South Korea's customs office has busted a chip smuggling operation that involved 53,000 chips worth $11.6 million, making it by value the biggest chip smuggling bust yet (via BusinessKorea ). They found strategic chips using US tech were being routed through Korea to China. This smuggling operation was so massive that an entire company, known only as 'Company A,' rather than a single individual was behind it. All executives at the company have been
聯發科將於2024Q4推出天璣9400，具有更先進的AI功能
去年聯發科（MediaTek）帶來了天璣9300（Density 9300），開創性地採用了“全大核”CPU架構，4+4的二叢架構包括了四個超大核（Cortex-X4@3.25 GHz）和四個大核（Cortex-A720@2.0 GHz），峯值性能相較上一代大幅度
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 Touted for Mass Production in Q3Y24
Qualcomm and its smartphone manufacturer partners are reported to be in a rush to get the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset released later this year—Digital Chat Station believes that a pioneering mobile device could enter a mass production phase around September of this year. Prototype devices are allegedly up and running—the tipster's insider sources have alluded to engineering samples being capable of reaching 4.0 GHz clocks on a high-powered Big Core (Nuvia's Oryon or Phoenix). Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC was
AMD "Kraken Point" Silicon Succeeds "Hawk Point" with Zen 5 4P+4C Core Config, NPU
AMD's next generation Ryzen mobile processor family is undergoing a significant re-positioning of IP within its product stack, as the company introduces the new "elite experience" segment. The "Fire Range" mobile processor is a direct successor to "Dragon Range" MCM, with two 8-core "Zen 5" chiplets. It is essentially a BGA package of the desktop "Granite Ridge" processor, and comes with up to 16 "Zen 5" cores, for flagship gaming notebooks and mobile workstations.
Chip smuggling operation that sent 53,000 banned American chips to China gets busted — $12 million worth of chips funneled through South Korean company
網傳第四代驍龍8移動平台將採用高通自研架構，核心頻率可達4.0GHz
目前已有不少消息流傳第四代驍龍8移動平台將放棄採用ARM的CPU架構，取而代之的是使用高通定製的2個Nuvia Phoenix性能核心和6個Nuvia Phoenix M核心的全新雙集羣八核心CPU架構方案。同時還有傳聞稱這款SoC將採用台積電3nm工藝製造，因此
Intel next-gen Lunar Lake processors may leverage Samsung's LPDDR5X RAM with 3D packaging
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Rumor mill: The Lunar Lake MX platform is the next crucial step in Intel's attempt to prove that x86 can hold back the rising influence of Arm processors in the mobile and low-power sectors. Efficient on-package memory is a central part of this plan, and reports suggest that Samsung could be the primary and possibly sole provider.
DigiTimes reports that Intel will
Intel's Lunar Lake CPUs to use on-package Samsung LPDDR5X memory
Intel has contracted Samsung to supply it LPDDR5X devices that it will use as on-package memory for its upcoming codenamed Lunar Lake processors due later this year, according to a DigiTimes report citing South Korean media. If the information is correct, this is a big design win for Samsung, as Intel will supply tens of millions of Lunar Lake CPUs over the next few years. Keep in mind that this is a leak and could be inaccurate.
Intel's Lunar Lake MX platform
(PR) BOXX Introduces Rack Mounted RAXX S1G Workstation with Intel Core 14th Gen Processors
BOXX Technologies, the leading innovator of high-performance computer workstations, rendering systems, and servers, today introduced RAXX S1G, a rack-mounted workstation featuring up to two NVIDIA RTX GPUs and Intel Core i7 or i9 14th gen processors. The new Intel CPUs offer outstanding performance for CAD, 3D design, motion media, and other professional software applications, while RAXX S1G delivers the power and performance of a desk side workstation in a 1U form factor for both onsite and
蘋果將成為台積電2nm首批客户，預計會在iPhone 17系列首發
去年蘋果發佈了多款3nm芯片，比如M3系列，也帶動了台積電（TSMC）3nm產能的拉昇，獲得的巨大收益也很快便反映到台積電的季度財報上。為了進一步提高iPhone和Mac的計算和圖形性能，蘋果已開始了下一代芯片的研發工作。
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Intel’s Black Edition CPUs aren’t always faster than the regular ones — Core i7-14790F performs like a Core i7-14700F in Geekbench 6 benchmark
Intel's latest 14th Generation Raptor Lake Refresh processors have found their way into the list of best CPUs . Some China-exclusive SKUs, like the Core i7-14790F and Core i5-14490F Black Edition, have also arrived on the market, and now we have the former's first benchmark (via Benchleaks ).
The Core i7