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Geekom QS1 Pro mini-PC wields Snapdragon X Elite 4 GHz CPU and up to 64GB LPDDR5-5600

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Mini-PC manufacturer Geekom is the first maker to announce a desktop PC powered by a Snapdragon X Elite chip after Qualcomm abruptly canceled the Snapdragon X Elite dev kit . While initial leaks did not provide additional information, El Chapuzas Informatico (machine translated) was able to find and share the specifications of the Arm-powered mini-PC.

According to the Spanish tech publication, the QS1 Pro is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon X1E-80-100 SoC paired

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Apple plans three-year modem rollout to compete with Qualcomm, Bloomberg News reports - Reuters

Apple plans three-year modem rollout to compete with Qualcomm, Bloomberg News reports Reuters

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Gurman: Apple-designed 5G modem coming to 2025 iPhones will be worse than Qualcomm’s

Apple’s long-in-the-works project to build its own cellular modem is about to see the light of day. As multiple reports have indicated in the past, select 2025 iPhone models will carry the Apple 5G modem—but thanks to a , now we know it won’t quite measure up to what Qualcomm’s chip offers.

As previous reporting has indicated, Apple is planning to add its new 5G modem to two new iPhones in 2025:

  • the

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Qualcomm Might Have Little Choice But To Give Exclusivity To TSMC For Its Upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 And Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 3

TSMC has left all other foundries in the dust, including Samsung, and has established a fortified position where it has secured the top chipset manufacturers by providing them access to cutting-edge lithography. It appears that for the next two generations, Qualcomm might have little choice but to place orders exclusively with the Taiwanese semiconductor giant for its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 3 too. The latest rumor pretty much means that Samsung is out of the picture, and while that ensures that Qualcomm will leverage the best

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韓國傳媒爆 Apple 策略 與 Samsung 合作提升 iPhone 記憶體速度

日前有消息指 Apple 正與 Samsung 合作,計劃改變 iPhone 的 RAM 封裝方式,以提升帶寬去支持 AI 任務。現時大多數智能電話都會將 RAM 和處理器封裝在同一個模組內,但 Apple 正嘗試另一方式。為了容納更多 RAM 並加快記憶體存取速度以應對 Apple Intelligence 任務,Apple


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Polysoft offers $849 8TB SSD upgrade module for Mac Studio — reverse-engineered SSD vastly undercuts Apple's $2,220 price

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Apple products have historically faced criticism for their limited upgradeability and repairability - but most users realize these aspects after the fact - say when they need to upgrade their aging SSD - because, like most other things in life, SSDs also have a limited lifespan. Bypassing Apple's proprietary implementation, Polysoft has been developing custom reverse-engineered SSD PCBs, which you too can use, as shown by YouTuber Luke Miani in his latest video.

Last month, it was found that Apple'

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Report: 2026 iPhone will prioritize AI upgrades by reworking RAM setup

Apple is always working on new iPhones that are multiple years out, and today a new report details a noteworthy internal change coming to the 2026 iPhone 18 lineup.

The iPhone 16 has been called the first model ‘built from the ground up’ for AI. But unsurprisingly, future iPhones are making even more changes to optimize for an AI-heavy future.

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Samsung has started research to change the packaging method for the low-power double data rate DRAM used in iPhones. The South Korean


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Apple 宣佈採用 Amazon AI 晶片 為旗下服務搜尋功能提供服務

Apple 和 Amazon 兩家科技巨企平常看來沒有什麼交集,不過原來 Apple 的 AI 運作正是使用了 Amazon 近年積極開發的晶片。

Apple 機器學習與 AI 總監 Benoit Dupin 今日在 AWS re:Invent 大會上透露,Apple 目前正採用 AWS 的 Inferentia 與 Graviton 晶片,為其搜尋服務及 AI 應用提供運算支援。


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The world's first Snapdragon X Elite mini-PC is in the works — Geekom teases new QS series mini-PCs with Snapdragon X Elite CPU

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Chinese computer manufacturer Geekom is reportedly preparing the QS series of mini-PCs powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chip. According to the Lonely City Hardware (machine translated) on Weibo (h/t Neowin ), this device will be the first Snapdragon X Elite mini-PC, especially as Qualcomm unexpectedly canceled the Snapdragon X Elite dev kit . However, we don’t know the mini-PC’s specifications, pricing, or additional information.

All that we see in the

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Apple Intelligence Models Will Now Reportedly Be Trained Using Amazon’s Custom Chips, Allowing For A 40 Percent Improvement In Search Efficiency

Amazon Web Services chips will reportedly be used to train Apple Intelligence models, which is not something out of the ordinary because technology giants are known for sourcing such hardware. Of course, it will be the Cupertino firm’s responsibility to ensure that its services will be used with a layer of privacy, but it appears that both entities will work together to ensure a singular goal. Partnership with Amazon was made public through an announcement made by an Apple executive During the annual AWS Reinvent conference held on Tuesday, CNBC reports that
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