Graphics card ultra-light architecture ecological four-way scuffle 112021 computer industry product review

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The graphics battle allows Intel to cut from the desktop to the display, but also allows Nvidia to unify the game graphics card Jiangshan; AMD game design framework against Intel Evo certification; ARM architecture momentum to grab the X86 market; Microsoft upgrades the Windows 11 operating system, Intel 12th generation Core chip to drive the entire computer supporting upgrade tide, Apple's self-developed M1X Pro chip to expand the ARM camp... These form a competitive roadmap for the computer industry in 2021.

Intel Core 11 is the mainstream platform

At the 2021 CES exhibition, Intel's 11th generation Core processor was released, which has become the mainstream configuration of notebooks and desktops throughout the end of this year. On the H35 platform (i.e. TDP 35W version) gaming notebook, Intel updated the processor with H45 platform (45W) power consumption in May, and Intel 11th generation products became mainstream... The specific changes in the computer industry in 2021 are as follows:

Mobile graphics completes the AMD product line puzzle

At computex Taipei in June 2021, AMD released the Radeon RX 6000M series of mobile discrete graphics cards based on RDNA2 architecture, which made up for AMD's shortcomings in high-end graphics cards and became the last piece of the puzzle of the AMD empire;

AMD is benchmarked head-on to the Intel Ultralight camp

In June, the AMD Advantage design framework was established, including the game must have a unique intelligent technology support, in addition to the requirements must be equipped with amD CPU and GPU performance can further release the technology, but also have a low-power and more than 144Hz gaming screen, more than 3 times the speed of NVMe high-speed SATA III SSD hard disk, 100+ fps game running frames, and up to 10 hours or more of battery life. In addition, in the framework, the temperature on the four keys of the WASD should be controlled below 40 ° C to establish the most comfortable user experience for gamers. This move officially benchmarks the Intel Evo thin and light camp.

Intel graphics cut into the desktop

In August, Intel exposed the independent desktop graphics card ARC, there are rumors on the Internet that the performance can be benchmarked against the RTX 3070, but due to the lack of measured data, the attention has increased, the product is officially listed in 2022, the initial price is estimated to be about 3000 yuan.

RTX graphics dominate the gamebook

Nvidia launched the RTX 3070Ti, RTX 3060 and RTX 3050Ti graphics cards in the first half of the year, positioning themselves at the mid-range level, while the high-end graphics cards RTX 3090, RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti were already available in December 2020. The RTX 30 series family dominates the entire gaming notebook market this year.

Surface completes the most significant upgrade in 7 years

On September 22, Microsoft held a Surface conference, and the Surface Pro 8 model was officially launched, which is the largest upgrade since 2014, it is equipped with a 120Hz high brush screen and a new lightning interface and surface Slim Pen 2.

12th Generation Core drives hardware upgrades

At the end of October, Intel's 12th generation Core processor Alder Lake was exposed, and 6 products were exposed in advance, using a new size core design, priced at 2099 yuan, for desktop users, a large number of users are waiting for the graphics card to be updated.

Win11 users are passively upgraded

Windows 11 was officially released on June 24, but the number of users who actively update the Windows 11 system is very small, Windows 11's requirements for PC hardware upgrades will eliminate a large number of old models, for users, they will not actively update Win11, because it is not just needed.

Apple's self-developed chip upgrades the computer by 2/4 times

In mid-October, Apple's second autumn new product conference, the release of M1 Pro/M1 Max two chips, compared with the previous generation of M1 chips, the performance improvement is more obvious. The M1 Pro/Max SoC's self-developed chip is 2/4 times faster than the previous M1 chip. This is also another victory of the ARM architecture in the PC chip market.

ARM chips continue to attack computers

PC semiconductor product line has changed, more computers are migrating to arm architecture, including the upstream MediaTek, Qualcomm are working hard to develop PC-based ARM chips, the future computer market will strengthen the X86 and ARM architecture competition, weaken AMD and Intel competition.

DIY has four changes this year

1, the price of graphics cards has been at a high level this year, the premium was even as high as 150% of the price, and new graphics cards also have a trend of increasing prices. Specific to the 30 series graphics card, the price of the RTX 3060 reached 4200 yuan, and the starting price of the high-positioning RTX 3080Ti reached 12,000 yuan.

2, 12 generation Core released at the same time brought Z690 motherboard chipset, the overall performance is more powerful, but the price is also increasing, the mainstream Z690 motherboard price has reached more than two thousand yuan.

3, the memory of the new platform upgraded to DDR5, although the memory capacity is doubled compared to DDR4, but compared to the price of DDR4 memory 8G less than 300 yuan, the single 16G of DDR5 is often 1500 yuan, and it also faces the problem of out-of-stock price increases.

4, this year's chassis, power supply, radiator, hard disk new products are basically conventional updates, there is no replacement products, basic technology has not broken through.

Conclusion

The above 10 changes in the computer industry and 4 changes in the DIY industry outline the changes in the computer and DIY industry this year.

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