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VMWare said this week that it would initiate public technology preview for its hypervisor, designed for systems based on the Apple M1 system-on-chip. The new VMware Fusion hypervisor lets users run Microsoft's Windows on the latest Macs, but it has a number of limitations.

Michael Roy, Product Line Manager for desktop hypervisor products such as VMware Fusion and Workstation, informally announced via Twitter (via The Register ) that the company had initiated a private tech preview of its VMware Fusion

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Exynos chips with AMD RDNA 2 graphics could power future Galaxy A-series phones, too

TechSpot News | Sept. 8, 2021, 3:37 p.m. | Original

In brief: AMD and Samsung's collaboration on bringing RDNA 2 graphics to mobile has yet to materialize into an actual product, but the first wave of phones to feature the new graphics engine could land as soon as early next year. You read that right -- Samsung may bring RDNA 2 graphics to phones other than the Galaxy S and Galaxy Z lineups, but also to upcoming mid-range A-series phones.

AMD and Samsung have both confirmed they've been working on bringing RDNA 2 graphics technology to

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Ampere Altra Max 128-Core Arm Processor Appears in the Wild

Tom's Hardware | Sept. 8, 2021, noon | Original

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The last few years have seen significant improvements in the performance of Arm-powered servers. And today's progress is no exception. Today, STH (Serve the Home) has images of the an engineering sample of Ampere's Altra Max M128-30 processor with 128 Arm-based cores.

Ampere Computing, a startup company founded in 2017, focuses on creating a more modern approach to server infrastructure. Using Arm-based processors,

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(PR) IBASE Unveils MI989 Mini-ITX Motherboard Based on AMD Ryzen V2000-series

TechPowerUp News | Sept. 7, 2021, 5:47 a.m. | Original

IBASE Technology Inc. (TPEx: 8050), a leading manufacturer of industrial motherboards and AIoT solutions, has released the MI989 Mini-ITX motherboard with AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 Series processor that offers up to eight CPU cores and 16 threads, providing unprecedented speed and power efficiency for embedded applications in retail, healthcare, industrial automation, and smart cities. The AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 family is built with 7 nm process technology, achieving up to 3

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(PR) AAEON Unveils PICO-TGU4 Edge AI Board Powered by 11th Gen Core Processors

TechPowerUp News | Sept. 7, 2021, 5:34 a.m. | Original

AAEON, an industry leader in AI Edge Computing solutions, announces the PICO-TGU4 compact PICO-ITX board powered by the 11th Generation Intel Core U processors. By leveraging AAEON's expertise and the cutting-edge technologies offered with this latest generation of processors, the PICO-TGU4 delivers performance and flexibility to power the next generation of industrial AI and machine vision applications.

The 11th Generation Intel Core processors (formerly Tiger Lake) are the third generation of Intel's 10 nm

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A15 Bionic基準測試成績泄露，強於A14 Bionic和Exynos 2200在內的其他對手

EXPREVIEW | Sept. 6, 2021, 9:58 p.m. | Original

蘋果的A14 Bionic的GPU性能已經非常強了，不過人們也相信A15 Bionic在性能上可以超越A14 Bionic，隨着iPhone 13系列手機的推出，A15 Bionic很快就會和消費者見面。近日，A15 Bionic的基準測試成績泄露，顯示其性能強大得可以擊敗任

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TSMC increased its chip prices by 3% for Apple while others faced 20% rises

TechSpot News | Sept. 6, 2021, 10:58 a.m. | Original

In context: We recently heard that TSMC was making the most of the stratospheric demand for chips by notifying clients it will increase contract prices by up to 20%. That’s unwelcome news for the likes of AMD, but it seems Apple has less to worry about: Cupertino’s status as the company’s biggest customer has earned it preferential treatment, so its prices are going up by just 3%.

Last month brought reports that TSMC had already informed its clients of the 20% hike,

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Apple Exploring RISC-V Machine Architecture for Future Silicon

TechPowerUp News | Sept. 6, 2021, 4:44 a.m. | Original

Having only recently transitioned its Mac ecosystem to the Arm machine architecture, away from x86-64, Apple is finding itself in a position where it must prepare for an eventuality where NVIDIA withholds cutting-edge development of the Arm IP to itself. The democratized nature of the current Arm IP enables licensees like Apple to stay on the cutting-edge; since its holding company SoftBank does not make chips of its own. Apple is turning its attention to open-source machine architectures such as RISC-V,

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Apple M1 IOMMU Driver Merged For Linux 5.15, Intel Scalable Mode By Default

Phoronix | Sept. 4, 2021, 5:45 a.m. | Original

While Linux 5.13 landed initial Apple Silicon M1 support , it was just the very initial bits. Now for Linux 5.15 we are seeing another step in the bring-up with the community-created Apple M1 IOMMU driver being merged.

Sent in as part of the IOMMU subsystem updates for the Linux 5.15 kernel is the DART IOMMU driver for Apple M1 chips. This IOMMU driver was created by the community as part of the "Asahi Linux" project.

The IOMMU

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