Weekly Digest - 2020.12
Xbox Series X First impressions
Austin Evans had a chance to look at the Xbox Series X. His video gave us not only a fist look at the console, but the official specifications as well:
- Custom 8 core AMD Zen 2 CPU, clocked at 3.8GHz single thread, and up to 3.6GHz for sustained multithread load,
- Custom AMD RDNA GPU, 12TFLOPS, 52 CUs at 1.825GHz,
- 16GB (GDDR6) of RAM,
- 1TB NVME SSD,
- Expandable storage: 1TB expansion card,
- External Storage: USB HDD Support,
- 4K UHD Blue-Ray Drive,
- Dimensions: 301 x 151 x 151mm.
Video also clarified the naming convention:
- Xbox - is the name of the next generation of Microsoft consoles,
- Xbox Series X - is the name of the console.
Beside Evans' video, Microsoft also published their own clips:
Playstation 5 Specification
Sony (via Digital Foundry) revealed the full specification of the next console:
- Custom: 8-core AMD Zen 2 CUP clocked at 3.5GHz,
- Custom AMD RDNA GPU, 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz ,
- 16GB (GDDR6) of RAM,
- 825GB SSD,
- Expandable Storage: NVMe SSD Slot,
- External Storage: USB HDD Support,
- 4K UHD Blue-Ray Drive.
Apple revealed new products
Due to coronavirus, Apple Spring event never happened and Apple just update their website/store with new hardware.
- Display: 13.3-inch LED backlit (2560 x 1600px) with True Tone,
- CPU: from 10th generation 1.1GHz dual-core Intel Core i3 up to 1.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7,
- GPU: Intel Iris Plus Graphics, supports up to 1 external 6K display at 6016x3384px @60Hz,
- RAM: 8GB base, 16GB maximum
- Storage: 256GB base, 2TB maximum,
- Battery: up to 11 hours,
- Camera: 720p FaceTime HD,
- Keyboard: Magic keyboard with scissor mechanism 😁,
- Ports: Two Thunderbolt 3,
- Price: starting at $999.
New Mac mini
- CPU: from 3.6GHz quad-core 8th-generation Intel Core i3 processor up to 3.2GHz 6-core Intel Core i7,
- GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630, supports up to 1 external 5K display at 5120x2880px @60Hz,
- RAM: 8GB base, 64GB maximum
- Storage: 256GB base, 2TB maximum,
- Ports: Four Thunderbolt 3, Two USB 3 ports, HDMI 2.0 port Gigabit Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet) 3.5 mm headphone jack,
- Price: starting at $799.
- Display: 11-inch (2388 x 1668) or 12.9-inch (2732 x 2048) 120 Hz Liquid Retina Display with TrueTone
- CHIP: A12Z Bionic,
- RAM: 6GB,
- Storage: 128GB base, 1TB maximum,
- Battery: up to 10 hours,
- Camera: 12MP Wide camera, 10MP Ultra Wide camera, 7MP depth camera,
- Audio: 5 studio-quality microphones for calls, video recording, and audio recording,
- Sensors: LiDAR Scanner (depth sensor),
- Price: starting at $799 for 11'' model, and $999 for 12.9'' model.
Apple also announced a new keyboard for iPad with Trackpad:
- Full‑size, backlit keyboard with a scissor mechanism,
- Trackpad supports Multi‑Touch gestures and the cursor in iPadOS 13.4+,
- USB-C port for charging iPad Pro,
- Compatible iPad Pro 12.9‑inch (3rd and 4th generation) & iPad Pro 11‑inch (1st and 2nd generation).
Dope Links
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- How to Build a live markdown Editor with VueJS
- CSS / Vanilla JS Challenge | Re-create the Netflix Video Player
- Bootstrap 5 release date and what's new about it
- A set of over 300 free MIT-licensed high-quality SVG icons for you to use in your web projects
- I teamed up with a fellow redditor to try and make the best moon shot we could. Here is the result!
- How Much Toilet Paper?! - The Coronavirus Toilet Paper Calculator
Image credits: Microsoft
