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Spotted on the Google Play Console, and listed among devices compatible with Android 9.0 Pie, the NVIDIA Shield TV could soon receive its sesame to the ninth iteration of the operating system Google. The good news in perspective ... But beware, nothing is officially confirmed yet. If NVIDIA hangs a bit on the release of the latest versions of Android, the manufacturer is no less serious in this follow-up. The Shield TV advantage and in June 2018, his ticket to Android 8.0 Oreo. Almost a year later, the migration of the device to Android 9.0 Pie seems to be confirmed gradually. However, we should be patient.

The NVIDIA Shield TV 2017 is going to host Android 9.0 Pie?

According to Neowin, the NVIDIA Shield TV 2017 has been listed among devices that support Android 9.0 Pie. Credible information in that it does not mention the NVIDIA Shield TV 2015, the original model that would not benefit from a said update. As stated in the Anglo-Saxon media, this appearance of Shield TV 2017 on the Google Play Console does not tell us the extent of deployment of this new version of the software. It could also happen that it does not materialize at all ... Even if it would have the effect of raising an eyebrow.

NVIDIA would work on a new TV Shield

Recall, however, that recent reports point to the upcoming arrival of a new Shield TV, on which NVIDIA is currently at work.

Well well well I see a new @NVIDIASHIELD TV with #AndroidTV 9 in the Play Console !! Code name is 'mdarcy', can't really tell if they tweaked the Tegra X1. pic.twitter.com/lvbXaETAhR

— Android TV Rumors (@androidtv_rumor) June 15, 2019

The headquarters of Futurewei Technologies, in Santa Clara

The information unveiled about ten days ago was real. Huawei has made 600 layoffs in the US this week. A few days ago, we informed you about Clubic of Huawei's desire to remove a large part of the 850 employees from Futurewei Technologies, the American subsidiary of the Chinese group. Still, on the US blacklist, the Shenzhen firm has this week removed 600 positions in its research and development. Bad news for jobs in the United States, and a blow to the already tense relations between China and the US.

A very active American branch of R & D ...

Futurewei has several offices across the Atlantic. She is present in Silicon Valley but also in Seattle, Dallas, and Chicago. In addition to R & D, she worked with researchers and universities.

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This US division of Huawei's research and development had led to the filing of over 2,100 patents on behalf of the giant, some of which were related to 5G technology, telecommunications or video or camera technology.

... until Huawei's placement on an American blacklist

While shaken for many weeks by its listing on the US blacklist, the company Huawei appears to have suffered moderately from the crisis. Its turnover is up sharply over the first half of the year. Huawei has not had easy hours for weeks. Now two months after the ban imposed by the United States to their companies to provide equipment and technology from the firm of Shenzhen, a first balance sheet has arrived on the table. If the final results of the first half of 2019 will be known only on July 30, Bloomberg announces that the turnover of Huawei increased by 30% in the first six months of the year, in net increase compared to 2018.

Huawei expected worse

This change in turnover is subject to a double interpretation. On the one hand, the result is very good since it is well above the growth recorded in 2018 at the same time. On the other hand, the latest results are down 39% from the first quarter of 2019, where although in the sights of the Trump administration, the company was still spared the heavy penalties. In the secret, some Huawei leaders would have reassured their employees, indicating that they expected worse. It remains to be seen until when the company will manage to maintain its growth.

Production maintained at a high level

The memory branch of Toshiba changes its name for Kioxia. A sobriquet resulting from an improbable mix between the Japanese word "  kioku  " (memory) and the Greek expression "  Axia  ", referring to the idea of ​​value or merit. In a statement relayed by TechPowerUp, Toshiba said that this change will take effect from October 1 ... Pile time to get used to pronouncing Kioxia as it should. That is, "  kee-ox-ee-uh  ", says the constructor.

Toshiba wants to stay at the forefront of the memory market

The European Union accuses the American manufacturer of selling at a loss between 2009 and 2011 a portion of its modems to suffocate one of its competitors. Not surprisingly, Qualcomm immediately appealed the decision. Qualcomm faces a new fine punishing its commercial practices deemed anti-competitive. The manufacturer of electronic components has been ordered to pay the sum of 242 million euros.

Sales at a loss to cut down its main competitor in the modems market

This amount represents "  1.27% of Qualcomm's turnover in 2018  ", as recalled by the European Commission, which can impose fines of up to 10% of a company's annual turnover. The European Union accuses Qualcomm of selling its 3G modems at a loss between 2009 and 2011 to two Chinese manufacturers, ZTE and Huawei, with the sole aim of crushing its direct competitor in the market, the British company Icera. The maneuver had its effect. Icera, then considered a serious rival to Qualcomm, was finally bought by NVIDIA in 2011 before the US manufacturer closed the division in 2015, during the first investigations by the European Commission.

Qualcomm already pinned for its anticompetitive practices

According to Samsung's Taiwan-based vendors, the Korean manufacturer is already working on the next generation of foldable smartphones. These new devices could come out early 2020, while the Samsung Galaxy Fold still has no official release date. After two months of a complete redesign of its design, many corrections have been made to the Samsung Galaxy Fold screen protector. A work that is ultimately useful for the development of a new model.

A 6.7 "smartphone foldable vertically

In an exclusive interview with the weekly Challenges, the managing director of Huawei France, Zhang Minggang said "  to prepare for the worst  " concerning the trade tensions between China and the United States. At the heart of a never-ending soap opera that sees the Trump administration blaming China - and Huawei in particular - for spying on its infrastructure, the telecom giant is deploying a series of countermeasures aimed at gradually getting rid of its American ties.

Huawei wants to rest on its own systems by 2021

Huawei keeps his head up despite financial forecasts revised downward. In fact, the Chinese began in 2012 to develop its own systems that tomorrow may be added to Android and iOS on the chessboard of mobile operating systems. "  In 2012, we started the development of a new operating system, not just for smartphones, but an operating system, for routers, base stations ...  " says Zhang Minggang at Challenges. "  We are generalists in software and hardware. This is essential to get out of the ecosystem in which Google, Microsoft, and Apple make the operating systems. We are forced to do it.

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A software side that makes sense when we know that Huawei has, since 2004 already, its own semiconductor foundry with HiSilicon, which develops for it the famous Kirin chips that equip the smartphones of the brand. "Plans B", as the CEO of Huawei France calls, that the company intends to "activate" as soon as possible. "  We are preparing for the worst,  " says Zhang Minggang, "  In 2021, if the situation persists, we will have our own technologies. Our founder said it recently: we are going through a difficult period but, in 2020, we will come out stronger than before  ".

Falling forecasts, but an almost assured balance

Qualcomm

While already seated at the top of the fastest SWCs of the year with its Snapdragon 855, Qualcomm today announced a revised and improved version of its chip. The name of the Snapdragon 855 Plus is that it has higher clock rates, and is specially designed for video games, virtual reality and augmented reality (or crossed reality, XR, in Qualcomm's jargon ). artificial intelligence.

A faster processor and a better GPU

In its release, Qualcomm announces that the Kryo 485 cores with which the Snapdragon 855 Plus is equipped are now clocked at 2.96 GHz against 2.84 GHz on the conventional SD855. A rather generous boost in frequency, which is also combined with a 15% increase in the speed of the GPU - the Adreno 640. "  Snapdragon 855 Plus will raise the bar for the elite players by improving the performance of the CPU and GPU in order to offer our OEM customers the 5G, gaming, AI and XR experiences they want from us,  "said Kedar Kondap, vice president of Qualcomm products.

What will be the first smartphone to run under Snapdragon 855 Plus?