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Snapdragon X2 Elite’s Gaming Performance Gets A Massive Bump Over Snapdragon X Elite, But Apple’s M5 Takes The Lead With Up To 69% Higher FPS

The Snapdragon X Elite could achieve decent gaming performance in AAA games, but it was clear that there was a ton of improvement required, with one of the biggest hurdles being compatibility and optimization. Fortunately, Qualcomm has addressed the majority of those problems with its Snapdragon X2 Elite , with an initial gaming performance comparison showing that the latest SoC records a massive difference in the framerate. Unfortunately, that’s when our praises end because the chipset has immense difficulty against Apple’s M5 , which registered up to a


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(PR) Samsung Ships Industry-First Commercial HBM4 With Ultimate Performance for AI Computing

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has begun mass production of its industry-leading HBM4 and has shipped commercial products to customers. This achievement marks a first in the industry, securing an early leadership position in the HBM4 market. By proactively leveraging its most advanced 6th-generation 10 nanometer (nm)-class DRAM process (1c), the company achieved stable yields and industry-leading performance from the outset of mass production

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Samsung begins HBM4 chip shipments in effort to catch up in AI race - Reuters

Samsung begins HBM4 chip shipments in effort to catch up in AI race Reuters

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Apple releases macOS 26.3, here’s what’s new

Following last week’s rollout of the RC version , Apple is now releasing macOS 26.3 for all compatible Macs. Here’s what’s new.

If you’ve been following 9to5Mac’s coverage of this beta cycle, you know that macOS 26.3 is a rather quiet update, consisting mostly of under-the-hood changes and improvements.

Today’s build number is 25D125.

One such change is that macOS 26.3


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Intel Arc B390 Achieves 12x Performance and 8x Performance-per-Watt vs Gen9 iGPU

Intel's 10 years of integrated graphics have yielded massive performance improvements, according to recent testing by Phoronix. The latest testing shows that moving from Intel Gen 9 integrated graphics in the "Kaby Lake" CPUs introduced in 2016 to the modern Intel Arc B390 with Xe3 cores in "Panther Lake," results in a 12x performance boost and a 8x performance-per-watt efficiency increase. This is remarkable progress for Intel's iGPU team, delivering steady performance
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Microsoft's Windows 11 26H1 isn't coming to your current PC

You'll need an Arm-based PC with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 chip or Nvidia's rumored N1 chip.

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Apple’s most affordable products are about to get a lot more exciting

Apple has a lot of new products rumored to launch soon, and among them, the most affordable iPhone, iPad, and MacBook models will get a lot more exciting. Here’s what’s coming.

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New MacBook Air coming soon: Here’s what we know

While the MacBook Pro is stealing headlines , Apple’s most popular laptop is also set to get an upgrade soon. Here’s everything we know about the next-generation MacBook Air.

Apple’s new MacBook Air isn’t expected to be a major revamp. Instead, Apple is focusing on improved performance once more.

The new MacBook Air will be powered by the M5 chip, an upgrade from the current generation’s M4 processor. What does this mean in terms of performance?

When Apple


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(PR) Axiomtek Introduces IMB550 ATX Motherboard Powered by 15th Gen Intel Core Ultra Processors

Axiomtek, a world-renowned leader relentlessly devoted to the research, development, and manufacture of innovative, highly efficient, and reliable industrial computer products, is proud to announce the IMB550, a high-performance ATX motherboard designed for demanding AI vision inspection, high-performance computing (HPC), and image analysis applications.

The IMB550 is powered by 15th Gen Intel Core Ultra 9/7/5 processors (Arrow Lake-S) with the Intel W880 chipset
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Cadence introduces an AI agent to speed up computer chip design - Reuters

Cadence introduces an AI agent to speed up computer chip design Reuters
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