Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
Global client CPU shipments are expected to witness a subtle quarterly drop, but the CPU markets look strong and bullish on the broader outlook. CPU Shipments See a Quarterly Drop, Likely Associated With Lack of Consumer Demand & Intel's Instability Issues A report from market researcher Jon Peddie Research (JPR) discloses that global consumer CPU shipments are on the right track for consistent growth. However, in the upcoming Q4 2024 quarter, the figures will see a slight decline, going down by 5% in quarter-on-quarter comparison. While JPR hasn't disclosed the reason behind this drop, we can certainly associate it with […]
Flow Computing, a Finland-based startup, has unveiled a "revolutionary" computing methodology that allows a CPU performance increment of up to 100x. Flow Computing Introduces A New CPU Engine, PPU Enables Vastly Optimized Performance & Efficiency Well, it seems like the industry is now looking towards alternate methods of performance increase rather than node shrinking, and the Finnish firm looks to do just that with a unique approach. Interestingly, research revealed by Flow Computing says that through a dedicated PPU "Parallel Processing Unit" inside the chip, similar to what we saw recently with the newly-emerged NPUs or Neural Processing Units. Through […]
Qualcomm has just announced that its Snapdragon X CPUs will be coming to desktop PCs, ushering in a new era of "AI PC" & Copilot-ready platforms. Snapdragon X CPUs Are Coming To Desktop PCs As Qualcomm Reaches For Other Frontiers To Extend Its AI PC Leadership During its Computex 2024 keynote, Qualcomm announced that its Snapdragon X CPUs will be coming to all PC form factors including desktop PCs. This is big news since we will see a third entrant in the desktop PC space where Intel and AMD have been the dominant forces for long. In the mobile segment, […]
2024 started in a slightly negative mood for both the CPU & GPU market which could be attributed to seasonality, reports Jon Peddie Research. PC CPU & GPU Shipments Up From Last Year But Declined Compared To The Previous Quarter The latest report comes from Jon Peddie Research who has outlined the Q1 2024 statistics for the PC market, covering both CPUs & GPUs. The analyst firm reports that during Q1 2024, the PC GPU market reached 70 million units while the PC CPU shipments were up 33% versus the previous year. Both CPU and GPU segments were up from […]
X-Silicon, a firm known for silicon IP solutions, has unveiled a new "C-GPU architecture," which combined with a RISC-V CPU focuses on low-power & efficient performance solutions. X-Silicon's C-GPU Architecture Aims At Making The Low-Power Compute Segment More Diverse & Effective: RISC-V CPU, Open-Standard & Vulkan Support Jon Peddie Research reports that X-Silicon has decided to have their take on the "efficient computing" markets through a new GPU architecture, which is planned to utilize GPU acceleration with RISC-V Vector CPUs, allowing a much more effective combination of architectures, ultimately guaranteeing faster and low-power performance. X-Silicon's C-GPU platform is intended to […]
Intel's 12th & 13th Gen CPUs are available at some sweet price points with the recent discounting spree going on at several US-based retailers. Intel 12th & 13th Gen CPUs Available At Sweet Price Points At Various Retail Outlets Across The US Intel's 12th & 13th Gen CPUs offer a lot of value, especially in the budget and mainstream segment and the discounting spree continues at major US retailers such as Amazon, Newegg & Microcenter. Starting with the prices, the Intel 12th Gen CPUs are discounted much lower than their MSRPs and come as a great solution for budget and […]
China recently saw the launch of the KX-7000 CPU family from Zhaoxin which is aimed at desktop PCs for the domestic market segment. These chips have now seen their first benchmarks appear in the Geekbench database. Zhaoxin KX-7000 8-Core CPU For China Offers Double The Performance Of Its Predecessor But Lacks Against Last-Gen Desktop Offerings From Intel & AMD Announced at the end of 2023, the Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPU family is based on the x86 Century Avenue core architecture & the company claimed that it will offer twice the performance uplift versus the KX-6000 series. The lineup is available in […]
The famous open-source platform MESA on Linux has pushed out CPU-based ray tracing for its Vulkan driver, opening new performance possibilities on the OS. MESA's Latest Attempt To Improve Performance at Linux Now Features CPU-Based Ray Tracing Support Well, CPU-based ray tracing isn't a term we hear every day, mainly because it is generally limited compared to those we see with GPUs. However, some CPUs, mostly the higher-end ones, work out perfectly fine for low-intensive RT tasks. Phoronix reports that the MESA Lavapipe driver has received support for CPU-based ray tracing, which means that Linux users will now have another […]
China's CPU manufacturer, Loongson, has confirmed the successful tape-out of the company's 3C6000 CPU which features 16 cores & 32 threads. Loongson Looks To Dominate China's Server Market With Its 16-Core 3C6000 CPU Regarding the development of in-house solutions, China is rapidly advancing since the nation has been making decisive efforts in the computing segment. In the midst of it comes Loongson, a popular firm striving to make China a self-sufficient CPU-developing nation. Loongson has reportedly taped out its "server-focused" 3C6000 CPU which means that it is indeed ready for industry deployment soon. MyDrivers report that the Loongsoon 3C6000 features […]
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Global client CPU shipments are expected to witness a subtle quarterly drop, but the CPU markets look strong and bullish on the broader outlook. CPU Shipments See a Quarterly Drop, Likely Associated With Lack of Consumer Demand & Intel's Instability Issues A report from market researcher Jon Peddie Research (JPR) discloses that global consumer CPU shipments are on the right track for consistent growth. However, in the upcoming Q4 2024 quarter, the figures will see a slight decline, going down by 5% in quarter-on-quarter comparison. While JPR hasn't disclosed the reason behind this drop, we can certainly associate it with […]
Flow Computing, a Finland-based startup, has unveiled a "revolutionary" computing methodology that allows a CPU performance increment of up to 100x. Flow Computing Introduces A New CPU Engine, PPU Enables Vastly Optimized Performance & Efficiency Well, it seems like the industry is now looking towards alternate methods of performance increase rather than node shrinking, and the Finnish firm looks to do just that with a unique approach. Interestingly, research revealed by Flow Computing says that through a dedicated PPU "Parallel Processing Unit" inside the chip, similar to what we saw recently with the newly-emerged NPUs or Neural Processing Units. Through […]
Qualcomm has just announced that its Snapdragon X CPUs will be coming to desktop PCs, ushering in a new era of "AI PC" & Copilot-ready platforms. Snapdragon X CPUs Are Coming To Desktop PCs As Qualcomm Reaches For Other Frontiers To Extend Its AI PC Leadership During its Computex 2024 keynote, Qualcomm announced that its Snapdragon X CPUs will be coming to all PC form factors including desktop PCs. This is big news since we will see a third entrant in the desktop PC space where Intel and AMD have been the dominant forces for long. In the mobile segment, […]
2024 started in a slightly negative mood for both the CPU & GPU market which could be attributed to seasonality, reports Jon Peddie Research. PC CPU & GPU Shipments Up From Last Year But Declined Compared To The Previous Quarter The latest report comes from Jon Peddie Research who has outlined the Q1 2024 statistics for the PC market, covering both CPUs & GPUs. The analyst firm reports that during Q1 2024, the PC GPU market reached 70 million units while the PC CPU shipments were up 33% versus the previous year. Both CPU and GPU segments were up from […]
X-Silicon, a firm known for silicon IP solutions, has unveiled a new "C-GPU architecture," which combined with a RISC-V CPU focuses on low-power & efficient performance solutions. X-Silicon's C-GPU Architecture Aims At Making The Low-Power Compute Segment More Diverse & Effective: RISC-V CPU, Open-Standard & Vulkan Support Jon Peddie Research reports that X-Silicon has decided to have their take on the "efficient computing" markets through a new GPU architecture, which is planned to utilize GPU acceleration with RISC-V Vector CPUs, allowing a much more effective combination of architectures, ultimately guaranteeing faster and low-power performance. X-Silicon's C-GPU platform is intended to […]
Intel's 12th & 13th Gen CPUs are available at some sweet price points with the recent discounting spree going on at several US-based retailers. Intel 12th & 13th Gen CPUs Available At Sweet Price Points At Various Retail Outlets Across The US Intel's 12th & 13th Gen CPUs offer a lot of value, especially in the budget and mainstream segment and the discounting spree continues at major US retailers such as Amazon, Newegg & Microcenter. Starting with the prices, the Intel 12th Gen CPUs are discounted much lower than their MSRPs and come as a great solution for budget and […]
China recently saw the launch of the KX-7000 CPU family from Zhaoxin which is aimed at desktop PCs for the domestic market segment. These chips have now seen their first benchmarks appear in the Geekbench database. Zhaoxin KX-7000 8-Core CPU For China Offers Double The Performance Of Its Predecessor But Lacks Against Last-Gen Desktop Offerings From Intel & AMD Announced at the end of 2023, the Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPU family is based on the x86 Century Avenue core architecture & the company claimed that it will offer twice the performance uplift versus the KX-6000 series. The lineup is available in […]
The famous open-source platform MESA on Linux has pushed out CPU-based ray tracing for its Vulkan driver, opening new performance possibilities on the OS. MESA's Latest Attempt To Improve Performance at Linux Now Features CPU-Based Ray Tracing Support Well, CPU-based ray tracing isn't a term we hear every day, mainly because it is generally limited compared to those we see with GPUs. However, some CPUs, mostly the higher-end ones, work out perfectly fine for low-intensive RT tasks. Phoronix reports that the MESA Lavapipe driver has received support for CPU-based ray tracing, which means that Linux users will now have another […]
China's CPU manufacturer, Loongson, has confirmed the successful tape-out of the company's 3C6000 CPU which features 16 cores & 32 threads. Loongson Looks To Dominate China's Server Market With Its 16-Core 3C6000 CPU Regarding the development of in-house solutions, China is rapidly advancing since the nation has been making decisive efforts in the computing segment. In the midst of it comes Loongson, a popular firm striving to make China a self-sufficient CPU-developing nation. Loongson has reportedly taped out its "server-focused" 3C6000 CPU which means that it is indeed ready for industry deployment soon. MyDrivers report that the Loongsoon 3C6000 features […]