack by suspected triad gang members at a train station last weekend. Read More

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B.C. player wins $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw

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Dog of Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner killed in ‘freak accident’

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Chloe Grace Moretz wins restraining order against alleged teen stalker

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Tow plane, glider collide in southern Alberta, killing 2

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Friday, 26 July 2019

Liberals make gains but Tories still lead: Poll

OTTAWA -- A new poll conducted for The Canadian Press seems to show the cloud of the SNC-Lavalin controversy is lifting for the federal Liberals, who now face a closer fight with the Conservatives less than three months to go until the election. Read More

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LG Display & SK Hynix Looking to Diversify Industiral Suppliers as Row with Japan Intensifies

South Korean electronics companies reaffirmed this week that production of computer memory and displays could be disrupted because of ongoing trade dispute between the country and Japan. Both SK Hynix and LG Display said that they were looking towards expanding the network of suppliers they use in acquiring three crucial materials required for product manufacturing.

Having started on July 4, Japanese producers must now get approval for individual exports of polyimides (used both for LCDs and OLEDs), photoresists, and high-purity hydrogen fluoride (used to make chips, such as LSI, DRAM and NAND devices) to South Korea. These export reviews may take up to three months, whereas South Korean producers usually only keep one to two months' worth of materials in stock because they are highly toxic and uneasy to store. Meanwhile, Japanese companies — JSR, Showa Denko (SDK), and Shin-Etsu Chemical — control 70% - 90% of the global supply of these chemicals, and if they cannot supply materials to their South Korean partners on time, production of 3D NAND, DRAM, LCDs, and OLEDs at LG, Samsung, and SK Hynix will be disrupted.

Polyimides, photoresists, and high-purity hydrogen fluoride are produced not only in Japan, but also in South Korea as well. However ramping up local production on short notice to satisfy the demand from the South Korean giants is pretty hard. Meanwhile, both LG Display and SK Hynix are looking towards other vendors simply because they have no other choice.

Speaking about the matter yesterday to investors and financial analysts, Jin-Seok Cha, the executive vice president and head of finance and procurement at SK Hynix, stated:

“We are trying to secure inventories of chip materials as much as possible ... but we cannot rule out production disruption if Japanese export controls drag on, so we are keeping a close eye on that.”

Executives from LG Display also confirmed earlier this week that the company intended to procure required chemicals from different suppliers

Switching suppliers of chemicals is an uneasy task, and it is also hard for producers to ramp up production quickly. Considering the vast production capacities that the South Korean chaebols run in the country and their requirements for supplies, it remains to be seen whether they can get enough to keep their plants running at full capacity.

Earlier this week South Korea failed to gain support from the World Trade Organization in its dispute with Japan. The latter plans to remove South Korea from the 'white list' of countries that have minimum trade restrictions, which will make life of Korean manufacturers even harder.

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Star orbiting massive black hole lends support to Einstein’s theory of general relativity

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Timothee Chalamet sports bowl cut to play King Henry V in Netflix drama

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Hurns signs one-year deal with Dolphins after being cut by Cowboys

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