Whatever it ends up being called, it seems highly likely that we'll get a new edition
of the Nintendo Switch sometime in 2021. The dockable handheld is still wildly popular,
but it hasn't gotten a real update since it launched back in 2017. Unless you count the
TV and compatible Switch late. So naturally, there are some features that gamers have long
been pining for. A big one is 4K support in docked mode. Even back in 2017, it was a little puzzling
that a brand new console didn't support 4K at all. And today, with even inexpensive TVs supporting
4K, it's nearly certain that a new Switch will render games at a handheld friendly resolution,
then scale the output to 4K using NVIDIA's impressive deep learning super sampling technology.
That's a mouthful. Additionally, it sounds like the upgraded Switch will feature an OLED display
similar to what you've seen on mid to high end smartphones for better color accuracy
and clearer gaming on the go. This last one is purely speculative, but hopefully a sturdier
redesign of the Joy-Con controllers in the works as well. Far too many Switch owners have
reported issues with the Joy-Con drift. Our second entry is one that could help keep your
new Switch and other expensive electronics safe when you're out of the house. Officially called the
Always Home Cam, Ring's camera equipped mini drone is designed for use indoors rather than
outside like most other drones. The idea is that you set paths for it to follow and the drone
will regularly patrol your home with no input from the user. The drone is designed to be
intentionally audible so that in the event someone breaks into your home, the noise will serve as a
deterrent if your home alarm already hasn't been triggered. Which all sounds pretty neat,
but what does it cost? In dollars, $249. Not bad. In your privacy, well, if Ring's parent company
Amazon is already listening to everything you say, what difference does it make if they can see it
Here's something I want to see though. Samsung is a familiar name in high-quality TVs,
but their ink country rival LG has been a step ahead in recent years thanks to their use of OLED
panels on their top-tier models. Samsung is ready to strike back, however, with MicroLED,
an all-new type of panel that delivers OLED-level inky blacks with better brightness and without
the downsides. You see, the O in OLED stands for organic, and these organic materials can degrade
over time, putting your fancy new TV at risk of image burning. This is particularly problematic
for people who often play games with static display elements like health bars or speedometers.
MicroLED will still lose some brightness over time, but theoretically it should offer superior
longevity. The bad news, however, is the steep early adopter tax. Currently, MicroLEDs are very
complex and expensive to produce, meaning you can expect prices to be from the high five figures
all the way to around 150 grand, depending on size. Oof, I really hope Linus doesn't hear about
these. Thankfully, our next product will be far less expensive, assuming the scalpers don't get
to it. Intel is finally getting close to a large-scale release of their first discrete
graphics product for gamers, the Xe HPG GPU. According to leaks, we can expect performance
comparable to a GeForce RTX 3060 or a Radeon RX 6700 XT, which would have Intel competing in the
enthusiast segment of the market for the first time ever. Now, before you get too excited though,
it looks like this year's Xe HPG parts will be restricted to laptops, with desktop versions
showing up sometime in 2022. An interesting side note is that while Intel has its own chip-making
fabs, TeamBlue is reportedly using contract chip maker TSMC to fabricate these new products. That
means they're stuck in the same manufacturing queue as competitors AMD and NVIDIA, which might
explain the slow timing for the rollout. Finally, we've got another entry from Intel,
Alder Lake processors. By this point, you're probably burnt out of all the lake variations of
Intel CPUs that seem to offer only modest performance gains, except when they don't,
but Alder Lake is fundamentally different in a few ways. Alder Lake is a hybrid CPU that incorporates
both high performance cores and power saving cores on the same CPU package. This is similar to what
we've seen in ARM chips for a number of years now, and it's a big part of the reason that your
smartphone can save battery when you're browsing the web, but kick it up into high gear when you're
touching up your selfies or playing a game. This kind of efficiency improvement is mostly geared
towards helping laptop users, but what this will help the rest of you is that Intel is finally
moving to their many times delayed 10 nanometer process on their desktop. Additionally, Intel
will be using its new Super Fin Transistors, a variation on standard FinFET that allows for
better power flow and faster performance, so hopefully the gains will be larger than we've
seen in recent years. And Alder Lake should also feature support for DDR5 and PCI Express 5.0,
so it could be an interesting platform if you're looking to get ahead of the curve with the rest
of your system. Of course, that's not all the new tech coming out this year. We didn't even mention
hot upcoming mobile devices like the Pixel 6, so if there's something you're looking forward to
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