Intel Verifies 13th and 12th Generation Core Processors Won’t Get the APO Feature

Intel Verifies 13th and 12th Generation Core Processors Won’t Get the APO Feature

Though they share a nearly identical microarchitecture, the 14th generation Core “Raptor Lake Refresh” processors are distinguished from the 13th generation by a special feature called Intel Application Performance Optimization (APO). APO, or application-specific processor optimization, is software-based and has been found to provide performance boosts of up to 16%...

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Prior to export restrictions, NVIDIA is rushing GeForce RTX 4090 orders to China.

Prior to export restrictions, NVIDIA is rushing GeForce RTX 4090 orders to China.

It has been reported that NVIDIA is shipping GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs to China quickly in preparation for anticipated export controls. As we previously reported, NVIDIA may be canceling orders worth $5 billion USD. Export licenses will be necessary from the US government in order to ship RTX 4090s to...

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It’s possible that NVIDIA will have to cancel orders worth US$5 billion from China.

It’s possible that NVIDIA will have to cancel orders worth US$5 billion from China.

The U.S. Commerce Department appears to have put a major wrench in NVIDIA’s operations by notifying the company that orders for AI chips worth US$5 billion that are going to China are subject to the most recent export restrictions from the US. According to reports, the orders were allegedly intended...

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Lower End Models of the AMD Ryzen 7000G APU Series Are Based on “Phoenix 2”

Lower End Models of the AMD Ryzen 7000G APU Series Are Based on “Phoenix 2”

The Ryzen 7000G series desktop APUs from AMD, which include the 4 nm “Phoenix” monolithic processor technology into the Socket AM5 desktop packaging, are now undergoing finalization. The main draw of these CPUs is their sizable integrated graphics processing unit (iGPU), which is built on the most recent RDNA3 architecture....

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As the i7-14700HX Surfaces, Intel’s “Raptor Lake Refresh” is confirmed for the mobile segment launch.

As the i7-14700HX Surfaces, Intel’s “Raptor Lake Refresh” is confirmed for the mobile segment launch.

With the appearance of the Core i7-14700HX on the leaked PugetBench online database, Intel’s plan to launch the 14th Gen Core series in the mobile market is officially verified. This would be similar to how Intel handled its 10th generation Core series, with the then-newer “Ice Lake” silicon handling the...

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Based on AD102, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER will have 20GB of memory.

Based on AD102, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER will have 20GB of memory.

As was previously announced, three new SKUs, highlighted by the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, will be available as part of NVIDIA’s mid-life refresh for its GeForce RTX 40-series “Ada” product stack. In the earlier article, we made assumptions regarding how NVIDIA may approach developing the RTX 4080 SUPER. According to...

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Over 9000 MHz is the Intel Core i9-14900KF OC Record.

Over 9000 MHz is the Intel Core i9-14900KF OC Record.

The OC community is taking notice of Intel’s 14th Gen Core i9-14900K and i9-14900KF, with SkatterBencher reaching 9.10 GHz during a live OC session and elmor now holding the highest validated clock speed record at 9048 MHz. The latest generation of Intel Z790 chipset motherboard models, which manufacturers introduced over...

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AMD’s Radeon RX 6750 GRE Specifications and Costs Announced

AMD’s Radeon RX 6750 GRE Specifications and Costs Announced

The RX 6750 GRE graphics cards from AMD, which may or may not be exclusive to the Chinese market, have been the subject of numerous rumors. Thanks to @momomo_us on Twitter/X, information about not one, but two separate RX 6750 GRE SKUs has now surfaced. It appears AMD has merely...

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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Appearance at 5.1 GHz with 16C/22T Configuration

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Appearance at 5.1 GHz with 16C/22T Configuration

Only the mobile version of Intel’s next Meteor Lake processor family will be released, with a significant rebranding of the Intel Core i naming system. We are interested to see the official performance numbers for the launch scheduled for December 14th. But today is going to be special since we...

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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and RTX 4080 SUPER are ready from NVIDIA.

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and RTX 4080 SUPER are ready from NVIDIA.

The higher end of NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 40-series “Ada” series is said to be getting an update, according to hongxing2020, a dependable source with NVIDIA leaks. It’s possible that the business may revive the SUPER brand extension it first established with the RTX 20-series. GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, GeForce RTX...

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