WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:08.240 It's time for tech news. Hi tech news. 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:11.040 I'm dad. I just um Sorry, I'm still 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:15.440 working on the dad joke thing. You'll get there. Oh, so you thought 00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:20.880 AMD's Thread Rippers was already ripping threads as hard as it could. Well, guess 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:23.640 again, idiot. After much leaking, AMD 00:00:20.880 --> 00:00:27.519 has officially unveiled Threadripper Processors. Uh, but if you are looking 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:31.840 forward to upgrading your own ridiculously overpowered personal PC, 00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:37.360 bad news. They'll only be available in select pre-built workstations. The 00:00:34.120 --> 00:00:38.640 $4,600 Lenovo P620 is the only system 00:00:37.360 --> 00:00:41.840 featuring the chips that's announced right now. Although ASUS and Gigabyte 00:00:40.559 --> 00:00:45.280 are reportedly working on their own units. If your company does spring for 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:50.239 the new models, though, you can look forward to 27% higher performance than 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:54.559 Intel's best competitor, the Xeon Platinum 8280. So, if you've got one of 00:00:52.480 --> 00:00:59.760 those in your workstation, man, your threads are ripped. I feel sorry for 00:00:56.800 --> 00:01:04.000 you. That That's called Platinum 8280. That thing sucks, man. That's You're a 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:07.680 loser. You'd think that You'd think that ARM, the British company making chip 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:12.560 designs for Apple, Qualcomm, Samsung, and an unholy number of IoT devices, is 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:15.920 doing just fine. But apparently, they're not making good enough returns for the 00:01:14.080 --> 00:01:20.479 Japanese company that owns them. SoftBank is reportedly considering 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:24.240 selling off ARM or bringing it public at the same time that ARM is raising the 00:01:22.080 --> 00:01:29.280 licensing fees for its processor designs by as much as four times. According to 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:33.520 an ARM and a leg. Bam. Get them. According to some of the 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:36.560 company's customers, I expect them to also ask ARM employees why they're 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:39.600 taking lunch breaks and going home at 5 p.m. It's like they don't even care. It 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:43.840 could be that now that Apple has publicly announced its shift to ARMbased 00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:47.840 desktop processors, SoftBank thinks it has the leverage to get some extra moola 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:51.759 out of their investment. In any case, profits are only set to increase for ARM 00:01:49.759 --> 00:01:55.600 as a former head of Mac development has predicted that Microsoft basically has 00:01:53.520 --> 00:01:59.680 no choice but to ramp up development of its own high-end ARMbased solutions, 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:03.200 which is that's really bad news for Threadripper Pro. I mean, they just got 00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:07.520 announced and now it's going to be all ARM. It's going to be all ARM. Shouldn't 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:11.920 have skipped leg day, I guess. And we've talked about AMD and ARM. Now on to 00:02:09.679 --> 00:02:15.840 Intel, whose upcoming Alderlake desktop processors may feature the same hybrid 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:19.599 design seen in Intel's mobile focused Lakefield architecture. Lakefield's 00:02:17.920 --> 00:02:23.840 hybrid design refers to processors with assorted big cores meant for heavy tasks 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:27.120 and little more power efficient cores meant for lighter loads. And it's 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:31.920 Intel's attempt at fighting ARM's ongoing incursion into the desktop 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:35.440 market. But as I was just saying, if the rest of the world is transitioning to 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:38.239 ARM, Intel might be stuck dancing by themselves in the middle of the dance 00:02:36.720 --> 00:02:42.560 floor after everyone else has gone to the afterparty like a severed limb. 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:46.239 Regardless, we won't be seeing Alder Lake until after the launch of Intel's 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:49.440 11th gen processors. An announcement for which is apparently happening on 00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:53.120 September 2nd. So, Intel's got some time to rework their strategy if necessary. 00:02:51.760 --> 00:02:58.959 You're going to meet a lot of quickbits in this life. All of them delicious. 00:02:56.560 --> 00:03:03.680 British chip designer Graphcore, who sounds like the evil nemesis of ARM or 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:09.200 something, has unveiled the Colossus MK2, a massive server processor for AI 00:03:06.480 --> 00:03:13.840 applications, similar to NVIDIA's A100 machine they unveiled earlier this year. 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:20.959 A doomsday device. But while the A100 has 54 billion transistors, this guy has 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:24.800 59.4 billion, meaning it is now the world's largest processor. Now, it 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:29.360 remains to be seen whether NVIDIA's tech is actually more powerful. So, we're hoping to get it in the studio. Runs a 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:35.360 benchmark. You know, crisis, maybe. Graph core. It's Is that like nerd 00:03:31.040 --> 00:03:37.519 metal? Look at this graph. 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:40.959 A Windows server vulnerability named SIG Red has been discovered by Checkpoint 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:46.560 Research that has lain dormant in Windows DNS systems for 17 years. The 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:50.080 bug is wormable, meaning the infection in one machine could easily spread 00:03:48.239 --> 00:03:52.879 through an entire network. And these aren't the cool kind of worms that you 00:03:51.519 --> 00:03:56.400 can use to freak out the other kids in the class. You're such a weirdo. If 00:03:54.959 --> 00:04:00.080 you're running Windows Server, get the patch, which is available now. After 00:03:58.480 --> 00:04:05.280 initially agreeing to a limited roll out of Huawei networking equipment, the UK 00:04:02.720 --> 00:04:08.879 has now announced a ban on 5G gear built by the Chinese giant. American sanctions 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:12.720 on Huawei, which forced revisions of the company's supply chain, reportedly made 00:04:10.720 --> 00:04:16.560 it difficult for UK officials to certify the equipment safety. Huawei 4G 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:20.959 equipment will be kept in use, though, so don't worry. Papa she is still 00:04:18.479 --> 00:04:25.759 watching. He loves you very much. And honey, and he loves honey. Shop online. 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:29.600 Can't get enough. Apple has dodged a hefty fine after a 00:04:27.919 --> 00:04:33.840 European court ruled that the company's practice of routing funds through 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:38.560 Ireland to avoid paying taxes is perfectly legal. So Tim Apple, I guess, 00:04:36.080 --> 00:04:43.360 can still hop on over and cradle his pot of gold among the wide flowers. It's a 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:49.680 magical place, Ireland. I've never been, but I will be. When? What do you mean? 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:53.520 No, someday. And a lot of people think of robots as unfeilling machines, but 00:04:51.840 --> 00:05:00.160 Singaporean researchers have used Intel's neuromorphic chip 00:04:56.520 --> 00:05:03.280 ly loy to develop artificial skin for 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:06.400 robots that can detect touch 1,000 times 00:05:03.280 --> 00:05:08.639 faster than human skin. So, not only 00:05:06.400 --> 00:05:12.479 will robots be able to feel, they'll be able to feel way better than us, but it 00:05:11.280 --> 00:05:18.880 also means they'll be a thousand times more vulnerable to tickling. So, that's how we'll win when they rise up against 00:05:15.919 --> 00:05:22.960 us. Not today, robot. And I'm rising up against this episode continuing. It must 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:30.280 end. Come back on Friday for more tech news. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have 00:05:24.479 --> 00:05:30.280 to go nap. I'm so tired. I'm exhausted.