Key Facts Introduction: Chiplets and 3D Integration Come of Age Semiconductor design is undergoing a paradigm shift from giant monolithic chips toward chiplet-based and multi-die architectures. In a chiplet approach, a processor is disaggregated into multiple smaller dies (chiplets) that are later integrated in a package, rather than one large die. This strategy improves manufacturing…
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Moonless “Black Moon” Nights & Meteor Sightings Late August 2025 offers especially dark nights for skywatchers. The new moon on August 23 was the third new moon in a season with four (an event sometimes nicknamed a “Black Moon”) space.com. This means no bright moonlight to outshine the stars on August 27–28. In fact, the…
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The Galaxy A17 5G uses a 6.7-inch Full HD+ (1080×2340) Super AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate and up to 1100 nits brightness, protected by Gorilla Glass Victus. Its rear camera system is a triple-lens setup headlined by a 50 MP main sensor with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and an f/1.8 aperture. The phone…
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The Perseid meteor shower remains active on Aug 21–22, offering a handful of meteors per hour under dark skies with the radiant in Perseus and occasional bright fireballs as the Moon is a thin waning crescent near new. The minor Kappa Cygnid meteor shower peaks around Aug 18 and produces about three meteors per hour…
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Ray-Ban Meta 2nd Gen glasses weigh about 48–50 g, resemble classic Wayfarers, have IPX4 water resistance, and ship with a charging case that provides about 32 extra hours of use from 8 full charges (2200+ mAh). Oakley Meta HSTN debuted as a limited-edition white frame with orange accents and Prizm 24K polarized lenses, is IPX4…
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Roborock Saros 10R is a 3.14-inch-tall robot that uses StarSight 2.0 solid-state LiDAR with dual emitters plus front RGB/IR cameras for navigation. Roborock Saros 10R delivers 22,000 Pa HyperForce suction and is powered by a 6,400 mAh battery rated for about 180 minutes of runtime. Roborock Saros 10R employs a DuoDivide split main brush to…
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The August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse will be visible along a narrow path of totality across Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia, and a small corner of Portugal. Peak totality is magnitude 1.0386, lasting up to about 2 minutes 18 seconds, with the longest land duration at Látrabjarg, Iceland (around 2 minutes). It is the first…
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The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus use an aluminum frame with color-infused glass backs in Black, White, Pink, Teal, and Ultramarine. The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max use a Grade 5 titanium chassis with a micro-blasted texture, finished in Natural, Black, White, and Desert Titanium. The iPhone 16 Pro measures 149.6×71.5×8.25 mm and weighs…
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The Perseids, active in early August and building toward their mid-August peak, can reach about 100 meteors per hour at maximum under dark skies, with bright blue fireballs from debris of Comet Swift–Tuttle. The 2025 Perseids peak will be hampered by moonlight: the Sturgeon Moon will be full on Aug 9, and the Moon will…
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Galaxy Z Fold 7 uses an Armor FlexHinge with 69 components, is 8.9 mm thick folded (4.2 mm unfolded), weighs 215 g, and uses an Advanced Armor Aluminum frame with Gorilla Glass Victus 2 back and Ceramic Glass 2 cover glass, plus IPX8 water resistance. Its cover display is 6.5 inches with a 21:9 aspect,…
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