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讓蘋果Power Mac G4用上M.2 SSD,超越二十年的相遇

普通用户如果想對主機進行升級,可能會選擇添加內存、更換CPU和顯卡等,隨着存儲設備速度的提高,個別用户的主機不一定有M.2插槽,但可以通過PCI Express擴展槽轉接M.2 SSD,以獲得比SATA SSD更高的存儲性能。

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20-Year-Old Apple Power Mac G4 Gets M.2 SSD Upgrade, Despite 133 MBps PCI Bus

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Giving an old system new life by installing more memory or a new storage device is one thing. But plugging a modern solid-state drive into an archaic 20-year-old Power Mac G4 requires a lot of hardware and software hacking, with the end result being questionably useful at best. Because clearly, a modern PCIe NVMe SSD that delivers gigabytes of throughput per second isn't going to deliver its best while running over a PCI bus with 133


Apple Silicon|Intel

Apple is assembling a new team to bring more wireless chips in-house

Bottom line: Apple is reportedly hiring dozens of engineers to develop wireless chips at a new office in Irvine, California, with the goal of eventually lessening or eliminating its dependence on third-party wireless chipmakers like Broadcom and Skyworks Solutions. The project is said to still be in the early stages, but there's little doubt that existing Apple suppliers are already concerned.

Bloomberg , who was first to report on the matter, cited recent Apple job listings for candidates with experience in building modems and other wireless chips.

The

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Apple macOS Monterey 12 Performance Is Surprisingly Competitive With Linux

It's been a while since last comparing the Apple macOS performance to Linux since in part because the newer Apple Silicon (M1) hardware isn't yet in good enough shape for performance tests on Linux. But for those wondering about the Intel-powered Macs and how the performance of the latest Linux distributions compare to that of macOS 12 Monterey, here are some benchmarks of the new macOS 12.1 up against Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu 21.10


Apple Silicon|Intel

AMD Becomes TSMC's Third Largest Customer

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AMD's focus to produce all of its most advanced products at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and increasing orders have made the company the foundry's third largest customer, according to estimates from Bloomberg and DigiTimes . Apple is still TSMC's No.1 customer and will remain so for the foreseeable future. But AMD's position ahead of Broadcom, Nvidia, and Qualcomm enables the company to negotiate better business terms, work closer with the contract maker of chips,


Apple Silicon|Intel

(PR) TSMC Announces the N4X Silicon Fabrication Process

TSMC today introduced its N4X process technology, tailored for the demanding workloads of high performance computing (HPC) products. N4X is the first of TSMC's HPC-focused technology offerings, representing ultimate performance and maximum clock frequencies in the 5-nanometer family. The "X" designation is reserved for TSMC technologies that are developed specifically for HPC products.

"HPC is now TSMC's fastest-growing business segment and we are proud to introduce N4X, the first in the 'X


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(PR) TSMC announces N4X process technology for HPCs, risk production starts in 1H 2023

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TSMC Introduces N4X Process

Newest 5nm Enhancement Tailored for High Performance Computing Products

HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Dec. 16, 2021 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today introduced its N4X process technology, tailored for the demanding workloads of high performance computing (HPC) products. N4X is the first of TSMC’s HPC-focused technology offerings, representing ultimate performance and maximum clock frequencies


Apple Silicon|Intel

Almost entire Intel 12th Gen Core “Alder Lake-P” mobile CPU lineup leaks through Geekbench

Intel Alder Lake-P leaked

The CES 2022 launch will include an entirely new lineup of hybrid CPUs.

Intel Alder Lake-P is the upcoming high-end CPU segment featuring CPUs with up to 14 cores and 20 threads. Unlike some 65W desktop CPUs which are to launch at CES 2022, the entire Alder Lake-P stack is to feature hybrid architecture, which means a combination of Performance and Efficient cores.

As a reminder, the mobile 12th Gen

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TSMC new N4X process plans to max out HPC performance in 2023

HPC is a major growth opportunity for TSMC, and N4X is their effort to exploit this

Published: 16th December 2021 | Source: TSMC | Author: Mark Campbell

TSMC's N4X node is the company's first High Performance Computing Focused Process Technology

TSMC's largest growth vector is the HPC market, with companies like AMD, Nvidia, Apple, and Intel all being major customers of their latest lithography technologies. With this in mind, TSMC has revealed their first "

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The End-Of-Year 2021 State Of Linux On Apple's M1 SoC

The Asahi Linux project has published their October and November status update to provide an overview of where the Apple Silicon / Apple M1 open-source support is now at as we approach the end of 2021.

Linux 5.17 brings more Apple M1 drivers but the state of affairs isn't yet ready for end-users. There has been a lot accomplished in recent months but among the work still to be tackled are CPU frequency scaling, system sleep and CPU deep sleep support, cleaning
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