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AMD's Apple-exclusive dual GPU defeats RTX 4080 in head-to-head benchmark

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In context: In 2021, Apple worked with AMD to produce new Mac Pro computers with the most powerful graphics card ever found in an Apple computer. The Radeon Pro W6800X Duo had long been exclusive to Apple hardware until der8auer discovered a way to use the GPU outside the Apple ecosystem.

Apple knew it had acquired something special with the Radeon Pro W68

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AMD's Dual-GPU, Apple-Only Graphics Card Bests RTX 4080 in Head-to-Head PC Matchup

AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo (Image credit: Roman Hartung/YouTube)

It's a pity that the Radeon Pro W6800X Duo didn't make it outside Apple's ecosystem. Given its latest performance show, the dual Navi 21-based offering from AMD would rival the best graphics cards on the market.

The Radeon Pro W6800X Duo features not one but two Navi 21 (Sienna Cichlid) dies. They communicate with each

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AMD's 'Dragon Range' 7945HX Goes Toe-to-Toe With Intel's Best in Geekbench 5

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Much of what we've heard about AMD's latest Dragon Range high-end mobile processor platform so far has been impressive, whether that be early benchmarks or claims from AMD . And the recent Geekbench 5 results for the flagship 5.4 Ghz 16-core Ryzen 9 H7945HX seem to solidify the trend, seeing it edge past Intel's Core i9-13980X in the single-core test, while falling just

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Adobe signs chip supplier Qualcomm for marketing tech software - Reuters

Adobe signs chip supplier Qualcomm for marketing tech software Reuters

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Apple procures TSMC's entire supply of 3nm chips, insiders say

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In brief: Apple is reportedly going all in on TSMC's first-generation 3nm (N3) manufacturing process. Sources in the semiconductor supply chain told DigiTimes (paywalled, via MacRumors) that Apple has laid claim to 100 percent of TSMC's initial N3 supply. The contract manufacturer put its 3nm chips into mass production at the tail end of 2022 and

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How ASML became Europe’s most valuable tech firm

ASML machines make computer chips - with technology so advanced the firm is caught in geopolitical rivalry.

Apple Silicon|Intel

Ryzen 7 7745HX, 8-Core Laptop CPU Is as Fast as 14-Core, Core i9-12900HK

Dragon Range (Image credit: AMD)

Upcoming high-performance laptops will tap into AMD's Ryzen 7045-series (codename Dragon Range ) portfolio. Benchmarks for the Ryzen 7 7745HX have emerged, suggesting that we could soon see these AMD-powered mobile powerhouses on retail shelves.

If you missed out on AMD's CES 2023 announcement, Dragon Range is the first AMD mobile processor to exploit the company's chiplet architecture. TSMC produces these chips for AMD

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ASRock's Blazing-Fast Card Houses Four PCIe 5.0 SSDs

Blazing Quad M.2 Card (Image credit: ASRock)

ASRock has launched an AIC (add-in-card) that will allow you to use up to four of the best SSDs on the same board. The Blazing Quad M.2 Card (opens in new tab) does justice to its name and provides housing for four lightning-fast PCIe 5.0 SSDs .

ASRock has been making these AICs for M.2 SSDs for quite a while now. The company previously released the Ultra Quad M.

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Microsoft 推薦以 Parallels Desktop 在 M1、M2 Mac 電腦安裝 Windows 11

從 Apple Mac 轉用自家 Apple Silicon 後,除了效能上帶來極大的優勢外,還對一些雙系統的用戶帶來不少影響。這是因為 M1/M2 Mac 已沒有原生的 Bootcamp 雙系統安裝支援。

過往不少用戶購買 MacBook Air/Pro 來裝 Windows 系統,而初期因為未有軟件正式支援將 ARM


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蘋果Safari 16.4 beta已支持AV1編解碼器,或為A17 Bionic及M3系列芯片鋪路

AV1是由開放媒體視頻聯盟(Alliance of Open Media Video)開發的下一代視頻編碼格式,具有開放和免費的特點,針對超高清分辨率、寬色域和高動態範圍增強做了設計,在VP9/HEVC基礎上提高約30%的編碼效率。AV1被用於取代谷歌的VP9