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Sven Peter who has worked a lot on various aspects of Apple Silicon enablement for Linux today posted the patches enabling Apple Bluetooth driver support for Apple Silicon M1/M2 hardware and also for some Apple x86 Macs.

This Bluetooth "hci_bcm4377" driver posted for review is for enabling the Broadcom BCM4377/4378/4387 controllers as found in the Apple M1/M2 systems and select Apple x86 Macs too.

Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel Driver Update Confirms VPU Integration in Meteor Lake for AI Workload Acceleration

TechPowerUp News | July 30, 2022, 11:16 a.m. | Original

Intel yesterday confirmed its plans to extend its Meteor Lake architecture towards shores other than general processing. According to Phoronix, Intel posted a new driver that lays the foundations for VPU (Versatile Processing Unit) support under Linux. The idea here is that Intel will integrate this VPU within its 14th Gen Meteor Lake architecture, adding AI inferencing acceleration capabilities to its silicon. A sure-fire way to achieve enormous gains in AI processing, especially in performance/watt. Interestingly, Intel is somewhat following Apple's footsteps

Apple Silicon

蘋果計劃在以色列建立新的開發中心，將專注為Mac開發芯片

EXPREVIEW | July 28, 2022, 11:17 p.m. | Original

隨着蘋果在WWDC 2022開發者大會上發佈了全新的MacBook Air，搭載全新的M2芯片，開啟了第二代M系列芯片的序幕，完成自研芯片過渡計劃幾乎只是時間問題。蘋果並沒有停止前進的步伐，接下來將加大力度為Mac開發新的芯片。

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Apple Silicon

Apple Preparing New Processor R&D Center in Jerusalem

Tom's Hardware | July 28, 2022, 1:11 p.m. | Original

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Apple is opening a new research and development site in Jerusalem, Israel. The new site will focus on the development of future Mac processors, indicating that Apple is fully long-term committed to the path it bravely took after its relationship with Intel began to look like a road to mediocrity. Elad Wertheimer, a recruitment specialist at Apple, announced (opens in new tab) the initiative via LinkedIn on Wednesday.

Wertheimer is specifically looking for engineers that are specialists in processor and associated hardware design

Apple Silicon|Intel

(PR) Supermicro Launches Android Cloud Gaming & Media Processing & Delivery Solutions Based on the New Intel Data Center GPU Codenamed Arctic Sound-M

TechPowerUp News | July 28, 2022, 12:43 a.m. | Original

Super Micro Computer, Inc., a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking, and green computing technology, is announcing future Total IT Solutions for availability with Android Cloud Gaming and Media Processing & Delivery. These new solutions will incorporate the Intel Data Center GPU, codenamed Arctic Sound-M, and will be supported on several Supermicro servers. Supermicro solutions that will contain the Intel Data Center GPUs codenamed Arctic Sound-M, include the 4U 10x GPU server for transcoding and media delivery, the Supermicro

Apple Silicon|Intel

(PR) Supermicro Launches Multi-GPU Cloud Gaming Solutions Based on Intel Arctic Sound-M

TechPowerUp News | July 28, 2022, 12:43 a.m. | Original

Apple Silicon|Intel

第十四代 CPU 再曝光 !! Intel Meteor Lake CPU 工程樣品規格現身 GitHub

XFastest 香港 | July 27, 2022, 9:08 a.m. | Original

Intel 第十三代 Raptor Lake CPU 還沒發佈之際，其第十四代 Meteor Lake CPU 就不斷曝光了各種資料。而這次就在 GitHub 上被發現其相關資料。

據悉，近日 Intel 工程師為寄存在 GitHub 的 SOF 開源音頻 Firmware 項目提交了新的代碼，當中竟然就出現了 Meteor Lake-P Mobile 處理器，家族

Apple Silicon

傳蘋果數個月前已準備好新款Mac Pro，因決定等待M2 Extreme延期到明年發佈

EXPREVIEW | July 27, 2022, 4:44 a.m. | Original

蘋果在今年初發布了全新的Mac Studio，搭載了最新的M1系列芯片M1 Ultra。通過名為UltraFusion的創新封裝架構，蘋果將兩個M1 Max芯片互聯在一起，創建了前所未有的性能和功能，為Mac Studio提供了驚人的計算能力。稍有遺憾的是，蘋果第一代

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Apple A16 could have a 15% faster CPU and up to a 30% faster GPU

TechSpot News | July 26, 2022, 3:01 p.m. | Original

In a nutshell: Apple is expected to further define the line between its mainstream and flagship iPhones come September when the next generation of devices are introduced. Most believe Apple will do this by reserving its A16 SoC for Pro-tier iPhones and shipping its other new iPhones with the A15 from the iPhone 13 family.

Jason Cross from Macworld recently looked at the broad picture including past improvements to try and predict what sort of performance we can expect from the A16. The general consensus from the

Apple Silicon|Intel

Apple Removes Remaining Intel Components from M2 MacBooks

TechPowerUp News | July 26, 2022, 1:59 a.m. | Original

Apple has removed the final remaining Intel components from its latest M2 MacBooks with the Intel JHL8040R USB4 timer chips being replaced with a pair of custom U09PY3 chips. This change was discovered by iFixIt during a recent teardown and documented by Twitter user SkyJuice with the exact reason for the change unknown. This move towards alternative USB4 chips is also present with AMD's latest Rembrandt laptops switching to retimers such as the KB8001 'Matterhorn' from Swiss startup

Linux Driver Posted Enabling Bluetooth Support For Apple M1/M2, Some x86 Macs

Intel Driver Update Confirms VPU Integration in Meteor Lake for AI Workload Acceleration

蘋果計劃在以色列建立新的開發中心，將專注為Mac開發芯片

Apple Preparing New Processor R&D Center in Jerusalem

(PR) Supermicro Launches Android Cloud Gaming & Media Processing & Delivery Solutions Based on the New Intel Data Center GPU Codenamed Arctic Sound-M

(PR) Supermicro Launches Multi-GPU Cloud Gaming Solutions Based on Intel Arctic Sound-M

第十四代 CPU 再曝光 !! Intel Meteor Lake CPU 工程樣品規格現身 GitHub

傳蘋果數個月前已準備好新款Mac Pro，因決定等待M2 Extreme延期到明年發佈

Apple A16 could have a 15% faster CPU and up to a 30% faster GPU

Apple Removes Remaining Intel Components from M2 MacBooks

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