Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 12 Core CPU Shows Competitive AI & Similar GPU Performance Against Intel Core Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite 12 Core CPU has been tested against Intel's Core Ultra 7 155H in various benchmarks, showcasing a good lead.
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NZXT Function 2 review
There's been a trend in recent years with even the best gaming keyboards in the mid-range market to be a jack of all trades. Enter the NZXT Function 2 which has lofty ambitions for its price point, but largely scores across the board for furthering what a deck can do without the sky high sticker rate that usually follows for this sort of feature set.
Secretlab Monster Hunter edition chairs are here, and their adorable Palico cushions are killing me
Monster Hunter is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, which might be enough to make me grab my twin blades, head back to the new world, and turn more dinosaurs into hats.
MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400 Has Reportedly Vivo Signed On As A Customer Already, New Chipset Rumored To Be 20 Percent Faster Than Dimensity 9300
The Dimensity 9300 has set the stage for MediaTek, howling that it is back in the premium Android smartphone segment, and it intends to make its rivals nervous with the Dimensity 9400 launch. With the exception of Google and Apple, the Taiwanese firm has signed on every other phone maker as its customer, but Vivo is rumored to want a first crack at the company’s flagship silicon, and it may have already secured the first batch for itself. A new report also compares the performance differences of the Dimensity 9400 with the Dimensity 9300, claiming a 20 percent improvement.
Intel’s Global Desktop & Notebook PC CPU Shipments Reached 50 Million Units, More Than 3 Times Higher Than AMD & Apple Combined
Q4 2023 was strong for Intel as the chipmaker shipped 50 million CPUs in the desktop & notebook space, far exceeding AMD & Apple.
The perfect, simple, microtransaction-free throwback to CoD Zombies has finally launched in early access, and it's $9
CoD Zombies-inspired wave survival shooter Hellbreach: Vegas is finally out in early access after a ton of previews and playtests, and the co-op shooter is a fantastic get for its $9 launch promotional price—it's also a nice throwback in its business model too, with all cosmetics and unlockables in the game gated entirely by gameplay unlocks, with no paid skins or battle pass in sight.
Samsung does an Apple with its first Snapdragon X Elite laptop, suggesting the new Arm-based Windows machines aren't going to be a cheap alternative to x86
When Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X Elite, an Arm-based processor for Windows PCs, many thought that this could be the turning point for x86 chips, as the specs looked mighty powerful. That point might be somewhat far off in the future, though, as one of the first X Elite-equipped laptops from Samsung is priced well into Apple territory, for a medium-specced machine.
Intel's Chief Financial Officer admits the company is 'heavier than we want to be in terms of external wafer manufacturing'
A key Intel exec has recently admitted that the company is more heavily reliant on third-party manufacturing than it would like. As an outfit that always prided itself on making everything it sold, the expectation that entire CPUs of its upcoming Arrow Lake generation might be made by TSMC, and not at Intel fabs, will be a source of frustration within the company.