SKC's Absolics unit told investors on July 27 that embedded glass substrate samples from its Covington, Georgia plant are undergoing package-level reliability testing in Taiwan, with results expected by year-end. Meanwhile Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Sumitomo Chemical's Dongwoo Fine-Chem finalized a $310 million joint venture on July 2 aiming for production in late 2027, while Intel, the technology's original champion, has pushed back its own rollout to around 2030 and shifted toward licensing patents instead.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-27
Apple's Mac Studio, available with M5 Max or the fused-together M5 Ultra chip, offers up to 80 GPU cores, 512GB of RAM and a 16TB SSD, along with more ports than the Mac mini, including four Thunderbolt 5 connections. The Mac mini starts at $899 and covers most everyday needs, while the Mac Studio starts at $2,499 and targets professionals with intensive workloads.
engadget.com
· 2026-08-26
Ahead of Apple's September 9 fall event, CNET Group's family of publications—including CNET, Mashable, PCMag, Popular Science and ZDNET—is running a daily 'Apple a Day' series revisiting major moments in Apple's history, from the 2007 iPhone launch to the 2015 Apple Watch debut. The group is also hosting a 'Big Guessing Game' contest where participants can predict announcements for a chance to win an Apple Watch.
cnet.com
· 2026-08-26
Ahead of Apple's September 9 fall event, the CNET Group of publications—including CNET, Lifehacker, Mashable, PCMag, Popular Science and ZDNET—is running a daily retrospective series revisiting major Apple milestones, from the 2007 iPhone launch to the 2015 debut of the Apple Watch. The outlets are also running a prediction contest, the Big Guessing Game, offering a new Apple Watch as a prize for correctly guessing what Apple will unveil.
cnet.com
· 2026-08-26
CNET, Lifehacker, Mashable, PCMag, PopSci and ZDNET are jointly publishing a September-long series called 'Apple a Day,' revisiting decades of their own coverage of Apple milestones, from the 2005 Intel chip switch to the 2015 Apple Watch debut. The campaign coincides with Apple's upcoming September 9 event and includes a 'Big Guessing Game' contest offering a new Apple Watch as a prize.
cnet.com
· 2026-08-26
At Hot Chips 2026, Intel disclosed full specifications for its Crescent Island AI accelerator, including 32 Xe3P cores, 256 XMX engines, 32MB of L2 cache, PCIe Gen5 x16, and a 350W TDP. Shipping units will carry 160GB of LPDDR5X memory, though ODM designs can scale up to 480GB of VRAM.
techspot.com
· 2026-08-25
Intel unveiled architectural details of its next-generation Xeon 7 'Diamond Rapids' server processors at Hot Chips 2026, revealing a design with up to 256 P-cores and 1.28 GB of last-level cache, targeted for a 2027 data center launch. The chips use Intel's 18A-P process for core chiplets, add AVX 10.2 instructions, and switch from EMIB to UCIe-S packaging alongside Foveros Direct 3D bonding to link compute and fabric tiles.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-24
A blogger added four Intel I226-V 2.5GbE network cards to a GMKtec NucBox G9 mini PC being used as a home router, expanding its networking capability beyond the stock configuration. The modification includes a 3D-printed enclosure addition, with design files released so others can replicate the upgrade themselves.
catskull.net
· 2026-08-24
Two Intel processors, the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core i7-14700K, have entered Amazon's top-10 best-selling desktop CPU list for the first time in over a year, landing at #6 and #9. AMD still dominates the rankings with Ryzen 9000, 7000, and 5000 series chips filling the remaining eight spots, led by the Ryzen 7 9800X3D.
techspot.com
· 2026-08-24
Xiaomi's new Xring O3 processor scored 3,945 in Geekbench single-core and 15,221 in multi-core tests, putting it roughly on par with Apple's silicon on single-threaded work but far ahead on multithreaded tasks. The chip packs 44MB of cache, more than most laptop CPUs, and its top C1-Ultra cores feature 21 execution ports with SME2 and SVE2 support for AI and SIMD workloads.
twitter.com
· 2026-08-24
After AMD held all ten spots on Amazon's best-selling CPU list, two Intel chips have broken through: the newly released Core Ultra 7 270K Plus at #6 ($290) and the older Core i7-14700K at #9 ($312). The 270K Plus offers strong multi-core and single-core performance, trailing only AMD's $569 Ryzen 9 9950X3D among the top 10, while the 14700K remains popular for its compatibility with both older LGA 1700 boards and DDR4 memory.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-24
Chuwi has released the Unibook, a budget laptop built around Intel's new Core Series 3 'Wildcat Lake' processor, priced at $449 with 8GB of RAM. The launch comes as rivals like Dell and Acer struggle to match or undercut Apple's MacBook Neo, which itself saw a $100 price hike just three months after debuting amid a wider memory-chip price surge.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-08-24
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