### Issue 1626 - Friday 10th June, 2022

Monday the 13th of June is a public holiday in Victoria, so there will not be an issue of The Sizzle.

## In Today's Issue

- Model Y goes on sale in Australia & NHTSA ramps up Autopilot investigation
- Qualcomm's CEO reckons it'll have the fastest CPU on the market by late-2023
- AMD's roadmap looks juicy, Zen 5 a cleansheet design set for 2024
- WWDC 2022 tid-bits
- Friday Forum Update
- Cheap IKEA Symfonisk, Super Mario Maker 2, Logitech webcam, Netgear 5G modems, Moto E7 smartphone, solar panels, Belkin USB charger

## The News

### Model Y goes on sale in Australia & NHTSA ramps up Autopilot investigation

Tesla has finally started taking orders for the Model Y in Australia. Pricing starts at around $74,000 depending on where you live and deliveries are slated for August to November. They're also in Tesla's showrooms if you want a stickybeak before placing down a deposit. Meanwhile, the USA's NHTSA has upgraded its investigation of Autopilot to an "Engineering Analysis" after their preliminary investigation found cause for a deeper look at "the degree to which Autopilot and associated Tesla systems may exacerbate human factors or behavioral safety risks by undermining the effectiveness of the driver's supervision".

### Qualcomm's CEO reckons it'll have the fastest CPU on the market by late-2023

Qualcomm's CEO let loose in an interview with CNET that "we're aiming to have performance leadership in PC on the CPU, period" - which implies they're going to jump from their current status as slouch, to overtaking AMD's and Apple's impressive CPUs. The timeline for such a leap is late-2023. Normally you'd laugh at this and carry on with your day, but don't forget that Qualcomm owns Nuvia, which was a startup founded by ex-Apple CPU design chief Gerard Williams, who worked on the A7 to A12 CPUs, who poached a bunch of Apple's senior CPU engineers (much to Apple's disgust) before getting acquired by Qualcomm. Look, it's a slow news day okay, cut me some slack.

### AMD's roadmap looks juicy, Zen 5 a cleansheet design set for 2024

AMD's Financial Analyst Day 2022 has a heap of roadmaps showing off what they've got planned for the next year or two. On the desktop there's Zen 5 planned for 2024 using an "advanced node" (4nm-3nm) and a "re-pipelined front end and wide issue" - essentially a whole new architecture (but still based on x86 of course). In the datacentre, Genoa-X based EPYC CPUs will compete with Intel's top end Xeons later this year, delivering up to 96 Zen 4 cores in a single CPU. Finally, AMD's RDNA 3 GPU architecture is coming later this year (aka Radeon RX 7000 series), along with a 50% perf-per-watt improvement as it will be built on TSMC's 5nm process.

## Something I Saw On The Internet

### WWDC 2022 tid-bits

Lots of little things in iOS and macOS dropped at WWDC 2022 this week. Here's a round-up of the things I saw that interested me:

- eSIMs can be transferred between iPhones over Bluetooth, but only if the carrier supports doing so.
- There's now a weather specific API, WeatherKit (based on Apple's purchase of DarkSky), that developers can pay to use and get detailed weather info for their app.
- Walkie-talkie apps might be a thing on iOS with the creation of a Push to Talk API. It'll let apps do real-time audio send and receive, even in the background.
- watchOS 9 gets access to the CallKit API. This means Apple Watches can use VOIP apps natively and users can answer calls directly from the lockscreen.
- iPad OS 16 includes "DriverKit", which on the Mac allows device makers to produce drivers for their hardware. It's only for iPads with the M1 SoC, but expect a bunch of "Works with iPad" hardware in the near future.
- A feature called Safety Check lets a user who thinks they might be getting spied on someone (like a ratshit husband) reset their Apple password and stop sharing their apps & location in a single tap.
- Maps finally gets multi-stop routing and you'll be able to plan a route on your Mac and share it with your iPhone.
- Developers will be able to add "Live Activities" to the home screen of iOS devices, giving real time updates on things (i.e: Uber pickups, food deliveries, etc).
- The Nintendo Switch's JoyCons and Pro Controller will work with games on iOS 16. That's nice.
- There was no AR/VR headset. The rumours were wrong. I was duped.

## Friday Forum Update

Here's five interesting discussions over on The Sizzle's paid subscriber forum for you to enjoy over the weekend. If you are not a paid subscriber but want to get involved, visit https://thesizzle.com.au/payme to get onboard.

- trs80 needs a reliable SIP client/VOIP app for Android
- locutus wants you to check your UPS before it catches fire like theirs did
- Noblejoker wants an Apple Watch and wants to know if it's worth getting the latest model just for basic use
- dangersquid asks if iPads are worth the expense versus a cheaper Android tablet
- patsch asks for feedback and tips on using on mobile signal boosters in Australia

## Bargains

- IKEA Symfonisk SONOS compatible speaker - $139 from IKEA
- Super Mario Maker 2 - $53.30 from the Nintendo eShop
- Logitech C922 Pro webcam - $99 from Amazon & JB Hi-Fi
- Netgear Nighthawk M6/M6 Pro 5G modem - $499/$599 from Telstra
- Motorola Moto E7 64GB/4GB with $40 Vodafone SIM - $79 at Woolworths
- 6.6kW solar (Risen 390W panels & 5kw Goodwe inverter) in VIC - $2,999 from Cerium Energy
- Belkin 37W dual USB charger - $27 from Amazon

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