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In our last installment of the history of the modern graphics processor, we had reached a point where the market consisted of just three competitors: AMD, Intel, and Nvidia. However, in the following years, graphics processors became one of the largest, most complex, and most expensive components that could be...

Apple Silicon

新版PassMark PerformanceTest將允許跨平台比較CPU測試結果

EXPREVIEW | Feb. 23, 2021, 5:22 a.m. | Original

PassMark Software最近宣佈，通過最新版本的PerformanceTest大大擴展了其跨平台基準測試。同時這個基準測試軟件已首次適用於Windows 10 for ARM，包括在每個PerformanceTest for Windows的許可證中，所有CPU，2D，內存和磁盤測試均已原生編譯可以在Windows 10 for ARM上運行，並且還

Apple Silicon

(PR) New PassMark PerformanceTest Versions Allow for Expanded Cross-platform CPU Results

TechPowerUp News | Feb. 23, 2021, 1:48 a.m. | Original

Passmark Software have recently announced the significant expansion of their cross-platform benchmarking with the latest releases of PerformanceTest. For the first time this cornerstone benchmarking software is now available for Windows ARM, included with every PerformanceTest for Windows license. All CPU, 2D, Memory and Disk Tests have been natively compiled to run on Windows ARM, partial 3D support is also available.

PerformanceTest has also been released as free command line versions for Linux x86 64-bit, Linux ARM 32-bit, Linux

Apple Silicon

dav1d 0.8.2 Released For Speeding Up AV1 Decode On x86, ARM

Phoronix | Feb. 22, 2021, 6:07 a.m. | Original

Dav1d is already the most performant and leading AV1 software decoder we have seen while out today is v0.8.2 that should speed-up the video decode process even more on modern x86/x86_64 and ARM hardware.

While dav1d 0.8.2 is "just a point release", it does pack some interesting performance optimizations for today's hardware. On the ARM front there are ARM32 optimizations to speed up loop restoration and

Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel 12th-Gen Alder Lake Release Date, Benchmarks, Specifications, and All We Know

Tom's Hardware | Feb. 21, 2021, 11:51 a.m. | Original

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Intel's 12th-Gen Alder Lake chip will bring the company's hybrid architecture, which combines a mix of larger high-performance cores paired with smaller high-efficiency cores, to desktop x86 PCs for the first time. That represents a massive strategic shift as Intel looks to regain the uncontested performance lead against AMD's Ryzen 5000 series processors. AMD's Zen 3 architecture has taken the lead in our Best CPUs and CPU Benchmarks hierarchy

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聯想將推出YOGA 5G觸控翻轉輕薄本，搭載高通驍龍8cx第二代5G計算平台

EXPREVIEW | Feb. 19, 2021, 9:59 p.m. | Original

筆記本市場除了主流的Windows x86筆記本和蘋果產品之外，還有一些其他類型的筆記本，比如按系統劃分除了Windows和Mac OS之外，還有采用Chrome OS的Chromebook。而處理器除了x86架構處理器之外，還有ARM架構的，雖然去年蘋果的M1芯片被稱

Apple Silicon|Intel

Gigabyte Z590 Vision G Preview: A New Vision for Creators

Tom's Hardware | Feb. 19, 2021, 11 a.m. | Original

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While we still don’t have an Intel Rocket Lake-S Core i9-11900K CPU to use for testing, we’re starting to get Intel Z590 boards in. So while we await benchmark results, we’ll be walking in detail through

Apple Silicon|Intel

(PR) XPG Memory and Solid State Drives Support Latest Intel Z590 Platform

TechPowerUp News | Feb. 19, 2021, 7:35 a.m. | Original

XPG, a fast-growing provider of systems, components, and peripherals for Gamers, Esports Pros, and Tech Enthusiasts, has been working closely with four major motherboard makers (ASUS, MSI, GIGABYTE, and ASRock) to test and optimize the performance of XPG's latest DDR4 memory modules and PCIe Gen 4x4 solid state drive (SSD) on the Intel Z590 platform. The results show that XPG's DDR4 memory module has been overclocked to impressive speeds of up to 5

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Alleged Apple M1X Processor Specifications Leaked Again

TechPowerUp News | Feb. 17, 2021, 11:23 p.m. | Original

Apple impressed everyone with the launch of their M1 processor last year and it would appear they are preparing to do it again with an upgraded version named the M1X for the 2021 Mac lineup. The Apple M1X will reportedly include an upgraded 12-core CPU consisting of eight Firestorm performance cores and four Icestorm power-efficiency cores compared to the 8-core 4+4 configuration of the M1. The M1X GPU is rumored to include an even greater upgrade with 1