Nvidia recently took the world by announcing their new 10 Series GPUs. As Nvidia says " Gaming Perfected" The first to go on the floor was GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce GTX 1080 but these were Desktop GPUs. These cards were initially introduced as Founders Edition GPUs, which were designed and built by Nvidia themselves and not by its authorized board partners. The GeForce GTX 1080 was first to have vapor chamber cooling. The Founders Edition cards were priced higher than Standard Edition Cards. The micro-architecture of the GeForce 10 series is named Pascal, the 17th century French mathematician Blaise Pascal and was presented on May 6, 2016. What GTX 10 Series has New!!! CUDA Compute Capability 6.0 (GP100 only), 6.1 (GP102, GP104, GP106, GP107) DisplayPort 1.4 HDMI 2.0b Fourth generation Delta Color Compression PureVideo Feature Set H hardware video decoding HEVC Main10 (10bit), Main12 (12bit) ...
Foxconn’s Zhengzhou factory workers go on strike for new iPhone 5 quality standard Around three to four thousand workers have gone on a strike at Foxconn’s factory in Zhengzhou. The reason? Apple’s new and stricter dema nds over the iPhone 5 quality. Apparently, Apple isn’t happy with how the iPhone 5 scratches and chips off, so it has asked Foxconn to improve the smartphone’s manufacturing process. In fact, the new standard allows for just 0.02mm appearance defect. Here’s what Sina Weibo, a Foxconn employee, has to say. It’s tough under such stringent quality requirements. A 0.02mm appearance defect is already beyond that of our vision. With such a demanding task, workers’ mental pressure becomes so immense that they have to vent it out. According to China Labor Watch, workers aren’t on a strike just because of the higher quality demands, but also because they didn’t receive the training necessary to meet them. Apple iPhone 5 production lines in the facil...
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