Apple Silicon

Total War Warhammer III has launched on macOS as an M1-only game

Games are being developed for MacOS that only support Apple Silicon

Published: 11th May 2022 | Source: Steam | Author: Mark Campbell

Total War Warhammer III has arrived on macOS as a Apple Silicon only game

In 2020 Apple changed the way they made MacBooks, shifting away from Intel x86 processors and onto their own ARM-based Apple Silicon, beefed up versions of their powerful iPhone processors. Now, games are being developed for macOS that only support Apple Silicon.

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Intel's Alder Lake-HX CPUs are official, with support for PCIe 5.0, DDR5, and overclocking

In brief: Intel says it saved the best of the Alder Lake family for last, so today, it introduced seven Alder Lake-HX series CPUs for workstation-grade laptops. These won't be the fastest mobile CPUs for gaming. Still, they extend the H-series lineup with ample support for the latest memory, PCIe, and connectivity standards, not to mention overclocking.

Intel's Vision 2022 event is in full swing, and the company used the occasion to reveal its enthusiast-

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Apple to discontinue the iPod after 21 years

The end of an era for Apple's original music player, which has been overshadowed by the iPhone.


Apple Silicon|Intel

MIPS Claims "Best-In-Class Performance" With New RISC-V eVocore CPUs

MIPS Tech is no longer working on their MIPS CPU instruction set architecture but has been taking on RISC-V based designs. Today the company made the bold announcement for their new eVocore P8700 and I8500 multiprocessor IP cores that they offer "Best-In-Class Performance and Scalability."

MIPS Tech with their RISC-V based designs is aiming for the "high performance segment of the processor market" and sings many praise these days over this open-source processor ISA.

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Apple Silicon|Intel

(PR) Intel introduces 16-core “Alder Lake-HX” mobile CPUs for enthusiasts

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Intel unveils Alder Lake-HX high-end laptop CPUs

Today at Intel Vision 2022, Intel announced seven new mobile processors to the 12th Gen Intel Core mobile family. The 12th Gen Intel Core HX processors utilize desktop-caliber silicon in a mobile package – to deliver high levels of performance for professional workflows like CAD, animation and visual effects. The HX processors are unlocked out of the box and available in Core i5, Core i7 and Core i9

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Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel Launches 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" HX Processors (8P+8E cores on Mobile)

Intel today debuted the 12th Gen Core HX "Alder Lake" processors for high-end gaming notebooks and mobile workstations. These processors are designed to bring desktop-class performance to the mobile segment, and debut the "Alder Lake" C0 silicon in a mobile package. Until now, the fastest Core "Alder Lake" mobile processor was based on a silicon that physically had 6 performance cores (P-cores), and 8 efficiency cores (E-cores). The HX-series sees the

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Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel Launches Alder Lake-HX Series Core Processors: 55W and PCIe 5.0 For High-End Mobile

Intel today is announcing a new range of mobile 12th Gen Core family processors designed for enthusiast and desktop-replacement class laptops, the Alder Lake-HX series. Focusing on the more performance-driven high-end models, the Alder Lake HX series transfers its hybrid desktop design (ADL-S) into a thinner BGA package with up 16 cores (8P+8E) that's more suitable for mobile devices. And since it's based on that desktop hardware, Alder Lake-

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Apple Silicon|Intel

(PR) Supermicro Accelerates AI Workloads, Cloud Gaming, Media Delivery with New Systems Supporting Intel's Arctic Sound-M and Intel Habana Labs Gaudi 2

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking, and green computing technology, supports two new Intel-based accelerators for demanding cloud gaming, media delivery, AI and ML workloads, enabling customers to deploy the latest acceleration technology from Intel and Intel Habana. "Supermicro continues to work closely with Intel and Habana Labs to deliver a range of server solutions supporting Arctic Sound-M and Gaudi 2 that address the demanding needs of organizations that require highly efficient media

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(PR) GIGABYTE Releases Z690I AORUS ULTRA Plus Motherboard

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, today announced the Z690I AORUS ULTRA PLUS gaming motherboard with Double Connect Technology (DCT) which continues the highlights of Z690I AORUS ULTRA, and adds PCB to 12 layers for optimized heat dissipation. These two models are launched in two SKUs of DDR4 and DDR5, and amazes users with full features of 10+1+2 phases digital power VRM design which each phase


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Apple M1 Mesa Code Begins To Run glmark2

While the Apple M1 Linux support is off to a great start and using Asahi Linux is offering good CPU performance and most functionality working to at least some degree, the biggest blocker remaining is getting the Apple M1 3D graphics working. The latest progress on that front is the Mesa code working to begin correctly render glmark2, a basic OpenGL / GLES benchmark.

Alyssa Rosenzweig who is known for her work on the Panfrost driver stack at Collabora has been leading the Apple M1 graphics reverse-engineering and driver