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Samsung’s two new enterprise PMICs, S2FPD01 and S2FPD02, can reduce overheating with more than 90% energy-efficiency within the memory module

The S2FPC01 offers power-saving benefits to PC DRAM modules in a compact form factor

Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel Alder Lake-S Spotted Lurking in DOTA2 Benchmark

Tom's Hardware | May 12, 2021, 6:01 p.m. | Original

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A mysterious chip running DOTA 2 at 120 frames per second seems to be the first glimpse of Alder Lake-S , AKA Intel’s 12th-generation desktop CPUs. As spotted in the CapFrameX database by German tech site ComputerBase , the CPU identifies itself as Alder Lake, but is running at just 2.2GHz. As this is unverified information it is best taken with a pinch of salt.

Apple Silicon|Intel

Samsung Announces First Compute Express Link Memory Module

Tom's Hardware | May 12, 2021, 6:13 a.m. | Original

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In a press release today , Samsung has announced memory modules based on the CXL standard, bringing together PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 for AI and high-performance computing work in data centers.

Apple Silicon

Preliminary Apple M1 Support Added To Latest Linux Kernel

Tom's Hardware | May 12, 2021, 6:12 a.m. | Original

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Linux Torvalds has announced availability of Linux kernel 5.13 release candidate that adds preliminary support for Apple's M1 system-on-chip along with a number of improvements to the operating system itself, reports 9to5Linux.com .

The most interesting addition to Linux kernel 5.13 is preliminary support for Apple's M1 SoC, something that developers have been working on for months now . While Linux does support Arm and can run on various SoCs such

Apple Silicon

Samsung Exynos 2200 With AMD GPU Supposedly Coming This Year

Tom's Hardware | May 11, 2021, 5:02 p.m. | Original

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One of the things that Samsung's spring refresh of Galaxy Book laptops did not bring was its highly anticipated notebook powered by its own Exynos 2200 system-on-chip . Industry sources now claim that the first laptop with Exynos inside is due in the second half of the year, and the same sources say Samsung is considering using the SoC in smartphones too.

Samsung's Exynos 2200 system-on-chip will be the company's first SoC

Apple Silicon|Intel

Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production - Reuters

Reuters | May 11, 2021, 12:35 p.m. | Original

Tech giants join call for funding U.S. chip production Reuters

Apple Silicon

Apple M1 Processor Receives Preliminary Support in Linux Kernel

TechPowerUp News | May 11, 2021, 10:44 a.m. | Original

Apple's M1 custom processor has been widely adopted among the developer community. However, it is exactly this part of the M1 customer base that wants something different. For months, various developers have been helping with the adoption of the M1 processor for the Linux Kernel, which has today received preliminary support for the processor. The latest 5.13-RC1 release of the Linux Kernel is out, and it adds some basic functionality for the M1 processor. For now, it is some

Apple Silicon|Intel

(PR) Intel launches 11th Gen Core ‘Tiger Lake-H’ 6 and 8-core mobile processors

VideoCardz | May 11, 2021, 7:16 a.m. | Original

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Intel Launches New 11th Gen Core for Mobile

Intel delivers industry-leading mobile performance with 11th Gen Intel Core mobile H-series and Intel Xeon W-11000 series.

Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel Announces 11th Gen Core "Tiger Lake-H" Mobile Processors

TechPowerUp News | May 11, 2021, 7 a.m. | Original

Intel today announced the 11th generation Core "Tiger Lake-H" mobile processors for notebooks of conventional thickness, gaming notebooks, and mobile workstations. This is the first scale-up of the "Tiger Lake" microarchitecture, with the introduction of a brand new die that has up to 8 "Willow Cove" CPU cores. These processors typically come with TDP of 35-45 W, but the flagship part ships with TDP as high as 65 W. Unlike "Rocket Lake," this