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A18 Pro Receives A Major Performance Boost In iOS 18 Beta 5; Apple’s Top-End iPhone Silicon Is Now Just A Tad Bit Slower Than The M2 In Multi-Core Scores

Apple was previously discovered to have introduced a delay in the CPU boost frequency, resulting in a slightly lowered single-core and multi-core score in exchange for better battery life. According to the A18 Pro results obtained when running iOS 18.1 beta 5, it was found that the company might have backtracked on its earlier decision because not only does the SoC post some healthy single-core scores, but it manages to come close to the M2’s performance in the multi-core category

Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel optimizes slimmed-down X86S instruction set — revision 1.2 eliminates 16-bit and 32-bit features

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Intel continues to work on its not-yet-released redo of the x86 architecture called X86S and has released its version 1.2 specification of the ISA (via InstLatX64 on X).

The chip titan proposed last year that it was about time to introduce a slimmed-down, 64-bit-only version of the x86 architecture, which Intel created alongside the famous 8086 chip back in the 1970

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 To Share Same CPU Cluster As Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, Sketchy Rumor Claims Performance Cores Will Function At 5.00GHz

Qualcomm is likely to stick and improve its Oryon cores when it announces the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 next year, with an upgraded manufacturing process allowing the chipset to operate at higher clock speeds without abnormally sipping power. One rumor is now doing the rounds, claiming to have found out the SoC’s clock speeds while also mentioning that the CPU cluster will remain unchanged from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4’s configuration. Efficiency cores of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 also tipped to be running at 4.00GHz So far

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Qualcomm's potential bid for Intel turns the spotlight on their products - Reuters

Qualcomm's potential bid for Intel turns the spotlight on their products Reuters

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Apple Is Reportedly TSMC’s First 2nm Customer For Its Two Fabrication Plants Located In Taiwan; Initial Monthly Wafer Production Count To Be 40,000

The A18 and A18 Pro are Apple’s two chipsets that are mass produced on TSMC’s second-generation 3nm process, which only means that sooner or later, the company will make a transition towards the 2nm technology. To prepare itself for the imminent switch, the Taiwanese semiconductor giant is reportedly prepping two fabrication plants, P1 and P2, on its home turf, with the end goal being to commence the installation of the necessary equipment. It has been reported that Apple

Apple Silicon|Intel

Galaxy S25 Ultra Spotted In Benchmarking Database With A Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, With A Multi-Core Score That Surpasses Apple’s A18 Pro

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 has started to be tested in more devices, and according to the latest benchmark leak, the SoC has found its way into Samsung’s upcoming top-end model, the Galaxy S25 Ultra. In the latest results, we not only found out some specifications of the flagship but also discovered that the chipset beats Apple’s A18 Pro in the multi-core result. Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 considerably improves in single-core results but is still slower than the A1

Apple Silicon|Intel

Several Intel Arrow Lake-H “Core Ultra 200” Based ASUS Laptops Listed By Russian Retailer

The ASUS laptops are a part of the Zenbook and Vivobook series, featuring Intel Core Ultra 5, 7, and 9 mobile Arrow Lake-H CPUs. Intel Core Ultra 5 210H, Ultra 7 240H, and Ultra 9 Arrow Lake CPUs to be part of ASUS laptops soon Intel Arrow Lake series will be divided into both desktop and mobile segments. The mobile Arrow Lake processors will be released under different series. We recently reported about the Arrow Lake HX series, which will be aimed at

Apple Silicon|Intel

AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 "Strix Halo" Surfaces in Geekbench AI Benchmark

In case you missed it, AMD's new madcap enthusiast silicon engineering effort, the "Strix Halo," is real, and comes with the Ryzen AI Max 300 series branding. These are chiplet-based mobile processors with one or two "Zen 5" CCDs—same ones found in "Granite Ridge" desktop processors—paired with a large SoC die that has an oversized iGPU. This arrangement lets AMD give the processor up to 16 full-sized "Zen 5" CPU cores, and

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Apple is redesigning the Mac mini: Here’s everything we know

Apple will kick off the Mac’s transition to the M4 chips next month, and one of the headlining updates will be the Mac mini . With an all-new design, two different M4 variations, and more, here’s everything we know so far about the new Mac mini coming soon.

The Mac mini was first introduced in 2005 and underwent its first major redesign in 2010, switching to a unibody aluminum enclosure and ditching the optical drive. That same footprint has

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Dimensity 9400’s GFXBench Aztec Ruins 1440p FPS Results Tipped To Be Higher Than Apple’s M4, While Beating A18 Pro By An Impressive 86 Percent

MediaTek is gearing up to release the Dimensity 9400 next month, which would also be the time when we get our very first look at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. Likely nearing its imminent unveiling, a GFXBench Aztec Ruins 1440p benchmark leak has come forth, showing incredible results of the chipset. What is even more jaw-dropping is the fact that the Dimensity 9400 not only beats Apple’s A18 Pro by a significant margin but gains a lead
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