With Intel’s Alder Lake processors released, the company introduced a rather interesting concept of mixing high-performance and high-efficiency cores into one design. This hybrid approach combines performance P-cores based on Golden Cove architecture w…
(PR) India PC Market Ships 4.5 Million Units in 3Q21, Reports All-Time High Shipments, According to IDC
The India traditional PC market (inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations) continued its growth momentum despite ongoing supply and logistical challenges. The traditional PC shipments witnessed a 30% year-over-year (YoY) growth in 3Q21 (Jul-S…
(PR) Apple Announces Self Service Repair
Apple today announced Self Service Repair, which will allow customers who are comfortable with completing their own repairs access to Apple genuine parts and tools. Available first for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 lineups, and soon to be followed by Mac…
Qualcomm Says PC Transition to Arm-based Processors is Certain, to Launch High-Performance SoCs in 2023
Qualcomm has been in the game of creating SoCs for the PC market with the company’s Snapdragon lineup. These processors mainly were beefed-up versions of their mobile designs and were based on the Arm instruction set architecture (ISA). Microsoft has b…
(PR) IBM Unveils Breakthrough 127-Qubit Quantum Processor
IBM today announced its new 127-quantum bit (qubit) ‘Eagle’ processor at the IBM Quantum Summit 2021, its annual event to showcase milestones in quantum hardware, software, and the growth of the quantum ecosystem. The ‘Eagle’ processor is a breakthroug…
Intel’s Sapphire Rapids Xeons to Feature up to 64 GB of HBM2e Memory
During the Supercomputing (SC) 21 event, Intel has disclosed additional information regarding the company’s upcoming Xeon server processor lineup, codenamed Sapphire Rapids. One of the central areas of improvement for the new processor generation is th…
(PR) TOP500 Update Shows No Exascale Yet, Japanese Fugaku Supercomputer Still at the Top
The 58th annual edition of the TOP500 saw little change in the Top10. The Microsoft Azure system called Voyager-EUS2 was the only machine to shake up the top spots, claiming No. 10. Based on an AMD EPYC processor with 48 cores and 2.45GHz working toget…
Intel Core i7-12800H Alder Lake-P Mobile Processors Spotted in Geekbench
Intel’s upcoming lineup of mobile processors with the novel hybrid core technology are codenamed Alder Lake-P. Contrary to the desktop Alder Lake-S, the P variant was envisioned with a lower power budget in mind to fit various form factors. Today, we g…
AMD EPYC Processors Hit by 22 Security Vulnerabilities, Patch is Already Out
AMD EPYC class of enterprise processors has gotten infected by as many as 22 different security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities range anywhere from medium to high severity, affecting all three generations of AMD EPYC processors. This includes AM…
Valve’s Arch Linux-based SteamOS 3.0 to be Available to Public as a Standalone Distribution
As Valve is preparing to launch its handheld gaming console called Steam Deck, the company is investing a lot of resources into the software side of things. Powering the console is the company’s custom SteamOS distribution, a modification of Arch Linux…