Every now and then, we just have to write a small bit on Tesla. Both hated and loved, you have to admit, Tesla is at the forefront of technology, which drives makes our hearts beat a notch faster.
The upcoming 2021 model X and S get a massive upgrade on the interior and receives a renewed infotainment system. And if you look at the photos, yeah, that's Witcher III. Let's talk interior first, as we have to take about the new steering wheel (well wheel). It no longer has traditional levers to indicate direction; the control options for these functions are incorporated in the steering wheel, in the form of touch buttons. There are buttons for indicating functions like direction, lights, horn, Autopilot, and windscreen wipers. But look at that pilot steering wheel design? Personally, I'm not too sure if I'd like such a fixed position.
Much like we have seen in model 3, check out the new 17" screen now in landscape orientation, lacking in Model 3, but present in model S and X is the smaller behind steering wheel dash screen. There is another 8" screen in the rear for the rear seat occupants.
If you look at the photos, you can see The Witcher 3 can be on the 17" screen on the dashboard, these are renders though. The new Tesla would get a computer in all new models that could compete with the new consoles. The raw computing power of the systems in the Plaid Model S and X must be a maximum of 10 teraflops (fp32). Elon Musk asked his Twitter followers last week if there is enthusiasm for playing The Witcher in a Tesla, to which a convincing 'yes' was answered. Tesla says that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will indeed be playable, among other games. Tesla's marketing material also showcases its own variant of Mario Kart with Teslas as karts. Twitter user Patrick Schur found an alleged diagram and posted it on Twitter. The diagram shows a graphics chip from AMD declared Navi 23.
So yes, it is likely that Navi 23 would be the GPU empowering the media control unit. This includes 2 Gigabytes gddr6 chips at 14 Gbps over a 128-bit memory bus. That should allow for a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s, comparable to that of the new Xbox Series S. The GPU likely has 32 compute units and therefore 2048 streaming processors. Netflix and youtube functionality is also already present in the current model 3. There are more options in the design, of course, but we'll stick to the geeky bits. The new Long Range version costs 89,990 euros and has an estimated range of 663km and the new plaid+ model passes even 800km. Check out the photos, nice.
2021 Tesla Model X and S Interior and (AMD Navi 23) Media console gets a fancy upgrade (updated)
