A20 Pro Won’t Break Apple’s Long-Held Tradition; No LPDDR6 RAM Support, But Faster Six-Channel Memory With Increased Bandwidth For AI Workloads

The LPDDR6 memory standard might be supported by competing shipments like the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, but Apple isn’t about to turn away from its tradition of adopting technological standards much later. However, just because the A20 Pro won’t be treated to faster RAM doesn’t make it less capable, not even by a stretch, as fresh details reveal that the SoC can easily handle the most demanding of AI workloads thanks to two major changes.

Long before the massive Tata leak spilled a

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Samsung Mass Produces Its First PCIe 6.0 SSD, Hitting 28.4 GB/s To Feed NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin AI Servers

Samsung has announced the mass production of the PM1763 PCIe 6.0 SSD , which is optimized for next-gen AI servers such as NVIDIA's Vera Rubin .

Press Release: Samsung Electronics today announced mass production of PM1763, the company’s PCIe 6.0-based enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) optimized for next-generation AI and HPC server environments.

As the volume of data required for AI training and inference continues to grow rapidly, enterprise SSDs (

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Taiwanese Media Wrongly Accuses ASRock’s Nick Shih of Attempting To Smuggle NVIDIA-Based Supermicro Servers To China

ASRock's Legendary, Nick Shih has been falsely accused of smuggling NVIDIA servers to China by Taiwanese news agencies.

Taiwanese media and news agencies have reported that the Keelung District Prosecutors' Office launched two waves of investigations into smuggling attempts involving Supermicro servers featuring the latest NVIDIA Blackwell chips . These investigations follow recent reports alleging that Supermicro sold $2.5 billion worth of NVIDIA chips to China via Thailand , Singapore , and other neighboring countries.

To date, six defendants, including Supermicro's business manager and senior executives,


Apple Begins Testing CXMT DRAM Ahead Of A Possible Negotiation Power Play With Samsung, SK hynix, And Micron

In a major development that suggests things are moving ahead at a fairly rapid pace, Apple has apparently begun testing DRAM from CXMT ahead of a possible inclusion in its expansive product portfolio.

According to the Financial Times, Apple is currently testing DRAM products from China's CXMT , hinting at a growing probability of the Chinese DRAM giant becoming a part of Apple's sprawling supply chain in the near future.

This comes as the Financial Times reported recently that Apple was lobbying the Trump administration for clearance to buy DRAM from CXMT


Rebel Wolves Shows That The Blood of Dawnwalker Is Much More Than Another Witcher-Influenced Adventure

As a new studio founded by ex-Witcher Alumni, Rebel Wolves and Bandai Namco allowed us an intimate four hours with the studio’s inaugural title: The Blood of Dawnwalker . While players may have been initially concerned about being rushed with the story’s thirty-day limit, our experience proved that there’s more than enough content here to enjoy the adventure at your own pace .

In The Blood of Dawnwalker, players take on the role of Coen , a perfectly normal human male with a single goal:

A map from the game 'Baldur's Gate 3' showing the area 'Last Light Inn' with highlighted locations and a user interface displaying 'Midnight' in the top right corner.
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GTA Trilogy Dev Finally Admits Fans Were Right, Yet Says the Disaster Wasn’t Entirely the Remaster’s Fault

When GTA Trilogy: The Definitive Edition launched in November 2021, it was supposed to be a glossy return to three of the most beloved games in Rockstar 's history (GTA 3, GTA Vice City, and GTA San Andreas), which redefined the open world genre upon their respective releases.

Instead, it immediately became one of the most widely mocked releases in recent memory , with players pointing to bugs , broken lighting, bizarre character models, missing songs, misspelled signs, and even forced Rockstar to

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SpaceX Asks The FCC For Permission To Launch 100,000 Gen3 Satellites That Sport Advanced Phased-Array Beamforming And Electronic Beam Steering Capabilities

SpaceX is now putting its cash-rich coffers to good use by significantly ramping up the planned launch cadence for its Gen3 (alternatively called the V3) constellation of satellites, as evidenced by a recent FCC filing that seeks authorization for launching as many as 100,000 satellites.

For the benefit of those who might not be aware, SpaceX's Gen2 Starlink satellites currently offer a higher capacity and lower latency vs. their Gen1 counterparts, while allowing for:

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IO Interactive Doubles Down on Project Fantasy Funding Alone After Xbox Bails, Shuttering Its Istanbul Office to Survive

Last week, IO Interactive announced that it was forced to cut some of its staff after Xbox abandoned funding for the Project Fantasy IP, first revealed over three years ago .

Today, the developer has confirmed that it regained complete control of the intellectual property and the project, which it still wants to fund out of its own pockets. However, the downside is that the Istanbul studio, which opened in March 2023, will have to shutter.

Following the end of our external finance partnership on Project Fantasy,

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China Weighs National Security Law Against AI Theft as Beijing Mirrors US Crackdown on Frontier Models

After Anthropic's models being restricted and then unrestricted for foreign nationals, a report from Reuters suggests that the Chinese government is interested in restricting access to the country's most advanced artificial intelligence models as well. Officials are interested in applying China's tough national security laws to the advanced artificial intelligence technologies and have held discussions with several leading technology companies in the country.

According to the details, the Chinese government has held meetings with firms including Alibaba and ByteDance to restrict access to the country's leading artificial intelligence


Ubisoft Insider Rogue Says Splinter Cell Preserves Its Identity While Far Cry 7 Gambles Everything on a Radical New Direction

Ubisoft leaker Rogue has shared updated information about two highly anticipated games, the Splinter Cell remake and Far Cry 7 .

According to Rogue, Ubisoft is still trying to ship a linear, mission-based stealth remake built in Snowdrop , with a strong emphasis on non-lethal play, visibility systems, destructible environments, and classic Splinter Cell-style traversal and gadgets like sticky cameras, gas grenades, pipe sliding, and ziplines. That all sounds very promising to fans of the original, and indeed, it looks like Ubisoft

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