• I have the flu, so updates may be shorter than normal for a few more days.
  
  
• Intel's 10th-generation Cascade Lake high-end desktop CPUs are here - accidentally.  (AnandTech)
  
  The actual launch was planned for a week from now, but then all the details leaked out so Intel said what the hell and lifted the embargo.
  
  Some people were not impressed.
  
  
  
  These are mostly minor tweaks to the 9th generation parts, but with major tweaks to the pricing.  The new 18 core part costs less than the existing 10 core, bringing Intel's pricing in line with Threadripper list prices.
  
  I expect Thirdripper to thoroughly spoil the party when it arrives in November.
  
  
• AMD's Radeon 5500 is expected to arrive next week and to compete with the GTX 1660.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Looks like a slightly cut down 5600, which doesn't exist yet so I'm just guessing.
  
  
• Franz Kafka is alive and well and living in Delaware.  (TechDirt)
  
  Figures.
  
  
• The Surface Laptop 3 has a custom Ryzen 7 APU from the sound of things.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  The event is happening right now, so I'll see if I can find the full specs.
  
  
• Twitter fell over.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  It seems that they have a twisty maze of variations of their something went wrong message, all different.
  
  
• StackExchange gonna StackExchange.  (StackExchange)
  
  
• One journalist has had the Galaxy Fold for six days without destroying it.  (ZDNet)
  
  Apparently it's very well designed and robust except for the OLED panel itself, which disintegrates if someone says a bad word in its presence.
  
  

Posted by: Rick C at Thursday, October 03 2019 02:27 AM (Iwkd4)

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