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Asahi Linux May Pursue Writing Apple Silicon GPU Driver In Rust

When it comes to the Apple M1 and M2 support on Linux, one of the biggest obstacles to suitable daily use for end-users is the current lack of GPU acceleration. Reverse engineering has been happening for the Apple Silicon graphics processor, early experiments being carried out under macOS and Asahi's m1n1 environment, and the next step will be to start writing a Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel driver. To some surprise, the feasibility of writing this DRM kernel GPU driver in the Rust
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The biggest unboxing of AMD Ryzen CPUs ever: 3,500 Ryzen 7 6800U chips

3,500 AMD Ryzen 7 6800U CPUs delivered to AOKZOE

AOKZEO, the company behind the A1 handheld console is preparing for a mass production of their new device.

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AMD's Sabrina Chromebook SoC Is Really a Mendocino Alias

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According to a report by Phoronix, patch notes from open-source project Coreboot have confirmed AMD's mysterious Sabrina project - destined to power Chromebooks - was just an alias for AMD's recently announced Zen 2 Mendocino SoCs. These new chips have already been confirmed to drop into mainstream Windows laptops and Google Chromebooks by Q4 this year.

These chips will give Chromebooks access to a newly enhanced Zen 2 core shrunk down to 6nm, RDNA2 integrated graphics, and LPDDR5 memory

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Apple M2 vs. AMD Rembrandt vs. Intel Alder Lake Linux Benchmarks

Given the significant interest from Phoronix readers about how well Apple M2 performs on Linux, especially after it was noted Linus Torvalds using an Apple MacBook Air M2 , here are the first of many benchmark articles to come looking at how well Apple's M2 performs under Linux against Intel/AMD x86_64 competition. The new Apple MacBook Air with M2 was benchmarked for this article against the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U "Rembrandt" Zen 3+, Intel Core i

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AMD X670E motherboard already in reviewer’s hands

AORUS X670E Aorus Master ships to reviewer

AMD spares no time, the review samples of upcoming AMD X670E motherboards are already in reviewers hands.

Last week AMD made a formal showcase of partner high-end X670E/X670 motherboard series. None of these are available yet, but the message was clear, both AMD and motherboard makers are ready for launch of Ryzen 7000 series.

Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master, Source:


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傳蘋果已放棄M1 Pro版Mac mini,將以M2和M2 Pro取代

蘋果在WWDC 2022開發者大會上發佈了全新的MacBook Air,上面搭載了全新一代的M2芯片,開啟了M2系列自研芯片的序幕。與M1芯片相比,M2無論CPU還是GPU方面的性能都有所增強,而且有着更好的能效表現。蘋果顯然會繼續推


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(PR) Intel announces Arc Pro A40 and Arc A50 professional desktop GPUs

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Intel Unveils Arc Pro GPU Products

Intel launches the Arc Pro A-series GPUs and details mobile and desktop workstation products.

The first Intel Arc Pro products are the Intel Arc Pro A30M GPU for mobile form factors and the Intel Arc Pro A40 (single slot) and A50 (dual slot) GPUs for small form factor desktops. (Credit: Intel Corporation)

Today Intel introduced the Intel® Arc™ Pro A-series professional range of graphics processing units (GPUs

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AMD Threadripper Pro 5995WX and 5975WX Review: Sheer Threaded Dominance

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The new 64-core AMD Threadripper Pro 5995WX and 32-core Threadripper Pro 5975WX are finally available at retail, breaking free from the confines of pre-built OEM systems to contend for a spot on our list of best CPUs for workstations . They have a tough act to follow: AMD's previous-gen Threadripper CPUs delivered a crushing blow to the entrenched Intel's HEDT and workstation lineup, with the consumer

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AMD's "Sabrina" SoC Is Mendocino - Coreboot Enablement Continues

You may recall the Phoronix news earlier this year around an AMD "Sabrina" SoC appearing in Coreboot for open-source system firmware support. Over the past few months we've cited a number of AMD Sabrina hits in open-source code but outside of that haven't heard much else about "Sabrina" or seen it on AMD's roadmaps.

Similar to how in the past the AMD Radeon folks have used colorful fishy codenames for early open-source enablement patches for next-generation graphics hardware rather than
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Intel 或取消 3nm 訂單 – 台積電 3nm 首發客戶僅剩 Apple 一個

台積電 3nm 製程於今年下半年才會開始量產,而產品會於明年開始出貨。原本 Intel 和 Apple 會是首批使用 3nm 的客戶,不過從最近的傳聞看來,Intel 3nm 訂單幾乎全部都取消了,而第 14 代處理器的 GPU 單元也趕不上 3nm 製程了。

隨著 Intel 的