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Steven Sinofsky was right: It wasn’t enough for Microsoft to just port Windows to Arm, the mobile chip architecture behind Android and Apple’s iPhone and Android. For this new platform to succeed, Microsoft would have to aggressively remove legacy code… Continue reading Then and Now, Part 2: Feeling Blue (Premium)
For home computer users, the end of the 1980s was the era of 16-bit computers. The challenge facing manufacturers of 8-bit machines through the middle of the decade was to …read more Continue reading The Last Acorn BBC Computer Wasn’t a BBC Micro
Arm Holdings and Qualcomm will face off in a U.S. District Court in Delaware today for the start of what’s expected to be a week-long trial.
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The x86 instruction set that once defined personal computing is now a boat anchor holding back the PC industry and contributing to Intel’s death. Intel is screwed, but we’ll be OK. Microsoft and Qualcomm delivered a one-two punch on behalf of Arm in 20… Continue reading Intel is Dead and x86 is Next (Premium)
Apple’s in-house chips have some impressive specs, but user serviceability is something Apple left behind for consumer machines around a decade ago. Repair legend [dosdude1] shows us how the new …read more Continue reading Upgrading the M4 Mac Mini with More Storage
El Capitan, built by HPE, tops the 2024 TOP500 list as the world’s fastest supercomputer, driving breakthroughs in AI, nuclear research, and energy. Continue reading HPE’s El Capitan Named World’s Fastest Supercomputer
Arm Holdings reported that it earned a net income of $107 million on revenues of $844 million for the quarter ending September 30.
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For those of you longing for better gaming on an Apple Silicon device, Asahi Linux is here to help. While Apple’s own line of CPUs are relatively new kids on …read more Continue reading Asahi Linux Brings Better Gaming to Apple Silicon
In January 2021, Qualcomm announced it would acquire Nuvia for $1.4 billion because the smaller firm was developing “step-function improvements in CPU performance and power efficiency to meet the demands of next-generation 5G computing.”
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Arm has just warned Qualcomm that will cancel its license to design its Arm-based chips using Nuvia technology in 60 days.
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