Apple Silicon

Asahi Linux Enables Early Apple GPU Driver Support - WIP OpenGL 2.1 + GLES 2.0

The Asahi Linux distribution is now shipping an early, alpha quality graphics driver stack for the Apple M1/M2 SoCs. This work-in-progress driver consists of their experimental Rust-written DRM kernel driver and then the AGX Gallium3D code in Mesa that is currently targeting OpenGL 2.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0 support.

This code is being enabled within Asahi Linux itself as the Rust-written DRM kernel driver will still need more time to bake before being merged to the mainline kernel for
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(PR) AAEON Unveils UP Xtreme i12 Single-board Computer

Adding to its incredibly popular UP Xtreme product line, industry leader AAEON has announced the release of the UP Xtreme i12, the next generation developer board with 12th Generation Intel Core Processors (formerly Alder Lake-P). Improving upon the 11th Generation Intel Core Processor SoC of its predecessor, the UP Xtreme i11, AAEON's next-generation UP Xtreme i12 utilizes the 12 core, 16 thread hybrid architecture of 12th Generation Intel Core Processors, making

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A Fresh Look At The Asahi Linux Performance On Apple's M2

Back during the summer once Asahi Linux introduced initial Apple M2 SoC support I ran many Apple M2 Linux benchmarks including a look at how the M2 competes with AMD and Intel laptop processors . With months having passed since then and the Apple M1/M2 Linux support has continued to advance upstream as well as more work hitting the Asahi Linux tree, here is a fresh look at where the performance of the M2 is currently at compared to that initial at-launch support.

Since August there has been

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Leaked Intel launch schedule shows busy first quarter of 2023

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

Intel Raptor Lake Mobile/Desktop update at CES 2023

Intel preparing various consumer, data-center and workstation products for early 2023.

According to @leaf_hobby who has leaked Intel 4th Gen Sapphire Rapids-WS details before anyone else, Intel has a busy first quarter next year. The company is set to introduce a long list of processors at CES 2023.

It is not a secret that Intel and AMD


Apple Silicon|Intel

Apple, Nvidia to be first customers of TSMC Arizona chip plant

TAIPEI -- Apple and Nvidia are set to be two of the first customers for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s new plant in Arizona, which is slated to begin making some of the world's most advanced chips as early as the end of next year.

Apple will be the most important first-wave customer when the plant begins production, sources briefed on the matter told Nikkei Asia, with Nvidia likely to follow suit, they added.


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Woman tries to enter China with 202 Intel CPUs hidden inside a fake pregnant belly

WTF?! Chinese customs have arrested a woman returning to the country with 202 Intel CPUs and nine iPhones wrapped around her torso and concealed underneath a prosthetic pregnant belly.

The would-be smuggler was a young woman crossing the border between Macau, an independent territory, and Zhuhai, a city in the Guangdong Province near Hong Kong (via mydrivers ). She was passing through customs at the Gongbei Port when an official observed her acting strangely.

The woman was walking through customs wearing a simple brown maternity dress when

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Apple Silicon|Intel

Smuggler Hid Over 200 Alder Lake CPUs in Fake Silicone Belly

Alder Lake CPUs (Image credit: HKEPC/Twitter)

While some smuggle drugs and other exotic animals, a woman in China agreed to be a mule for processors. According to a Mydrivers report (opens in new tab) , Chinese customs authorities detained a woman who tried to smuggle 202 Intel processors and nine iPhones strapped inside her prosthetic belly.

The event occurred at the Gongbei Port in Zhuhai, where a supposed pregnant woman attempted to return to mainland China from Macau. The perpetrator claimed she was five months pregnant

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蘋果MR裝置作業系統更名為xrOS,最快明年問世

《彭博社》 (Bloomberg)本週引述消息來源報導,蘋果最快會在明年發表混合實境(Mixed Reality,MR)頭戴裝置,同時推出專用的作業系統與程式商店,並已將該裝置的作業系統名稱從realityOS變更為xrOS。

各家媒體是在今年5月發現 蘋果透過關係企


Apple Silicon|Intel

偷步流出 ? GIGABYTE 未發佈的 B760 主機板於 FB 二手買賣群組現身

雖然 Intel 第 13 代處理器推出後,面向高階的 Z790 系列晶片組主機板已隨之推出,但主流級以至入門級的主機板依然遲遲未見消息。不過最近竟有人在 Facebook 的二手買賣群組中發現到未公開的 B760 主機板。

這次在 FB 二手買賣群

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Foxconn: iPhone maker offers payments for finding new workers

Apple has warned shipments of the iPhone 14 would be delayed due to Covid-19 restrictions.