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三星否認重新命名Exynos系列SoC,稱“Dream”只是內部代號

昨天有 報道 稱,三星似乎有打算重新命名Exynos系列SoC的計劃,改成“Dream Chip”。Exynos系列已經存在很長時間了,在三星移動領域發揮着至關重要的作用,不過近年來發展並不如意,而在科技行業裏,重新打造命名體系並不是什麼新鮮事


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蘋果與Arm專利許可協議曝光:擁有最低費率,每台設備支付不到30美分

眾所周知,對於供應商而言,蘋果是一個態度強硬的合作伙伴。目前蘋果在許多設備中大量使用基於Arm架構的芯片,而近期一份報告顯示,蘋果與Arm的專利許可協議裏,費率低得驚人。

據The Information 報道 ,蘋果向Arm支付“每台設備不到


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Apple pays Arm less than 30 cents per chip in royalties, new report says

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Apple is known for being a tough business partner with its vendors, and a new report suggesting the company has negotiated a surprisingly small royalty rate with Arm, whose tech Apple uses to make the processors in its many devices, confirms that.

According to a report from The Information , Apple is paying Arm "less than 30 cents per device" to use Arm-based chips in laptops, phones, tablets, watchers, smart speakers and other devices.

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Chinese state owned phone maker shutters chip design unit, highlighting country's struggles in path to chipmaking independence

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TCL Technology Group, a major maker of consumer electronics from China, has shut down its chip subsidiary Mooresilicon, which specialized on development of commodity chips, such as display drivers (DDIC) and power management ICs (PMICs), reports Nikkei . This step was due to uncertainties with securing financing the chip projects and overall TCL's financial challenges.

Mooresilicon, which used to employ fewer than 100 engineers, was established in March 2021 amid severe shortage of commodity chips

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Intel will spend $25 billion on manufacturing its new chips at TSMC: Report

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Intel will allegedly place $14 billion worth of orders with TSMC in 2024 to fab 3nm CPU tiles, per a report from semiconductor analyst Andrew Lu (via eeNews ). 2025 will also see a large number of Intel chips produced at TSMC, with orders totaling $10 billion. Lunar Lake is allegedly Intel's first processor to have its CPU cores fabbed at an external foundry, and Lu believes Intel will become increasingly dependent on TSMC in

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Ericsson First to Market with Processors Made on "Intel 4" Technology

Ericsson, a massive player in networking and cellular technology, has announced their new lineup of RAN Compute (Radio Access Network) processors as well as new high bandwidth routers built around in-house silicon designs fabbed on Intel 4, beating Intel's own Meteor Lake processors to market. These new processors are not something the average person is going to be using in their PCs or home routers, but they are pivotal in the reliability and speed of current and future generation 5G networking as the devices they power handle the
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Apple Silicon|Intel

三星或重新命名Exynos系列SoC,改成“Dream Chip”

三星的Exynos系列已經存在很長時間了,在三星移動領域發揮着至關重要的作用。不過近年來Exynos系列的發展並不如意,特別是在高端領域,並沒有取得三星所期望的成績,可以説是接連受挫。現在三星寄望於即將上市的Exynos 2400可


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Amazon announces new data center chip as Microsoft rivalry ... - Reuters

Amazon announces new data center chip as Microsoft rivalry ... Reuters

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Fanless AirJet cooler experiment boosts MacBook Air to match MacBook Pro's performance

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Engineers from Frore Systems have integrated the company's innovative solid-state AirJet cooling system, which provides impressive cooling capabilities despite a lack of moving parts, into an M2-based Apple MacBook Air. With proper cooling, the relatively inexpensive laptop matched the performance of a more expensive MacBook Pro based on the same processor.

The lack of a fan is probably one of the main advantages of Apple's MacBook Air over its more performant siblings, but it also puts the laptop at

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AYANEO unveils Macintosh-inspired retro Mini-PC powered by AMD Ryzen 3200U & 5700U APUs, pricing starts at $149

AYANEO goes retro with Apple Macintosh inspired Mini-PC

Powered by AMD Ryzen 3 3200U or Ryzen 7 5700U.

AYANEO is introducing the first personal computer as part of their Mini PC 2.0 initiative. This is one of the initial small form factor systems from this company that is not solely intended for gaming purposes.

The AM01 Retro Mini-PC powered by AMD Ryzen hardware. This system is inspired by the Apple Macintosh personal computer, but it is much smaller and

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