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Intel Prepares Core Ultra 5-238V Lunar Lake-MX CPU with 32 GB LPDDR5X Memory

Intel has prepared the Core Ultra 5-238V, a Lunar Lake-MX CPU that integrates 32 GB of LPDDR5X memory into the CPU package. This new design represents a significant departure from the traditional approach of using separate memory modules, promising enhanced performance and efficiency, similar to what Apple is doing with its M series of processors. The Core Ultra 5-238V is the first of its kind for Intel. With 32 GB of high-bandwidth, low-power

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Liquid nitrogen-cooled M4 iPad Pro flaunts remarkable single-core performance gains — M4 outperforms M3 Max and M2 Ultra

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Liquid nitrogen is the go-to cooling substance for breaking overclocking world records in the PC hardware world. However, the team at Geekerwan has decided to use this exotic cooling method to see what Apple's new M4 iPad Pro can do.

Geekerwan benchmarked the M4 in its 3+6 core (3 performance cores, 3 efficiency cores) configuration but has already purchased the 4+6 variant for more tests.

Geekerwan placed a Kingpin Cooling T-Rex

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Raspberry Pi launches budget-friendly $12 M.2 add-on board

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What just happened? Raspberry Pi is now accepting orders for its M.2 HAT+, an add-on board that allows Pi 5 owners to connect M.2 M-key peripherals to their single board computers. The accessory sells for $12 and is available to purchase from approved resellers as of writing, so long as you can find one in stock.

When the Raspberry Pi 5 was first introduced,

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HPE flaunts El Capitan supercomputer blade with AMD's Instinct MI300 — projected to be world's fastest when finished this year

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A server blade from the upcoming El Capitan supercomputer was shown off at the ISC High Performance event in Hamburg, Germany. The server blade's front cover was stripped off, revealing all of the internal components — including the extremely potent AMD Instinct MI300 APU .

This is the second time we've gotten to see the El Capitan's MI300's compute chips in all of their glory. The blade itself, dubbed the HPE Cray Supercomputing EX2

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Linus Torvalds now favors Ampere Arm chip over Apple Silicon MacBook for building Linux kernels — says he's now doing more Arm64 Linux testing than ever

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Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has recently upped his game in testing Arm64 Linux. He initially began Arm64 Linux builds on an Apple Silicon MacBook Air, but now, thanks to a more powerful Ampere AArch64 system, he’s doing even more Arm64 testing.

Torvalds, known for creating not just the Linux kernel but also Git, worked exclusively on Intel hardware for years. Then,

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Apple Silicon|Intel

聯發科攜手英偉達推進Arm處理器開發:用於AI PC,計劃2025年發佈

去年就有 報道 稱,聯發科與英偉達展開合作,開發面向Windows PC的Arm架構處理器,而且會在首款產品上採用台積電(TSMC)的2.5D封裝,最終目標是進入高端筆記本電腦市場。

據Notebookcheck 報道 ,聯發科希望能在Windows PC領域挑戰高通的驍龍X


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高通宣佈驍龍X Elite將支持Linux,未來還會進一步做優化

高通 宣佈 ,驍龍X Elite將支持Linux操作系統。高通表示,新款處理器因在Windows on Arm PC上出色的性能表現受到了關注,同時也一直關注Linux,通過為Linux內核源源不斷地提供補丁,使得在基於Arm的PC上啟動Linux變得更加容易。

目前高通正在與聯


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Linus Torvalds Is Doing More ARM64 Linux Testing Now That He Has A More Powerful System

Linux kernel and Git creator Linus Torvalds is known for his current use of an AMD Ryzen Threadripper workstation as his main system after years of using Intel hardware. The past few years he's also been doing more ARM64 testing now that he has an Apple MacBook using Apple Silicon that serves as a nice travel device and for routinely compiling new ARM64 Linux kernel builds. More recently, his ARM64 Linux testing has increased now that he has a more powerful AArch64 system to complement his collection
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Qualcomm goes where Apple won't, readies official Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite

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Qualcomm is making good progress on adapting its new Snapdragon X Elite laptop CPU for Linux use . The mobile SoC manufacturer revealed that it has laid a lot of the groundwork already to get the Snapdragon X Elite running the Linux operating systems. However, Qualcomm is far from done, as there's still a lot of development work needed to get the X Elite into a fully operational state in Linux. Upcoming Linux kernels should enable full support for all the chip's features.

Qualcomm prides

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Arm expects more vendors to enter Windows PC chip market alongside Qualcomm Snapdragon

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Recap: The PC industry has been focused on CPUs based on Intel's x86 instruction set since day one. Arm has tried to get its fair share of the market for quite some time, and the company is now starting yet another belligerent assault against Intel and AMD through several chipmaking partners.

Arm Holdings is working to increase its market share in the Windows PC ecosystem. According to Rene Haas, CEO of

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