Apple Silicon

The iPhone 13's A15 Bionic SoC already in production at TSMC in preparation for September release

Rumor mill: The global chip shortage has tech giants sweating over whether they'll be forced to delay their products. For Apple, which has been hit by component supply problems in the past, its iPhone 13 line looks pretty safe—assuming a report that TSMC has started production of the handsets' A15 chipsets is accurate.

We heard back in April that Apple had "postponed" production of its new MacBooks and iPads as it struggled with suppliers to secure internal parts at "key" points in its

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Arm's first Armv9 CPU and GPU designs offer generational leap in performance

In brief: Arm already dominates mobile, but now it's gearing up for a world where everything from small embedded devices to servers and supercomputers can be built using its scalable architecture. For consumers, Armv9 means we'll see faster smartwatches, phones, tablets, laptops, and even desktops built to compete with x86 systems, fueled by Apple's transition to custom silicon.

Arm announced its next generation processor architecture -- Armv9 -- earlier this year marking the first true generational upgrade since

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Intel still the world's top semiconductor company, AMD climbs to 11th place

In brief: Despite increased competition from the likes of AMD and Apple, Intel remains the world’s number one semiconductor company in terms of revenue. Chipzilla was the only name in the top 15 that saw a year-over-year decline (-4%), but its $18.676 billion sales figure was still over two billion dollars more than what second-place Samsung managed.

IC Insights ’ report on the semiconductor industry’s first-quarter of 2021 shows

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Asahi Linux Dev Reveals ‘M1RACLES’ Flaw in Apple M1, Pokes Fun at Similar Flaws

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Asahi Linux developer Hector Martin has revealed a covert channel vulnerability in the Apple M1 chip that he dubbed M1RACLES , and in the process, he’s gently criticized the way security flaws have started to be shared with the public.

Martin’s executive summary for M1RACLES sounds dire: “A flaw in the design of the Apple Silicon ‘M1’ chip allows any two applications running under an OS to covertly exchange data between them, without using memory,


Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel Core i7-11800H Review: 11th-gen Tiger Lake H45 Put to the Test


The Core i7-11800H is a substantial upgrade for Intel, bringing Tiger Lake designs up to 8 cores, suitable for gaming and mobile workstation systems which compete against AMD's Ryzen 5000 line-up.

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M1RACLES: Apple M1 Exposed To Covert Channel Vulnerability

Apple's shiny new in-house M1 Arm chip is the latest processor challenged by a security vulnerability. The "M1RACLES" vulnerability was made public today as a covert channel vulnerability by where a mysterious register could lead EL0 state.

The M1RACLES vulnerability is assigned as CVE-2021-30747. This vulnerability is summed up as, " A flaw in the design of the Apple Silicon “M1” chip allows any two applications running under an OS

Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel Remains World's Largest Chipmaker as AMD Enters Top 15

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While Intel's revenue dropped in the first quarter, it is still the world's largest supplier of chips by revenue, ahead of Samsung and TSMC, according to IC Insights . Intel's arch-rival AMD significantly increased its sales in Q1 2021 and is now one of the world's Top 15 semiconductor companies.

Demand for personal computers and chips grew significantly in the recent quarters, so it is not surprising that the sales of the top 1

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(PR) BIOSTAR Unveils B560M-SILVER Motherboard

BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices today, announces the B560M-SILVER motherboard designed to run Intel 11th gen Rocket Lake-S processors. Based on the Intel B560 chipset, the B560M-SILVER motherboard is the best choice for casual gaming and content creation. With an array of the latest technologies like PCIe 4.0 support and WiFi 6, it excels at any task thrown at it. Eye-catching aesthetics

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看上Arm趨勢,甲骨文也開始提供Arm雲端執行個體

甲骨文現在發布使用Arm晶片的全新 甲骨文雲端基礎設施(OCI)Ampere A1運算平台 。甲骨文在AWS之後,也要開始提供基於Arm處理器的雲端執行個體,但有別於AWS自己設計的作法,甲骨文選擇與CPU設計新創Ampere合作,要共同開發伺服器Arm


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裝嵌極緊密 !! iFixit 團體拆解 Apple 24″ M1 iMac 指維修難度較上代大幅提升

上月 Apple 發佈了新款的 24″ M1 iMac,而專門拆解各種電子產品的 iFixit 團隊,也對這款 iMac 進行了深入的拆解。

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