A U.S. appeals court on Monday overturned a 2021 patent infringement ruling against Intel that awarded patent holding company VLSI $2.18 billion over multiple patent violations. In a two-part decision, the court reversed a previous verdict that found that Intel violated a frequency management patent, while affirming the violation of a second patent on memory…
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Intel’s Core i5-14400 processor has been the subject of a benchmark leak which casts the CPU in a disappointing light.This is the follow-up to the popular Core i5-13400, and it’s rumored that the chip will be revealed by Intel at CES 2024 (along with other non-K versions – locked CPUs that can’t be overclocked –…
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The global foundry industry witnessed a substantial rise in demand in the third quarter of 2023, according to TrendForce. The Top 10 foundries collectively saw their revenue soar to about $28.29 billion, marking a 7.9% increase compared to the previous quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) maintained its No. 1 position as it managed to…
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We’ve been treated to another leak around Intel’s Arrow Lake processors – next-gen chips expected to arrive in around a year’s time – with details being spilled about the integrated graphics.Coelacanth Dream, a known leaker (hat tip to Tom’s Hardware), flagged up that Arrow Lake’s integrated graphics will be Xe-LPG Plus, meaning a honed version…
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The introduction of the Intel NUC in the early 2010s kickstarted the ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) trend for desktop systems. Processors with TDPs ranging from 6 – 15W formed the backbone of this segment in the initial years. Intel and AMD have been officially allowing configurable TDPs for their notebook segment offerings for a few years…
GEEKOM A5 mini-PC Review: Affordable Cezanne Zen 3 at 35W Read More »
Apple’s release of Arm-based system-on-chips for its desktops and laptops three years ago demonstrated that such processors could offer competitive performance and power consumption. On the Windows-based PC front, only Qualcomm has offered Arm-based SoCs for notebooks in recent years, but it looks like it will soon be joined by AMD and NVIDIA, two notable…
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We’re here in sunny Hawaii for day two of Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon Summit. Yesterday, of course, was the company’s prime keynote, where they announced their forthcoming Snapdragon X Elite SoC for laptops, as well as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for smartphones. As well, the company gave us our first look at their Oryon CPU…
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The solid state storage industry has been in a well-documented slide for the better part of the last year now. With storage product demand from both the client and datacenter businesses down well off of its highs in a notoriously cyclical business, we’ve already seen the big three memory manufacturers – SK hynix, Samsung, and…
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Last week we saw the announcement of Qualcomm’s first post-Nuvia laptop SoC design, the Snapdragon X Elite. A new brand name being anchored by a new, custom Qualcomm CPU core, the Snapdragon X Elite will be Qualcomm’s most aggressive entry into the laptop SoC market to date, with Qualcomm dedicating far more in the way…
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Performance Preview: A First Look at What’s to Come Read More »
Join us here at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern/00:00 UTC for what should prove to be an interesting event from Apple. The Cupertino, California company is holding an unusual, evening broadcast event that they’re calling “Scary Fast”, an apt name for a product launch taking place the night before Halloween. In typical Apple fashion, the company is…
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