This is India’s biggest win in their Asian Cup history and their first win in the tournament after 55 years.
Sunil Chhetri’s penalty (27′) gave India the lead before Thailand hit back through Teerasil Dangda (33′). However, India turned on the charm in the second half with another strike from Chhetri (46′) and goals from Thapa (68′) and Jeje (80′) sealed the result and sent India to the top of Group A. Stephen Constantine opted to hand Ashique Kuruniyan a start alongside Sunil Chhetri in attack.
It was India who took the lead against the run of play. Kuruniyan made a swashbuckling run down the left and his effort came off the goalkeeper Budrom but ricocheted off Bunmathan’s hand which saw the referee award India a spot-kick. Chhetri stepped up and sent the custodian the wrong way to make it 1-0 for Constantine’s side.
Thailand quickly equalized in the 33rd minute. Bunmathan’s free-kick from the left saw an unmarked Dangda head the ball home.
The Blue Tigers bounced back in style immediately after the break. Songkrasin lost the ball and Thapa initiated the counterattack , finding Udanta Singh down the right who made a blazing run and crossed for Kuruniyan. The Kerala winger back-heeled it for the onrushing Chhetri whose first time shot sailed into the back of the net.
India scored their third goal in the 68th minute through Anirudh Thapa. The midfielder once again kick-started the move before Chhetri released Udanta. The right winger was closed down by Wiriyadomsiri as he found an unmarked Thapa who coolly chipped it into the far corner.
India rubbed further salt to Thailand’s misery when Narzary sent a ball for Jeje and the Mizoram striker chipped the ball into the back of the net from the edge of the area.
India completed a convincing 4-1 win over Thailand. A historic night for the Blue Tigers as they win their first Asian Cup match since 1964 India simply could not have asked for a better start. 3 important points in the bag. Even if they draw their next two matches, India will go through to the knockout rounds. They will now face UAE followed by Bahrain in the Asian Cup.
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With Monaco rumoured to be signing him, Cesc Fabregas is likely to have played his last game for Chelsea as the Blues beat Nottingham Forest 2-0.
Alvaro Morata scored a brace to help holders Chelsea into the FA Cup fourth round with a 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest as Cesc Fabregas missed a penalty in what appears to be his final game for the club.
Fabregas was given a standing ovation as he was replaced by N’Golo Kante and left the field in the 85th minute. The Chelsea faithful rised to acknowledge a man who helped the club to two Premier League titles in a trophy-laden four-and-a-half years at the club. Fabregas returned to the pitch after the full-time whistle and was visibly emotional as he paid tribute to the Chelsea fans.
Reports have indicated the 31-year-old will hold talks with Ligue 1 strugglers Monaco on Sunday ahead of a reunion with former Arsenal team-mate Thierry Henry, who took over as head coach in October.
Cesc Fabregas believes his technical quality has never abated even if he has begun to lose sharpness. “It is always something that I have had, and it feels like growing up and getting older, it is one of those things that really does never go away because it is technique.” he told Chelsea’s website. “Physicality goes away from all of us unfortunately when you get older, you lose speed, you lose some sharpness, but technique I think is something that always stays with you when you have something, so hopefully it can stay with me for a very long time yet.”
“With the penalty, when I stopped in the middle of my run, I saw the goalkeeper going down and I thought that I had it, so yes, it is unfortunate but the day I did 100 caps for Spain I also missed a penalty!”
“It feels like it was last week I started playing professionally and now it is over 15 years. It is a long time but for the young players when they start playing, my little advice is to enjoy it every single second because it goes so fast. In football you have to be ready every three days, you have to live with criticism, you have to live with everyone saying how good you are – up and downs – and you just think I am young, I have time but time really does fly, so enjoy every single second of it.” Fabregas said.
Fabregas joined Chelsea in June 2014 in a €33million transfer from Barcelona. The Spaniard has won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and an EFL Cup after arriving at Stamford Bridge. He has played 198 games for Chelsea and has scored 22 goals and provided 55 assists. Fabregas bid farewell to English football, after a combined 12 and a half years, first at Arsenal and then Chelsea, either side of his three-year spell at Barcelona.
“He’s played for Spain in the era when they won everything and he held his own with the likes of Xavi and [Andres] Iniesta. He’s going to go down as one of best midfielders ever.” Rose Barkley said.
Eden Hazard added “In five years, I can say that I was lucky to play with him. Since the beginning, when he came, we saw with the first year we won the double together. A top guy on the pitch, off the pitch, great friend of mine, not just admiration. I hope he will have a good future. He’s a bit old now, but he’s still very good and he will enjoy.”
If he joins Monaco as expected, Fabregas will reunite with his former Arsenal team-mate Thierry Henry, who is trying to guide the club out of the relegation zone in Ligue 1.
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There are so many numbers of Super Computers spread in almost every country in the World. The maximum number of Super Computers are owned by the United States and China. Both have 171 numbers of systems. Our India own 5 best Super Computers among them the fastest one holds 45th position in the top 500 list. The next one also belongs within the top 100 list.
Super Computers got their rank as per the performance, this is obvious. The performance is measured by Rmax and Rpeak value where Rmax denotes the maximum performance achieved by the computer and Rpeak denotes its theoretical maximum performance.
The top five supercomputers of India are Pratyush, Mihir, InC1 – Lenovo C1040, SERC, and iDataPlex DX360M4.
Pratyush [Cray XC40*]
Owner -> Indin Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Total Number of Cores -> 119232
Rmax -> 3763.9 TFolp/s
Rpeak -> 4006.2 TFlop/s
Processor -> Intel Xeon Broadwell E5-2695 v4 18-core processors with a clock speed of 2.1GHz
Rank -> 45th
Mihir [Cray XC40*]
Owner -> National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
Total Number of Cores -> 83592
Rmax -> 2570.4 TFolp/s
Rpeak -> 2808.7 TFlop/s
Processor -> Intel Xeon Broadwell E5-2695 v4 18-core processors with a clock speed of 2.1GHz (Same as Pratyush)
Rank -> 73rd
InC1
Owner -> A Software Company
Total Number of Cores -> 83400
Rmax -> 1123.15 TFolp/s
Rpeak -> 1413.12 TFlop/s
Processor -> Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 20-core processors with a clock speed of 2.3GHz
Rank -> 337th
SERC [Cray XC40*]
Owner -> Indian Institute of Science
Total Number of Cores -> 31104
Rmax -> 901.506 TFolp/s
Rpeak -> 1244.16 TFlop/s
Processor -> Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 12-core processors with a clock speed of 2.5GHz
Rank -> 488th
iDataPlex
Owner -> Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Total Number of Cores -> 38016
Rmax -> 719.22 TFolp/s
Rpeak -> 790.733 TFlop/s
Processor -> Intel Xeon E5-2670 8-core processors with a clock speed of 2.6GHz
Rank -> 500+
*Cray XC40
Three out of Five Super Computers of India are Cray XC40. Cray is one of the reputed supercomputer manufacturing companies. XC is a series and 40 is a particular model or combination. There are also XC30 and XC50. These all are massively parallel multiprocessing supercomputers. XC40 consists of Intel Haswell Xeon Processor stored in an air-cooled or liquid-cooled cabinet.
Rather than India Australia, Germany, Finland, Japan, United States, and so many states also have Cray Super Computers.
Hope this all pieces of information will helpful to you.
Mi Mix 3 with a powerful magnetic slider and many more features to get excited about.
Another stunner from Xiaomi, the Mi Mix 3 is an absolute show stopper. It was announced last year on October and now it is available via VMall in China. This stunning device is yet to be launched in the Indian market. This device comes with a powerful magnetic slider which hides the camera under the screen giving a full view experience all over. Have a look at the stunning colours of this device.
Sapphire blue | Black | Emerald
This device has the flagship chipset of 2018 from Qualcomm Snapdragon, the Snapdragon 845 AIE. Mi claims this device is 5G ready, which means when 5G network is available users will get the advantage of using it right away.
Now lets see what are the key specifications of Mi Mix 3.
Specifications :
Display: 6.39″ Samsung AMOLED Screen | Full view display | 93.4% ultra-high screen ratio
Camera : Front 24MP+2MP | Rear 12MP+12MP
RAM : 6GB | 8GB | 10GB
ROM : 128GB | 256GB
Operating System : MIUI 10 | Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor Chipset : Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 AIE
GPU : Adreno 630 upto 710MHz
Battery : 3200mAh
Charging : Wired charging support QC 4.0+ fast charge | Standard 18W QC3.0 charger & bonus 10W wireless charger
Display :
Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 has a 6.39″ Samsung AMOLED Screen with an aspect ratio of 19.5: 9 full-screen display.
The device has 2340 x 1080 FHD+ display, 403 PPI, 60000 : 1 Contrast (min), NTSC 103.8% (typ). It also supports AOD information display, supports sunlight screen, supports night light screen, supports eye protection mode, supports stepless color temperature adjustment, supports standard mode, brightness 430nit (TYP), 600nit (HBM) and supports HDR display.
Cameras :
Mi Mix 3 has AI double shot cameras. At the front, it has 24MP, SONY IMX576, 4 in 1, 1.8μm Large pixel and a 2MP, OV02A10, 1.75μm Large pixel. At the rear, it has 12MP, SONY IMX363, 1.4μm large pixel, f/1.8 large aperture, 2PD dual-core focus, and a 12MP, SAMSUNG S5K3M3+, 1.0μm pixels dual camera setup with a bright let flash.
To know about the video features in detail have a look in the table.
4K video capture
60fps / 30fps
1080P video capture
60fps / 30fps
720P video capture
30fps
1080P slow motion shooting
120fps / 240fps / 960fps
720P slow motion shooting
120fps / 240fps / 960fps
From the above mentioned details we can be pretty sure that those cameras can shoot both pictures and videos pretty good. Loaded with camera functionalities on both sides Mi Mix 3 is going to be another shooting expert.
Performance and Storage :
Mix 3 comes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 AIE and Adreno 630 GPU, where both are a powerful combination in case of delivering performance. Both are designed to give high end performances at its best. With such a huge screen the performances can be tested with some high end games played on this device. The chipset itself is designed for low battery consumption and more performance delivering purpose, which helps in long-lasting of the device.
Storage capacities of the Mix 3 are,
6GB + 128GB version (black) 8GB + 128GB version (black, sapphire blue, emerald color) 8GB + 256GB version (black) 10GB + 256GB version (Forbidden Palace special edition) all standard LPDDR4x dual channel large memory and UFS 2.1 machine Body capacity
Battery and Charging :
Mi Mix 3 is powered with a 3200mAh(typ) battery. It has a wired charging support QC 4.0+ fast charge, a USB Type-C double-sided charging interface, a built-in battery with free replacement criterion and a standard 18W QC3.0 charger & bonus 10W wireless charger.
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Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was recently in the United Arab Emirates to collect his record fifth Best Player of the Year prize at the Globe Soccer Awards.
Cristiano Ronaldo beat Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann and Paris Saint-Germain sensation Kylian Mbappe to the award.
The 33-year-old has now been crowned the winner of the accolade, setting a record having achieved this feat on five occasions. It marked the third consecutive year Ronaldo was crowned the award’s best player, and fifth in total since 2011.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner also received the Fans’ Award at the ceremony in the United Arab Emirates.
“What better way to start the new year. Thanks for the appreciation and the care that I have received today,” Ronaldo wrote in an Instagram post as he shared a photo of the award alongside Jorge Mendes, who was named Agent of the Year.
Ronaldo enjoyed another remarkable calendar year, in which he won his fifth UEFA Champions League title with former club Real Madrid. Ronaldo has made a seamless transition from Real Madrid to Juventus following his sensational €112million transfer in the off-season. He has scored a league-high 14 Serie A goals to help Italian champions Juventus sit nine points clear atop the table.
The striker also won the Best Goal of 2018 Award for his bicycle-kick in the UEFA Champions League last season. Atletico Madrid, meanwhile, were named Best Club of the Year and World Cup-winning France boss Didier Deschamps took out the Best Coach. Juventus’s Blaise Matuidi and Brazil great Ronaldo were also among the recipients.
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Microsoft’s new Surface Go is available in India at just Rs.37,999 but is it worth buying over your everyday use laptop?
The Surface series by Microsoft has been quite successful from their point of view, and Microsoft is trying to expand its portfolio by implementing new devices.
The new Surface Go which was unveiled in 2018 has significantly attracted people a lot. In India, this device has landed last month and lots of speculations have already started due to the price of Rs.37,999.
Now, people may get crazy about this one but to be honest, “a high-end notebook in India” – does it make any sense? Also, who should actually buy this device?
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To make your doubts clear and pave a way to find what you should actually buy for your work, we have undoubtedly written this dediacted post.
Why did Microsoft make the Surface Go?
The answer to this question is very simple, as we know Surface products seems a lot more expensive and premium. So, to make something like the iPad but fuse in some compute abilities seems what Microsoft has tried to do with the Microsoft Go.
Also this is a break to company’s high-end laptops and people who are on budget can find this much more pleasing. This one originally costs around $399 in US and costs for Rs.37,999 in India, which is not at all in budget segment.
Specs:
The Surface Go packs a 10-inch HD LED Backlit PixelSense Display and has a kickstand integrated on to it. Surface Go’s design is quite similar to Surface Pro and bears a slim & elegant look.
Though it might have a small 10-inch display bears a resolution of 1800×1200 pixels, and the form factor makes it easier to carry it everywhere. The screen seems protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
The Surface Go is powered by the Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y fanless processor. It is a 2 core, 4 thread Kaby Lake chip that’s clocked at 1.6 GHz. It has 2MB of cache memory and has integrated Intel HD 615 graphics.
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The base variant is equipped with 4GB RAM and 64GB eMMC on the other hand, the other variant has up to 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD storage. You also get the USB Type-C port for multi-purpose activity.
Microsoft claims an estimated battery life of about 9 hours. The Surface Go has both the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth options. It also equipped with 2 x 2 W Stereo Speakers with Dolby Audio Premium support.
Also, the Surface Go has a 5 MP Front Camera and an 8 MP Autofocus Rear Camera. For security, we have a TPM 2.0 security chip and Windows Hello Face Sign-in options.
Price
The base variant of the Microsoft Surface Go with 4GB RAM and 64GB eMMC will cost you Rs.37,999. The other variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD will cost you Rs.49,999.
Additionally, if you are going opt-in for the Surface Go Type Cover that has the keyboard, it will cost Rs.8,699 or for the Surface Go Signature Type Cover for Rs.11,799.
But the Flipkart combo offer with the Surface costs the Type Cover with Keyboard costs only Rs.4,697. Now, if you go for the Surface Pen, then it will cost you another Rs.8,990.
Why and who should buy?
As the name suggests, this Microsoft Go is ideal only for keeping it as an alternative for high-end users. But for those who need an everyday laptop for doing all kinds of heavy task on it, the Surface Go makes no sense.
It has only a 10-inch screen which is not great to do developing, editing and stuff. Well, writer or graphic illustrators can take advantage of this if the Type Cover is used along with the Surface Pen.
Being a dual-core processor, you cannot expect to perform amazing, but yes for daily task its good. For entertainment, the immersive screen with the comfortable hinge is good and coupled with stereo speakers it is a rightful choice for those who are seeking a tablet kind of thing.
The advantage of using the Microsoft Surface Go is that it’s powerful, beautiful and handy, its 0.52 kg weight makes it an ideal choice to carry around. For showing presentations, writing quick notes, watching movies this is an ideal choice.
But you should remember if you are a regular laptop user, this is not for you. This is an ideal second laptop and if you are prepared to spend Rs.42,696 along with keyboard & cover. And if you go with the Surface Pen then it will cost a total of around Rs.50k for the base variant.
After investing soo much it does not make any sense to buy it in a country like India. But if you need a second laptop just to carry and work casually on it then this might be the perfect choice for you. For students and child, this can be another good choice for parents to offer.
The Surface Go stands somewhat between the iPad and iPad Pro but does give that much battery life and productivity as much as the iPads give. But to be honest its a great product, somewhat futuristic but in India, it costs too much for an average customer to own it as a secondary laptop.
If you are ready to own the Surface Go here are the links to it:
Indian skipper won the toss and elected to bat first. Kl Rahul got a chance to play in the 4th test match in place of Rohit Sharma. Kohli reckoned that the pitch would get increasingly difficult for the batsmen as the match goes on and batting first was the best option. India is playing with 2 spinners Jadeja and Kuldeep and 2 pacers shami and Bumrah.
Cheteshwar Pujara’s unbeaten 130 and Mayank Agarwal’s 77 gave India a strong start in the fourth Test as they chase a historic series win.
Kl Rahul got out in the 2nd over giving an easy catch to Shaun Marsh. Pujara then came in and stood like a pillar infront of Australian bowlers. He and Agarwal ensured that Australia got only one wicket in that session.
India were 177/2 at tea after winning the toss and electing to bat first in Sydney. Opener Mayank Agarwal scored 77, which is his second half-century of the series. Agarwal was dismissed and rightly looked livid with himself for that. The partnership between him and Pujara was worth 116 runs.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored his 18 th test 100. It is his 3rd century in the series. He is still at the crease playing at 130. 4 wickets were down at the end of day 1. Kohli got out for 23 and Rahane for 18. The visitors lead the four-Test series 2-1 and are on the verge of creating history by winning a maiden Test series in Australia.
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Chinese giant Xiaomi is planning to make ‘Redmi’ as a sub-brand of it and planning to manufacture separate smartphones for its consumers
Xiaomi is well known for its bunch of products and yes for its smartphones and smart devices. Xiaomi has been ruling China and India already and also doing a great job significantly all over the world.
Xiaomi is well known to use the ‘Redmi’ variant of its products which most likely focus on the budget segment of smartphones. Redmi products are a huge hit when it comes to a budget-centric country like India.
Sometimes people get confused about Mi products and Redmi ones, but most of the products are great ones, to be honest. Now, to make things simpler and futuristic, Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun has confirmed that ‘Redmi’ and ‘Xiaomi’ will get separated for mutual benefit.
We know that Redmi smartphone series is the most popular ones by Xiaomi as they are budget-centric, on the other hand, Mi smartphones provide top-notch smartphones at some legitimate price point.
So, separating each other’s way of making products can help both them to bring some more quality in their smartphones in future. Now, Xiaomi being the parent will have both Redmi and Poco to be their sub-brands.
Mi smartphones will focus on premium end devices
Redmi smartphones will be budget-centric and for wider audiences
Poco will somewhat be for those who want ‘affordable premium smartphones’
On the other hand, Xiaomi has already announced that its current sub-brand will launch a new device in Bejing, China on the 10th of January 2019. In that event, Xiaomi will officially reveal Redmi to be its sub-brand.
As Xiaomi leaks say that the device will most likely be the Redmi 7 or Redmi Pro 2. The thing that has got confirmed that the device will bear a 48MP camera most likely with the Sony IMX 586 sensor which is seen in the new Honor View 20.
Borussia Dortmund have confirmed that Christian Pulisic will join Chelsea for €64m (£58m), with the United States forward to be loaned back to the Bundesliga leaders until the end of the season.
The 20-year-old moved to Germany as a teenager and has made more than 80 appearances for Dortmund. He admitted in November that he hoped to play in the Premier League having refused to sign an extension to his existing contract.
“It was always Christian’s dream to play in the Premier League. That certainly has to do with his American background, and as a result we were unable to extend his contract,” Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc told the club’s official website.
“Against this background, we have decided to accept an extremely lucrative bid by Chelsea, given the low contract maturity. Christian Pulisic is a character perfect player. I am sure that in the coming months he will do everything in his power to bring his high quality to the team and to achieve his sporting goals with his team-mates Borussia Dortmund.”
“In summer I move on to Chelsea and to a new competition, the English Premier League,” Pulisic told Chelsea’s official website. “It’s a privilege to have signed for such a legendary club and I look forward to working hard towards being a contributor to their team of world-class players.”
Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia hailed Pulisic’s potential after the 20-year-old’s switch was agreed. “We are delighted to have signed one of Europe’s most sought-after young players,” she said in a club statement.
“Christian has shown his quality during a fantastic spell in Germany and at just 20, we believe he has the potential to become an important Chelsea player for many years to come. “We look forward to welcoming him to Stamford Bridge in the summer and wish him and Dortmund every success for the remainder of the season.”
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Qualcomm has already announced its fastest Snapdragon 8cx processor for compute platforms based on 7nm architecture… But why is it so special?
Mobile chip manufacturer Qualcomm is well known for its powerful mobile processors. From performance to graphics, from camera features to power efficiency, Snapdragon chips have been way ahead of its competitors every time.
Powering the lower-end smartphones to the premium flagship devices, Snapdragon processors have been the powerhouse for billions of devices across the world. In 2018, we have seen the revolution of new age 7nm based architecture processors, from Huawei’s Kirin 980 to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855.
We have been waiting to announce this product for 2 years! Purpose built for the PC. Introducing our most eXtreme Snapdragon. Ever. The @Qualcomm #Snapdragon 8cx. #SnapdragonSummit https://t.co/eMgLg9Nnsy
Apart from unveiling the new Snapdragon 855, Qualcomm also unveiled its new age ‘X’ series mobile processors. The “X” stands for “extreme”. This is what the Qualcomm’s marketing department wants you to think about the new age 7nm based eight core Snapdragon 8cx processor.
The Snapdragon 8cx
This new chip is totally made to power laptops and 2-in-1 convertible PCs. The new fanless processor will directly compete with Intel’s Amber Lake and Whiskey lake series of processors. Physically also this chip is the largest processor the company has ever made, combining the most powerful CPU and GPU that Qualcomm has ever devised yet.
The biggest highlight Qualcomm wants to give is to combine the specialities of both PC and smartphone and fuse it onto some laptop or convertible, making work and productivity much more simpler. This 8cx chip will give the best performance by Qualcomm that the company has ever achieved yet.
Another notable thing is the company’s promising “amazing battery life,” and up to 2Gbps cellular connectivity. So, Qualcomm is aiming for its vendors to make thin and light portable laptops that are powerful as well as more power efficient to increase your productivity.
You may still think this to be a dream, but its not, check out the total specs of the new Snapdragon 8cx mobile processor:
Let’s talk about the processor in details:
Performance
The Snapdragon 8cx chip is the first independent product after a lot of effort by the mobile platform giant Qualcomm to produce a laptop chip, that has enough power as to take on Intel in the ultraportable space.
The first 7nm process 64-bit CPU architecture laptop chip in the industry will have a lot of its own benefits and will use the same 8 basic processor cores – 4 x A76, 4 x A55, just like in the Snapdragon 855.
In this case, Kryo 495, as it’s called, is cranked up higher and has a lot of cache memory – a full 10MB between the L2, L3, and system cache. So, unlike its predecessor Snapdragon 850, which was previously used in Lenovo C630 WOS at IFA 2018, the 8cx chip dedicatedly made for full-fledged work on laptops.
Qualcomm even claims that it’s 8cx has a performance that is comparable to a 15-watt Intel U-series processor, the same you’ll find in most of today’s thin-and-light Windows laptops or covertibles.
The fact remains that Snapdragon 8cx is the first 7nm consumer end processor
Graphics
Coming to another essential part of the Snapdragon 8cx is its graphics which solely depends on the Adreno 680. Qualcomm even says that its new Adreno 680 Extreme GPU will be twice as fast as we have seen in the previous Snapdragon 850 for Windows laptops.
Laptops bearing this chip will able to host a display up to 4K HDR at 120FPS. Having the third-generation PCI-E, it can support two 4K HDR external monitors simultaneously, which is a huge upgrade from supporting only one monitor before. Also, you get the modern DirectX 12 API support for running modern games.
Flexible options & AI capabilities
The Snapdragon 8cx will support up to 16GB of LPDDR4x RAM, with greater bandwidth and NVMe SSDs with higher speeds and UFS3.0 storage. Also, there’s the support for USB 3.1 Gen 2, that theoretically doubles the amount of data you can sling over your USB cables up to 10Gbps.
The processor will also be compatible with both Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistants. Talking of AI, the chip has the Hexagon 685 DSP, and is equipped with a 4th-gen Qualcomm AI engine.
Battery life & Power consumption
Being built on 7nm architecture the key benefit that these processors will have is that they will consume only 7 Watt of power. Battery life will remain as Qualcomm’s major selling point.
They also expect that these machines will easily last people two full work days and then some on a charge. Also, there’s the support USB-C quick charging using Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+.
Alex Katouzian, senior VP and GM of mobile for Qualcomm Technologies in an official press statement said,
“With performance and battery life as our design tenets, we’re bringing 7nm innovations to the PC space, allowing for smartphone-like capabilities to transform the computing experience”
Connectivity
The Snapdragon X24 LTE modem is used in this chipset same as in the Snapdragon 855, which enables 5G support but actually not without the Qualcomm’s X50 5G modem. The Snapdragon 8cx aims for always-on and connected Windows 10 laptops and 2-in-1 convertibles.
The chip supports 4×4 MIMO antennas for LTE and Qualcomm promises speeds of up to 2 Gigabits via this modem. On the other hand, also there’s the support for Bluetooth 5.0.
The alleged demo laptop running on Windows 10 powered by Snapdragon 8cx
Audio & Camera
Qualcomm’s Aqstic audio technology that is integrated into this processor brings along a host of advanced audio codecs and voice software technologies – enabling multi-voice assistant support.
As this will be a hybrid kind of technology, you’ll also get the camera support for laptops as well. So, the chip will support:
Image Signal Processor: Dual 14-bit ISPs, Qualcomm Spectra™ 390 image signal processor
Megapixel Support: Up to 16 MP dual camera, Up to 32 MP single camera
Qualcomm vs Intel & AMD
Qualcomm has also claimed in its unveiling that 8cx chip has performance that is comparable to a 15-watt Intel U-series processor, the same that you’ll find in most of today’s thin-and-light Windows-powered laptops or convertibles or even in MacBooks.
But the fact remains that the Qualcomm’s chip will draw less than half the electricity — only 7 watts. Coming to the sustained performance, Qualcomm expects its processor to be as fast as an Intel chip that has to do its everyday work within a thermal envelope of just 7 watts.
We know AMD is desperately working on their 7nm chips, which they will unveil soon next week, now it will be interesting to see how both of these chip manufacturers go head to head to reach the ultimate throne.
Well, to be honest, the Snapdragon 8cx is an interesting chip which has an aim to fuse the better offs of a smartphone into a Windows PC and make it an ultra-portable device for your everyday tasks. With this chip, Qualcomm is trying to push its limits and trying to make a new concept that might be something which we will see in our future.
Qualcomm and Microsoft are desperately working together and make a great product in future that supports a ton of apps to create a better ecosystem in future.
Qualcomm also has assured that this chip will support Windows 10 Enterprise, coming to the browsers both the Chromium and Firefox web browsers will run natively including many more apps which will get ported over in coming days.
Here’s a screenshot of all the Windows supported apps that Snapdragon 8cx can handle with ease as of now:
Availability
Qualcomm has hinted that the partners are on board and has also assured that the first products will get launched in the second half of 2019 and start getting shipped somewhere in Q3 2019.
Truly, Qualcomm has showed off what they can really do and this time stunned all of the Silicon industry. Well, honestly speaking I’d love to see new gen laptops and convertibles that has double the power than normal ones and has much more battery life.
Also, it may happen with this chip laptop getting camera implementations as well and stay always connected with its inbuilt network connectivity options. Well, the future of computing seems pretty interesting… What do you think? Tell us in the comments… 😊
