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After rolling out Snapdragon X2 Elite chips last year, Qualcomm is expectedly expanding its lineup of Windows offerings with the Snapdragon X2 Plus range. Although we’re likely to see more variants in the future, Qualcomm made two SKUs official at CES 2026. There’s the X2P-64-100

Apple Silicon|Intel

Qualcomm’s next-gen Snapdragon X2 laptops are here — and they brought a new friend

The Verge | Jan. 5, 2026, noon | Original

In September, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme, the laptop chips that, it claimed, would be "the fastest and most efficient processors for Windows PCs." They might finally give Intel and AMD a run for their money. Now, CES 2026 is bringing us the first actual laptops based on both that […]

Apple Silicon

The Last Apple MacBook Air To Run On An Intel Chip Declared “Vintage”

wccftech | Jan. 5, 2026, 11:03 a.m. | Original

Apple's 13-inch Retina MacBook Air from 2020 has now been declared "vintage," adding another chapter to the inexorable decline of third-party silicon from the Cupertino giant's devices.

Apple typically declares a product "vintage" 5 years after it halts its distribution, and declares it "obsolete" 7 years after. Once a product is declared obsolete, it no longer remains eligible for repairs and other services at Apple Stores and other authorized service providers. On the other hand

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Six new Apple products will launch early this year, here’s what’s coming

9to5mac | Jan. 5, 2026, 9:59 a.m. | Original

Apple has a big year of 20+ product launches ahead, including six new products that are rumored to arrive in the next few months. Here’s what’s coming.

Apple Silicon

Apple SMC Power Driver Posted For Linux Kernel To Finally Expose Battery Stats

Phoronix | Jan. 5, 2026, 9:56 a.m. | Original

The newest open-source Apple Silicon driver being submitted for review in working toward its inclusion in the mainline Linux kernel is the Apple Silicon SMC power driver for being able to expose MacBook battery power metrics as well as AC power adapter status reporting under Linux.

Michael Reeves posted the set of patches today for the nearly 900 lines of code power driver for Apple's System Management Controller. This new "macsmc-power" driver allows for the Linux kernel to report the AC charging status as well as battery status

Apple Silicon|Intel

ASUS’ first White ROG CROSSHAIR motherboard has been unveiled

Overclock3D.Net | Jan. 5, 2026, 8:16 a.m. | Original

ASUS has unveiled its first-ever white ROG CROSSHAIR series motherboard Among CES 2026’s list of Innovation Award honorees is ASUS’ first-ever white ROG CROSSHAIR series motherboard. This motherboard is ASUS’ new ROG CROSSHAIR X870E GLACIAL, a new motherboard for AMD’s popular AM5 platform. This new EATX motherboard features a white PCB and a silver/white colour […]

The post ASUS’ first White ROG CROSSHAIR motherboard has been unveiled appeared first on OC3D .

Apple Silicon|Intel

GIGABYTE 四款全新 AM4 主機板記憶體短缺下 DDR4 AM4 板才是王道

HKEPC | Jan. 5, 2026, 4:57 a.m. | Original

【2026 年新品 ... 😵‍💫】沒錯 !! GIGABYTE 在 CES 大會上發布了 4 款支援 AMD AM4 的主機板，包括 A520M H ARGB、A520I AC 1.5、B550I AORUS Pro AX 1.4 及 B550M H ARGB，以滿足遊戲玩家對 DDR4 主機板的需求。

Apple Silicon|Intel

Qualcomm claims Snapdragon X2 Plus beats AMD and Intel in new benchmarks

TechSpot News | Jan. 4, 2026, 9:54 a.m. | Original

The benchmarks are drawn from Geekbench 6.5 and UL's Procyon suite, run on Windows 11 laptops. Qualcomm claims the 10-core X2 Plus can deliver up to 3.1× higher multi-core CPU performance at the same power level as competing processors, while reaching up to 52 percent higher peak performance in those tests.

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Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Reportedly Utilizes TSMC’s 3nm N3X Process To Reach Its Maximum Clock Speeds For The Best-Possible Performance, With Some Trade-Offs

wccftech | Jan. 4, 2026, 7:15 a.m. | Original

The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and Snapdragon X2 Elite were announced as Qualcomm’s first 3nm chipsets designed for laptops to deliver unrivaled performance from notebooks, with the company’s top-end 18-core SoC reaching up to 5.00GHz on a single or two cores. What was interesting about the official announcement was that the San Diego didn’t divulge if its chipsets took advantage of TSMC’s 3nm N3E or the newer 3nm N3P node.

However

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These are the best new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro deals in January so far

9to5mac | Jan. 3, 2026, 9 p.m. | Original

If you’re looking to kick off the new year with a new MacBook, now’s a fantastic time to buy. In recent years, Macs have become more and more affordable – largely in part because of Apple’s transition to Apple Silicon. These MacBooks are also more capable than ever.

Apple’s latest macOS Tahoe update also dropped support for practically all Intel Macs (with some small exceptions ). If you’d like to stay on the latest and greatest Apple software, nows a fitting time

Qualcomm expands Snapdragon on Windows with X2 Plus – 10-core ARM CPU boasts 35% single-core jump

Qualcomm’s next-gen Snapdragon X2 laptops are here — and they brought a new friend

The Last Apple MacBook Air To Run On An Intel Chip Declared “Vintage”

Six new Apple products will launch early this year, here’s what’s coming

Apple SMC Power Driver Posted For Linux Kernel To Finally Expose Battery Stats

ASUS’ first White ROG CROSSHAIR motherboard has been unveiled

GIGABYTE 四款全新 AM4 主機板記憶體短缺下 DDR4 AM4 板才是王道

Qualcomm claims Snapdragon X2 Plus beats AMD and Intel in new benchmarks

Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Reportedly Utilizes TSMC’s 3nm N3X Process To Reach Its Maximum Clock Speeds For The Best-Possible Performance, With Some Trade-Offs

These are the best new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro deals in January so far

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