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AMD Debuts Ryzen AI Max Series "Strix Halo" SoC: up to 16 "Zen 5" cores, Massive iGPU

AMD at the 2025 International CES debuted the Ryzen AI Max 300 series of mobile processors. These chips are designed to go up against the Apple M4 Pro, or the chip that powers the Apple MacBook Pro. The idea behind it is to provide leadership CPU and graphics performance from a single package, minimizing the PCB footprint from having a discrete GPU. In stark contrast, the Intel Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake," is designed more to go against the Apple M4
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The best M4 Mac mini accessory launches soon – all-new Satechi Stand & Hub with SSD: Pre-order details, full specs, more

The has easily been one of, if not, the most popular new Apple release among readers this year, and what is arguably the best upcoming accessory for it is arriving soon. Satechi already quickly teased its next-generation Mac Mini M4 Stand & Hub with SSD Enclosure, but it is serving up all of the details for CES 2025 alongside the .

The is still one of the best accessories for the previous-generation , delivering perfectly form-fitted hub of sorts that rests perfectly on the bottom


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Intel Announces Core Ultra 200H / Core Ultra 200HX Series

Intel used the start of CES 2025 for announcing the newest Arrow Lake processors for the Core Ultra 200H and Core Utra 200HX mobile processors.

Intel announced the new Arrow Lake mobile processors for the Consumer Electronics Show although no detailed performance benchmarks or other information yet... Let alone any hardware in the lab for being able to see how these new Intel mobile processors perform under Linux and how well they are supported.

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Intel Launches the Core Ultra 200HX Mobile Processors for Gaming Notebooks

Intel kicked off a slew of 2025 International CES announcements with the Core Ultra 200HX series. The HX segment of mobile processors covers a range of premium gaming notebooks and mobile workstations. These chips tend to be essentially the desktop S-segments of processors but redesigned for the mobile BGA package, letting the platform have the highest possible CPU core count from a client architecture. The same is the case with the Core Ultra 200HX series. It is based on the same chiplet based "
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Intel Unveils Arrow Lake-S “non-K” Desktop CPUs; Bartlett Lake-S CPU Lineup Intended For Edge Applications

Intel finally unveiled its next range of desktop CPUs at CES 2025, now bringing in more "non-K" Arrow Lake-S SKUs and the new Bartlett Lake-S lineup. Intel Aggressively Comes Back In The Desktop CPU Segment With New Offerings At CES 2025, Now With a Dedicated Lineup For Edge Workloads Well, Team Blue has diversified its desktop CPU offerings this time. Given the previous year, not only were we confined to just "Raptor Lake Refresh" SKUs, but they

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NVIDIA, TSMC Develop Advanced Silicon Photonic Chip Prototype, Says Report

NVIDIA and TSMC have developed a silicon photonics-based chip prototype, according to a report in the Taiwanese press. TSMC is the world's leading contract chip manufacturer, and with Intel's troubles, it has also established itself as the most advanced chip manufacturer on the planet. Silicon photonics is an emerging chip manufacturing technology that blends photonic circuits with traditional circuits to overcome physical limitations with semiconductor fabrication. According to the report, the prototype was developed late last year, with NVIDIA and TSMC also working on optical packaging

Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel discontinues its weakest stock cooler – RS1 Laminar cooler was only used for the Pentium G7400 and Celeron G6900

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Intel has discontinued its RS1 Laminar stock cooler, which was previously the lowest-end model among the company’s three stock coolers.

Introduced in 2021 alongside 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs , the RS1 uses an all-aluminum design with a plastic shroud that’s just 47mm tall and weighs around 260 grams. It’s essentially an upgraded version of Intel’s old stock cooler, with a more optimally designed heatsink and a

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TSMC's wafer pricing now $18,000 for a 3nm wafer, increased over 3X in 10 years: Analyst

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Apple's A-series smartphone processors have evolved significantly from the A7 (28nm) to the A18 Pro (3nm), gaining more cores, transistors, and features. With each new node, TSMC charged Apple more per wafer, so the price increased from $5,000 for a 28nm wafer with A7 processors to $18,000 for a 3nm-class wafer for A17 and A

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Apple @ Work: Ubiquiti unveils Wi-Fi 7 enterprise access points as the Mac lags behind

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Ubiquiti has launched its latest Enterprise , a series of advanced access points designed to deliver unparalleled wireless performance


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TSMC To Lose Qualcomm’s 2nm Chip Business To Samsung, Potentially Avoiding Higher Costs And Overcoming Production Hurdles

Samsung lost a huge chunk of its business to TSMC due to its poor management and yield ratio, and it appears that the company could bounce back. The Galaxy-branded smartphone maker is now expected to gain TSMC's 2nm chip business, as Qualcomm reportedly has its eyes on Samsung Foundry for all its production needs. It was recently reported that the high production cost and poor production capacity have scared Apple into adopting 3nm chips this year for the iPhone 17 Pro. It can be observed that the issue
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