Consumer electronics giant Apple can order as much as $60 billion in chips from TSMC, believe analysts, and allow the Taiwanese chip manufacturer to earn as much as NT$1 trillion in revenue in 2025. The analysis is based on the assumption that TSMC's share in Apple's products is growing, and the firm's fabrication plants in Arizona are also expected to play a key role. Apple CEO Tim Cook has repeatedly stressed that his firm is TSMC Arizona's largest customer,
Tiny Corp heralds world's first AMD GPU driven via USB3 — eGPUs tested on Apple Silicon, with Linux and Windows also supported
External GPU (eGPU) support on Apple Silicon Macs and MacBooks has been a persistent pain point for AI/ML developers. Through what some may consider to be black magic, Tiny Corp has managed to get an AMD eGPU working in Tiny Grad over USB3, a standard that inherently lacks PCIe capabilities. As they're using libusb, this functionality extends to Windows, Linux, and even macOS, including devices with Apple Silicon.
Traditionally, GPUs are connected through PCIe slots or the
M4 MacBook Pro might be one of the first worthy upgrades for Apple Silicon Mac users
Last October, Apple announced the . On the surface, it looks like yet another spec bump. However, there are a number of key features that make it worth upgrading to, even if you already have an older .
There’s recently been a pretty big flip in pricing, which gradually took place over the past year or so:
- First, Apple introduced a new entry-level MacBook Pro at $1599 in 2023 with baseline M3
- Then, it upped the base memory to
Gigabyte incorporates 64MB BIOS chip on X870 motherboard to integrate the WiFi driver
Gigabyte just released the X870 Aorus Stealth ICE motherboard, which features a bigger BIOS than most other competing hardware. According to Uniko’s Hardware , this is the first AM5 motherboard to feature a 64MB chip, four times larger than the 16MB BIOS chip that most AM4 motherboards used when it was new. However, the larger capacity, which Gigabyte calls Driver BIOS, seems to be mainly used to store the Wi-Fi driver, as the
Save close to $250 on this 2024 Apple iMac with an M4 CPU
The 2024 Apple iMac debuted last year, featuring the M4 chip as its main processor. It typically costs $1,299, but you can find the blue edition for $1,058—one of its lowest prices to date. Other colors are available, but at a higher rate of around $1,190. The hardware inside is the same, so if color isn't an issue, you can pick up the
Apple pushes ahead with M6, M7, smart glasses, and AI chips in sweeping silicon roadmap
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Forward-looking: Apple's M5 chip is expected to make its debut in the MacBook Pro and iPad Pro later this year, but Apple is already deep into development on the M6 and M7 processors. Apple is advancing its custom silicon ambitions, with a sweeping roadmap that spans next-generation Macs, its first smart glasses, and a powerful new AI server chip. Sources familiar with the company'
Gigabyte's pressurized thermal pads lower SSD temperatures in M.2 slots by up to 12C
Gigabyte has added pressurized thermal pads to M.2 slots for SSDs on its latest Aorus Stealth Ice motherboards (via Uniko's Hardware ) to maximize heat dissipation of high-end SSDs. The motherboard maker claims that its pressurized thermal pad may reduce SSD temperature by 12 degrees Celsius, though it admits that the effect depends on multiple factors.
Thermals often constrain the performance of high-end SSDs in an M.2 form-factor, as both the controller and memory packages tend
Apple reportedly readies Baltra processors for AI servers
According to Bloomberg , Apple is developing data center-grade processors meant primarily to serve inquiries from Apple Intelligence . Like many of its industry peers, the company is working with Broadcom to develop its AI accelerators. Yet, the details the news agency presents may indicate that Apple has bigger plans for its in-house data center hardware.
Apple's data center processor is reportedly codenamed Baltra; it was developed in partnership with Broadcom and is expected to be completed by 2027.
The More Compact 13-Inch M4 MacBook Air Starts From $824.42 On Amazon, Marking Its Lowest Price Yet, With The 24GB Unified RAM Version Also Slipping To A Record-Low Figure
The 13-inch M4 MacBook Air was always going to be preferred by the majority of buyers thanks to its compact footprint, coupled with its exceptionally powerful internals and a lower starting price. Speaking of price, Amazon has once more introduced a discount that has now reduced the portable Mac’s retail figure to just $824.42. Previously, this number stood at $849.99, which was already a major drop compared to the $999 starting price,
Apple 最新晶片路線圖曝光 正研發自家 AI 伺服器專用處理器
據最新消息透露，Apple 正在開發多款代號獨特的處理器，預計將在未來幾年陸續推出。代號為「Komodo」的晶片很可能是 M6 系列，將接替今年的 M5 晶片；而代號「Borneo」的處理器則被認為是 Apple 未來的 M7 系列產品。此外，還有一款更