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Isambard 2, the world's first Arm-based supercomputer, retires after six years of service — Isambard 3 will tap Nvidia's Grace CPU Superchips

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Isambard 2, one of the first Arm-based supercomputers, is finally set to retire after six years. First deployed in May 2018, this 10,000-core machine used 64-bit Armv8 ThunderX2 processors developed by Cavium and manufactured by TSMC, plus a few Nvidia P100 GPUs.

The Great Western 4 (GW4) Alliance, a group of universities from Bristol, Bath, Cardiff, and Exeter

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Huawei Has No Equal In The Chinese Tablet Market For Q2 2024, Beating Apple And Posting A Solid Annual Growth, Despite M4 iPad Pro & M2 iPad Air Launches

Apple launched the M2 iPad Air and M4 iPad Pro series in May, bringing a slew of impressive hardware to the table, particularly the chipset upgrades and tandem OLED. Unfortunately, these releases were insufficient to derail Huawei’s momentum in China, as a recent analysis reveals that the company recorded the highest shipments for the second quarter of 2024. Additionally, Huawei also posted the biggest annual growth for any tablet maker for this period. Apple recorded a negative annual growth, while new figures reveal that

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Qualcomm Rumored To Be Preparing A Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 In Q1 2025, And It Will Be Positioned As A Slower Version Of The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4

The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 was introduced for the first time several months after Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The new SoC was marketed as a slower version of the company’s flagship SoC, giving phone makers the opportunity to charge less for their devices without making tradeoffs regarding high-end features. This approach is said to be followed once again with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, with one individual stating that the announcement will happen in the first quarter of 2025. Snapdragon 8s Gen

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AMD X670E motherboard bug downgrades PCIe 5.0 SSDs to PCIe 1.0 speeds

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One of the key selling points of AMD's Ryzen 7000-series and X670E motherboards was support for the PCIe 5.0 specification and SSDs with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface. But some users with AMD X670E motherboards are encountering significant problems with some PCIe 5.0 SSDs, as they are being downgraded to PCIe 1.0 speeds, which drastically reduce performance, according to Wccf Tech .

The issue has affected

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The Upgraded Version Of The 13-Inch M3 MacBook Air With Double The Storage And 16GB Unified RAM Returns To Its Best Price Of $1,249 On Amazon

The smaller M3 MacBook Air is the ultimate portable computing package for the majority of users. It packs sufficient firepower for those who need it, and the superior Apple Silicon architecture means that it delivers unrivaled battery life, removing your anxiety completely of having to plug it in at different intervals. The only downside of investing in these machines before was that Apple charged a ridiculous ‘tax’ if you wanted to double your storage or RAM because, let us be honest, the base models ship with a laughably low amount of

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AMD’s High-End X670E Motherboards Limiting Gen5 SSDs To Gen1 Speeds, Users Unable To Boot Into Windows After Restart

Users running the high-end AMD X670E motherboards with Gen5 SSDs are facing various issues, mainly with the devices being limited to Gen1 speeds. Gen5 SSDs Being Limited To Gen1 Speeds On High-End AMD X670E Motherboards, Users Also Experiencing Various Issues AMD's AM5 platform was the first full-fledged PCIe Gen5 platform, offering Gen5 capabilities for both GPUs and SSDs. The first iteration of AM5 motherboards, the X670E

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Kuo: New Apple Vision Pro with M5 chip on the way, featuring Apple Intelligence support

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo that Apple is readying a new generation of Apple Vision Pro headset, set to go into production in the second of half of 2025.

The new Vision Pro would apparently not change much in terms of general specs and design, but would be upgraded to be powered by the M5 chip, a significant jump from the M2 that shipped in the first-gen model.

It’s unclear if Apple will attempt to bring Apple Intelligence features to the first-gen headset


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Apple Vision Pro 2 Reportedly Entering Mass Production In H2 2025, Sporting The New M5 SoC, Spatial Computing & Generative AI Could Make It A Hit

The development of the Apple Vision Pro 2 has not been halted, despite the first AR headset failing to garner the much-needed reception, with a previous estimate stating that the U.S. had yet to see 100,000 shipments. Regardless, an analyst points out that the new head-mounted wearable will ship with a brand new M5 chipset, delivering incredible compute performance that should elevate the user experience while pointing out various additions that could surge the successor’s popularity. Design of

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US Justice Department probes Super Micro Computer, WSJ reports - Reuters

US Justice Department probes Super Micro Computer, WSJ reports Reuters

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ASUS Teases Next-Gen Z890 Motherboards For Intel Arrow Lake CPUs: ROG, STRIX, TUF & PRIME Models

ASUS teases several different series of Z890 motherboards for upcoming Intel Arrow Lake CPUs in a Facebook short video. ASUS Z890 TUF, ROG, STRIX, PRIME Motherboards Teased For Next-Gen Intel Arrow Lake CPUs The leading motherboard manufacturer, ASUS has today uploaded a short video on Facebook, teasing their upcoming Z890 chipset motherboards. The video is a teaser for the upcoming Intel Arrow Lake processors, offering the LGA 1851 socket. The description of the video starts with "
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