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Apple’s Redesigned M4 Mac mini Can Turn Into a Portable Computer That You Can Travel Around With By Using A Powerbank, Just As Long As It Has An AC Outlet

wccftech | Nov. 28, 2024, 3:18 a.m. | Original

The compact size and incredible efficiency, thanks to using an in-house silicon, have turned the M4 Mac mini into one of the most capable portable computers out there. As a result of using a custom chipset, the power draw of the machine is incredibly low, to the extent that it can actually be carried around by the owner and hooked up to a powerbank. However, the only drawback to this approach is that even if that powerbank can supply the required wattage, it needs to have an AC outlet

Apple Silicon

iPad mini 7 proves Apple’s silicon strength in a surprising way, here’s how

9to5mac | Nov. 27, 2024, 3:09 p.m. | Original

Apple silicon has led to significant advancements on the Mac, including the recent M4 models. But some of the best evidence for Apple’s advantages in silicon is found in a surprising and unconventional place: the iPad mini 7.

Apple’s new iPad mini 7 arrived last month after rumors had long predicted its debut. And one of its chief features, Apple Intelligence support , was all but guaranteed based on prior reporting.

However, the way that AI support arrived was perhaps the device’s biggest surprise.

Apple Silicon|Intel

Only around 720,000 Snapdragon X laptops sold in Q3, less than one percent of PC market

TechSpot News | Nov. 27, 2024, 9:06 a.m. | Original

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The big picture: Microsoft and Qualcomm touted the Snapdragon X laptops as a significant milestone for Windows on Arm, potentially akin to the introduction of Apple Silicon. However, recent market analysis suggests that PCs featuring Qualcomm's chips are struggling to catch on as x86-based alternatives dominate AI PC sales.

TechRadar reports that sales of laptops featuring Qualcomm's Arm-based Snapdragon X processors

Apple Silicon|Intel

TSMC 'Super Carrier' CoWoS interposer gets bigger, enabling massive AI chips to reach 9-reticle sizes with 12 HBM4 stacks

Tom's Hardware | Nov. 27, 2024, 7:07 a.m. | Original

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TSMC is on track to qualify its ultra-large version of chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging technology that will offer an interposer size of up to nine reticle sizes and 12 HBM4 memory stacks in 2027, the company announced at its European Open Innovation Platform (OIP) forum this month. The new packaging method will address the most performance-hungry applications and let AI and HPC chip designers build processors the size of the palm of

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Here’s everything we know so far about Apple’s 5G modem

9to5mac | Nov. 26, 2024, 6:03 p.m. | Original

It’s been a long time since Apple has been working on its own 5G modem. However, development is taking much longer than the company expected – but recent evidence suggests that we’ll see Apple’s first 5G modem next year. Read on as we detail everything we know so far about it.

It’s no surprise that Apple wants to have better control over its hardware, as the company designs its own SoCs for iPhone, iPad, Mac and other devices. However, in 2

Apple Silicon|Intel

x86 reigns supreme as Snapdragon X Elite chips captured just 0.8% of the market with 720,000 units sold in Q3 2024 — Qualcomm misses out on rising AI PC sales with Intel and AMD taking charge

Tom's Hardware | Nov. 26, 2024, 1:46 p.m. | Original

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Despite Qualcomm's ambitions and high hopes to control over 50% of the Windows market in the next five years, recent statistics show that its first-gen X Elite offerings are failing to gain consumer traction. TechRadar reports that of all PCs sold in Q3 24, Qualcomm's chips powered 720,000 units - capturing just 0.8% of the entire market. In other words, one out of every 125 devices sold in

Apple Silicon

Apple’s Most Powerful Tablets, The 11-Inch And 13-Inch M4 iPad Pro Models With Tandem OLED Are Finally Discounted By Up To $200 For Amazon Black Friday 2024

wccftech | Nov. 26, 2024, 6:20 a.m. | Original

The M4 iPad Pro lineup is the best and possibly the most capable tablet in the market you can buy right now. It features an ultra-thin design with powerful internals, which make it not only easier to carry around but can also handle anything you throw at it, including photo it video editing. The M4 iPad Pro model is available for a massive 10 percent discount off the original price for the 11-inch model and 15 percent off for the 13-inch model. If

Apple Silicon|Intel

Snapdragon X Laptop Shipments Reached 720,000 Units Since Launch, Capturing A Negligible 0.008 Percent Of The Market, But The Future Of AI PCs Appears Bright

wccftech | Nov. 26, 2024, 1:39 a.m. | Original

Qualcomm had officially launched the Snapdragon X Elite and the Snapdragon X Plus to capture the ARM-powered notebook space and create trouble for Apple Silicon MacBooks. While there is a ton of growth expected in this category, the latest statistics show that laptops powered by the San Diego’s two chipsets are off to a rocky start. Despite a number of companies having partnered with Qualcomm, only 720,000 units have been shipped since launch, making up an almost non-existent 0.008

Apple Silicon|Intel

Xiaomi Will ‘Officially Unveil’ Its Custom 3nm Chipset Next Year, With A Report Stating That The Silicon Will Be Positioned To Replace Qualcomm And MediaTek

wccftech | Nov. 25, 2024, 8:51 a.m. | Original

Android smartphone makers have typically relied on Qualcomm and MediaTek for their ‘off the shelf’ chipsets, with the Snapdragon 8 Elite and Dimensity 9400 said to be included in the majority of high-end releases this year and the next. Xiaomi, for the most part, will also rely on the two aforementioned companies, but it is likely starting to realize that it will only get more expensive for it to maintain dependency on these partners going forward, with the only way to improve profitability is to jumpstart its

Apple Silicon

M4 Max Struggles To Run STALKER 2 Fluidly; Can Only Manage Between 30-40FPS Average At The 900p Resolution, And That Too With Massively Toned Down Visual Settings

wccftech | Nov. 24, 2024, 5:08 p.m. | Original

STALKER 2 might have been a successful launch with one million copies already sold, but it is far from delivering a top-end gaming experience, even with the most powerful hardware available. After pushing AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the fastest gaming processor available, to its limits, how well do you think Apple’s latest M4 Max would fare against one of the most demanding Unreal Engine 5 titles around? For a chipset powering a MacBook Pro, the results are decent,

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