Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel NUC X15 "Alder Country" Reference Laptop Features Core i7-12700H and up to Arc A730M Graphics

Intel's upcoming family of Arc Alchemist mobile graphics cards is just around the corner, and we are already starting to spot the company's reference systems utilizing the latest dedicated graphics. Thanks to the findings of @momomo_us, we have information that Intel is readying the NUC X15 laptop reference system codenamed "Alder Country." There are two SKUs, LAPAC71G and LAPAC71H, each with similar CPU and GPU configurations. Carrying an Intel Core i7-127

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(PR) Samsung Adopts Ansys' Simulation Portfolio to Create Semiconductor Designs to Optimize High-Speed Connectivity

Samsung Foundry will engage Ansys' industry-leading electromagnetic (EM) simulation tools to develop ultramodern designs, including 5G/6G, on the most advanced chips, nodes, and process technologies. Ansys' simulation solutions will deliver a comprehensive EM-aware design flow with greater capacity, speed, and integration capabilities for Samsung's most advanced semiconductor technology, accelerating on-chip design cycle times to boost high-speed connectivity while helping to reduce design error and risk.

Samsung designers will leverage Ansys' EM design


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M2芯片跑分性能不如AMD、Intel,但遊戲卻比鋭龍7 6800U好?

蘋果雖然早在上個月就開賣了搭載M2芯片的MacBook Pro,但由於前期很多拿到新機的媒體和玩家,都是面向果粉和普通用户出的評測,在M2芯片的性能測試上一般只跑個喜聞樂見的極客班次,實在讓硬件玩家們也看不出個所以然來

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Apple Announces MacBook Air M2 Availability Dates: Pre-Orders Start This Friday

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Apple on Wednesday said that it would start taking pre-orders on its next-generation MacBook Air laptop, starting this Friday, July 8th. And will start actual sales of the systems on July 15th. The new machines will be available this month worldwide, so time will soon tell if the company produced enough PCs to meet initial demand.

Apple and its retail partners will offer the M2 SoC -based system in midnight, starlight, silver, and space gray shades

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Apple Silicon|Intel

Enthusiast Makes Intel DG1 GPU Work on AMD's Platform

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When Intel introduced its entry-level Iris Xe DG1 graphics cards for desktop PCs early in 2021, it only positioned them for entry-level Intel-based PCs from system integrators. It even invented ways to prevent their installation into systems based on other platforms. However, since the Iris Xe DG1 desktop boards were not available separately, that limitation was not strictly necessary; furthermore, it turns out that it is possible to make Intel's Iris Xe graphics card

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Apple's M2 Beats AMD's Ryzen 7 6800U in Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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Thanks to a review by Hardware Unboxed, (opens in new tab) we have a quick look at the gaming performance of Apple's new M2 chip. The YouTube channel took an M2 Macbook and tested it against a Ryzen 7 6800U in Shadow of the Tomb Raider . The M2 outperformed the AMD despite the Ryzen 7 6800U packing one of AMD's fastest gaming iGPUs to date, the Radeon 680M

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ASRock now offers AMD and Intel Wi-Fi 6E network upgrade cards for its latest motherboards

WiFi 6E for ASRock motherboards

ASRock is now offering and network interface upgrade options for both AMD and Intel systems.

The company is now offering either AMD or Intel WiFi-6E (802.11ax) standard network cards for its newest motherboards. While the company is not confirming the exact chipset used by either of the products, AMD version appears to match AMD RZ608 NIC by design. This is a rebranding of MediaTek MT7921K card that made a debut last

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Intel adds 13th Gen Core “Raptor Lake-S” (desktop) and “Raptor Lake-P” (mobile) support to the latest Media Driver API

Intel spawns multiple Raptors

Intel has been relatively quiet about its next-gen mobile platform, but first steps for new platform enablement have already been taken.

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Asahi Linux Nears Release "Real Soon" For Apple M2 Hardware

While Apple just recently introduced their first M2-powered Apple Silicon devices, thanks to the dedication of Hector Martin with Asahi Linux and not too many breaking changes over the M1, Asahi Linux is looking at "soon" having a Linux release to support the new platform.

As written about at the end of June, Linux porting to the Apple M2 is underway . Within days of receiving the hardware, Hector Martin had Linux booting on the Apple M2. But a lot of peripheral support still needed to
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Apple Silicon|Intel

China: Buyout of UK's largest microchip plant raises concerns

Welsh microchip producer has become a front-line in the tech war between the West and China.