Apple Official Overlooking The iPhone 17 Lineup Claims The Device Will Be “The Most Ambitious In The Product’s History”

Apple's leadership seems to be shifting notably as three executives in the hardware engineering group have been promoted to vice president roles. This move is followed by a series of departures as well as promotions within the company that highlight the ongoing focus on restructuring internally to drive future innovations and projects. Now, Apple officials claim that the iPhone 17 might be the most ambitious product in the company's history, with the groundbreaking features it is being packed up with. As Apple makes some significant leadership changes, an official

AMD Shifts To P-State Driver For EPYC CPUs, Including Zen 5 Chips, To Enhance Performance & Efficiency

AMD EPYC 9005 "Zen 5" CPUs use the Linux P-State driver to improve performance per watt compared to the previous generations. AMD is moving forward from ACPI CPUFreq Linux driver to ACPI CPPC for better control of EPYC "Zen 5" CPUs AMD has posted patches for Linux kernel that will now change how users would be able to control EPYC server parameters. Up until now, most EPYC families were using the ACPI CPUFreq Linux driver, which gives limited control over CPU power and performance management. With

Apple Has Fixed Jelly Scrolling Issue On The iPad mini 7, But One Exception Claims That It Is “Still Very Much Present”

Apple announced the iPad mini 7 a week or so ago, and yesterday, reviews went live for the device. The iPad mini 7 upgrade is quite significant, considering the chipset and its ability to handle Apple Intelligence features. With the previous generation iPad mini, a slew of users reported that the device experienced a jelly-scrolling issue, where one side of the display would refresh slightly faster than the other. Well, it appears that the company has fixed jelly-scrolling with the iPad mini 7 launch, sort of

NCSOFT Wants to Grow Throne and Liberty into a Respected Global IP But Cancels Two Games Amid Restructuring

NCSOFT has announced a significant internal restructuring of its studios. The Korean publisher has created four wholly-owned subsidiaries: three independent game studios and a team dedicated to AI development. The three independent game studios are Studio X (the former Throne and Liberty team), Studio Y (which is making Project LLL, an open world MMO shooter reminiscent of The Division), and Studio Z (developer of TACTAN, a strategy game). NCSOFT mentioned that Throne and Liberty has demonstrated its competitiveness in the global market (it

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Biwin Intros High-Speed UDIMMs For Intel Z890 & AMD X870 Platforms, Featuring Up To 8800 MT/s Speed

Biwin announces its new UDIMM DDR5 memory compatible with both Intel Z890 & AMD X870 platforms, offering up to 8800 MT/s speeds. Biwin OPAL DW100 UDIMM DDR5 memory will be both Intel XMP 3.0 & AMD EXPO compatible, offering 8000+ MT/s speed Biwin has announced its brand new DDR5 memory called Opal DW100 UDIMM DDR5 memory, which will offer incredibly high clock speeds out of the box

AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme APU For Next-Gen Handhelds Features 16 RDNA 3.5 GPU Cores & 8 “Zen 5” CPU Cores

AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme APU is going to bring a full 16 RDNA 3.5 GPU cores to next-gen gaming handhelds as reported by Golden Pig Upgrade. AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Handheld APU Gets 16 RDNA 3.5 GPU & 8 Zen 5 CPU Cores Yesterday, we got to see some preliminary specifications of the next-gen AMD Ryzen Z2 series APUs which will go on to power a range of gaming handhelds in 2024. Correcting his earlier statement, Golden Pig

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Arm Threatens To Nuke Global Mobile Market By Canceling Qualcomm’s Chip Design License

British chip design Arm Ltd has purportedly thrown a spanner in the global smartphone industry by warning semiconductor design giant Qualcomm that it will cancel Qualcomm's chip design license as part of a dispute between the two that dates back to 2022, reports Bloomberg. Arm refused to comment on the report, with Qualcomm accusing the firm of trying to strong arm it. Arm's chip designs sit at the heart of the multi billion dollar global smartphone industry as its processors are used in smartphones of all performance ranges.

Wayfinder Launches Out of Early Access With New Features and Character

Wayfinder is a 3-player Co-Op ARPG from the game studio Airship Syndicate, the creators of the iconic and beloved Darksiders franchise. Today, the game launched out of Early Access and brought with it a ton of new content for players to explore. The 1.0 release includes new massive open-world areas such as The Crucible, as well as a new Wayfinder to play named Lora, who is the third Arcanist to join the roster. Additionally, there are over 5 new dungeons to explore, and

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A18 Pro Offers The Best ‘Performance Per Watt’ Metric In Single-Core Results, As Snapdragon 8 Elite Fails To Beat Its Newest Rival In One Particular Test

The Snapdragon 8 Elite is currently the fastest smartphone chipset in Geekbench 6’s multi-core results, which is a major deal because it has been years since Apple has finally met its match. However, the same benchmarking application reveals that Qualcomm’s latest and greatest SoC continues to lag behind the A18 Pro when it comes to power efficiency and single core results. Snapdragon 8 Elite consumes slightly higher power than the A18 Pro but posts a lower score in Geekbench 6’s single-core results

Pixel 9a Camera Specifications Leaked, 48MP Primary Sensor Mirroring The Pixel 9 Pro Fold And An Innovative ‘Add Me’ Feature

Google Pixel 9a is generating quite the buzz even before its official release, and while there is still time for it to be unveiled, the rumor mill seems to be churning in full swing. Previous speculations have pointed towards the budget model moving away from the classic visor camera design that has remained the signature feature for the Pixel lineup and will come with a pill-shaped camera module instead. Now, reports have emerged suggesting this is not the only change in this category, and the primary camera setup might follow the