
Qualcomm’s Oryon CPU promises high performance and low power consumption, aiming to rival Intel and AMD in Windows laptops. The Arm Cortex-X925 will challenge Qualcomm’s compatible design, however, by clocking as fast and implementing a wider microarchitecture. continue reading

Samsung claims a first-mover advantage with GAA transistors, while Intel plans to overtake it by being the first to combine GAA and backside power. The open question is whether either company can deliver the production volume and best yields, power, speed, and density or match TSMC’s customer service. continue reading

Startup Flow Computing is developing a coprocessor targeting threaded workloads and promising to double unmodified code’s throughput. Refactored software should see much greater gains. In principle, Flow’s PPU is compatible with all instruction sets, but… continue reading

At Computex 2024, Nvidia enraptured audiences with its data-center AI success, and Intel sought to stay relevant in data-center and PC markets. continue reading

Arm’s new Immortalis-G925 boasts 35%+ graphics and AI performance leaps, but this factors in a bigger configuration and optimized physical design. Ray tracing speeds up and Arm added a fragment-prepass stage to raise system efficiency. continue reading

Intel’s Lunar Lake delivers NPU gains and a new CPU architecture for select laptops. Faster AI performance and TSMC fabrication mitigates competitive and manufacturing risk, but expensive packaging risks profitability amid rising competition. continue reading
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