Apple Silicon

2021款MacBook Pro會繼續採用M1芯片:在外觀上與Intel版本別無二致

蘋果的第一顆自研ARM芯片M1可以説是風光無兩,在效率以及能耗比,統一內存架構等方面都有着重大的創新以及進步,應該説是近些年來蘋果在硬件方面的又一力作。並且明眼人都能看出來,採用自研芯片的蘋果遲早有一天會


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M1-Powered Mac Users Report excessive SSD Wear - May Compromise Device Longevity

Some Mac users could see their M1-powered devices die within two years thanks to SSD wear

Published: 24th February 2021 | Source: Hector Martin - Twitter | Author: Mark Campbell

M1-Powered Mac Users Report excessive SSD Wear - May Compromise Device Longevity

Across Twitter and multiple Mac-focused forums, users of M1-powered Macs have reported excessive SSD wear within their systems, with extreme cases reporting wear levels that would see their systems become unusable within two years if these extreme
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Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel Alder Lake Processor Tested, Big Cores Ramp Up to 3 GHz

Intel "Alder Lake" is the first processor generation coming from the company to feature the hybrid big.LITTLE type core arrangement and we are wondering how the configurations look like and just how powerful the next-generation processors are going to be. Today, a Geekbench submission has appeared that gave us a little more information about one out of twelve Alder Lake-S configurations. This time, we are getting an 8-core, 16-threaded design with all big cores and no smaller cores present. Such design

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傳蘋果新款MacBook Pro將於2021年下半年上市,消失的接口或迴歸

比起新的外觀設計,以及搭載新款的自研芯片,新款MacBook Pro更有趣的傳聞是關於這款筆記本電腦的接口配置。據 MacRumors報道 ,蘋果計劃在2021年下半年發佈新款MacBook Pro,不但重新配備MagSafe磁吸充電接口和SD卡槽,還會有HDMI接口。比起之

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Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel claims Core i9-11900K will offer 11% faster storage performance than Ryzen 9 5950X

Intel claims Rocket Lake has faster storage performance than AMD Zen3

Intel’s Chief Performance Strategist Ryan Shrout and Storage Technical Analyst  Allyn Malventano,  are claiming that the upcoming flagship Core i9-11900K processor from the Rocket Lake-S series will offer up to 11% faster storage performance on PC Mark 11 Quick System Drive Benchmark compared to AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. This is actually the first official benchmark of the new processor. The series is expected to launch next


Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel官方數據顯示Rocket Lake的PCI-E 4.0存儲性能比對手高出11%

Intel準備在下個月推出Rocket Lake-S處理器,也就是第11代酷睿桌面處理器,新一代處理器除了把沿用多年的Skylake內核升級為Cypress Cove,根據官方的數據,Rocket Lake的IPC與Comet Lake相比提升了19%,此外它也是Intel首款支持PCI-E 4.0的桌面處理

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用户抱怨使用蘋果M1芯片的Mac存在SSD寫入過量的問題,可能會影響使用壽命

由於蘋果M1無論性能還是功耗上都有着出色的表現,因此獲得了很多讚譽。在網絡上可以看到很多對其優點的分析和讚美,反而一些缺點就相對少提及了。例如使用M1的Mac會把所有配件都焊在主板上,不過這種操作以前就有


Apple Silicon|Intel

"Rocket Lake" Offers 11% Higher PCIe Gen4 NVMe Storage Performance: Intel

Intel claims that its upcoming 11th Gen Core "Rocket Lake-S" desktop processors offer up to 11% higher storage performance than competing AMD Ryzen 5000 processors, when using the CPU-attached M.2 NVMe slot. A performance slide released by Intel's Ryan Shrout shows a Samsung 980 PRO 1 TB PCI-Express 4.0 x4 M.2 NVMe SSD performance compared on a machine powered by a Core i9-11900K processor

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Qualcomm and Sophos strike cybersecurity deal that highlights benefits of 5G and AI in PCs

In context: One of the big questions that some people have had about integrating cellular connections into PCs is what exactly are those connections going to do? Or, to put it another way, some have wondered, what’s the point? There are several important capabilities you can gain with an always connected PC, but a newly announced deal between Qualcomm and Sophos puts an interesting new twist on those opportunities.

The two companies announced that an Arm-compatible version of the Sophos Intercept X cybersecurity software application will be available

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Samsung could reveal its AMD GPU for smartphones in June

In a nutshell: The smartphone world has been waiting a long time for the fruits of Samsung's partnership with AMD. According to a renowned leaker, we'll finally see the RDNA mobile GPU this June.

It was back in 2019 when AMD and Samsung signed a deal that would bring the former's graphics tech to the latter's mobile devices. Later rumors claimed it was coming to Galaxy phones in 2021 , and we've seen some promising benchmarks that show the

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