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Windows Auto Super Resolution Limited to Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon X Elite SoCs Only—Not x86

Microsoft Auto Super Resolution (ASR), the standardized game super-resolution based performance enhancement, is initially only being offered to Copilot+ AI PCs powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processors, says the Microsoft FAQ for Copilot+ AI PCs. "At initial launch, this feature will be exclusive to Copilot+ PCs equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor and a curated set of games that can be found here, a third-party open-source site that Microsoft has contributed compatibility data to," the FAQ answer

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Early Snapdragon X Elite benchmarks seemingly confirm the chip's incredible performance and battery life potential

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Microsoft 's all-new Surface Laptop sporting Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite SoC has been tested and reviewed by a third party, Signal65 . The review was commissioned by Microsoft, and other reviewers haven't been able to chime in just yet, but the results seem to confirm what Qualcomm has been saying. The testing compared the X Elite-equipped Surface to four other devices in a plethora of benchmarks, including thermal testing, to see how Qualcomm's new silicon

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Apple's secret meeting with TSMC could be a move to lock down chipmaker's 2nm tech

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TL;DR: Apple COO Jeff Williams reportedly made a discreet visit to TSMC's facilities recently to discuss securing the company's cutting-edge 2nm manufacturing capacity for Apple's future AI chips.

TSMC is Apple's exclusive supplier for its powerful A-series and M-series processors, which are found in iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The Taiwanese chipmaker has maintained a solid lead over rivals

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Biwin enters the memory and SSD market with Black Opal line — OEM supplier begins selling products under its own brand

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Major PC brands like Acer and HP typically use other companies to produce memory and storage products. One such supplier, Biwin, plans to take on the likes of Kingston, Seagate , and others as a first-party consumer brand for SSDs, memory, and USB flash drives. The company will showcase its upcoming retail products at Computex 2024 in June.

Biwin has long manufactured consumer NAND flash and DRAM products for HP and Acer, among others. It also provides legacy NVMe

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(PR) ASRock Rack Unveils Motherboards and Prebuilt Servers for AMD EPYC 4004

ASRock Rack Inc., a leading innovative server company, announces its support for the new AMD EPYC 4004 Series CPUs. The latest BIOS updates for all ASRock Rack AM5 socket products are now available online, ensuring that ASRock Rack motherboards for AMD EPYC 4004 CPUs are ready to support the new processors.

The AMD EPYC 4004 Processors utilize the AM5 socket and feature from 4 to 16 SMT-capable (Simultaneous Multithreading), energy-efficient "Zen 4" processor

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TSMC to Expand CoWoS Capacity by 60% Yearly Through 2026

Customer demand for AI and HPC processors is driving a much greater use of advanced packaging technologies, particularly TSMC's chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) services. As things stand, TSMC is just barely meeting the current demand for this packaging method – never mind future demand – which is why last year the company announced plans to more than double CoWoS capacity by the end of 2024. But as it turns out, just doubling capacity once won't be enough, and the


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AMD Introduces EPYC 4004 Series Socket AM5 Server Processors for SMB and Dedicated Webhosting Markets

AMD today introduced the EPYC 4004 line of server processors in the Socket AM5 package. These chips come with up to 16 "Zen 4" CPU cores, a 2-channel DDR5 memory interface, and a 28-lane PCIe Gen 5 I/O, and are meant to power small-business servers, as well as cater to the dedicated web-server hosting business that generally attracts client-segment processors. This is the exact segment of market that Intel addresses with its Xeon
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One More EPYC: AMD Launches Entry-Level Zen 4-based EPYC 4004 Series

Ever since AMD re-emerged as a major competitor within the x86 CPU scene, one of AMD’s top priorities has been to win over customers in the highly lucrative and profitable server market. It’s a strategy that’s paid off well for AMD, as while they’re still the minority player in the space, they’ve continued to whittle away at what was once Intel’s absolute control over the market, slowly converting more and more customers over to the EPYC ecosystem.

Now

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AMD launches EPYC 4004 CPUs on AM5 package: up to 16 Zen4 cores & 3D V-Cache for $699

AMD intros EPYC 4004 series

AM5 package and up to 16 Zen4 cores.

The EPYC 4004 series is officially here. AMD is introducing this new series specifically for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMB) and hosting businesses. The EPYC 4004 joins an extensive lineup of Zen4-based EPYC processors, but it is the first EPYC to use the consumer AM5 socket.

The EPYC 4004 will offer up to 16 Zen4 cores and

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Apple COO Meets with TSMC CEO to Reserve First Batch of 2 nm Allocation

Apple is locked in a fierce competition to stay ahead in the client AI applications race, and needs access to the latest foundry process at TSMC to built its future-generation SoCs on. The company's COO, Jeff Williams, reportedly paid a visit to TSMC CEO CC Wei to discuss Apple's foundry allocation of the Taiwanese foundry's 2 nm-class silicon fabrication process, for its next-generation M-series and A-series SoCs powering its future generations of iPhone, iPad, and Macs.