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AMD "Mero" Semi-custom SoC Powers Next-Gen Magic Leap AR Headset

Magic Leap's next-generation augmented reality (AR) headset could be AMD-powered according to a Basemark benchmark listing seen by _Rogame. The chip driving this headset is codenamed "Mero," and is a semi-custom SoC made by AMD. The SoC combines a CPU based on the "Zen 2" microarchitecture, with an iGPU based on RDNA2. Basemark reads this as 8 CPU cores, although it's possible this is 4-core/8-thread.

At this point,


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加速啟動、降低功耗 – NVIDIA 釋出原生支援 Apple M1 晶片的 GeForce Now 應用

NVIDIA 推出的 GeForce Now 應用為玩家提供另類的「打機」方式,不需要強勁的硬件,就能透過串流的形式玩到高畫質的遊戲大作。

而在上年,NVIDIA 已加入對 Apple M1 晶片的支援,不過當時僅為 Rosetta 的轉譯版本,而剛剛則釋出了原生支援 M1 晶片的


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AMD Mero low-power Zen2/RDNA2 APU has spotted running Android OS for Magic Leap AR headset

AMD Mero powers Augmented Reality headset

It has been a while since we heard about Mero, AMD’s low-power APU with RDNA2 graphics.

The APU has been discovered by @_rogame running Magic Leap Demophon Augmented Reality headset. It was using Android 10 operating system and 720×920 resolution (for one eye).

AMD Mero has been usually referred to as a silicon copy of Van Gogh, which ended up in Valve Steam Deck handheld gaming console. Both are quad-core

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Qualcomm's Apple M1 competitor is on track for late 2023

In brief: Qualcomm bought Nuvia last year and then announced that together they would release laptop chips that would compete with Apple's M1 sometime this year. However, comments in a recent earnings call have either pushed those plans back or shed more light on them.

During a quarterly earnings call this week, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said the development of its upcoming Arm-based notebook CPU, which Nuvia is designing, is on track . However, he also said Qualcomm expects it to arrive in late 202

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Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel Arc Pro A40M spotted, the upcoming mobile workstation GPU has been confirmed by Dell

Intel Arc workstation GPUs

The Arc Pro A40M for Precision 5470.

Dell appears to be the only company thus far confirming Intel Arc workstation GPUs. The company has listed before the Arc Pro A30M as well as A370M Pro GPUs for its Dell Precision XX70 series.

It appears that there is a third SKU planned, called Arc Pro A40M. It was listed alongside RTX A1000 workstation GPU from NVIDIA, indicating that this

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蘋果M1 Ultra採用的是台積電“InFO_LI”封裝,並非CoWoS

隨着Mac Studio的發佈,蘋果推出了M1系列芯片中性能最為強大的M1 Ultra。通過名為UltraFusion的封裝架構,蘋果將兩個M1 Max芯片互聯在一起,將蘋果芯片擴展到前所未有的新高度,為Mac Studio提供了驚人的計算能力。

M1 Ultra由1140億個晶

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高通表示基於NUVIA的技術Arm芯片將會登陸PC,零售產品將在2023年末出現

在高通(Qualcomm)近期的財報電話會議上,其首席執行官克里斯蒂亞諾-阿蒙(Cristiano Amon)介紹了有關NUVIA團隊的情況,以及未來高通Arm處理器的開發計劃。目前高通擁有面向Windows PC和Chromebook的Snapdragon(驍龍)計算平台,不過在用户體驗上並不那麼如


Apple Silicon|Intel

AMD Ryzen 7000 "Raphael" to Ship with DDR5-5200 Native Support

AMD's upcoming Socket AM5 Ryzen 7000-series "Raphael" desktop processors will ship with native support for DDR5-5200 memory speed, according to a marketing slide by memory maker Apacer (which also owns the overclocking memory brand ZADAK). The "Zen 4" based desktop processors will feature a dual-channel DDR5 (4 sub-channel) interface, just like the 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake," but with no backwards compatibility with DDR4


Apple Silicon|Intel

MSI MEG Z690 Unify Review

MSI brings forward the Unify series for the casual and enthusiast crowds. With a little bit of everything, the MEG Z690 Unify has nineteen 105 A power stages, five M.2 sockets, and PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 integration. The board also includes PS/2 legacy peripheral support, SLI/CrossFire, and advanced CPU overclocking.


Apple Silicon|Intel

Framework's modular motherboard wants to star in your next mini PC build

What just happened? Framework, makers of the modular Framework Laptop that launched to favorable reviews last year, is now selling the motherboard from that system as a standalone component. The obvious application for a part of this nature would be to replace a faulty unit in an existing Framework Laptop. The startup designed the motherboard as a standalone module to make upgrades easier.

It just so happens that as a standalone module , the motherboard can easily double as a high-performance single board computer complete with integrated CPU. Framework offers three

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