Morning Post: AMD releases new processor, Musk becomes Twitter’s largest shareholder

[Mobile China Morning Post]AMD is an absolute “big player” in the semiconductor field, and its processors are loved by many game enthusiasts. On the evening of April 4, AMD officially launched new 65W processors, including R3 4100 to R7 5700X.

On March 27, Musk said on Twitter that he was seriously considering establishing a new social platform. On the evening of April 4, Twitter once soared 30%. The reason behind this is that Tesla CEO Musk holds 9.2% of Twitter's shares, becoming Twitter's single largest shareholder!

• Establishing a new social platform Musk invested US$2.89 billion to become the largest shareholder of Twitter

According to disclosure documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Musk already owns 73,486,938 Twitter shares, accounting for 9.2% of Twitter’s common shares. Based on Twitter’s closing price on Friday, these shares are worth US$2.89 billion, equivalent to RMB 18.4 billion. Based on Monday's closing price, the value of these shares has reached US$3.67 billion, equivalent to RMB 23.3 billion.

Morning Post Comment: Musk can now “open up” on Twitter with confidence

• Create new PC solutions AMD releases new Zen 3 and Zen 2 processors

Test data shows: On the RTX3090 test platform, in the 1080p game test, the game performance of the R5-5600 and i5-12400 with PBO turned on is the same, and the performance of the R5-5600 without PBO turned on is slightly lower. The performance of the R5-5500, which comes from APU shielded core display, is rather embarrassing, not as good as the main body R5-5600G. Only after turning on PBO can the game performance surpass the 4-core i3-12100.

AMD's new processor (picture from the Internet)

Zaobao comments: The price can be said to be very affordable, enthusiasts are ecstatic

• The laptop market will face a downturn in 2022, with some shipments reduced by up to 50%

According to statistics that have been exposed, some notebook computer suppliers have cut their shipment targets for the first half of 2022 by double digits, and some suppliers' order cuts will be as high as 50%. Some parts suppliers are worried that brand suppliers' reduction in shipment targets may mean that the entire notebook market will begin to enter a downturn.

Laptop (picture from the Internet)

Zaobao Comment: Affected by the epidemic and rising chip prices, the advantages of notebooks seem to be gradually diminishing

• Samsung streaming game integration delayed due to Smart TV Gaming Hub

At this year's CES, Samsung announced its vision for the next generation of smart TVs, which includes cloud computing-based gaming services, video chatting while watching TV, and new features such as NFT. Just recently, Samsung said that it plans to postpone the GamingHub function that will be launched on 2022 smart TVs in the summer.

Samsung Smart TV (picture from the Internet)

Zaobao Comments: It will take a while to play Samsung cloud games

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