Forward-looking: Lenovo is on track to become the first PC maker to ship a laptop running LPCAMM2, the new memory standard set to replace SODIMM. CAMM, short for Compression Attached Memory Module, was created by Tom Schnell and introduced by Dell in its Precision 7670 workstation laptop in 2022. Rather than hang on to the proprietary tech, Dell agreed to let JEDEC – the trade
TSMC announced its leading-edge 1.6nm-class process technology at its North American Technology Symposium 2024. This new A16 manufacturing process will be the company's first Angstrom-class production node, promising to outperform its predecessor, N2P, by a significant margin. The technology's most important innovation will be its backside power delivery network (BSPDN).
Just like TSMC's 2nm-class nodes (N2, N2
In context: Despite numerous indications of Apple's focus on AI algorithms running exclusively on local chips, a new rumor suggests a different direction. Apple may also require "AI server" chips, and once again, vertical integration appears to be crucial for the company's success in the sector.
Apple appears to be developing its own custom AI server processor, aiming to commence mass production by the second half of 2
Gigabyte has officially announced compatibility with AMD's next-generation Ryzen 9000 CPUs on its outgoing X670, B650, and A620 motherboards. The board partner has officially released AGESA 1.1.7.0 beta BIOS updates, featuring support for the new Zen 5 chips for all of its 600-series motherboards, and has confirmed AMD's Ryzen 9000 branding for the new line of chips.
As Qualcomm prepares for the mid-year launch of their forthcoming Snapdragon X SoCs for PCs, and the eagerly anticipated Oryon CPU cores within, the company is finally shoring up their official product plans, and releasing some additional technical details in the process. Thus far the company has been demonstrating their Snapdragon X Elite SoC in its highest-performing, fully-enabled configuration. But the retail Snapdragon X Elite will not be a single part; instead, Qualcomm is preparing a whole range of chip configurations for various price/performance
Qualcomm and Microsoft have tried to make Windows on Arm a serious platform for years, and this next big swing is the most promising shot yet. In mid-2024, the first devices with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Series processors — the Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus — are poised to ship.
This time, things may be different
Windows 11 24H2 has received yet another hardware requirement for users with modded Windows 11 installs to watch out for. Bob Pony on X (Twitter) discovered that the SSE 4.2 instruction set is now required to run Windows 11 24H2, starting with build 26080. If the instruction is lacking, the OS won't boot.
If this sounds familiar to you, this new requirement is very similar to the POPCNT instruction