Surface Pro X is the tweaked Snapdragon 8CX
Tuned up and rebranded
A Microsoft hardware event revealed the latest Intel, ARM and AMD based products and Surface Pro X based on ARM caught a lot of attentio. To set things straight, the Microsoft SQ1 is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8CX.
AMD server win squeezes ARM
Ampere on life support?
The recent success of AMD’s 7nm 64 core Rome powerhouse is very bad news for ARM's server efforts. Over time, Calxeda and many others failed, and Cavium by Marvell and Ampere don’t seem to be better either. AMD is just jeopardizing last chances for all existing ARM players to make any meaningful footprint on the data center and server market.
Apple A13 has 8.5 billion transistors
2nd gen 7nm, new architecture
Apple’s new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max come with A13 bionic, the second-generation 7nm process manufactured SoC.
Mate 30 launches on September 19
Global launch in Munich
Huawei Mate 30 will come earlier than most expected. The company has sent out invitations for a global launch on September 19, just slightly more than two weeks from now.
Nvidia works with Arm on supercomputers
Accelerator chips will work with Arm processors by the end of the year.
The GPU maker named after a Roman vengeance daemon, Nvidia said it would make its chips work with processors from Arm to build supercomputers.
ARM shows off its new smartphone chips
In the shops in 2020
ARM has been showing off its new Arm Cortex-A77 CPU core and Mali-G77 graphics part, designed for premium smartphones slated for launch next year.
Lenovo showcases a 5G Snapdragon 8cx PC
Computex 19: X55 modem inside, pictured
Qualcomm and Lenovo showcased the world’s first 5G PC at Computex. The PC is based on Qualcomm’s 8cx platform and comes with additional 5G connectivity. Lenovo calls this design "Project Limitless", based on world’s first 7nm platform purpose-built for PCs.
ARM severs links with Huawei
This is all getting alARMing
British based ARM has told its employees that cooperation with Chinese giant Huawei must stop.
Qualcomm abandons Guizhou venture
Walks away from $570 million joint investment
A joint venture between US smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm Inc and China’s Guizhou province will shut down by the end of the month.
Apple abandoning Intel chips on Macs
Wants to move to ARM
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn which claims that Apple is going to move its Macs off Intel chips and run something based on ARM.