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P30 Pro Teardown Proves Huawei's Flash Catch-up

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Periscope camera
Of all the units inside the P30 Pro, however, the biggest news is the periscope. Huawei placed a CMOS image sensor vertically and put a mirror angled at 45 degrees at the back to increase the optical path. This is the first time a 10x zoom – without any loss in quality -- has gone inside an actual smartphone, according to Elisabeth. He noted that at Mobile World Congress in 2018, Oppo showed a prototype 5X zoom, but never launched an actual product.

Asked who put together a module for the periscope camera, Elisabeth said that System Plus believes Sunny Optical Technology in China did it by using IP from Corephotonics in Israel.

Changes in RF partners?
One additional System Plus discovery was that Skyworks no longer seems to be Huawei’s main RF supplier. P30 Pro uses Qorvo’s mid/high-band front-end module (QM77031). Skyworks now supplies only a low-band front-end module (SKY78191). Previously Skyworks provided three separate front-end modules to meet the needs of three different bands.

In the following pages, we will share the teardown done by System Plus, revealing who got design wins for which slots.

NEVER FORGET & NEVER FORGIVE!!!! pic.twitter.com/VxrGFRFeJM

She showed her age, but that didn't stop me lusting after her. I walked around and around her, admiring her front end, admiring her rear end, and everything in between.

Old dude walks up, and asks, "You like what you see?" I ask, "What year is she?" "'77." That surprised me - she actually looked to be older than my '68 was.

So, 1977 Malibu Classic station wagon, 350 with a 750 carb, and a 350 Turbo 4 speed behind it. Something I've never seen before, were the fin windows in the BACK of the car. I've looked for images on the internet to link to here, and haven't found any back seat fin windows yet. OH! https://www.imcdb.org/i575959.jpg I'm pretty sure those are fin windows, at the rear of the back seat windows. Nice. What's missing in that image, is the chrome air scoop, that directs air from the roof of the car, down over the back window. It helped to keep dust from collecting on it. '68 Caprice image shows the air scoop nicely - http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/8OQAAOSwdvpWDdQx/$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F

All the while the old dude was telling me the specs on his '77, I was comparing it to my '68. I had a 327, with the (in)famous "3 speed slip slide" transmission, and a highway rearend. Nice pic here - http://smclassiccars.com/chevrolet/242061-1968-impala-station-wagon-6-passenger-chevy-chevrolet-patina-hot-rod.html

Most people look at these wagons, and think they are just ugly family cars. I looked at them, and saw beautiful working cars, adventure cars, and yes, even sport cars. Wagons usually had the same, or very similar, power trains as the sedan models they were built with. And, wagons usually only weighed a little more than the sedans. You could find some that were underpowered, but for the most part, they were more than adequately powered. In the case of the '68 Impala with the 327, it could run with the motorhead's hotrods. Couldn't beat them in the quarter, but given a longer run, it would pull alongside them. Somewhere around 1 mile, the Impala would smoke them all, because they all topped out starting around 70 mph, up to maybe 95 mph.

I said "adventure" cars? Two, three, four guys could easily toss camping, fishing, hunting gear in the back, and head out to the far horizons. Or, one guy could throw most of his possessions in there, and leave to never return.

Sedans are always cool, but wagons are even cooler. Does anyone here know how many GIRLS you can pack into a station wagon? A boatload, literally!

How many of you have fond memories of those old station wagons? Yesterday's equivalent of the SUV.

Nice work, nice hair, you're fired. Next!!!! foxnews.com/politics/trumps-homeland-security-shakeup-continues-with-acting-deputy-secretarys-abrupt-resignation

Nice try. You've done a great job of Secret Service over the last 2 years. And we are thankful for your 40 Plus years of service to the Country. But, you're TOTALLY INCOMPETENT. Look what happened with the Sexy Chinese Spy. With the alleged Spy. With Ms. Zhang. She comes to my club, she's bringing 2 Passports. 4 Cell Phones. Computer. Thumb drive. And "hard" drive. And she says she wants to go for a swim. Everybody knows, you don't swim with Passport. Because it will get very wet & messy. Ink bleeding everywhere. Very easy to catch that Spy. But your guys let Penis do the thinking. And it was my beautiful Receptionist who said, "oh guys, I think this is a Spy. And then your guys -- so useless -- did the Arrest. I saw what they did for J.F.K. (RIP!!). They drove him into a reign of Bullets, he was shot very badly. Brains falling out all over the place. And one of the Secret Service guys climbs onto the car from behind, he catches a piece of Brain. And he's like, "oh Mr. President, I think you dropped some Brain." Very sad and that's the type of job they're doing for me. Useless as tits on a boar. And you're the biggest tit, the Great Tit. BYE BYE!!!! foxnews.com/us/woman-arrested-at-mar-a-lago-had-cash-signal-detector-in-hotel-room-prosecutors-say foxnews.com/politics/us-secret-service-director-to-step-down-as-part-of-larger-dhs-leadership-shuffle

Dell’s New Precision 7000 Workstations: Dual Xeon, Triple RTX, 3 TB DDR4, 16 TB NVMe

Launching in May, the new Precision 7820 and Precision 7920 machines will be based on one or two Intel Xeon Scalable ‘Cascade Lake-SP’ CPUs thus offering up to 56 physical cores supporting AVX512_VNNI instructions advantageous for workloads that use neural networks, which is why Dell emphasizes AI (and VR) in its announcement. On the graphics and GPGPU side of things, the new Precision 7900-series machines will feature up to three NVIDIA Quadro RTX graphics cards (no word on GV100-based GPUs, but it is highly likely that they will be offered as an option too).

The most hardcore Precision 7920 configurations will be able to carry up to 3 TB of DDR4 DRAM, up to 16 TB of PCI/NVMe solid-state storage (i.e., several M.2 and/or U.2. drives, depending on the configuration), and up to 120/96 TB of storage space enabled by ten 3.5-inch hard drives (i.e., Dell has certified 12 TB HDDs with the new system). Obviously, the workstations will support all kinds of connectivity along with 5.25-inch FlexBays (enabling ODD(s) and/or additional I/O modules for special purposes).

And bye-bye. You can resign. Nice way to say, you're fired. We thank you for your heroic service. And we love the beautiful plaque on the Wall. On which your name will be forever memortalized along with mine -- mine's much bigger. So inspiring! youtu.be/DIdM6QinXZk

I broke the glass ceiling on women doing Homeland Protection. And I really thought a woman could be tough enough to save our Country from the Middle Eastern invaders. Sorry, the Crisis on our Southern Border desperately needs a man's touch. It needs a guy with the true Killer Instinct. I see that now. And I think everyone sees that now. I am pleased to announce that Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, will become Acting Secretary for my D.H.P., my Department of Homeland Protection. I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job! foxnews.com/politics/nielsen-resigns-dhs-secretary-after-white-house-meeting-with-trump

A US citizen wants to overthrow a US-backed government in Libya. Here's why

At the heart of this is Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, now leading the current move by forces from the east of the country towards the capital Tripoli. Haftar is, to be polite, the ultimate pragmatist. He supported Moammar Gadhafi in his 1969 coup, then found himself in Langley, Virginia in the 90s where he gained US citizenship, before returning to overthrow Gadhafi in the 2011 conflict. Since then, he has been one of many strongmen claiming pre-eminence in the nation's descent into disarray, based in the city of Benghazi and exerting most of his control in eastern Libya.

US pulls troops from Libya amid a surge in violence

The United States military pulled a contingent of its troops from Libya on Sunday amid a surge in violence in the capital city of Tripoli, America's top commander for Africa said.

"The security realities on the ground in Libya are growing increasingly complex and unpredictable," Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, head of US Africa Command, said Sunday in a statement. "Even with an adjustment of the force, we will continue to remain agile in support of existing US strategy."

The American forces, who provide military support for diplomatic missions, counterterrorism activities and improving regional security, have been relocated temporarily in response to "increased unrest."

More nutritious, better tasting, non-GMO ‘orange corn’ launches in US markets

But where is my goddamn 50 lb sack of Golden Rice?

We have a lady at work. Apparently a caucasian, with a little something extra thrown in, on the paternal side. She was always told that the something extra was "Native American". Not a bad looking lady, fairly smart, a little annoying sometimes, in that she's a dedicated "company man". Likeable, but not overly likeable. Typical sort of redneck woman, with a public school education.

The fact that this woman is married to a black man is relevant here. And, the fact that her daddy disapproved of the marriage is very relevant. White girls just DON'T marry black men in the south, of course.

She and her sisters wanted to find out more about their ancestry, so they sent off DNA samples to learn more about their ancestry. I guess one sister sent her sample to one company, another sister sent her sample to another, and the third sister used yet another service. Kind of a quality control check, there.

Results come back, and there is no hint that there is any Native American ancestry. However, there is a list of half dozen or more east African and central African tribes. Maybe an error? Possibly, but if so, why would all three sisters get same (actually, very similar, the lists of tribes weren't precisely the same) results from three different companies?

Sisters approach Daddy, and inform him of what they've learned. Daddy's reply, "I don't know what you're talking about."

I note that Daddy didn't outright deny the results, instead pleading ignorance. Funny, I think. Sounds like Daddy might have heard from Great Granny about some family scandal or something, but isn't ready to admit it.

No, I didn't inquire about the family's history during the slave days. I don't want to know the details, nor do I especially want to encourage a friendship with this woman. She is a rather annoying woman, remember. But, I find it amusing that a fine, upstanding member of the redneck community (the father, not the daughter who married a black man) has been found out as being part African. Gotta wonder if Daddy and/or any of his male relatives have been members of the KKK.

I also didn't inquire as to Daddy's relationship with his grandchildren. Can a bigoted redneck admit that he has half (or more than half) black grandchildren?

The woman in question can't exactly be avoided at work. I'm certain to hear more details in the coming weeks and months, whether I want to hear them or not.

Which suggests a question: How many Americans who claim to be "part Native American" are really "part former slave"? How about those who claim to be "part Hispanic"? How 'bout Pocahontas Warren?