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Perhaps due to higher-than-expected sales, AMD is shipping out some Ryzen chips bound for Chinese customers in packaging meant for different products.

Apple Silicon|Intel

Synopsys DesignWare ARC HS CPUs Now Supported By GNU C Library

Phoronix | July 11, 2020, 3:34 a.m. | Original

The toolchain support for the Synopsys DesignWare ARC HS processors is now ironed out with the GNU C Library (glibc) finally mainlining the ARC port...

Apple Silicon

搭載蘋果自研ARM處理器的MacBook曝光：除了Pro、Air，還有新的14寸機型

EXPREVIEW | July 11, 2020, 3:12 a.m. | Original

在上個月的WWDC20開發者大會上，蘋果終於官宣了其ARM架構的桌面級芯片計劃，並且表示將會在兩年時間內完成從Intel平台到自研平台的過渡。雖然目前搭載蘋果自研ARM處理器的桌面硬件平台只有那台面向開發者的DTK，但是從目前

Apple Silicon|Intel

Kuo: Apple might release two ARM-based MacBooks this year

TechSpot News | July 11, 2020, 2:23 a.m. | Original

Apple has made it official that it will transition its entire Mac lineup from Intel processors to its own custom silicon based on the ARM64 architecture. The company hinted that the new CPUs will debut in a Mac later this year, which naturally invites to speculation as to what that...

Apple Silicon|Intel

Linux Might Pursue x86_64 Micro-Architecture Feature Levels

Phoronix | July 10, 2020, 8:16 a.m. | Original

Stemming from the recent GNU glibc work on better handling modern CPU optimizations with newer instruction set extensions across Intel and AMD product families, the concept of x86-64 micro-architecture feature levels is being talked about by open-source/Linux developers...

Apple Silicon|Intel

Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3975WX Benchmarks Suggest Impending AMD CPU Launch

Tom's Hardware | July 10, 2020, 2:53 a.m. | Original

An AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3975WX CPU has surfaced in multiple benchmarks.

Apple Silicon|Intel

Alder Lake-S Compiler Update Points to big.LITTLE Desktop Chips

Tom's Hardware | July 10, 2020, 1:19 a.m. | Original

A new compiler update provides yet more evidence that Intel's Alder Lake-S chips will come with four small cores and four large cores in a big.LITTLE-type design.

Apple Silicon|Intel

GCC 11 Compiler Lands Intel Sapphire Rapids + Alder Lake Support

Phoronix | July 9, 2020, 11:34 p.m. | Original

Landing in the GNU Compiler Collection 11 (GCC 11) codebase this morning is the Sapphire Rapids and Alder Lake enablement...

Open Source LLM|Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel Media Driver Q2-2020 Ships With Better Tiger Lake Support

Phoronix | July 9, 2020, 11:17 p.m. | Original

Intel has shipped its second quarter open-source Media Driver release that provides accelerated video encoding/decoding capabilities on Linux systems...

Apple Silicon|Intel