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Linus Torvalds says RISC-V will make the same mistakes as Arm and x86

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In an interview , Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, said that RISC-V development will make the same mistakes that Arm and x86 researchers did years ago. That’s because there’s a vast difference between hardware and software developers, so much so that it would be challenging to coordinate the two different teams.

“Even when you do hardware design in a more open manner, hardware people are different enough from software people [that] there’

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Arm's new ASR game upscaling tech is based on AMD's FSR2 — this open-source solution is optimized for lower-power devices

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Arm just introduced its own upscaling technology, based on AMD’s FSR2, called Arm Accuracy Super Resolution (Arm ASR) . Unlike the AMD upscaler, which is primarily built for PCs and high-end consoles, Arm’s implementation of the temporal upscaler is focused on mobile applications, allowing more lightweight devices to run the technology despite requiring more processing horsepower. The company also made it available to developers via an open-source license, allowing them to implement it into their games

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Gigabyte launches their B650E AORUS Stealth Ice Back-Connect motherboard

Gigabyte launches their first “Back-Connect” motherboard under new “Stealth” branding Gigabyte have now officially launched their new B650E AORUS Stealth Ice motherboard, the company’s first “Back-Connect” motherboard design. Like all motherboards with Backside Connectivity (BSC), Gigabyte’s new Stealth models have all of their power and I/O connectors on the motherboard’s rear. This allows users to […]

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4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD hits 7 cents per GB — limited time deal

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One of our favorite SSDs since its release, the 4TB Samsung 990 Pro offers extremely fast performance and whopping amounts of capacity in a single-sided M.2 2280 form factor. We cannot help but recommend this drive when it's on offer, and currently, it's on sale for one of its lowest prices in recent memory.

You can find the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD for just $299 or 7 cents

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TSMC market cap briefly hits $1 trillion as it readies 2nm chip trials for iPhone 17

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What just happened? TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, briefly became the eighth publicly listed company to reach a trillion-dollar market cap after its ADR share price rose 4.8 percent on the NYSE. The stock has since settled below its all-time high, with the company's current market value hovering around $816 billion, based on the latest prices

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AI PCs might take off slowly as battery life becomes Snapdragon X's real selling point

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The big picture: Tech giants are pushing onboard generative AI as the next big reason consumers upgrade their devices. However, analysts remain cautious of the technology, as software applications utilizing it are slow to materialize. AI also threatens to overshadow the other major shift from Microsoft's attempted push into Arm – increased battery life.

Despite the resources tech giants have recently poured into AI PCs, IDC data

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TSMC's market cap is on track to reach $1 trillion — 6.5 times larger than Intel

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The market capitalization of TSMC, the world's No.1 contract maker of semiconductors, briefly exceeded $1 trillion earlier this week as demand for advanced processors, including those for AI, is setting records. TSMC could solidify its position in the trillion-dollar market cap club later this month when it reports its quarterly earnings.

TSMC produces processors for all the world's leading chip designers, including Apple, AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. These processors are

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AMD's Ryzen 9000 single-core performance again impresses in early Geekbench results — 9700X, 9600X dominate previous-gen AMD and Intel CPUs

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AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000 chips aren't expected to arrive until July 31, but we're seeing some early benchmarks appear here and there. The @Benchleaks bot recently shared Ryzen 7 7900X and Ryzen 5 9600X results on X, revealing performance higher than AMD's and Intel's top previous-generation chips.

These leaked performance numbers usually come from PC manufacturers conducting final testing of their retail units before they

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AMD "Strix Halo" a Large Rectangular BGA Package the Size of an LGA1700 Processor

Apparently the AMD "Strix Halo" processor is real, and it's large. The chip is designed to square off against the likes of the Apple M3 Pro and M3 Max, in letting ultraportable notebooks have powerful graphics performance. A chiplet-based processor, not unlike the desktop socketed "Raphael," and mobile BGA "Dragon Range," the "Strix Halo" processor consists of one or two CCDs containing CPU cores, wired to a large die, that's technically the cIOD (client

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(PR) Samsung Electronics To Provide Turnkey Semiconductor Solutions With 2nm GAA Process and 2.5D Package to Preferred Networks

Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it will provide turnkey semiconductor solutions using the 2-nanometer (nm) foundry process and the advanced 2.5D packaging technology Interposer-Cube S (I-Cube S) to Preferred Networks, a leading Japanese AI company.

By leveraging Samsung's leading-edge foundry and advanced packaging products, Preferred Networks aims to develop powerful AI accelerators that meet the ever-growing demand for computing power driven by generative AI.
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