Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel is disabling support for DirectX 12 on 4th-gen Core processors

In brief: Those running an Intel 4th-gen Core processor should know that you won't be able to run DirectX 12-based applications starting with the graphics driver version 15.40.44.5107. As it seems, there's a potential security vulnerability that may allow malefactors to escalate privileges on said processors.

Intel 4th-gen Core processors, aka Haswell, released over eight years ago, received a refresh less than a year later. Despite being

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A16 Bionic或將採用台積電4nm工藝製造,也許會是合理的選擇

此前已經有 報道 指出,iPhone 14系列搭載的A16 Bionic很可能來不及等台積電(TSMC)的3nm工藝量產。目前iPhone 13系列所使用的A15 Bionic仍停留在台積電5nm工藝上,只是工藝上有所加強,相比同樣採用5nm工藝的A14 Bionic,整體性


Apple Silicon|Intel

ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero Review

Intel's 1700 socket is ready to party! ASUS brings the motherboard, so we are all set. The ROG Maximus Z690 Hero sports an assortment of new features along with PCIe Gen5 and DDR5 support, five M.2 sockets, Thunderbolt 4, and a powerful VRM design with 90 A power stages. ASUS has really thought of everything.


Apple Silicon|Intel

騰訊公開三款自研芯片,分別面向AI、視頻和網絡處理

在過去的幾年裏,越來越多的企業傾向於自己開發芯片,應用於旗下的產品或業務。在消費市場上,蘋果以自研芯片取代了英特爾x86處理器,先後推出了M1、M1 Pro和M1 Max,性能不斷提高。部分擁有龐大數據中心的企業


Apple Silicon|Intel

AMD Zen 4D可能是對英特爾混合架構的迴應,在Zen 4基礎上減小緩存並降頻

大概在半年前,傳聞代號為Strix Point的APU(屬於Ryzen 8000系列)會與英特爾Alder Lake一樣,採用big.LITTLE架構,以8個大核搭配4個小核。其結構為Zen 5架構+Zen 4D架構,並採用3nm工藝製造。不過涉及Zen 4D架構的信息並不多,普遍


Apple Silicon|Intel

Tencent Developing Three SoCs Set to Replace Western Processors

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Hot on the heels of other cloud giants, Tencent on Wednesday introduced three system-on-chips designed in house that will first complement and then replace various processors designed by western companies like Intel or Nvidia. The list of SoCs includes an AI accelerator, a video transcoding processor, and a network processing unit.

Chinese Internet conglomerate Tencent offers dozens of various cloud services and operates massive datacenters in China. Just like other cloud giants, Tencent has been developing its own datacenter infrastructure for a while


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[XF新聞] 反擊 M1 Max ! GA103將登陸Laptop ? Intel ARC DG2 顯示卡量產前流出 ? iMac 21.5 吋正式下架

反擊 M1 Max ! GA103 將登陸 Laptop 成為新型號 ? Intel ARC DG2 顯示卡量產前相片流出 ? Apple iMac 21.5 吋正式下架


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台積電或不能按時量產3nm工藝,iPhone芯片連續三年停留同一製程節點

目前蘋果正在將Mac產品線從英特爾x86處理器逐漸轉向其自研芯片,近期推出搭載M1 Pro和M1 Max的新款14 英寸和16英寸MacBook Pro機型,進一步提高了自研芯片在產品線中的佔比。相比此前搭載的英特爾x86處理器,也提供


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Linux Can Boot On Apple's M1 Pro But More Work Remains

Last month Apple announced the M1 Pro and M1 Max SoCs while already the very latest Linux patches originally written for the Apple M1 that launched last year paired with some small changes is allowing the open-source platform to boot on the M1 Pro MacBook.

Hector Martin with the Asahi Linux project has been working on bringing up Apple's newest hardware under Linux via crowd-funding. Today he was able to get Linux booted to a shell on the M1 Pro MacBook with working USB ports. With

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Apple's mixed-reality headset could land in 2022 with a hefty price tag

In brief: Apple’s augmented and virtual reality efforts are still very much a mystery, but industry watchers are convinced the company’s first mixed-reality device will land in 2022. Not only that, but it could be accompanied by similar products from companies like Sony and Meta.

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman , the rumored AR/VR device has been in the pipeline for several years, and Apple may be closer to releasing it than previously expected. It also shouldn’t come

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