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ASUS Shamelessly Compares Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme To Apple’s M5 In A Non-Native Game, While Confusing Memory Bandwidth To ‘Hyper Speed Transfer’

wccftech | March 18, 2026, 9:38 a.m. | Original

The library of native titles on macOS is slowly expanding, but the number of games available on the platform is always expected to be less than what Windows supports. However, this disparity didn’t stop ASUS from comparing its Zenbook A16, which is kitted with the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme , to the M5 , and that too in a gaming comparison surrounding a title that’s not even natively available on Apple’s macOS. Even worse, ASUS’ marketing team doesn’t understand what unified

Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel's refreshed high-end Core Ultra 9 290HX and Core Ultra 7 270HX Arrow Lake laptop CPUs have arrived

XDA developers | March 17, 2026, 4:55 p.m. | Original

The Core Ultra 290HX offers roughly 8 percent faster gaming performance.

Apple Silicon

Four new Macs are launching later this year, here’s what’s coming

9to5mac | March 17, 2026, 1:32 p.m. | Original

Apple just launched three new Macs this month, but there are another four Macs rumored to debut throughout the remainder of the year. Here’s what’s coming.

Apple Silicon

Samsung and Micron confirm HBM4 enters mass production for NVIDIA Vera Rubin

VideoCardz | March 17, 2026, 8:20 a.m. | Original

Samsung, Micron expand Vera Rubin ecosystem

Samsung and Micron used NVIDIA GTC 2026 to outline their latest memory and storage products for the Vera Rubin platform. Samsung said its sixth-generation HBM4 is now in mass production and designed for NVIDIA Vera Rubin, while Micron said its HBM4 36GB 12H has entered volume shipment in the first quarter of 2026 for the same platform. Both companies also used the event to position SOCAMM2 memory modules and PCIe Gen6 SSDs as part

Apple Silicon|Intel

Nvidia's new Vera CPU has been designed for 'extremely high' single-core performance, but it's not coming to the PC for now

PC Gamer | March 17, 2026, 8:14 a.m. | Original

Dare we hope that those Olympus cores turn up in a future PC chip?

Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel、モバイルのCore Ultra 200HXにも「Plus」導入

pc watch | March 17, 2026, 5:17 a.m. | Original

Intelは3月17日(米国時間)、モバイル向けのハイエンドCPU「Core Ultra 200HX Plus」シリーズを発表した。同日よりOEM向けに出荷されており、Acer、ASUS、Colorful、Dell Technologies、HP、Lenovo、MAINGEAR、Mechrevo、MSI、Origin、Puget、Razerなどが搭載システムを発表して

Apple Silicon|Intel

(PR) Intel Launches New Core Ultra 200HX Plus Series Mobile Processors

TechPowerUp News | March 17, 2026, 5:05 a.m. | Original

Intel today announced the launch of its new Intel Core Ultra 200HX Plus series mobile processors, giving gamers and professionals new high-performance options in the Core Ultra 200 series family. Optimized for advanced gaming, streaming, content creation, and workstation use, the Intel Core Ultra 200HX Plus series introduces two new processors - Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus. These processors add new features and architectural refinements, including support for

Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel launches Core Ultra 200HX Plus Arrow Lake Refresh mobile CPUs: 290HX Plus is 8% faster than 285HX

VideoCardz | March 17, 2026, 4:10 a.m. | Original

Intel announces Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus for gaming laptops

Intel has announced its new Core Ultra 200HX Plus series for high-performance laptops. The new lineup adds two SKUs to the Core Ultra 200 family, the Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus . These processors target gaming, streaming, content creation, and mobile workstation systems.

According to Intel, the Core Ultra 9

Apple Silicon

Samsung Unveils HBM4E Memory: Up To 4 TB/s Bandwidth Per Stack, 16 Gbps & 48 GB Capacity

wccftech | March 17, 2026, 3:46 a.m. | Original

Samsung just its next-gen HBM4E memory along with its PCIe Gen6 SSDs & SOCAMM2 RAM for NVIDIA's current & future AI platforms.

Samsung's HBM4E Memory has been showcased at GTC 2026, offering some really fast speeds such as 16 Gbps for IO, providing up to 4 TB/s bandwidth per stack, and 16-Hi stacks for a per-stack memory density of 48 GB. The next-gen solution is precisely designed for NVIDIA

Apple Silicon

Apple’s Smaller M5 Pro MacBook Pro Suffers From Severe Thermal Constraints, With Larger 16-Inch Model Being 30% Faster With Just 3 Extra Cores

wccftech | March 16, 2026, 7:04 p.m. | Original

A smaller and thinner laptop chassis will always have difficulties controlling the thermals of high-performance chips, so it’s unsurprising to hear that Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro equipped with an M5 Pro , which sports a 15-core CPU and 16-core GPU, would hit the same power limitations.

The problem is that the technology giant hasn’t paid much attention to the cooling design of these portable Macs, equipping the higher-end models with a single heatpipe and two low

Samsung, Micron expand Vera Rubin ecosystem

Intel announces Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus for gaming laptops

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