Apple Silicon

Watch the Apple Silicon 'One More Thing' Livestream Here

Apple is holding an event today at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET, where it is expected to launch the first Macs on Apple Silicon, its own processors based on Arm, as it begins a two-year separation from laptops and desktops running on Intel processors.

The event which, like previous Apple events this year, will likely be pre-recorded from Apple Park, will be live-streamed. That's embedded up top.

Apple will also stream the event on


Intel

AMD Launches V2000 Ryzen Embedded SOCs With up to Eight 7nm Cores and Radeon Graphics

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AMD announced its new Ryzen Embedded V2000 SoCs today, which brings the company's Zen 2 architecture to the embedded market for the first time in the form of the "Renoir" SoC. Paired with the 7nm process, AMD doubled the number of cores to eight over the existing Raven Ridge V1000 processors and provide up to twice the performance per watt and a 15% increase in instruction per cycle (IPC) throughput. That's

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Plugable TBT3-UDZ Docking Station Tested; Dual 4K, 96 Watts and 10 Gbps Connections

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If you need to connect your laptop to one or more external monitors, along with peripherals, there are a slew of docking stations on the market, but most have a limited number of output options, either giving your HDMI or DisplayPort or, in some cases, even DVI, but rarely more than one choice per screen. Plugable’s new TBT3-UDZ dock gives you a ton of flexibility, outputting to dual monitors at up to 4K, 60Hz with a

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Sabrent Rocket Q4 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: PCIe Gen4 Speed at Gen3 Pricing

Our Verdict

Sporting a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface and the latest quad-plane QLC flash from Micron, the Rocket Q4 has the goods to deliver performance, and it comes with competitive pricing.

For

  • Aesthetic appeal
  • High performance and efficiency
  • Up to 5-years warranty

Against

  • 1-year warranty without registration
  • Slow write speed after write cache fills
  • Low endurance-per-GB compared to TLC
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Intel

Micron Now Shipping 176-Layer 3D TLC NAND Flash

While we were just getting used to 96-Layer flash becoming commonplace and over 100-Layer flash from Samsung and SK hynix is just starting to enter the market, Micron announced its next-generation 176-layer replacement gate flash is now in volume production and shipping, setting a new high for layer counts.

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Micron’s fifth-generation 3D TLC flash not only scales higher than its closest competitor’s offerings, but the company claims its flash is

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AMD's Ryzen 4000 APU Powers New Handheld Gaming Console

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One eagle-eye Redditor has spotted that the Aya Neo Founder Edition has gone up for preorder in China. The handheld gaming console will compete with the Nintendo Switch and other rivals, including the Smach Z and the GPD Win Max .

The Aya Neo Founder Edition focuses on gaming portability and possesses a design that's similar to the mainstream Nintendo Switch. The device measures 255 x 106 x 20mm and weights in at 650

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AMD and Retailers Talk Ryzen 5000 Shortage: 'A Lot More Stock Soon'

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Last week, AMD’s long-awaited Ryzen 5000 series of CPUs finally hit store shelves (and online catalogs), only to almost instantly fly off of them . It’s a story we’ve seen before, and coming so soon after the RTX 3000 launch debacle , AMD should have known that this would happen. But according to Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions Frank Azor, it did. Why, then, are we still facing a shortage


The Xbox Series X and PS5 Launch This Week, but You Might Want to Wait

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Tomorrow, Nov. 10, the Xbox Series X and S will launch. On Thursday, Nov. 12, the PlayStation 5 will follow suit. I've had the opportunity to review both systems, and they're both pretty great. But for many, waiting and seeing will be the best option, at least for a while.

Let me get this out of the way now: If you have money to burn and want your games, including

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EKWB Could be Releasing A Electrothermal CPU Waterblock Soon

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As spotted by hardwareluxx.de, EKWB could be building a prototype CPU waterblock that uses an electrothermal transducer, assisted with water, to cool a CPU. LinusTechTips gave a sneak peek at this "prototype EKWB" CPU cooler in one of its latest videos. There was no explanation of exactly what it was, but they were able to hit 0 degrees Celcius on a 10900K at idle and 50C under load without the need for LN2, suggesting some


AMD Ryzen 7 5700U Equipped Laptop Spotted

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A new unannounced Acer laptop called the Aspire 5 A515 was spotted on Amazon UK ( by Notebookcheck ) ,with a currently unreleased AMD Ryzen 7 5700U mobile CPU. This could be indicating that AMD's next-generation of mobile CPUs is coming soon.

The full name of the laptop is the Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R2J2, and it looks identical to the Intel equivalent Aspire 5 units you can buy

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