Once upon a time, Apple's MacBook used M.2-like SSD modules that could be easily replaced or upgraded. Still, starting from the 2015 MacBook 12 systems, the company began soldering SSD components down to motherboards to make laptops thinner, thus making upgrades virtually impossible. But is it so? A repair shop from Canada offers to upgrade storage on M1-based Macs to up to
Repair shop offers 2TB SSD upgrades for M1, M2 Macbook Air — solders on bigger flash chips
M3 MacBook Air hits eye-popping 114 degrees Celsius in stress test and didn't melt — temperature settles down at 100 degrees after thermal throttling
The M3 MacBook Air can hit up to 114 degrees Celsius on its hottest core, according to testing from Max Tech . While modern processors, whether they're in laptops or desktops, are designed to run pretty hot, the M3 MacBook Air surprised with its peak temperature of 114 degrees Celsius. Stress testing shows that temperatures eventually fall to roughly 100 degrees Celsius but at the cost of performance.
The newest version of the MacBook Air launched this
(PR) Marvell Announces Industry's First 2 nm Platform for Accelerated Infrastructure Silicon
Marvell Technology, Inc., a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, is extending its collaboration with TSMC to develop the industry's first technology platform to produce 2 nm semiconductors optimized for accelerated infrastructure.
Behind the Marvell 2 nm platform is the company's industry-leading IP portfolio that covers the full spectrum of infrastructure requirements, including high-speed long-reach SerDes at speeds beyond 200 Gbps, processor subsystems, encryption engines, system-on-chip fabrics, chip-to-chip interconnects,
Behind the Marvell 2 nm platform is the company's industry-leading IP portfolio that covers the full spectrum of infrastructure requirements, including high-speed long-reach SerDes at speeds beyond 200 Gbps, processor subsystems, encryption engines, system-on-chip fabrics, chip-to-chip interconnects,
MediaTek beat out Apple and Qualcomm to finish 2023 as the top smartphone chip vendor
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The big picture: MediaTek finished 2023 as the world's leading smartphone processor vendor in terms of shipping volume, beating out industry heavyweights like Apple and Qualcomm for the top spot. According to the latest data from market analyst firm Canalys, a total of 117 million smartphones were shipped in Q4 that were powered by a MediaTek processor. That's an
(PR) AMD Announces Spartan UltraScale+ Family of FPGAs
AMD today announced the AMD Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA family, the newest addition to the extensive portfolio of AMD Cost-Optimized FPGAs and adaptive SoCs. Delivering cost and power-efficient performance for a wide range of I/O-intensive applications at the edge, Spartan UltraScale+ devices offer the industry's highest I/O to logic cell ratio in FPGAs built in 28 nm and lower process technology, deliver up to 30 percent lower total power consumption versus the previous generation, and contain the most robust set
Intel Core Ultra 2-series "Arrow Lake-S" Desktop Features 4 Xe-core iGPU, No Island Cores
Over the weekend, there have been a series of leaks from sources such as Golden Pig Upgrade, and High Yield YT, surrounding Intel's next-generation desktop processor, the Core Ultra 2-series "Arrow Lake-S." The lineup is likely to continue the new client processor naming scheme Intel introduced with the Core Ultra 1-series "Meteor Lake" on the mobile platform. "Arrow Lake-S" is rumored to debut the new Socket LGA1851, which retains cooler-
MSI Claw A1M Handheld Goes on Sale from March 8
MSI Claw A1M, the company's ambitious attempt at a handheld gaming console based on the Intel Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" processor, instead of AMD Ryzen Z1 "Zen 4," goes on sale from March 8, 2024. This is according to a now-retracted Newegg store listing that mentions the release dates of the three Claw A1M models. The lineup is led by the Claw A1M powered by a Core Ultra 155H processor, 16
Apple Launches M3-Based MacBook Air 13 and 15: 3nm CPU for the Masses
Apple on Monday introduced its new generation MacBook Air laptops based on the company's most-recent M3 system-on-chip (SoC). The new MacBook Air notebooks come in the same sizes as the previous models – 13.6 inches and 15.3 inches – with prices starting from $1,099 and $1,299 respectively.
The key improvement in Apple's 2024 MacBook Air laptops is of course the M3 processor . Fabbed on