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The Hot Take: And the push beings it's fifth or sixth try for Windows & ARM....
Windows 11 on Arm has come a long way, but many reviewers and commenters fall back on horror stories of incompatibility that haven't been true for years.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Oh, you think? Desktop is never truly going to fit into the palm of your hand unless we do something drastic like quantum-computing.
MediaTek may have conceded its plans to bring only a single chipset to its Dimensity 9600 lineup because a new rumor claims a ‘Pro’ version will arrive later this year, likely as a direct counter to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro. Like its closest rival, a tipster states that the SoC is bringing desktop-level performance with a target frequency of 5.00GHz and a new CPU cluster. The only catch is that MediaTek has yet to find a way to cool it properly. New target frequency for the Dimensity 9600 Pro may only be in short bursts, as overheating problems plague the chipset, […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/dimensity-9600-pro-bringing-desktop-level-performance-with-5ghz-clock-speed-target/
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Stop making claims, we'll see the actual here soon enough.
As hyperscalers seek efficiency and control from custom CPUs they build in house, they adopt Arm and 90% of servers running custom silicon will use the Arm ISA in 2029.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: ARM appears to have miffed licenses already.
ARM's ecosystem is both expansive and pervasive these days, with Samsung's latest cutting-edge Exynos 2600 chips also leveraging ARMv9.3 CPU cores. Even so, Samsung is apparently taking its first tentative steps towards the open-source RISC-V architecture via a custom SSD controller chip. Samsung is tentatively exploring the RISC-V open-source architecture via a custom SSD controller chip, moving away from ARM's IP According to South Korea-based ETNews, Samsung's upcoming SSD lineup, called the BM9K1 and designed entirely in-house, will leverage a controller chip that is based on the open-source RISC-V architecture. For the benefit of those who might not be aware, […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/samsung-takes-first-step-away-from-arms-ecosystem-by-working-on-an-ssd-controller-chip-based-on-risc-v-architecture/
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: ARM wants that data center pie that AMD & Intel has but it looks like it's targeting Intel directly. Culling the weakest I guess? I feel intel isn't weak, just getting re-engaged and back fully into the game.
Cores it's got what agents crave Interview In recent weeks, the likes of Nvidia and Arm have revealed CPUs designed expressly to run AI agents like OpenClaw.…
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: You will get mid-range only and love it.... Probably all while renting it I assume.
Nvidia wants a slice of every laptop sold, not just the ones with a chunky discrete GPU. The firm is lining up “exclusive” laptop system-on-chips for consumers this year, barging into a market long owned by Intel and AMD while trying to cash in on the AI PC hype. The pitch is that Nvidia has ignored the huge integrated CPU-and-GPU segment, even though it ships bucketloads of graphics chips for gaming and workstations. Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said: “There’s 150 million laptops sold per year, and Nvidia’s market largely targets gaming and workstation markets where discrete GPUs are used. And we’re very successful there. There’s an entire segment of the market where the CPU and the GPU are integrated. And that segment has been largely unaddressed by Nvidia today.” He said that entire segment of the market is quite rich, large, and underserved today, with state-of-the-art, world-class GPUs like Nvidia’s. The big idea leans hard on on-device AI, with CPU vendors repackaging product lines around NPUs such as Intel’s NPU and AMD XDNA, and Nvidia fancies itself as the obvious third wheel. It is pushing the envelope by pairing silicon with software, dropping its open-source model stack, Nemotron, alongside laptop SoCs to ride the edge AI frenzy. If Nvidia stuffs enough consumer machines with its own silicon, it can bake “on-device AI” features in as defaults and grab a bigger cut of whatever edge AI turns into. This would give Nvidia an edge that Intel and AMD “cannot achieve”, because they are not building foundation models, they are just selling the compute. If edge AI really does hit the predicted $160 billion valuation by 2030, then Nvidia could be on to something. On the silicon side, the rumour mill says Nvidia is building ARM-based laptop chips with MediaTek, following the shape of its GB10 SuperChip used in the DGX Spark mini-AI supercomputer. The Nvidia and MediaTek pairing is not new, since they have already collaborated in automotive via the “Dimensity Auto” line with RTX GPU IP bolted in. Two consumer SKUs are expected, codenamed “N1X” and “N1”, with the latter pitched as the weaker of the two, and both have appeared on public benchmarks. The architecture is tipped to use “ARM foundations” because power efficiency matters in laptops and MediaTek lives on ARM anyway. There is speculation that Nvidia could co-design ARM IP to stand out from other ARM laptop plays, such as the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Qualcomm. If Nvidia follows the GB10 pattern, it could use ARM v9.2, but that is still guesswork. Process rumours point to TSMC 3nm, and the leaked CPU numbers for the bigger N1X suggest a 20-core cluster at 2.81GHz base with a 4GHz boost. The weaker N1 is expected to land in eight or 12-core setups. In graphics, the integrated RTX chunk is expected to be Blackwell-based, and early chatter claims a 6,144-CUDA-core layout with 48 SMs. Despite that headline figure, it is still a mobile part, with leaks suggesting up to 120W TDP, putting it in the same power bracket as AMD Strix Halo and Intel Lunar Lake. The Geekbench OpenCL numbers being waved around put “Nvidia N1X (6144 Cores)” at 46,361, miles behind “RTX 5070 Desktop (6144 Cores)” at 185,269. Memory support is expected to include LPDDR5X, with up to one petaflop of FP4 AI compute. Nvidia is even rumoured to be eyeing handhelds later, since it cannot resist chasing the whole gaming market once it smells blood. It is not stopping at ARM, either, since it is said to be working on an x86 laptop chip through its partnership with Intel, which would give it a foot in both camps. That ambition runs straight into supply reality, with DRAM tight and TSMC capacity reportedly fully booked, so consumer dreams may lose to data centre margins. The expectation is that if the N1X and N1 show up at Computex in early June 2026, early availability may be limited due to a stretched supply chain. Dell and Lenovo are said to be gearing up for designs, hinting that OEMs are curious, even as they brace for pricing and volume drama. Pricing is still foggy, but the piece puts the N1X laptops in a rough $1,500 to $2,000 range, depending on configuration.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Nice, maybe they can start competing with Apple SoCs.
A pair of leaked model numbers hints at something major coming from Qualcomm's next generation.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: ARM wants a piece of that Ai cash pie for sure. I'm wondering how their licensing partners are going to take this.
The chip design firm says Meta, OpenAI, Cerebras, and Cloudflare are among the first customers of its new artificial intelligence hardware.
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