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Apple Moving iPhone Production To The U.S. Is Not Happening In Any Universe, Claims New Update, Switching Supply Chains Would Astronomically Increase Labor Costs

The iPhone range has always stood out as Apple’s cash cow, and irrespective of how many categories the company ventures into, its mobile devices have always thrived when bringing in the lion’s share of revenue and helping establish a new echelon in the technology industry. With its comprehensive supply chain set up in regions like China, Vietnam, and now India, Apple not only gets a guaranteed annual shipment in the millions but can also leverage the low labor costs in these regions to help maximize its margins. These reasons

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Apple Z2 Touchscreen / Touch Bar Driver Lands In Linux 6.15

As we close out the Linux 6.15 merge window this weekend culminating with the Linux 6.15-rc1 release, the input driver updates were merged that include introducing the new Apple Z2 driver.

The "apple_z2" driver was merged for the Linux 6.15 kernel for enabling Apple touchscreens and their Touch Bar components that rely on the Z2 protocol. Z2 is Apple's primarily protocol for the touchscreen on mobile Apple devices and for the Touch Bar with their
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These are the best new MacBook deals before US tariffs: options as low as $649

In the Apple Silicon era, MacBooks have become more affordable than ever – with brand new models starting as low as $649. With looming tariffs, these great deals could potentially be coming to an end very soon – so if you’re in the market for a new MacBook for any reason, now may be one of the best ever times to purchase.

Apple has launched 4 MacBook Airs since entering the Apple Silicon era, with the M1, M2, M3, and M4 chips

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Xiaomi’s In-House Chipset’s Specification Details Come Through; Rumor Claims That SoC Will Be Mass Produced On TSMC’s 4nm ‘N4P’ But Will Stick To ARM’s Current CPU Designs

The U.S. might be putting a stranglehold on Chinese companies from leveraging the newest manufacturing processes from TSMC, but according to the latest rumor, these export controls have yet to affect Xiaomi, which is supposedly on track to launch its first in-house chipset later this year. However, while we have reported last year that the company was scheduled to unveil its custom 3nm SoC in 2025, we were disappointed to learn just the specifications of this version that will utilize TSMC’s 4nm

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Chinese chipmaker Loongson's new laptop and industrial chips have higher core counts, better GPU

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Loongson , a fabless Chinese CPU manufacturer, announced the successful tapeout of two new processors, the 2K3000 and the 3B6000M, designed for industrial control and mobile, respectively. Both chips employ the same underlying silicon but have been uniquely packaged for their target markets. It's important to note that reaching High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) for these chips may take some time, and we're likely months away from seeing them being produced

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Chromebooks get an AI upgrade with MediaTek's new Kompanio Ultra chip

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What just happened? The race to integrate artificial intelligence into every facet of technology has reached the Chromebook market, with MediaTek unveiling its most advanced system-on-chip. Dubbed the Kompanio Ultra, this new SoC is designed to bring on-device AI capabilities to Chromebooks.

At the heart of this product is MediaTek's 8th-generation neural processing unit, which delivers 50 TOPS (trillions of operations per

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Intel discontinues Unison app for connecting PCs and smartphones

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Since Apple connected its PCs with smartphones and tablets using its MacOS and iOS operating systems to provide a seamless user experience some 10 to 15 years ago, multiple attempts have been made to replicate similar capabilities with Windows-based PCs. One such attempt is Intel's Unison app , which was released in early 2022 and will be discontinued this June, reports Neowin .

"Intel Unison will soon be discontinued," reads a statement by Intel in Apple's AppStore

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Linux Bring-Up For The Apple M4 Looks Like It Will Be "Rather Painful"

Sven Peter who remains one of the very active Asahi Linux developers and working on upstreaming various elements of Apple Silicon support for the Linux kernel has sent up warning flares around the eventual Apple M4 support.

Sven Peter posted on Mastodon this morning that it looks like the Apple M4 hardware enablement for Linux will be a "rather painful" affair due to changes compared to the Apple M1/M2 handling.

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(PR) GUC Announces Tape-Out of the World's First HBM4 IP on TSMC N3P

Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), the Advanced ASIC Leader, announced today that it has successfully taped-out the world's first HBM4 controller and PHY IP. This test chip was implemented using TSMC's cutting-edge N3P process technology and CoWoS -R advanced packaging technology.

The HBM4 IP supports data rates of up to 12 Gbps under all operating conditions. By leveraging a proprietary interposer layout, GUC has optimized signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) to achieve

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MediaTek’s Kompanio Ultra 910 Is A 3nm Snapdragon X Elite-Like Chipset With An ‘All Performance Cores’ CPU Cluster, LPDDR5X RAM Support Up To 8,533MHz & More, But For Chromebooks

The Dimensity 9400 is substantial proof that MediaTek is no longer a company that is sidelined to deliver entry-level and mid-ranged chipsets, but that does not explain why the company has not introduced a Snapdragon X Elite competitor, or, at the very least, a Snapdragon X Plus one. Turns out it has, but this SoC will be found in a completely different set of machines for whatever reason. The Kompanio Ultra 910 is the newest release from the Taiwanese firm, and looking at
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