Qualcomm's team seems to be in the final development stages of its second-generation Snapdragon X processors for client PCs, and it looks like it is about time for the first leaks about the CPU ...
When it comes to kitchen essentials, the chef’s knife gets all the glory; it’s romantic, precise, even a little dangerous. But if there’s one tool that quietly does the heavy lifting in many ...
Snapdragon processor naming convictions have become a lot more confusing recently, especially with the Snapdragon 7 series with new sub-variants. To summarize, we have three categories in the ...
For all the noise about neural processing units (NPUs) and the generative AI capabilities of new and upcoming chips, NPUs don’t yet do all that much in terms of day-to-day, bread-and-butter computing.
Most chips today are built from a combination of customized logic blocks that deliver some special sauce, and off-the-shelf blocks for commonplace technologies such as I/O, memory controllers, etc.
Ah, the tween years for chip announcements: Those periods when companies roll out tweaked versions of the big architectural changes we saw over the previous year (or earlier). In AMD's case, some of ...
Windows on Arm is finally happening, and it’s promising. Apple’s transition to ARM with their silicon processors has proven to be the next big thing for personal computers, offering incredible ...
Want to go down a tech rabbit hole that’ll leave you utterly confused? Try understanding what processor you’re getting in a Windows laptop. In their zeal to push AI as a selling point, Intel and AMD ...