Apple Silicon

HP's new Elite Folio convertible packs a Snapdragon SoC

Why it matters: HP at CES 2021 on Monday introduced a new convertible notebook that “combines what people love about their phone, tablet and PC all into one device.” It's one of the first to feature Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 chips, which could prove to be a real thorn in Intel's side in 2021.

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Apple Silicon|Intel

GIGABYTE X570 AORUS Master OC Edition Pictured

In a move that's possibly triggered by the MSI MEG B550 Unify X, GIGABYTE unveiled a limited edition variant of its X570 AORUS Master motherboard targeting overclockers—the X570 AORUS Master OC. This board does away with much of its aesthetic cladding, sheds the rear I/O shroud, and exposes its bare PCB for the most part. A much simpler fan-heatsink cools the X570 chipset. The CPU VRM area is cooled by a pair of aluminium


Apple Silicon|Intel

Gigabyte Reveals its New Z590 AORUS Motherboards for 11th Gen Intel Core Processors

Up to 20-phase digital VRMs with 100 amp phases. Total Insanity!

Published: 11th January 2021 | Source: Gigabyte | Author: Mark Campbell

Gigabyte Reveals its New Z590 AORUS Motherboards for 11th Gen Intel Core Processors

Gigabyte has issued a press release to detail their new Z590 AORUS motherboards, confirming that they are designed to support Intel's 11th Generation of Core Processors, which have long been rumoured to be called Rocket Lake
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CES 2021: Ambarella Announces CV5 5nm 8K AI Vision Processor

At this year’s virtual CES 2021, Ambarella is launching its new flagship vision SoC – the CV5. Dubbed as a 8K AI vision processor, the new SoC addresses Ambarella’s more traditional core market which includes sports cameras, drones, and the increasing important automotive business of the company. If you’ve had a GoPro or a DJI drone in the past decade, the changes are high these devices were powered by an Ambarella SoC – although many of these companies nowadays also rely on


Apple Silicon|Intel

AMD Threadripper Pro 3995WX Review: The Lenovo ThinkStation P620 Debut

(Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

AMD's Threadripper 3000 processors are best known for wreaking complete devastation on Intel's HEDT lineup, easily outclassing the incumbent Cascade Lake-X processors in key areas, and upsetting our CPU Benchmark Hierarchy and Best CPUs for Workstations rankings in one fell swoop. While we certainly weren't accustomed to seeing Intel so utterly trounced in a segment it has traditionally ruled with pricing impunity, the Threadripper 3000 processors did fall short in one area –

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POWER9 + ARM64 Performance For Dav1d 0.8 AV1 Decoding

With last week's release of dav1d 0.8 for CPU-based AV1 video decoding we provided a number of x86_64 benchmarks while questions were raised around the ARM64 and POWER9 performance. Here are such benchmarks for those wondering about the AV1 video decoding speed on those architectures.

To satisfy readers wondering around them I ran some follow-up tests on the Talos II 2P server with 44 cores / 176 threads and then for ARM64

Apple Silicon|Intel

GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS Xtreme Pictured

Here's the first picture of GIGABYTE's next-generation flagship Socket LGA1200 motherboard based on Intel Z590 chipset, with out-of-the-box support for 11th Gen Core "Rocket Lake" desktop processors, the Z590 AORUS Xtreme. Featuring the company's most premium component selection, the board pulls power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and two 8-pin EPS power connectors, conditioning it for the CPU using a massive


Apple Silicon|Intel

Gigabyte Z590 AORUS Xtreme motherboard for Rocket Lake-S CPUs detailed

Gigabyte Z590 AORUS Xtreme, the first motherboard for Rocket Lake

Gigabyte is set to launch its 500-series motherboards next week. The company will refresh its Aorus Xtreme motherboard by adding more power stages and faster Wi-Fi.

The Z590 Aorus Xtreme motherboard features 20+1 digital power stages, which is more than the Z490 series which features 16+1. The motherboard is equipped with advanced networking such as 1x 10Gbe and 1×2

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Gigabyte Z590 AORUS Xtreme Pictured - More Power and More Features for Rocket Lake

Now that's what I call a VRM!

Published: 8th January 2021 | Source: Videocardz and Komachi | Author: Mark Campbell

Gigabyte Z590 AORUS Xtreme Pictured - More Power and More Features for Rocket Lake

At CES 2021, Intel is likely to reveal their 500-series chipset and discuss their Rocket Lake CPU architecture. Rocket Lake is Intel's upcoming core design for their 11th Generation desktop processors, which deliver new features and increased single-
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Early Work Is Underway On Reverse-Engineering The Apple M1 GPU

Alyssa Rosenzweig who is known for her work on reverse-engineering Arm GPUs and in particular the multi-year effort so far working on the Panfrost open-source driver stack has taken up an interest in Apple's M1 graphics processor.

Over the past few weeks Alyssa began exploring the M1 GPU with a new Apple Mac Mini. The ultimate goal she hopes is to create a Mesa driver for the M1 GPU, which will be critical if the Linux efforts to get the new SoC/devices working outside