Rounding out our Computex 2024 SSD controller news, let’s talk about the final major controller vendor at the show: Silicon Motion. Silicon Motion has been somewhat late to the PCIe Gen5 SSD party, as its rival Phison has been offering their high-end PS5026-E26 controller for almost 18 months now. But as Silicon Motion gets ready…
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The Labour Party manifesto for the 2024 general election has promised to support the tech and digital sectors through a new industrial strategy and a plan to reform planning rules to boost digital infrastructure such as datacentres. An Industrial Strategy Council will be set up on a statutory basis to provide advice from businesses, with…
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The curtains are drawn and it’s almost showtime for Qualcomm and its Snapdragon X SoC team. After first detailing the SoC nearly 8 months ago at the company’s most recent Snapdragon Summit, and making numerous performance disclosures in the intervening months, the Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus launch is nearly upon us. The…
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The wait is over. iOS 18 is official, and you can install the first beta on your iPhone right now. The new operating system brings several exciting features to the iPhone, though Apple Intelligence, the suite of AI features Apple built into iOS 18, will be available only later this year.When Apple AI launches, it…
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The Conservative Party has launched its 2024 general election manifesto, and its plans for technology should the party be returned to power focus largely on a continuation of existing government policies, rather than any major new commitments. The Tory manifesto document highlights many of the programmes and investments put in place by the government in…
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One of Qualcomm’s indisputable strengths are its 5G modems – something which even Apple has yet to successfully ween itself from. And while Qualcomm is not integrating a modem into its first-generation Oryon-based Snapdragon X chips, the company is still looking to leverage that technology advantage via discrete modems that can be installed in Snapdragon…
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After the visionOS 2.0 announcement, Apple has now revealed iOS 18, iPhone’s upcoming operating system update.With iOS 18, Apple added a big Home Screen redesign, where you can arrange apps the way you want, add specific colors for your apps, or add a dark mode. Follow along for the newest features:Image source: Apple Inc. Control…
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Apple is playing catch-up when it comes to AI. ChatGPT arrived in late 2022 and became an overnight sensation. Since then, every major tech company has shifted attention to AI, Apple included. But unlike Microsoft, Google, Meta, Samsung, and others, Apple hasn’t hurried to add AI features to its products.That’s par for the course for…
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During Computex 2024, ASRock held an event to unveil some of its upcoming X870E motherboards, designed for AMD’s Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series processors. ASRock’s announcement includes a pair of Taichi-branded boards, the X870E Taichi and the lighter X870E Taichi lite, which uses AMD’s Promontory 21 chipset for AM5. The current flagship model announced from ASRock’s…
During AMD’s Computex 2024 kick-off keynote, AMD’s CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, officially unveiled and announced the company’s next generation of Ryzen processors. Today marks the first unveiling of AMD’s highly anticipated Zen 5 microarchitecture via the Ryzen 9000 series, which is set to bring several advancements over Zen 4 and the Ryzen 7000 series for…
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