Apple Silicon|Intel

Arm CPUs forecast to capture a quarter of laptop market by 2027

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In brief: Global PC shipments dipped more than 16 percent last year and the outlook for the majority of 2023 isn't much better, but there is at least one ray of hope in an otherwise stormy sky.

According to the latest data from Counterpoint Research, Arm-based laptops are on track to claim significant market share from traditional x86-based machines in the coming years

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Apple MacBook Pro (2023) Review: M2 Pro and M2 Max Flex

Tom's Hardware Verdict

The 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pros, with M2 Pro and M2 Max offer incredible power and long-lasting battery life. Add best-in-class speakers and gorgeous Mini-LED screens and you have some of the best laptops on the market, if you're willing to pay for their high price tags.

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    Powerful performance

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    Long battery life

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    Best speakers on a laptop

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    Beautiful Mini-LED display

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    Color matching MagSafe charger for Space Gray

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Apple Silicon|Intel

ASRock Industrial's 4X4 BOX 7000/D5 Series Brings Zen 3+ and USB4 40Gbps to UCFF Systems

ASRock Industrial's lineup of ultra-compact form-factor machines in the NUC BOX (Intel-based) and 4X4 BOX (AMD-based) series has gained popularity over the last couple of years. Being the first to market with the latest platforms has been one of the key reasons behind this. In 2022, the company had launched the Intel Alder Lake and AMD Cezanne UCFF systems together, with the NUC BOX-1200 series and the 4X4 BOX-

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Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel's Alder Lake, Raptor Lake CPUs Get Support for 192GB of DDR5

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MSI on Friday announced that its Intel 600 and 700-series motherboards fully support 24GB and 48GB DDR5 memory modules. As a result, Intel's latest 12th Gen and 13th Generation Core processors can now support up to 192GB of DDR5 memory on MSI's platforms based on Intel's latest chipsets. Other makers of motherboards will likely follow MSI's statement shortly.

Intel's Alder Lake

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Another Attempt Made To Upstream An Apple Touch Bar Linux Driver

Apple introduced the Touch Bar to their MacBook Pro laptops a half-decade ago as a dynamic touchscreen to replace the function keys on the keyboard. While some MacBook Pro models have already dropped the Touch Bar for not catching on, some community developers in the open-source Linux community continue work on enabling the functionality for the upstream Linux kernel.

Two years ago an Apple Touch Bar driver was proposed for the Linux kernel but code issues were raised and no updated driver patches materialized. Two years later the t2linux.
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Apple Silicon|Intel

至強W7-2495X Geekbench 5跑分泄露:單核落後i9-13900K約28%,多核基本持平

據之前報道 ,英特爾已確認Sapphire Rapids HEDT/工作站處理器及對應的Fishhawk Falls平台將會在今年2月15日發佈,將帶來至強WX-3400系列和至強WX-2400系列處理器和W790芯片組。近日至強W7-2495X處理器的GeekBench 5跑分已


Apple Silicon|Intel

Arm-Based Laptops Gaining Share Despite PC Market Weakness: Report

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Although unit shipments of PCs decreased by around 15% in 2022 compared to the prior year and are expected to drop further in 2023, sales of Arm-based notebooks increased last year and will increase again this year, reports Counterpoint Research . Apple dominated the Arm-based laptop market last year with a 90% share, but as MediaTek and Qualcomm introduce their latest Arm system-on-chips for Windows PCs, such processors will gain even more

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Apple Silicon|Intel

Asus' ROG X670E-I Has a Chipset on a PCIe Stick

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While AMD's top-of-the-range X670E chipset for AM5 motherboards offers expandability by allowing daisy-chaining of the chipsets, it is rather hard to build a Mini-ITX motherboard featuring this dual-chip core logic. But it looks like Asus has found a solution: its ROG Strix X670E-I motherboard for AMD Ryzen 7000-series processors places the second chipset chip (Promontory 21) on an

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高通第4代驍龍8cx測試平台為10英寸設備,或專注於小尺寸便攜產品

由於性能有限,高通的合作伙伴並沒有過多采購第3代驍龍8cx,不過隨着第4代驍龍8cx的到來,情況可能會出現一些變化。傳聞高通的客户有意向發佈10英寸的小型移動設備,類似蘋果iPad類型的產品,預計會在2024年


Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel Says Goodbye to Rocket Lake CPUs

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Intel this week announced plans to discontinue its higher-end 11th Generation Core 'Rocket Lake' processors, which are made using its 14nm-class process technology. The CPUs will still be available to Intel's partners for a while, but their days are now numbered. Intel also said it will phase out its 400 and 500-series chipsets for processors in LGA1200 packaging.

Intel advised its partners to place their final orders

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