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Since AMD’s introduction of its newest Zen 3 core for desktop users, the implementation for notebooks and mobile users has been eagerly awaited. In a single generation, on the same manufacturing process, AMD extracted +19% more performance per clock (we verified), so for any system that is power limited, extra performance is often very well received. AMD announced its new Ryzen 5000 Mobile processor family at the start of the year, with processors from 15W to 45W+

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TSMC to Put Away More Capacity for Automotive Industry if Possible

TechPowerUp News | Jan. 26, 2021, 2:26 a.m. | Original

TSMC is one of the world's biggest semiconductor manufacturers, and the company is currently the leading provider of the newest technologies like 5 nm and 3 nm, along with advanced packaging. So far, TSMC's biggest customers have included Apple, NVIDIA, AMD, etc., where the company has mainly produced chips for mobile phones and PCs/Servers. However, Taiwan's Economics Ministry has announced that they have spoken to TSMC and have reached an agreement that the company will be putting away some additional capacity

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Apple's hardware engineering chief to step down to focus on new project - Reuters

Reuters | Jan. 25, 2021, 6:08 p.m. | Original

Apple's hardware engineering chief to step down to focus on new project Reuters

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Microsoft's latest Surface Pro ad pokes fun at the Mac's Touch Bar

TechSpot News | Jan. 25, 2021, 12:41 p.m. | Original

The big picture: Apple’s Touch Bar, the small multi-touch OLED strip that replaced the function keys on select MacBook models, has been a source of contention since its arrival in 2016. Enthusiasts and former employees alike have decried its use and now, one competitor is using it to poke fun at Apple.

In a new review-style commercial pitting the Surface Pro 7 against the MacBook Pro , Microsoft pokes fun at the Apple feature. “Mac gave me this little bar, but why

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Intel "Alder Lake-S" Due for September 2021

TechPowerUp News | Jan. 24, 2021, 11:04 p.m. | Original

2021 is shaping up to be a big year for Intel in the DIY desktop space, with the company preparing to launch not one, but two generations of desktop processors. Having announced them in January, the 11th Gen Core "Rocket Lake-S" desktop processors in the LGA1200 package, will release to market in March, with the company claiming a restoration in gaming performance leadership away from AMD's Ryzen 5000 series. Sources tell Uniko's Hardware

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[XF 開箱] Z590 升級板　用料足迎接 11 代處理器 ASRock Z590 Steel Legend

XFastest 香港 | Jan. 24, 2021, 9:45 p.m. | Original

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雖然有消息指 Intel 第十一代處理器最快要到 3 月才會出現，而主機板一般來說都會較處理器先行推出，而配合之下的 500 系列主機板亦已陸續上市，由於今次繼續使用 LGA 1200 的關係，因此對於打算先升級的用家，可以先

Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel CEO reaffirms Alder Lake CPUs will be qualified for production in 2H 2021

VideoCardz | Jan. 22, 2021, 5:14 a.m. | Original

Intel reaffirms that desktop and mobile Alder Lake CPUs will be qualified for production in 2H 2021

Intel confirms Rocket Lake is shipping and Alder Lake is sampling to customers. The company had a record revenue for the fifth consecutive year.

The company has provided an update on its current processor launch schedule. It has been confirmed that Ice Lake Server and Rocket Lake-S series are now shipping to customers. It is only a matter of time before Intel officially announces both architectures, which were so far only showcased

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Leaked Intel i9-11900K Benchmarks show leadership single-threaded performance

Overclock3D.Net | Jan. 22, 2021, 4:01 a.m. | Original

Has Intel regained the single-core crown? Maybe not!

Published: 22nd January 2021 | Source: TUM_APISAK | Author: Mark Campbell

Leaked Intel i9-11900K Benchmarks shows leadership single-threaded performance

Intel's i9-11900K has appeared on the PassMark benchmarking database (thanks @TUM_APISAK ) revealing an overall CPU score of 28,082 and a single-threaded CPU score of 3,7

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Mozilla揭露Firefox移植Apple Silicon細節，Firefox 85將提供更完整支援

ITHome | Jan. 21, 2021, 11:14 p.m. | Original

Mozilla 將在Firefox 85提供更完整的Apple Silicon晶片支援，而WebRender之前因為會觸發Big Sur中的繪圖驅動程式臭蟲，因此在Firefox 84版本禁用，但這個問題現在已經解決，因此在Firefox 85也會重新開啟WebRender，另外，Firefox也針對Apple Silicon的異構計算架構進行最佳化，

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