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Some photos of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Ti got spotted, and they're telling us that it might not be a GPU for everyone. If the photos appeared to be accurate, the GPU wouldn't fit smaller PCs with its monstrous size. 

For years, some fans have wondered if Nintendo had any intention of making a successor to its Switch console. The company has denied claims of a 4K-capable Switch Pro, but it looks like a successor is being considered. At the least, sources claim that there's proof of this.

Going through tolls in Malaysia may be one of the things that we don't look forward to, but a fellow Malaysian is looking to change that. Chee How Lim, an aerospace engineer is looking to provide computer vision and AI adoption in Southeast Asia with his company, Tapway.

Samsung has once again snatched the top spot in the semiconductor industry. According to the latest report, the Korean tech giant surpassed Intel by becoming the world's biggest semiconductor company by revenue in 2021.

New leaks regarding Nvidia’s upcoming Lovelace graphics cards has shown that it could outperform its current Ampere counterparts by a huge margin. In fact, the new leaks suggest that Nvidia’s upcoming flagship GPU, the GeForce RTX 4090 could be two times faster than its current flagship, the RTX 3090.

Nvidia is aiming to bring its ray tracing technology to the next level. According to a research paper dug up by Twitter user 0x22h, the upgraded technology could lead to up to 20% performance improvements, and that's a huge leap. 

Back in 2020, Apple and Google both dropped the mobile version of Fortnite from their app stores. Despite escalating into a lawsuit, Epic Games was unable to put the game back on the app stores. But it's been confirmed that the game would return in another form.

Since the pandemic started, many industries have been plagued by supply issues. This can be attributed to the lockdowns in many countries, which slowed the transportation of goods. GPUs were similarly affected, but things might finally be improving a bit.

In September 2020, Nvidia had announced its plan to acquire Arm from SoftBank for about 40 billion USD (~RM164 billion). However, Qualcomm has jumped out of the middle of nowhere recently and offered to invest in the semiconductor company rather than purchase it outright, in the event Arm rejects the deal offered by Nvidia.

Earlier this month, it was reported that the chip shortage is likely to increase the price of upcoming smartphones. It appears that not only the smartphone industry is affected by it, other sectors including automobile, gaming console, laptop, and more are also facing the same problem. According to a new report, the shortage is expected to continue through 2022.