Apple’s A20 Pro Borrows Samsung’s Side-by-Side DRAM Trick, And Places A Vapor Chamber On The Die, Echoing Exynos 2700’s Heat Path Block Strategy

Apple has thoroughly established itself as a leader when it comes to designing its custom silicon. Even so, it's not above emulating innovative ideas, as it appears to be doing with the upcoming A20 Pro chip, which borrows heavily from Samsung's new 'Side-by-Side' or SbS architecture.

Samsung's Exynos 2600 broke the prevailing mobile chip architecture mold by placing the DRAM on top of a part of the AP , right alongside a

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Koei Tecmo has a “Completely New IP” in the works Codenamed FUJI, that Leverages its “Expertise in Oriental-Themed Visuals and Action Games”

Nioh, Dynasty Warriors, Wo Long , and Dead or Alive makers and publishers Koei Tecmo have another project in the works alongside the games we're already aware of, including Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember and Attack on Titan 3 . Spotted by Automaton , a listing for a new, original IP currently under the codename FUJI appeared on the list of projects supported by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) via its IP360 program .

Koei Tecmo isn't the only

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Apple’s Wasting No Time For Next Year’s Flagships, As Company Is Said To Begin Preparations For The iPhone 20 Pro And iPhone Fold 2

The iPhone 18 Pro and first-generation iPhone Fold have yet to be announced, and Apple is already allegedly making plans to launch their successors next year. The California-based giant will employ a strategic path for 2027 as it attempts to unveil a total of six flagships, three of which include the iPhone 20 Pro, iPhone 20 Pro Max, and the iPhone Fold 2.

The interesting bit about the latest rumor is that Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station refers to next year’s flagships

Apple has already begun testing the iPhone 20 Pro and iPhone Fold 2, according to the latest rumor

T-Mobile Hikes Prices By Retiring Legacy Plans As Verizon And AT&T Race For Cuts, Leaving Loyal Customers Paying $4 More Per Line

After Verizon's " Simplicity " and AT&T's " Build-A-Plan ," T-Mobile was also expected to come up with innovative and low-cost plans at a time when consumers are becoming increasingly cost-conscious. Yet, the telecom giant appears to have polar opposite ambitions, as illustrated by its decision to graduate customers from legacy plans to "modern" ones that entail material price hikes.

T-Mobile's COO, Jon Freier, sent a company-wide email earlier


New AAA Single-Player Third-Party Games Get “About 75-80%” of Console Launch Sales on PS5, it’s claimed, as Xbox denies PS5’s ‘8-to-1’ Dominance on GTA 6 Sales

We're still months away from GTA 6, but pre-orders for what's been called the most anticipated singular entertainment release in history have gone live , and the game is living up to its given title by already dominating industry conversation. Rockstar and Take-Two's approach to its pricing , its digital-forward launch , and now the split over which console scoops up most of the launch sales for a new third-party AAA single-player title are all being contested. Which, perhaps unsurprisingly

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Gothic 1 Remake PC Performance Analysis & Tuning Guide – How To Get The Best Experience On PC

With modern PC games becoming increasingly heavy — especially open-world titles built on Unreal Engine 5 — default graphics presets rarely (if ever) provide the best balance between visual fidelity and performance. Gothic 1 Remake is no exception to that rule.

Alkimia Interactive’s remake of the cult-classic RPG is clearly much more visually ambitious than the 2001 original, with a fully rebuilt Valley of Mines, dense settlements, physically richer materials, dynamic lighting, more detailed characters, thicker foliage, and a far

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Colorful Introduces Memory Tuning Mode For Intel 800 Series Motherboards, Improving Gaming Performance

The motherboard maker is introducing its proprietary memory optimization features for superior performance.

Major motherboard vendors have released their new memory and CPU optimization features for their motherboards. Colorful isn't lagging either and introduced a new memory optimization feature called Memory Tuning Mode . This specifically targets memory optimizations to improve performance in gaming and non-gaming workloads.

As per IT Home , Colorful's Memory Tuning Mode is reserved for the Intel 800 series motherboards that are used by the Arrow Lake processors. The feature can be enabled in

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A $1000 PlayStation 6 No Longer Sounds Crazy, As Sony Doesn’t Intend To Sell Hardware At Significant Losses

The PlayStation 6 is set to launch at one of the most challenging times for consumer tech, if not the most challenging. With the rising prices of component s, RAM and SSDs above all, manufacturers are having an extremely hard time keeping costs down, and with a bill of materials that is now close to $1000 , there's a very high chance the system will cost way more than most anticipated. Adding fuel to the fires of speculation is Sony itself, as the company heavily suggested in


Titan Army Reveals M27E6V-3D Glasses-Free 3D Monitor With Up To 2000 Nit XDR Peak Brightness

The company showcased a new, powerful high-end gaming monitor that can reach a whopping 2000 nits of peak brightness.

Popular Chinese monitor maker, Titan Army, has showcased its newest display for gaming called M27E6V-3D , which it advertises as a glasses-free 3D gaming monitor. The display was showcased at the 2026 Nuclear Fusion Game Carnival held at Shenzhen this weekend. As per the report, this monitor can reach a whopping 2,00

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CXMT Can Witness Explosive Growth By Becoming Apple’s DRAM Supplier For Several Years As Just A Single Deal Represents A Promising Future For The Chinese Firm

Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron can continue to rake in the profits during the AI boom, but CXMT is slowly gaining traction and has been under the eye of the industry, particularly as Apple is reportedly attempting to ink a deal with the Chinese memory manufacturer by attempting to get its name crossed off the U.S. Entity List. A potential deal between the Cupertino firm and CXMT could materialize, and it’ll be a period of prosperity for the latter, as a new report states that a single deal