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Chinese "super SIM card" features in-built RISC-V CPU for increased storage, faster transfers, and better security

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What just happened? China Mobile just took the wraps off its new "super SIM card" and it's rather fancy, packing a fully-fledged 32-bit RISC-V processor core clocked at 120MHz. It's based on the CC2560A, a single-chip device from Texas Instruments, representing a massive upgrade over the modest SIM

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X870/X870E主板或9月30日發售,與AMD發佈Ryzen 9000X3D系列時間相近

AMD在COMPUTEX 2024上發佈了新一代基於Zen 5架構產品,代號“Granite Ridge”的Ryzen 9000系列桌面處理器,同時還為AM5平台帶來了兩款新款芯片組,包括X870和X870E。傳聞Ryzen 9000系列處理器的發售時間是7月31日,而


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Samsung surpasses Apple in US phones sales, but Cupertino still sells more flagships

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TL;DR: Samsung Electronics reportedly sold more smartphones than Apple in the US during the 12 months between April 2023 and March 2024. However, the US tech giant still managed to sell more flagship premium-priced models during the same period.

The report from CIRP suggests that Samsung and Apple remained the two biggest smartphone brands in the US between April 2023 and March 2

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Frore unveils waterproof AirJet Mini Sport solid-state active cooling device — fanless cooling solution can now be used underwater

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Frore Systems has introduced its AirJet Mini Sport waterproof solid-state active cooling device, aimed at devices like smartphones and action cameras that can take advantage of additional cooling but cannot use traditional active cooling. The company introduced its new coolers at MWC Shanghai, possibly to attract the attention of Chinese smartphone and gadget makers.

The AirJet Mini Sport is a version of Frore's AirJet Mini that features an IP68 waterproof rating, which means it can be submerged in over 1.5

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(PR) Ansys Multiphysics Signoff Solutions Certified for Samsung's 2nm Power Backside Delivery Technology

Ansys power integrity solutions have been certified by Samsung Foundry for use with Samsung's new SF2Z 2 nm gate-all-around manufacturing technology. SF2Z includes advanced technology that moves the power distribution network to the backside of the chip — saving space, lowering costs, and improving performance. Ansys solutions enable early adopters of Samsung's technology to design leading-edge semiconductor products for HPC, smartphones, AI, data center communication, and graphics processors.

The certification includes RedHawk-SC, which provides

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Sohu AI chip claimed to run models 20x faster and cheaper than Nvidia H100 GPUs

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Etched, a startup that builds transformer-focused chips, just announced Sohu , an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that claims to beat Nvidia’s H100 in terms of AI LLM inference. A single 8xSohu server is said to equal the performance of 160 H100 GPUs, meaning data processing centers can save both on initial and operational costs if the Sohu meets expectations.

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蘋果A18神經網絡引擎性能強大?算力甚至可能高於M4芯片

蘋果正在為今年推出的iPhone 16系列機型開發A18芯片, 傳聞 提前進入到測試階段,在Geekbench 6基準測試裏的單核性能成績比M3系列還要好,但是多核性能成績卻不太如意。也有 消息 稱,新款芯片性能提升幅度有限,多核性能相比


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Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Super using AD102 GPU appears — a fresh variant surfaces with a harvested RTX 4090 die

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16G Ventus 3X Black OC (Image credit: MSI)

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super , one of the best graphics cards , won't be the only one of its kind on the market. MSI (via wxnod ) recently launched the RTX 4070 Ti Super 16G Ventus 3X Black OC, which features different silicon than the original RTX 4070 Ti Super.

Nvidia first shipped the RTX 40

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Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon X Elite in PassMark: Fails to Beat Apple's M3

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Qualcomm's range-topping Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 appears to have been benchmarked in PassMark, and its results were quite a mixed bag. On the one hand, a low-power Arm-based processor beats the more power-hungry x86 CPUs from AMD and Intel, but on the other hand, it fails to beat its fellow Arm-based rivals from Apple. When it comes to graphics, things do

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Intel’s Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake to launch this fall: Rumored launch dates revealed

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Intel will release its next-generation codenamed Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake processors for desktops and laptops this fall, according to a DigiTimes report. In particular, Lunar Lake -V will likely be launched in mid-September, whereas unlocked Arrow Lake-S processors along with the Intel Z890 platform will be released in October. If the unofficial information is correct, then Intel's partners will have plenty of PCs based on the company's latest technology by the holiday season

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