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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 6, 2013

How well does the XBox One do against sidechannel crypto attacks?

SemiAccurate asked around and got some surprising answers

Security is said to be a fundamental feature of the PS4 and XBox one so how well do they do against sidechannel attacks?
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Charlie Demerjian
Oct 18, 2013
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Sony takes a radically different approach to the PS4 lifecycle

The old way is not the new way this time around

Even before the Playstation 4 is out there are credible rumors about it’s replacement that suggest Sony is going down a radically different path this time.
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Charlie Demerjian
Oct 2, 2013
2

Intel labels Ultrabooks a “Failure”

Officially they have come around to our point of view

In an absolute shock Intel has deemed the Ultrabook a failure and canceled it according to documents seen by SemiAccurate.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 23, 2013

Hynix shows off bleeding edge 3D NAND, TSV based DDR3, and HBM modules

IDF 2013: If you want the goodies, Hynix had more than their fair share

SKHynix had lots and lots of memory goodies at IDF including some vertical/3D NAND flash, LPDDR3, and HBM modules.
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Intel - logo
Charlie Demerjian
Sep 18, 2013
1

Intel proves once and for all that PCs are not coming back

IDF 2013: Rant – Dead and gone because that is what Intel wants for some reason

I went to IDF this year hoping to find a reason that PCs weren’t doomed and came away knowing all key players are actively making things worse.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 16, 2013

Viking makes a DIMM that can back itself up

IDF 2013: SAS form factor DIMMs, flash backed DIMMs and other goodies

Sometimes the coolest things you find are in places you don’t expect like Viking’s SASDIMM and NVDIMM at IDF.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 12, 2013

Western Digital outs a mystery NVMe SSD

IDF 2013: Not Stec, this one is internal

Western Digital was showing off a surprise product at IDF, an NVMe SSD so new it doesn’t have a name yet.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 11, 2013

Sandisk shows off NVMe+SAS SFF8639 drives

IDF 2013: One drive, one connector, two fast interfaces

Sandisk was showing off a new SAS drive connector, the NVMe + SAS SFF8639.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 4, 2013

Adaptec releases five new 8-Series SAS12 RAID cards

New card, new speeds, and a new software paradigm

Adaptec is putting out a series of SAS12 cards today and adding a few features as well.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 3, 2013

XBox One’s sound block is much more than audio

Hot Chips 25: Think DSP and Kinnect co-Processor more than beeps

This story is the third part of SemiAccurate’s look at the XBox One’s architecture as presented at the Hot Chips 25 conference.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 2, 2013

Qualcomm has a watch too

Shhh… It’s still a *YAWN* secret

The nice thing about being ignored by Qualcomm is that you are not embargoed by Qualcomm and that means no handcuffs.
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Charlie Demerjian
Aug 29, 2013

A deep dive into Microsoft’s XBox One’s architecture

Hot Chips 25: The system, CPUs, and main memory under the microscope

Microsoft gave a talk about the XBox One architecture at Hot Chips 25 and while they shed light on lots of the architecture there was a fair bit left out.
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Charlie Demerjian
Aug 13, 2013
2

LSI adds more error correction and space to SSDs

Sandforce adds a working Shield and DVS to controllers

LSI is talking about two new technologies in their Sandforce controllers that deal with space and error correction.
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Charlie Demerjian
Aug 5, 2013

Spectec shows off 14-band LTE modem

Computex 2013: Generic LTE and Wi-Fi microSD too

There were two really interesting devices on display at the Spectec booth at Computex, one was unusual the other was a portent.
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Charlie Demerjian
Aug 1, 2013

Adata has the first NVMe 2.5″ SSD and unique materials too

Computex 2013: From flash to DDR4, Adata has almost everything

Adata had a bunch of cool things at Computex including some that were based on emerging standards too.
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