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The vice dean of the Medical College of Peru pointed out that the first outbreak in Lima has not yet ended in the capital, maintaining that 75% of people have not yet become ill with coronavirus. Faced with the announcement that Phase 4 of the economic reactivation would begin in October, the vice dean of the Medical College of Peru (CMP), Ciro Maguiña, warned that the operation of bars, discos, cinemas and soccer could generate an increase in contagion cases of the new coronavirus. He reiterated that despite the fact that a decrease in infections has been reported, caution must still be exercised with the actions taken in full state of emergency by COVID-19 in the country to avoid a second outbreak. “We are with a slight decrease and the outlook to come is still worrying because in Lima only 25% to 30% have only been infected [with COVID-19] and although the trend is downward in these weeks there are still 75 % of people who may get sick in these months or next year. So, lowering your guard does not mean that things are smoother, "he said in an interview with 90 Matinal en Latina. “I would say that now it is more dangerous because as many aspects of the economy open up there is a contagion march. That is to say, I am not opposed to closing the economy, but not bars, not discos, not football, not cinemas because obviously they are sources that can increase the rate of infected ”, Maguiña explained. Likewise, the infectologist pointed out that the first outbreak of coronavirus infections has not yet ended in the capital and that a second outbreak may occur in other regions. In that sense, he reiterated his exhortation to citizens not to lower their guard by stating that the arrival of the vaccine against COVID-19 will delay. “In Lima it has not yet finished controlling the first outbreak. We have to wait another month. October or November, but in Loreto and Lambayeque it can happen at any time because they have already passed the first outbreak and that happens in countries where it had apparently been controlled and look at Spain, Italy. The lessons of other countries must be learned. People think of the vaccine as if it is going to be around the corner, it is going to take time. It must be said. Science has taught us that it is not easy to obtain a vaccine, "he said. "The trend is slow and important, but we have not yet finished controlling the first outbreak that hopefully will be controlled by the end of the month. I don't trust the figures because this pandemic in Peru has given us many surprises, ”he added. Regarding the reactivation of international flights, Maguiña considered that the entry of citizens from countries that still do not control their figures against COVID-19 should not be approved. “If the trend is downward, some airports with non-polluted countries could reopen. Brazil would be dangerous or Spain. It should be reopened depending on which countries are controlled by the pandemic. Same with domestic tourism in Peru. Places where we are controlled could be opened gradually. But opening abruptly seems wrong to me and that is what should be evaluated based on the trend. Imagine if there is a regrowth in Loreto or Lambayeque that is a topic of the day of the day. Decisions should not be given by decree or by the week, but based on the trend, "he concluded.

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The number of people infected by coronavirus had a new increase this Sunday, going from 762,865 to 768,895, according to the Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported on Sunday that the accumulated number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the country rose to 768,895. It is about 6,030 new infections, which are added to the 762,865 on Saturday. It should be noted that since August the Minsa records a cumulative number of infections from the day and previous days on a daily basis. The National State of Emergency due to the pandemic is in force until September 30 in order to contain the advance of infections throughout the country. The Government also ordered a targeted quarantine that has undergone variations since its introduction in July. Currently, strict quarantine is maintained in the Cusco, Moquegua, Puno and Tacna regions; as well as in 25 provinces of 12 departments. It should be noted that the time established for the curfew is 11:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. in Lima and other cities in the country, with the exception of the aforementioned areas, in which it will govern from 8:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m.

Keeping their tradition alive of launching a new graphics architecture every two years, this year, NVIDIA introduces its Ampere GPU. The Ampere GPU is built upon the foundation set by Turing. Termed as its biggest generational leap, the NVIDIA Ampere GPUs excel previous generations at everything. The Ampere GPU architecture has a lot to be talked about in this review, but so does the new RTX lineup. The Ampere lineup offers faster shader performance, faster ray tracing performance, and faster AI performance. Built on a brand new process node and featuring an architecture designed from the ground up, Ampere is a killer product with lots of numbers to talk about. The fundamental of Ampere was to take everything NVIDIA learned with its Turing architecture and not only refine it but to use its DNA to form a product in a completely new performance category. Tall claims were made by NVIDIA when they introduced its Ampere lineup earlier this month & we will be finding out whether NVIDIA hit all the ticks with its Ampere architecture as this review will be your guiding path to see what makes Ampere and how it performs against its predecessors. Today, we will be taking a look at the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition graphics card. The card was provided by NVIDIA for the sole purpose of this review & we will be taking a look at their technology, design, and performance metrics in detail. Turing wasn't just any graphics core, it was the graphics core that was to become the foundation of future GPUs. The future is realized now with next-generation consoles going deep in talks about ray tracing and AI-assisted super-sampling techniques. NVIDIA had a head start with Turing and its Ampere generation will only do things infinitely times better. The Ampere GPU does many traditional things which we would expect from a GPU, but at the same time, also breaks the barrier when it comes to untraditional GPU operations. Just to sum up some features: New Streaming Multiprocessor (SM) New Turing Tensor Cores New Real-Time Ray Tracing Acceleration New Shading Enhancements New Deep Learning Features For Graphics & Inference New GDDR6X High-Performance Memory Subsystem New 2nd Generation NVLINK Interconnect New HDMI 2.1 Display Engine & Next-Gen NVENC/NVDEC The technologies mentioned above are some of the main building blocks of the Ampere GPU, but there's more within the graphics core itself which we will talk about in detail so let's get started.

The agreement is based on three axes, related to the exchange of good practices in terms of the operation of each bureau, biosafety protocols for the reopening and reactivation of the events industry. Lima and four other cities in South America signed a regional alliance to reactivate the events industry and increase business opportunities, hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The convention bureaus of Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Lima, Quito and Sao Paulo officially launched the MICE Alliance (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions / Events) South America, through a virtual ceremony. The agreement is based on three axes, related to the exchange of good practices in terms of the operation of each bureau, biosafety protocols for the reopening and reactivation of the events industry. In addition, a joint promotion campaign and image of the Alliance, and the exchange of information that may be useful to the other members of the Alliance, in cases of success related to events already held in the destinations. Historic moment According to the Alliance, this year, the forecast of events worldwide indicated for Central and South America, a growth of 2.6%, which would have represented the highest growth worldwide, but which was affected by the pandemic. Carla Cárdenas, general manager of Quito Tourism, commented that the tourism industry worldwide is experiencing a “historic” moment with an “impact never seen before, which has transformed us, made us stronger and has given us the opportunity to redesign ourselves”. For this reason, she highlighted the importance of the Alliance to relaunch the events industry in the five cities "that assume with responsibility and biosa<2FEMININE> protocols the challenge of a new normal and the demands of the new traveler." It seeks to provide "a security and trust service to generate the defendant that currently does not exist due to fear and all the restrictions" due to the pandemic, said Cárdenas, who highlighted the effort of his city to advance in biosecurity protocols . "The idea is that the region will open up little by little and that this exchange, which we seek so much, is given again," she noted. According to Lilian Orbegozo, representative of the Colombian bureau, they have studied the possibility of other South American nations joining the Alliance, whose initial idea emerged about two months ago. Dennis McCubbin, representative of Lima, commented that they have divided their actions into different stages, so that in the medium and long term they expect them to extend to Central and North America, as well as to Europe, among others. "We firmly believe in the Alliance in the value of exchange, and we have shown that exchange is possible," said the executive director of the Buenos Aires Convention Bureau, Pía Caso. The meetings "are of great importance for regional integration, the development of the business sector, technical-scientific production and for the growth of tourism in South America," added Elenice Zaparoli, Brazilian representative.

The study, prepared by the Migration Policy Institute study centers, was carried out with data from the three countries that host the largest number of Venezuelans: Colombia, Peru and Chile. The migration of millions of Venezuelans has not led to an increase in crime in Latin American host countries, according to a new study published Monday that debunks a widespread misperception in some sectors. The analysis, prepared by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and the Brookings Institution, based in Washington, ensures that the ideas that the 4.2 million Venezuelan emigrants and refugees are increasing crime rates in other countries "They are largely unfounded." The study was conducted with data from the three countries that host the largest number of Venezuelans: Colombia, Peru and Chile. The researchers found that in Peru and Chile, Venezuelan migrants commit crimes at substantially lower levels in proportion to local po[CENSORED]tions, although in Colombia "the evidence is more varied." In the latter country, Venezuelans commit violent crimes at a lower proportional rate, and their "slightly higher participation in non-violent crimes" could be due to the high unemployment of migrants and the existence of smuggling networks in border areas, where they are reported. mostly, according to the study. Specifically, 2.3% of arrests for violent crimes in Colombia in 2019 involved Venezuelans, who represent 3.2% of the country's total po[CENSORED]tion. Likewise, of all the arrests, 5.4% were of Venezuelans, perhaps as a reflection of the fact that the regions where they were responsible for a higher proportion of crimes, and where they faced higher unemployment rates, are mainly found along the the border with Venezuela, the study highlighted. This supports the idea that "giving migrants and refugees formal access to the labor market can reduce the incidence of crime," the study said. In Chile, the work says, only 0.7% of the people accused of a crime in 2019 were Venezuelans, representing 2.4% of the po[CENSORED]tion in that country. Likewise, according to 2019 incarceration data, in Peru 1.3% of prisoners are foreigners, including Venezuelans, who represent 2.9% of the country's total po[CENSORED]tion. Even though opinion polls show that Colombians and Peruvians regularly point to crime as one of the reasons why they are most uncomfortable with migration from Venezuela, the study authors consider these perceptions "out of place." "The results of this study serve as robust evidence that the presence of Venezuelan immigrants is not generating a systematic increase in crime in the region, certainly not in the three countries that have received the highest number of Venezuelan immigrants and

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These are the best virtual private networks for protecting your privacy on your Android mobile device. It's official: VPNs are no longer the exclusive domain of bulky desktop clients and bloated software. And as millions of people continue to work from home because of the global pandemic, the download rate of mobile VPN apps will only keep growing exponentially. Over 480 million mobile virtual private network apps were downloaded around the world in the last 12 months, 54% more than the year before, according to a 2019 report from research firm Top10VPN. Around 75% of all of those downloads were via an Android phone or another Android device. While free services accounted for 84% of all mobile VPN downloads, we recommend avoiding free VPN apps and going with a paid VPN whenever possible. That means getting your money's worth out of a glitch-free, secure VPN app for Android. We routinely test and review our featured VPN apps, so be sure to check back here in the future as we regularly update our list. While our directory of the best VPN services of 2020 ranks these apps and others by how well they held up during our testing and review process, this list focuses specifically on the mobile offerings of each VPN provider. Each Android VPN app listed here has a cost -- there isn't a free VPN service included. But, that just means you're going to be paying for a secure virtual private network and connection speed, which is important on an Android smartphone, Android tablet or other mobile device. Here are the best VPN for Android apps that we've tested so far this year. Surfshark A speedy up-and-comer, packed with features Intuitive app interface, with plenty of power under the hood Number of servers: 1,000 Number of VPN server locations: 60 Country/jurisdiction: British Virgin Islands Despite its customizability and powerful performance as a VPN, Surfshark's app for Android offers an interface that's surprisingly intuitive for first-time users. Its four-tab design elegantly conceals a host of privacy tools and connection options, highlighting a single-click connection button on the app's landing screen. Quickly access one of Surfshark's multihop connection option -- one of its most promising features, which jumps your connection through multiple countries to hide your trail -- through its main location-selection screen, with no need to rummage through the app's settings. Surfshark also gets bonus points for making its customer support options for the dedicated Android app readily available, including its help ticket feature and user guide library. Read more: Surfshark VPN review: A feature-rich service with blazing speeds and a security focus While Surfshark's network is smaller than some, the VPN service makes up for it on features. Let's start off with the biggest win it offers: unlimited device support. If you want to run your entire home or office on Surfshark's VPN, you don't have to worry about how many devices you have on or connected. It also offers antimalware, ad-blocking and tracker-blocking as part of its software. Surfshark received generally high marks when its Chrome and Firefox extensions were audited for privacy by German security firm Cure 53 (PDF link of full report) -- though that audit was commissioned by Surfshark. Its encryption is standard AES-256-GCM, and it supports Perfect Forward Secrecy, which means it frequently changes encryption keys to avoid security compromises. The company has a solid range of app support, running on Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, FireTV and routers. Additional devices such as game consoles can be configured for Surfshark via DNS settings. We particularly like the feature that allows you to whitelist certain apps and websites to automatically bypass the VPN. For some business uses, this can be critically important. Along with multihop, Surfshark also offers two more special modes designed for those who want to get around restrictions and more carefully hide their online footsteps. Camouflage Mode masks your VPN activity so your ISP doesn't know you're using a VPN. And NoBorders Mode "allows [you] to successfully use Surfshark in restrictive regions." Just be careful. Doing any of those three things could be illegal in your country and could result in severe penalties. During our testing, we saw no DNS or IP address leaks, and had no trouble accessing Netflix. For a year plan, Surfshark comes in close to many of the other full-featured VPN providers, at $72 for the first year. Be careful, because it looks like that will jump to $143 after your first year is up. Month-by-month plans are $12. Its best offer is $2 a month, for its 24-month plan (you pay $48 up front). Definitely take advantage of its generous 30-day trial to decide if you like this service (and maybe set a reminder in 23 months to see if you can talk it into a continued discount rate). ExpressVPN Blazing speeds, proven privacy Simple, fast, effective app Number of servers: 3,000-plus Number of VPN server locations: 160 Country/jurisdiction: British Virgin Islands Just as ExpressVPN consistently tops the list as the fastest VPN on the market, its app for Android is designed with a streamlined approach aimed at connecting fast without a fuss. A single button on its landing screen directs an Android user to connect quickly, with the only accompanying option a drop-down location selector with your fastest nearby city selected by default. ExpressVPN's other options -- its security and privacy tools, account and settings options, and support page -- are all kept neatly tucked away under a garden variety three-bar icon in the screen's top left corner. And they're worth checking into. ExpressVPN has included an on-board IP address checker, along with two leak testers and a password generator. Read more: ExpressVPN review: A VPN speed leader with a secure reputation The company tells us its network is powered by TrustedServer technology, which ExpressVPN built to ensure that there are never any logs of users' online activities. In the privacy world, ExpressVPN has a strong track record, having experienced a VPN server seizure by authorities which proved their zero-log policy true at the time. We also like the quality of the VPN's setup guides, and the detailed information in its FAQ. Like the rest of the top five VPN services we've reviewed for 2020, ExpressVPN offers a useful kill switch feature, which prevents network data from leaking outside of its secure VPN tunnel in the event the VPN connection fails. Unlike the others, though, ExpressVPN gained points from us for its support of bitcoin as a payment method -- something not all of our favorites offer, but which adds an additional layer of privacy during checkout. The company has been in business since 2009, and ExpressVPN has a substantial network of fast VPN servers spread across 94 countries. Its best plan is priced at less than $7 a month for an annual package, which includes three months free. An easy to use, reliable app Number of servers: 5,200-plus servers Number of VPN server locations: 62 Country/jurisdiction: Panama NordVPN is one of the most recognized brands in the VPN field. Part of that brand recognition is based on the user-friendliness of its design. Nord's app for Android is just as easy to interact with as its desktop VPN client, with a very similar design. It poses no learning curve for a first-time user looking to move from desktop to mobile. Just as the desktop client does, Nord's app opens to a familiar blue-scale landing screen map where users can opt for to either select a country or connect to the fastest server automatically. Nord gets bonus points for its split tunneling feature, which allows you to select other apps that you don't want to run through your encrypted VPN connection. Read more: NordVPN review: Still the best value for security and speed Nord offers a generous simultaneous connection count, with six connections allowed through its network -- nearly all other providers offer five or fewer. NordVPN also offers a dedicated IP option, for those looking for a different level of VPN connection. NordVPN offers a kill switch feature, and the ability to VPN into Tor. We detected no privacy leaks during our tests, and found its speeds to be reliably fast. The company's one-year subscription plan costs is for $7 a month ($84 billed at once). While that yearly price is lower than most other contenders, the month-to-month price of $12 is at the high end of the spectrum. As of September 2019, the company's other pricing tiers have crept up a bit: It's now $3.49 a month for a three-year plan (or $125.64 total), up from $2.99/$107.55. And the two-year plan is now $4.99 a month ($119.76), up from $3.99/$95.75. And yes, it also has a full 30-day refund policy. While NordVPN has lived on our top VPNs list for a long time, we moved it to the penalty box in October 2019 to re-evaluate our recommendation after a report emerged that one of its rented servers was accessed without authorization in 2018. Nord's actions following the discovery included -- eventually -- multiple security audits, a bug bounty program and heavier investments in server security. While we'd have preferred that Nord self-disclosed the issue much earlier, the fact that the breach was limited in nature and involved no user-identifying information served to further verify that NordVPN keeps no logs of user activity. As a result, Nord remains on our list as a recommended vendor. IPVanish Fun, flexible choice for beginners Most customizable VPN app Number of servers: 1,300 Number of server locations: 60 Country/jurisdiction: US A big win for IPVanish is its fun, configurable interface, which makes it an ideal client for those who are interested in learning how to understand what a VPN does under the hood. With its app for Android, IPVanish manages to pack the same extensive suite of digital knobs and dials into a smaller screen to impressive effect. If you're looking for the ability to do some precision-tuning to your VPN connection, IPVanish is a solid bet. From generating visual graphs of your internet activity to a bevy of switches controlling split-tunnelling, LAN connection allowance and more -- IPVanish is an app for the methodical tech tweaker who enjoys having exact control over their mobile traffic. Its multiplatform flexibility is also ideal for people focused on finding a Netflix-friendly VPN. A unique feature of IPVanish, and one we're intrigued by, is the VPN's support of Kodi, the open-source media streaming app that was once known as XBMC. Any serious media fan has used or built Kodi or XBMC into a media player, and the integrated IPVanish Kodi plugin provides access to media worldwide. At $5 a month or $39 a year, IPVanish is obviously trying to move you towards its yearly program. We're a little disappointed that it only allows a seven-day trial, rather than a full 30 days, but it does offer a full money-back guarantee. That said, the company gets kudos for its recent increase from five to now 10 simultaneous connections. We also liked its connection kill switch feature, a must for anyone serious about remaining anonymous while surfing.

We are almost past the third quarter of 2020 and it looks like this year entirely belonged to AMD Ryzen CPUs in the DIY segment who delivered astonishing sales figures compared to Intel's Core family of processors. Intel Comet Lake Core Desktop CPUs Fail To Impress as AMD Ryzen Sales Continue To Shine In The DIY Segment The latest figures come from Mindfactory who is a well-known name in our community as one of the largest German retailers of PC hardware. The sales and revenue statistics were shared by user Ingebor over at Reddit who compiles these results for each month and shares them over at the AMD subreddit. The latest figures are for August 2020 which once again shows AMD Ryzen CPUs in an undisputed lead over the Intel Core CPUs. AMD's Ryzen CPUs which include their 2nd Gen and 3rd Gen parts accounted for 84% of the sales at the retailer or about 20,000 CPU units whereas Intel's 9th & 10th Gen parts only accounted for 16% sales with less than 5,000 CPU units. Based on the numbers, the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 was the most po[CENSORED]r CPU followed by Ryzen 7 3700X. Both of these processors exceed total Intel sales. Not only that but if we round up the figures for the higher-end parts which include the Ryzen 7 3800X, the Ryzen 9 3900X, and the Ryuzen 9 3950X, even those three parts are matching the combined sales of two Intel CPU generations. At the same time, it looks like not many people are going for the new Ryzen 3000 XT parts which launched just a few months back. This could be attributed to the higher prices and little performance gain over the standard X and non-X series parts which were also readily available and at a much lower price. Moving on to the revenue figures which just like the sales saw the most coming in from AMD Ryzen CPU sales. AMD CPUs accounted for 81% of the revenue at the retailer or almost 5 Million Euros & Intel CPUs amount for 19% of the revenue or just over 1 Million Euros. Here we see the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X's revenue climb to the same levels as the Ryzen 5 3600 and Ryzen 7 3700X despite a lower sales volume which is mostly due to the higher price of the 12 core part versus the 6 core & 8 core SKUs. As for the CPU market share division, AMD's Matisse CPUs now account for 82% of the sales while the rest of the sales are older 2nd Gen Ryzen and 3rd Gen Ryzen APU parts. Ryzen Threadripper now accounts for 1% of the CPU sales. Intel's CPU share is still split between 9th Gen and 10th Gen parts with Coffee Lake Refresh taking up a larger chunk than the newly released Comet Lake CPUs. This could be due to the higher prices and low stock volume that has affected higher-end Intel 10th Gen CPUs. Intel's HEDT lineup accounts for around 1% of the CPU sales. Another reason for the increased Intel 9th Gen CPU sales could be due to the price drop for 9th Gen CPUs which have seen a marked drop in the recent months. AMD CPUs have also seen price drops but they've slowed down just a slight bit for now. We can expect some massive discounts and price cuts in the coming months as AMD is all set to unveil its next-generation Zen 3 based processor family

According to the Minsa, to date there are 11,087 patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Meanwhile, the number of tests taken nationwide has already exceeded 3 million 403 thousand. The Ministry of Health (Minsa) indicated this Tuesday that a total of 529,751 people managed to overcome the new coronavirus at the national level, after complying with their corresponding treatments and isolations. According to the registry of the COVID-19 Situation Room for September 8, 364 hospital discharges were registered nationwide. The Health sector also reported that there are 696,190 confirmed cases of the disease throughout the country, with 870 registered in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, a total of 30 123 people died nationwide from the new coronavirus, as they specified. Regarding the number of people hospitalized by COVID-19, the Minsa said that to date there are 11,087 patients who continue their fight against the disease. The Minsa added that the number of tests sampled at the moment at the national level is 3,403,397, in molecular and rapid tests.

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Keep your private documents safe by changing your Dropbox password periodically Dropbox is one of the largest file-hosting services in the world, with over 14.3 million paying customers and millions more using its free plan. You can use Dropbox to keep a backup of your important files on the cloud or keep identical copies of your files up to date on multiple devices. Because of the nature of the service, people often use Dropbox to store their most important files. Therefore, it's imperative that you don’t give out your Dropbox password to anyone else. If you think that your Dropbox password has been compromised, change it immediately. Dropbox also occasionally forces you to change your password as a security precaution. When your password expires, a message pops up the next time that you log in and advises you to enter your email to start the password reset process. In this guide, we take you through the process of changing your Dropbox password. If you’ve forgotten your Dropbox password altogether, don’t worry, we’ll show you how to recover your account. First, log in with your registered email address and password. You can also sign in using your Google or Apple account. Once you’ve reached the main Dropbox interface, click on your avatar picture, which you’ll find at the top right. A drop-down menu will appear. Choose Settings. You’ll be taken to the main Dropbox settings page. From here, choose Security. On the Security page, the second option is to Change password. Finally, click Change password and your Dropbox password will be updated. How to reset your Dropbox password If you’ve forgotten your Dropbox password, head to dropbox.com/forgot. You’ll be asked for the email address that you used to register your Dropbox account. Enter your email address and press Submit. Dropbox will send you an email with a link to reset your password. Click on Reset password. You’ll be asked to enter a new password twice. If you can’t access your email address either, click I can’t recover my account on the forgotten password page. This will offer you alternative options, such as sending a notification to all your devices that still have Dropbox installed and logged in. From there, you can change your registered email address.

NVIDIA seems to have provided more information to the press regarding its GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards and the Ampere GPUs that they utilize. The information is part of a deep-dive NDA'd session which takes a closer look at both GA102 and GA104 Gaming Ampere GPUs which will land in the gaming market in the coming weeks. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards Specs, Performance & GA102/GA104 GPUs Further Detailed in Deep-Dive The deep-dive session includes information on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series, some of which that we have already seen during the official unveil on 1st September and some with new info that provides us a more detailed look at the Ampere gaming GPUs. NVIDIA has detailed a small amount of information during its Reddit Q&A session where they talked about the new SM design for their Ampere GPUs. But before that, let's take a look at the GPUs powering NVIDIA's brand new Geforce RTX 30 series lineup. NVIDIA GA102 GPU - The Flagship Ampere Gaming GPU For GeForce RTX 3090 & RTX 3080 The NVIDIA GA102 GPU is the flagship gaming chip which features a die size of 628mm2 and packs in a total of 28 Billion transistors. According to NVIDIA, the GA102 GPU comprises 6 GPCs that is the Graphics Processing Clusters and 6 TPC (Texture Processing Clusters). The GA102 GPU on the RTX 3090 makes use of 41 TPCs or 82 SMs while the GeForce RTX 3080 makes use of 34 TPCs or 68 SMs. Each SM on the Ampere GPU features 128 CUDA cores along with a redesigned structure which we will detail in a bit. The GA102 GPU on the RTX 3090 features a total of 10,496 cores while the one on the RTX 3080 features 8704 cores. In terms of GPU density, the GA102 GPU is about twice as dense as the Turing TU102 GPU with 44.56 million transistors per square millimeters versus 24.67 million transistors per square millimeters on Turing and that's all on the Samsung 8nm process node. Each SM consists of four tensor cores and 1 RT core. The GA102 GPU features a shared L2 cache. It is 6 MB for the GeForce RTX 3090 and 5 MB for the RTX 3080. The specific GPU block diagram that's been shared shows a total of ten 32-bit memory controllers for the GeForce RTX 3080 which deliver a 320-bit bus. The GeForce RTX 3090 will feature a total of twelve 32-bit memory controllers for a 384-bit bus interface. NVIDIA GA104 GPU - The Efficiency and Gaming Optimized GPU For The GeForce RTX 3070 At the heart of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card lies the GA104 GPU. The GA104 is one of the many Ampere GPUs that we will be getting on the gaming segment. The GA104 GPU is the second-fastest Ampere chip in the stack. The GPU is based on Samsung's 8nm (N8) process node. The GPU measures at 395.2mm2 and features 17.4 Billion transistors which are almost 93% of the transistors featured on the TU102 GPU. At the same time, the GA104 GPU is almost half the size of the TU102 GPU which is an insane amount of density. For the GeForce RTX 3070, NVIDIA has enabled a total of 46 SM units on its flagship which results in a total of 5888 CUDA cores. In addition to the CUDA cores, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3070 also comes packed with next-generation RT (Ray-Tracing) cores, Tensor cores, and brand new SM or streaming multi-processor units. The GPU features a total of 184 Tensor cores and 46 RT cores. There's a large possibility that the GA104 GPU comes with a full fat 6144 core configuration which could launch in a future graphics card variant. The GA104 GPU features a 4 MB L2 shared cache and has a total of eight 32-bit memory controllers for a 256-bit wide bus interface. NVIDIA Ampere SM (Streaming Multiprocessor Design) - Twice The FP32 Throughput The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series cards with Ampere GPU also comes with a brand new SM design which was recently explained by Tony Tamasi. Following are the full details of what's new in the SM Ampere architecture: One of the key design goals for the Ampere 30-series SM was to achieve twice the throughput for FP32 operations compared to the Turing SM. To accomplish this goal, the Ampere SM includes new datapath designs for FP32 and INT32 operations. One datapath in each partition consists of 16 FP32 CUDA Cores capable of executing 16 FP32 operations per clock. Another datapath consists of both 16 FP32 CUDA Cores and 16 INT32 Cores. As a result of this new design, each Ampere SM partition is capable of executing either 32 FP32 operations per clock or 16 FP32 and 16 INT32 operations per clock. All four SM partitions combined can execute 128 FP32 operations per clock, which is double the FP32 rate of the Turing SM, or 64 FP32 and 64 INT32 operations per clock. Doubling the processing speed for FP32 improves performance for a number of common graphics and compute operations and algorithms. Modern shader workloads typically have a mixture of FP32 arithmetic instructions such as FFMA, floating-point additions (FADD), or floating-point multiplications (FMUL), combined with simpler instructions such as integer adds for addressing and fetching data, floating-point compare, or min/max for processing results, etc. Performance gains will vary at the shader and application level depending on the mix of instructions. Ray tracing denoising shaders are good examples that might benefit greatly from doubling FP32 throughput. Doubling math throughput required doubling the data paths supporting it, which is why the Ampere SM also doubled the shared memory and L1 cache performance for the SM. (128 bytes/clock per Ampere SM versus 64 bytes/clock in Turing). Total L1 bandwidth for GeForce RTX 3080 is 219 GB/sec versus 116 GB/sec for GeForce RTX 2080 Super. Like prior NVIDIA GPUs, Ampere is composed of Graphics Processing Clusters (GPCs), Texture Processing Clusters (TPCs), Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs), Raster Operators (ROPS), and memory controllers. The GPC is the dominant high-level hardware block with all of the key graphics processing units residing inside the GPC. Each GPC includes a dedicated Raster Engine, and now also includes two ROP partitions (each partition containing eight ROP units), which is a new feature for NVIDIA Ampere Architecture GA10x GPUs. More details on the NVIDIA Ampere architecture can be found in NVIDIA’s Ampere Architecture White Paper, which will be published in the coming days. Taking a closer look at the Ampere SM unit, each block consists of 128 FP32 units. However, one of the two FP32 data paths can also concurrently execute INT32 operations. The tensor cores consist of 4 units, there are four texture units per SM and a single RT core. For its 3rd Gen Tensor cores, NVIDIA is using the same sparsity architecture that they've used on the Ampere HPC line of GPUs. While Ampere features 4 Tensor cores per SM compared to Turing's 8 tensor cores per SM, they are not only based on the new 3rd Generation design but also get an increased count with the larger SM array. The Ampere GPU can execute 128 FP16 FMA operations per tensor core utilizing its entire INT16 cores and with sparsity, it can do up to 256. The total FP16 FMA operations per SM are increased to 512 and 1024 with sparsity. That's a 2x increase over the Turing GPU in terms of inference performance with the updated Tensor design. The same goes for ray tracing cores which in their 2nd iteration deliver twice the number of ray intersections compared to the Turing architecture. The higher number of SMs also amount to a higher number of RT cores & that also affects the overall performance of ray-tracing acceleration on Ampere. GDDR6X - The Next Evolution in Graphics Memory, Designed Exclusively For NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards The Micron GDDR6X memory brings a lot of new stuff to the table. It is faster, doubles the I/O data rate, and is the first to implement PAM4 multi-level signaling in memory dies. With the Geforce RTX 3090 class products, Micron's GDDR6X memory achieves a bandwidth of up to 1 TB/s which is used to power the next-generation gaming experiences at high-fidelity resolutions such as 8K. The new GDDR6X SGRAM: Doubles the data rate of SGRAM at a lower power per transaction while enabling breaking of the 1 Terabyte per second (TB/s) system memory bandwidth boundary for graphics card applications; Is the first discrete graphics memory device that employs PAM4 encoded signaling between the processor and the DRAM, using four voltage levels to encode and transfer two bits of data per interface clock. Can be designed and operated stably at high speeds, and built-in mass-production. As mentioned, GDDR6X features the brand new PAM4 multilevel signaling techniques which helps transfer data much faster, doubles the I/O rate, pushing the capability of each memory dies from 64 GB/s to 84 GB/s. The Micron GDDR6X memory dies are also the only graphics DRAM that can be mass-produced while feature PAM4 signaling. The new GDDR6X SGRAM: Doubles the data rate of SGRAM at a lower power per transaction while enabling breaking of the 1 Terabyte per second (TB/s) system memory bandwidth boundary for graphics card applications; Is the first discrete graphics memory device that employs PAM4 encoded signaling between the processor and the DRAM, using four voltage levels to encode and transfer two bits of data per interface clock. Can be designed and operated stably at high speeds, and built-in mass-production. As mentioned, GDDR6X features the brand new PAM4 multilevel signaling techniques which helps transfer data much faster, doubles the I/O rate, pushing the capability of each memory dies from 64 GB/s to 84 GB/s. The Micron GDDR6X memory dies are also the only graphics DRAM that can be mass-produced while feature PAM4 signaling. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Cooling Design & Thermals NVIDIA has developed one of their best and most powerful Founders Edition cooling design to date for the GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards. NVIDIA explained that higher performance requires a new form of cooling solution and as such, it has prepared a unique cooling solution for its next-gen cards which will keep GPUs running cool while staying quiet by utilizing several new & existing tech. The Founders Edition cooling makes use of a full aluminum alloy heatsink which makes use of a hybrid vapor chamber with dual-sided axial-tech based fans. The cooler heatsink is coated with a nano-carbon coating and should do a really good job at keeping the temperatures in control. The design is interesting in the sense that not only does it goes all out with a fin and heat pipe design. This is the first design of its kind since the original Founders Edition GeForce GTX 780 that makes use of a much larger heatsink area. It also comes with a unique fan placement, one on the front and one at the bottom. This push & pull fan configuration which as it is referred to is said to push heat out of the exhaust vents much more effectively. There will be some air that will be blown out inside the case from the back of the card itself but that shouldn't be a major cause of concern as modern CPU Air or Liquid coolers do a really good job venting out air from within the case. Acoustically, the new Founders Edition design is quieter than traditional dual axial coolers, while still delivering nearly 2x the cooling performance of previous-generation solutions. The aforementioned NVLink and power design changes help here, creating more space for airflow through the largest fin stack seen to date, and the larger bracket vents improve airflow in concert with individually shaped shroud fins. In fact, wherever you look, every aspect of the Founders Edition cards are designed to maximize airflow, minimize temperatures, and enable the highest levels of performance with the least possible noise. In terms of cooler noise and performance, the GeForce RTX 3080 operates at a peak temperature of 78C when hitting its peak TBP of 320W with a noise output of just 30dBA. For comparison, the Turing Founders Edition coolers peak out at 81C with a noise output of 32dBA when hitting their TBP of 240W (RTX 2080 SUPER). In NVIDIA's own testing, they reveal that the GeForce RTX 3080 averages at around 1920 MHz with a GPU power draw of 310W and a peak temperature of 76C. This is also where NVIDIA gets its 1.9x efficiency figure from as the RTX 3080 can deliver over 100 FPS while being cooler and quiet versus the 60 FPS of its Turing gen predecessor. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, RTX 3080, RTX 3070 Founders Edition Gallery: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 & RTX 3080 Graphics Card PCB & Power - Designed To Be Overclocked! One of the biggest changes on the Founders Edition GeForce RTX 3090 graphics cards is the PCB design. The GeForce RTX 3090 & GeForce RTX 3080 comes with a unique & compact PCB package that is unlike anything we've seen in the consumer space before. But being compact doesn't mean that the cards don't pack a punch. There's some serious horsepower on these compact PCBs that NVIDIA has designed. The PCB features over 20 power chokes which put it is a more premium design than the flagship non-reference RTX 20 series cards. The GPU is powered by 18 phases while the memory receives power from 2 phases. NVIDIA touts this PCB as an overclocking marvel with unprecedented GPU overclock headroom that most users can leverage from to gain even faster performance. But as pointed out earlier by us, the Founders Edition PCB is not the reference design and that will come with a standard rectangular PCB. Water block manufacturers have also confirmed this which we reported here. In addition to that, GeForce RTX 30 series Founders Edition cards will be featuring the 12-pin Micro-Fit 3.0 power connectors. These connectors don't require a power supply upgrade as the cards will ship with bundled 2x 8-pin to 1x 12-pin connectors so you can run your latest graphics card without any compatibility issues. The placement of the 12-pin connector on the PCB is also noteworthy. It is placed in a vertical position and judging by the PCB design, we can tell why NVIDIA moved to a single 12-pin plug instead of the standard dual 8-pin design. There's limited room on the PCB to do stuff and as such, it was necessary to go for a more small and compact power input. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Performance, Launch & Prices NVIDIA has also shared some additional performance numbers for its GeForce RTX 3090, GeForce RTX 3080, and GeForce RTX 3070 graphics cards which you can see below.

Amazon orders 1,800 units of the eSprinter and eVito models. Daimler has announced that it received an order from the retail giant Amazon for the purchase of electric vehicles from Mercedes-Benz. The order is for more than 1,800 units of the eSprinter (1,200) and eVito (600) models. This series of electric vehicles, which will begin to be delivered from 2020, will be destined for Amazon's fleet of delivery units throughout Europe. "eVito and eSprinter are ideal for the courier, express and parcel industry requirements for the so-called 'last mile' goods delivery in terms of their equipment and range. They demonstrate that emission-free local driving, convincing performance , comfort and low operating costs can be perfectly combined, "said Marcus Breitschwerdt, Director of Mercedes-Benz Vans. Due to their size, performance and autonomy, this pair of models are ideal for the delivery of packages in cities. In addition, they mean a great saving in terms of money, by saving fuel and maintenance costs. Compared to the Mercedes-Benz eVito with a high-performance electric motor, it offers a range of 185 kilometers of autonomy, while the eSprinter, with a load capacity of almost 900 kilograms and 11 cubic meters, has 170 kilometers of autonomy.