Xiaomi Mi8 out, showing DXoMark is better than an iPhone
Officially - by Lei Jun the CEO
The wait is over and most of the rumors floating and leaked around were true. The only thing that really surprised us was the Mi8 Explorer edition with a transparent back and in display fingerprint. The standard Mi8 has a rear end fingerprint sensor.
Xiaomi Mi 8 launch
Updated: Most specs were right
Xiaomi is just introducing Xiaomi Mi8 phone. Developing
Xiaomi Mi8 supports QC 4.0 +
Quick charge 4.0 +
Xiaomi Mi8 is an eight-year anniversary phone and includes in display fingerprint reader, a possible translucent back option, 3D face unlocking as well as Snapdragon 845, 6.2-inch IPS 2280x1080 screen and 6GB/64GB and possibly 8GB/128 GB options.
Xiaomi Mi8 to launch May 31
2,799 Yuan, €370 or $440
It looks like the Xiaomi MI7 might end up being called Mi8 - after all. China based companies sometimes don’t care about consistency as Huawei went from P9 to P20 as it appeared appropriate.
AMD announces Radeon Instinct accelerators
For Machine and Deep Learning
During its EPYC launch event yesterday, AMD unveiled a full range of Radeon Instinct accelerators meant for both deep and machine learning, including the MI25 deep learning accelerator, based on Vega GPU and MI8 and MI6 machine learning accelerators, based on Fiji and Polaris GPUs.