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Samsung Announces First Compute Express Link Memory Module

Home News (Image credit: Samsung) In a press release today, Samsung has announced memory modules based on the CXL standard, bringing together PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 for AI and high-performance computing work in data centers. (Image credit: Samsung) CXL is an open standard first mooted in 2019, with a view to bringing high-speed, low latency… Read more

Apple Quietly Adds 10GbE Option to Mac Mini M1

Apple on Tuesday quietly added a 10GbE upgrade option to its M1-powered Mac Mini desktop computers originally introduced in November last year. Small form-factor systems featuring a 10Gb Ethernet port cost $100 more than PCs with a regular GbE connector. When Apple introduced the Mac Mini powered by its own M1 system-on-chip last November, it… Read more

Amazon is reportedly working on custom networking chips

Amazon is reportedly working on custom silicon chips for its hardware network switches, according to The Information. The chips, which could help Amazon improve its internal infrastructure as well as AWS, are said to be the result of Amazon’s $350 million acquisition of Israeli chipmaking firm Annapurna Labs back in 2015. Amazon building the silicon… Read more

AMD Expected to Become TSMC’s Second Largest Customer

Home News (Image credit: AMD) Now that AMD produces most of its CPUs, GPUs, and custom SoCs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the company may become the foundry’s second-largest customer, right after Apple (according to a report from Seeking Alpha). If this happens, AMD will have a much more favorable negotiation position with TSMC… Read more

Raspberry Pi’s Ninth Birthday: 9 Things You Might Not Know

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) One of the world’s most popular and innovative computers officially launched on February 29, 2012. Nine years and 38 million units sold later, the Raspberry Pi powers a huge community of makers, students and businesses. What started as a small project, meant to increase applications for Cambridge University’s computer science… Read more

Start-up with CPU architect veterans: Qualcomm wants to buy Nuvia

Founded less than a year ago and already valued at a ten-digit figure: Mobile processor manufacturer Qualcomm wants to take over the start-up Nuvia. Both companies have agreed on a purchase price of 1.4 billion US dollars – now only the authorities have to approve the takeover. Reason for the high price, Nuvias are engineers,… Read more

Tenda Nova MW12 in the test: Mesh system at an attractive price

Page 1: Tenda Nova MW 12 in the test: Mesh system at an attractive price In the mesh network hardware sector, Tenda is unlikely to be a household name for many, even though the company has been active as such for some time. In the past few months there has been more attention in this… Read more

heise + | ARM Macs with M1 processor in the test: MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini

The first Macs with Apple’s ARM processor M1 are fast devices that are suitable for everyday use and that allow comparison with x – models don’t have to be afraid of. ARM Macs with M1 processor in the test: MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini M1 processor Apple’s influence Individual meetings Conclusion and test… Read more