Lilbits: Nothing’s phone (1) coming this summer, NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin dev kit available now
The NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin is a single-board commuter designed for AI projects, featuring up to a 12-core ARM Cortex-A78 CPU and up to 2048-core NVIDIA Ampere graphics, 64GB of RAM, and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. NVIDIA says to expect up to 275 TOPS of AI performance.
First announced in November, a Jetson AGX Orin dev kit with top-of-the-line specs is now available for $1999. Lower-cost (and lower-performance) versions should be available later this year.
In other recent tech news, former OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei’s new company is taking a page out of the OnePlus playbook and working to generate buzz for its products well ahead of launch. Nothing scheduled an event today where the company was widely expected to unveil its first phone.
Instead, Pei confirmed that Nothing’s next product is a phone, but it won’t launch until this summer. We don’t know what it looks like or much of anything about it other than that it runs a fork of Android called Nothing OS, has a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and will be part of an ecosystem that OnePlus hopes to build that will include support not only for the company’s own products, but also third-party gear including Apple’s AirPods and Tesla’s electric vehicles.
Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.
NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Orin dev kit featuring a 12-core ARM Cortex-A78 CPU and NVIDIA Ampere graphics with 2048 CUDA cores was announced late last year, and it’s now available for $1999. https://t.co/lk7Lcw7RBi
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 23, 2022
Nothing lived up to its name in today’s press event, announcing that it’s working on a phone, a software ecosystem (with support for third-party devices), and an Android-based Nothing OS and app launcher. But the company showed off… virtually nothing. https://t.co/snzNDgYUB6
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 23, 2022
Nothing isn’t ready to say much about its first phone other than that it has a Snapdragon chip and is coming this summer. But the company is starting to show off its Nothing OS Android skin. https://t.co/ulqCyiG4QZ pic.twitter.com/AXmk0Skidu
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 23, 2022
Really pleased to say that a small team within @ImaginationTech have worked to make our Series 1 drivers open source!
Great for anyone looking to tinker with old hardware, and an important look back at the company’s history.#graphicscards #retrogaminghttps://t.co/0gjnPKTmQs
— IMG DevTech (@IMGDevTech) March 23, 2022
ZTE has been under probation in the US for the past five years after violating trade sanctions by selling goods to Iran and North Korea. That probation has now ended, with a US judge deciding not to take action on allegations of visa fraud. https://t.co/pu9XMbcV89
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 23, 2022
Google says the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are now certified for using Verizon’s C-band for faster 5G service. But despite having the supported hardware, the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 series won’t support C-band in the US (but they may in other countries). https://t.co/CTb9WHjTZj
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 23, 2022
The latest Windows Insider preview build for Dev and Beta channels is largely the same, but some Dev users will see experimental concepts in the Windows search box. Other changes include tablet-friendly taskbar and many bug fixes. https://t.co/bbMJf4L9CP
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 23, 2022
Google is moving movie & TV show purchases and rentals on Android devices out of the Google Play Store app and into the Google TV app…. which would make sense if the Play Store hadn’t been a unified market for apps, games, books, & videos for years. https://t.co/ahU5WkH6BJ pic.twitter.com/luHhwYFLpB
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 23, 2022
Google begins offering “user choice billing” for Spotify on Android, allowing users to choose whether to pay for subscriptions via Google Play or Spotify. It’s a pilot that will expand to “a small number of participating developers” in the future. https://t.co/V6DAUffnOa
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) March 23, 2022
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