In a bid to boost profitability and increase the value of the company to potential investors, Arm is developing reference chip designs, it transpired in late April . This week Bloomberg added some more bits to this information, and it turns out that the company is indeed developing system-on-chip designs for various high-growth markets. In fact, Arm confirmed that it was offering its customers to license 'SoC solutions' rather than just IP in its IPO filing with the SEC.
Arm Develops Full Chip Designs for Multiple Markets: Report
Apple and Qualcomm Renew iPhone 5G Modem Partnership
Industry experts were expecting Apple to rely on their own in-house 5G modem tech once a previous deal with a development partner expired, but the big A has returned to pastures of old—Qualcomm Technologies yesterday announced : "that it has entered into an agreement with Apple Inc. to supply Snapdragon 5G Modem‑RF Systems for smartphone launches in 2024, 2025 and 2026. This agreement reinforces Qualcomm's track record of sustained leadership across 5G technologies and products
Apple and Qualcomm Extend 5G Modem Supply Agreement Till 2026
Qualcomm on Monday said that it had renewed its partnership with Apple and will supply the consumer electronics giant with Snapdragon 5G Modem-RF Systems for its smartphones in till 2026. This move highlights Apple's ongoing reliance on Qualcomm, despite its ambitions to develop its own modem.
Apple's aspiration to create its own modems and reduce its dependence on Qualcomm is well-known. The company acquired Intel's struggling modem business for $1 billion in 201
高通與蘋果續簽3年協議，將繼續為iPhone提供基帶芯片
高通官方發佈一份聲明， 確認 已與蘋果公司續簽了三年的協議，將繼續為蘋果的智能手機提供基帶芯片（調制解調器芯片） 直至2026年。
基帶芯片是移動通訊設備中用於無線電傳輸和接收數據的數字芯片，是移動通信設備連
Benchmarks Reveal Six-Core Ryzen Z1 Is Optimized for 15W Gaming
After months of waiting, benchmarks of AMD's vanilla Ryzen Z1 chip have finally surfaced, giving us some insight into the chip's performance before we see it appear in handhelds later this year like the ROG Ally . We first heard about the APU back in May, alongside the Z1 Extreme, as gaming-optimized mobile APUs designed for handheld gaming PCs, but only the Z1 Extreme was in reviewed systems.
Now, in a review published by David Huang on Zhulanlan
Qualcomm Extends Deal To Supply 5G Modems for Apple Through 2026
Qualcomm just shot over a brief note this morning, announcing that the company has signed an extended agreement with Apple to supply 5G modem-RF chips for their smartphones and other products that will be released in 2024, 2025, and 2026. The unusual Apple-related announcement, notably coming from a vendor rather than the tech juggernaut itself, underscores the cold-but-necessary relationship between Apple and Qualcomm: Apple has made it no secret that the company wants to develop
AMD鋭龍Z1芯片代號為Phonex 2，採用Zen 4+Zen 4c大小核設計
ROG Ally掌機在發佈之時提供了AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme和Z1兩種芯片選擇，不過目前在售的Ally掌機就只有Z1 Extreme了，主要原因可能是Z1目前還在測試當中，據最新消息透露，AMD這顆Z1還是有一個大亮點，它採用Zen 4+Zen 4c大小核設計。
AMD Phoenix 2 Review Evaluates Zen 4, Zen 4c Performance
Zen 4 powers some of the best CPUs around. Therefore, it's unsurprising that AMD developed Zen 4c , an offshoot of Zen 4, for the chipmaker's upcoming mobile Phoenix 2 processors. Hardware enthusiast David Huang has provided an exciting insight into the difference between the Zen 4 and Zen 4c cores in Phoenix 2.
Phoenix 2 was slated to launch this year, but we still haven't seen the mobile Ryzen processors in retail laptops yet. However
AMD Next-Gen EPYC Venice Zen 6 CPUs Reportedly Drop Into New SP7 Platform
AMD's 6th Generation EPYC processors codenamed Venice and based on Zen 6 cores, will reportedly use an all-new SP7 socket, according to renowned leaker YuuKi_AnS , who seems to have seen a roadmap of a server maker. The new platform will enable support for up to 16 memory channels, he asserts, which will ensure enough memory bandwidth for CPUs with hundreds of cores.
AMD's 5th Generation EPYC processors codenamed Turin , will keep using the existing