ARM & Apple Silicon

3+ hour, 6+ min ago   (257+ words) Apple's bold gamble overhauls packaging alongside 2nm process Apple's new mobile AP, the A20 Pro, scored 4,042 points in Geekbench 7 single-core testing, breaking the top record for the category. The figure surpasses the M5 Max, Ryzen 9 9950X3D, and Intel Core i9-14900KS. The latest SoC in Apple…...

18+ hour, 59+ min ago   (1727+ words) Six months ago I wrote that the age of monolithic Apple Silicon was over. The M5 Pro and M5 Max had arrived as bonded dual-die parts, Fusion Architecture was real, and the direction looked obvious: every tier would go multi-die, generation by…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (596+ words) Inside the iPhone 18 Pro there is water, and under load it turns into steam. This sounds like a risky way to cool a smartphone for $1199, but in reality it is a sealed evaporative chamber where liquid can circulate for years…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (550+ words) Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and solely reflect the writer's opinions. The Core Ultra 5 250K Plus is Intel's current-generation CPU based on the latest Arrow Lake Refresh architecture, whereas the Core i5 14600K is a previous-generation processor built on the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (150+ words) technetbooks.com Fujitsu Plans Global Export of 2nm Monaka Arm Processors by 2027 Fujitsu is preparing to export its 2nm Arm processor, known as Monaka, to Asian and American markets as early as 2027. The company is pitching the silicon directly to enterprise AI…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (170+ words) Early Benchmark Results for iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max with A20 Chip Revealed ilounge.com Benchmark results for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max powered by the A20 Pro chip have appeared in the database from Geekbench 7, giving us an idea…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (556+ words) The release notes for CUDA NVCC 13.4.59 list supported architectures as x86_64, arm64-sbsa, and arm64 (Windows), spanning both Linux and Windows. That’s a meaningful detail for anyone tracking the toolkit’s evolution: arm64-sbsa (Server Base System Architecture) has been NVIDIA’s Linux-side Arm server target…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (258+ words) macOS 27 Golden Gate on M1 and M2 Macs: What Changes Monday, What Doesn’t The Mac Observer macOS 27 Adds 5K at 120Hz on Ultrawide Displays: What It Actually Needs Mac Mini and Mac Studio: Nine Days From Pre-Order to General Sale Intel Mac Owners: What…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (264+ words) The Mac Observer macOS 27 Golden Gate on M1 and M2 Macs: What Changes Monday, What Doesn’t iOS 27 Update: Apple Says Missing Apps Come Back on Their Own iOS 27 Monday: The Features That Turn on by Themselves, and the Ones That Do Not…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (599+ words) Early A20 Pro Geekbench results show strong CPU scores, but different benchmark versions and a preliminary device record limit what they prove. The early Apple A20 Pro benchmark results point to unusually strong peak CPU performance, but they are not yet a…...