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(PR) ASRock launches Z790I and B760I Mini-ITX motherboards with DDR5-8600 OC memory support

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ASRock Unveils Z790I & B760I Lightning WiFi Motherboards with DDR5-8600 Support for Extreme Overdrive Power

TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 3rd, 2024 – ASRock proudly announces its new Z790I Lightning WiFi and B760I Lightning WiFi mini-ITX motherboards. Equipped with a robust 14+1+1 power phase design and an optimized memory layout, these motherboards fully unleash the powerful performance of Intel®

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Snapdragon X Elite beats AMD and Intel flagship mobile CPUs in Geekbench 6 – Qualcomm's new laptop chip leads in single- and multi-core tests

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@techinmul on X (Twitter) shared performance figures for Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite CPU in Geekbench 6 . The ARM CPU's results are incredibly potent, performing on par with Intel's Core i7-13700HX, Core i9-13900H, and AMD's latest Ryzen 9 8945HS mobile flagship. If these numbers match real-world performance, Qualcomm's new ARM-based laptop

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Apple M3 Ultra Chip Could be a Monolithic Design Without UltraFusion Interconnect

As we witness Apple's generational updates of the M series of chips, the highly anticipated SKU of the 3rd generation of Apple M series yet-to-be-announced top-of-the-line M3 Ultra chip is growing speculations from industry insiders. The latest round of reports suggests that the M3 Ultra might step away from its predecessor's design, potentially adopting a monolithic architecture without the UltraFusion interconnect technology. In the past, Apple has relied on a dual-chip design for its
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World's first hybrid CXL device combines flash memory and DRAM — storage tiering comes to remote memory over PCIe

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Samsung has unveiled a new Compute Express Link (CXL) Add-in Card called the CXL Memory Module-Hybrid for Tiered Memory (CMM-H TM), which adds additional RAM and flash memory that can be remotely accessed by CPUs and accelerators. The expansion card comes with a mixture of high-speed DRAM and NAND flash and is intended to provide a cost-effective way to boost memory capacity for servers without resorting to locally-installed DDR5 memory.

Samsung's solution

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Lenovo laptop spotted with Snapdragon X Elite X1E78100 12-core CPU

Lenovo laptop gets 12 Core X Elite CPU from Qualcomm

Up to 12 CPU cores in X Elite.

Lenovo is joining the ranks of brands incorporating Qualcomm’s new X Elite high-end CPU into their devices. A laptop labeled as “4810UV0100” has surfaced on Geekbench, reportedly featuring the Snapdragon X Elite X1E78100 CPU with 12 cores Oryon 4nm cores.

According to the Geekbench 6.2.2 results, the CPU

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With Intel tie-up, Taiwan chipmaker UMC makes U.S. push

TAIPEI -- Taiwanese contract chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) has gained a coveted U.S. production foothold through a partnership with Intel that seeks to capture growth beyond the semiconductor industry's cutting edge.

UMC and Intel will jointly develop relatively mature 12-nanometer chip technology for contract production at three Intel plants in the U.S. state of Arizona. Mass production will start in 2027 for communications and other applications.


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Intel Realizes the Only Way to Save x86 is to Democratize it, Reopens x86 IP Licensing

Back in the glory days of x86 in the 1990s, you could buy an IBM PC-compatible x86 processor from not just Intel and AMD, but also the likes of Cyrix, IDT, Transmeta, and NEC. Competition among the various x86 licensees propelled innovation through the first half of the 32-bit era, but toward the end of the century, and with the Y2K frenzy looming, the PC processor market saw a slew of consolidations, such

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AMD lists mystery MI388X AI GPU in official docs, says it's barred from China sales due to US sanctions

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AMD has listed an unannounced AI chip, the MI388X, in its 10K filing with the SEC, noting that it cannot be sold to Chinese customers due to US sanctions. Companies like AMD and Intel have a plethora of products that can cater to almost any need, and both companies often have so-called 'off-roadmap' products that are not openly listed on their websites - especially if they are custom designs for customers or military applications. However,

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高通、英特爾和谷歌組成新聯盟,計劃通過oneAPI推翻英偉達CUDA統治

英特爾在2020年末,首次發佈了oneAPI工具包。這是一個跨架構的編程工具,旨在簡化跨GPU、CPU、FPGA和AI加速器之間的編程,可以與英特爾自身設備,或其他廠商的芯片配合使用,以優化工作負載。作為一個跨平台的編程接口,


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蘋果M3 Ultra或不再使用UltraFusion技術互聯,將獲得更大幅度的性能提升

去年蘋果 推出 了M2 Ultra,帶來了性能上的飛躍,助力全新的Mac Studio和Mac Pro成為性能最強勁的Mac設備,也讓M2系列芯片產品線變得完整。與M1 Ultra一樣,M2 Ultra利用UltraFusion技術將兩顆M2 Max芯片互聯在一起,使得性能翻倍。

據Wccftech 報道