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Exclusive: Next Generation AMD Mobility 7nm CPUs Landing In Q1 2020, Will Bring AMD Gaming Laptops Price Down To $699

So here is what AMD has planned next: An AMD gaming laptop, equipped with a Ryzen 5 CPU, complete with discrete graphics, starting from $699. While I do not have confirmation of the exact specification, I do know this pricing is being based on a 7nm Ryzen part with 6-cores along with a dGPU (the Radeon RX 5300M/5500M potentially) and will go up against the Intel Core i5-8265U + GTX 1050 setup. This represents a serious level of gaming performance in the mobility segment and the GTX 1050 could be called the starting point of a true gaming laptop. That said, AMD is clearly pursuing the thin, light and fast ideology while offering good gaming performance.

Interesting, but still skippable. I want to see 8 cores (matching consoles), AV1 decoding (unclear what kind of GPU or version of Video Core Next will be used), and at least 1 GiB of L4 cache (compare to the just cancelled Core i7-8809G which has 4 GiB of HBM on the same package as the CPU and "discrete" AMD GPU).

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two key subjects in House Democrats' impeachment inquiry who worked with Rudy Giuliani in an effort to gather damaging information about Joe Biden, have been arrested, a spokesperson for the US attorney's office in Manhattan confirmed Thursday morning.

The two men were charged with conspiring to get around federal laws that prohibit foreign nationals from contributing to US campaigns, according to the indictment, which was first published by the New York Times. They're accused of entering into "secret agreements" to hide the scheme from candidates and federal regulators, laundering foreign money into the campaigns through various corporate identities, and using "straw donors" to make the contributions.

Two Men Who Worked With Rudy Giuliani To Dig Up Dirt On Biden Have Been Arrested

Two Giuliani associates linked to Ukraine investigations indicted on campaign finance charges

2 Giuliani Associates Linked to Ukraine Scandal Arrested for Violating Campaign Finance Rules

A new book-length study on the tax burden of the ultrarich begins with a startling finding: In 2018, for the first time in history, America’s richest billionaires paid a lower effective tax rate than the working class.

“The Triumph of Injustice,” by economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman of the University of California at Berkeley, presents a first-of-its kind analysis of Americans’ effective tax rates since the 1960s. It finds that in 2018 the average effective tax rate paid by the richest 400 families in the country was 23 percent, a full percentage point lower than the 24.2 percent rate paid by the bottom half of American households.

In 1980, by contrast, the 400 richest had an effective tax rate of 47 percent. In 1960, that rate was as high as 56 percent. The effective tax rate paid by the bottom 50 percent, by contrast, has changed little over time.

The analysis differs from many other published estimates of tax burdens by encompassing the totality of taxes Americans pay: not just federal income taxes but also corporate taxes, as well as taxes paid at the state and local levels. It also includes the burden of about $250 billion of what Saez and Zucman call “indirect taxes,” such as licenses for motor vehicles and businesses.

For the first time in history, U.S. billionaires paid a lower tax rate than the working class last year

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Here's hoping Bill Barr meets the same fate, at the very least... We have them for obstruction. Expect some sweet plea deals...

And for the umpteenth time, "I am NOT running!"

Edit:

Here's another one that should have been locked up already. What's the hold up?

Classical music, for true geeks only.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ilhlWVO_00

Prez greenlights Turkish invasion of Syria

Part of a real estate deal apparently

So... Who's gonna stop him?

Each day is more tragic than the previous

Your clown show kills...

This "capsule" Scotch whisky doesn't require a glass

Glenlivet's Tide Pod-like booze capsules have captivated social media

For the ultimate meal, you need the ultimate beverage.

If they were candidates, they would completely divest themselves of all party affiliation, and run as candidates for President.

And instead of wasting their time trying to convince democrat and republican voters to change their votes or anything, they have to chase after the 120-150 million people that don't vote. Both are already popular amongst the disenfranchised, just ignore the republicans and democrats. They're outnumbered! Put that on the bumper sticker and there's a chance. Won't hurt to do Monty Python sketches on the impeachment theater and show pictures of the Chinese military build up either. (Whoops! There goes Korea)

A Bernie/Tulsi ticket is a perfectly acceptable compromise. We have a nice healthy VP for insurance, ready to take command when he kicks... The numbers are there if people take their own initiative to put them on the ballot, and just show up and vote. Nobody has to say anything to the press or anything.. Mum's the word until Voting Day. No ads are necessary. Instead of making speeches and begging for money, the candidates will answer questions when they travel around. If everybody takes their own initiative, the effort is completely trivial, and instantaneous, kinda, there are forms to fill out. But if everybody gets up off the Group W bench and sings just one time, in three part harmony... Ya gotta sing loud

Life on the "I'm not running" campaign trail

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16 Core CPU Overclocked and Benchmarked at 4.4 GHz – 4.3 GHz Stated As Sweet-Spot, Outperforms The 24 Core Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Ryzen 9 and Threadripper

3950X = 16 cores, 3.5 GHz base, 4.7 GHz turbo, 105W TDP
2970WX = 24 cores, 3 GHz base, 4.2 GHz turbo, 250W TDP
2990WX = 32 cores, 3 GHz base, 4.2 GHz turbo, 250W TDP

Unnamed 32-core Threadripper 3 CPU could be between 30% and 70% faster than the 32-core 2990WX. The unnamed 24-core Threadripper 3 CPU could beat/match 2990WX. That's probably important if 24-core TR3 launches months earlier than 32-core TR3. 24-core TR3 will likely be the cheapest chip with the fewest cores of that lineup (no new 16-core Threadrippers anymore), and could beat the top TR2 chip.

This could be accounted for by a 20% base clock increase, ~18% IPC increase, better AVX2 support, etc. The performance of Threadripper 3 may be significantly improved by better memory bandwidth (half the cores were constrained previously) and new motherboards supporting 8-channel memory, etc.

Expect a 48-core TR3, and maybe 64-core eventually.

AMD EPYC Genoa ‘Zen 4’ CPUs To Feature New Memory, New Socket ‘SP5 Platform’ & New Capabilities – EPYC Milan ‘Zen 3’ To Retain 64 Cores, PCIe 4, DDR4 & Socket Compatibility

Looks like Zen 3 improvements could be relatively minor, and no 3-4 way SMT. Nothing is mentioned about HBM on-chip L4 cache. That is the big improvement I would wait for.

AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Tested: Unreleased 65W Processor Sets World Records

12-core drops down from 105W TDP, and will presumably launch at $450 or less instead of $500 for 3900X.

I offer exactly what you already know, and I get nothing but ingratitude.

Well fine, here's the next best thing... After that, you're on your own...