Topic: power efficiency
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iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra Leak Ahead of Apple Event
The upcoming foldable "iPhone Ultra" is expected to face significant supply constraints at launch, likely causing long waits or stiff competition for early buyers. The iPhone 18 Pro's A20 Pro chip will deliver up to 18% better performance and 30% improved power efficiency over the A19 Pro, thanks...
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Google: Pixel 11's MediaTek modem is faster, more efficient
Google confirmed the Pixel 11 will use a MediaTek modem, replacing Samsung's technology to improve data speeds, signal stability, and power efficiency, directly boosting battery life during calls, streaming, and navigation. The shift is framed as a deliberate optimization for tighter integration ...
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Etched’s valuation hits $21B after doubling in a month
Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by Jane Street, which tested the AI hardware and became a customer,a dramatic jump from its $10.3 billion valuation just a month earlier. The startup’s appeal stems from two new inference components: a low-voltage chip for the compute-hea...
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Google Tensor G6 boosts Pixel 11 performance, efficiency, security
The Pixel 11 introduces the Titan M3 security coprocessor, the first Google chip to implement NIST post-quantum cryptography standards, protecting against "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks ahead of a White House goal for a functional quantum computer by 2028. Performance upgrades include 25% f...
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Point2 raises $136M for AI cables that beat copper and optics
Point2 Technology raised $136 million in Series B funding, backed by investors including Nvidia, Arm, and Bosch Ventures, to commercialize its e-Tube hybrid cabling solution for AI data centers. The e-Tube platform transmits RF signals through plastic waveguides, claiming advantages over copper (...
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Majestic Labs skips GPUs to break Nvidia's memory wall
Majestic Labs, a Tel Aviv startup, is challenging the AI hardware focus on raw compute by arguing that memory bandwidth is the real bottleneck, and has designed a GPU-less server called Prometheus to address this. Prometheus replaces GPUs with Ignite AI Processing Units and pools up to 128TB of l...
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DeepX tops $2.2bn for AI chips beyond data centres
South Korean AI chip startup DeepX has raised ~$29 million in the first tranche of its Series D round, boosting its valuation to $2.2 billion, with plans to raise up to $209 million more by September, potentially reaching $2.4 billion. DeepX designs low-power, cost-efficient chips for edge AI app...
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Meet the 34-Hour Laptop: Why Battery Life Has Skyrocketed
Next-generation silicon chips and advanced battery chemistries have converged to enable laptops with up to 34 hours of runtime, eliminating the need to constantly search for an outlet. ARM-based processors lead in endurance, with some models reaching 34 hours in video playback, while Intel Evo-ce...
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iPhone 18 Pro A20 chip rumored to deliver two major upgrades
The A20 Pro processor in the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra will use a 2-nanometer fabrication process, enabling higher performance and greater energy efficiency by packing more transistors into the same space. A new packaging innovation called Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module will integrat...
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Starlink’s V5 dish arrives: how it compares to older models
SpaceX has begun rolling out the Starlink V5 dish in select areas, featuring a smaller size, reduced weight, and improved power efficiency over the V4 model. The V5 is not designed for mobile or in-motion use; customers needing portable internet must wait for the upcoming Starlink Mini. As manufa...
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Ex-Databricks AI chief aims to cut AI energy use 1,000x
Unconventional AI, led by former Databricks AI head Naveen Rao, has unveiled its first model, Un0, an image-generation system that uses a novel oscillator-based computer architecture to perform on par with state-of-the-art diffusion models. The startup aims to dramatically reduce power consumptio...
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Qualcomm names Meta as first customer for Dragonfly chips
Qualcomm announced Meta as the first customer for its upcoming Dragonfly C1000 data centre processor, marking its push into the AI infrastructure market, though the chip won't be available until 2028. The company also unveiled a new AI300 accelerator chip and confirmed the $3.9 billion acquisitio...
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Samsung Reveals Fastest UFS 5.0 for Next-Gen On-Device AI
Samsung has announced the industry's first UFS 5.0 solution, achieving record data transfer rates of up to 10.8GB/s to accelerate on-device AI performance and reduce latency for next-gen devices. The new standard delivers more than double the performance of UFS 4.1 with sequential read speeds of ...
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HyperLight secures $80M to scale TFLN photonics for AI
HyperLight, a Harvard spinout, has raised $80 million to commercialize thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) technology for optical interconnects, aiming to replace copper wiring in AI clusters. The funding round was led by MediaTek and includes strategic investors like Foxconn, Jabil, and UMC, signal...
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AMD urges users to stick with its proven older tech
AMD announced continued AM5 socket support through 2029, along with a $349 "10th Anniversary" Ryzen 7 5800X3D for AM4 users launching June 25th, ensuring long-term motherboard compatibility. A new $330 Ryzen 7 7700X3D offers a slightly less powerful but more affordable entry point to AM5, while t...
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Analog Devices Acquires Empower Semiconductor in $1.5B Deal
Analog Devices is acquiring Empower Semiconductor for $1.5 billion in cash to secure its integrated voltage regulators, which reduce AI data center power consumption by roughly 20% by delivering power vertically through circuit boards. The deal comes amid a massive surge in AI infrastructure inve...
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iPhone 18 Pro’s A20 chip tipped for two key upgrades
Apple's A20 Pro chip, expected in the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra, will reportedly be its first 2-nanometer chip, offering a major leap in power and efficiency through TSMC's smaller fabrication process. The chip will adopt new Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module (WMCM) packaging, integrating the pr...
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Tensor G6 to bring latest ARM CPUs, older GPU to Pixel 11
A new leak reveals Google's Pixel 11 series will use a Tensor G6 chipset with a reportedly underwhelming Imagination/PowerVR C-Series GPU based on an older 2021 design, potentially disappointing power users. The CPU upgrades appear substantial, featuring at least one ARM C1 Ultra core at 4.11GHz ...
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Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB Review: Palit Dual Performance
The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB is a budget-friendly graphics card offering strong 1080p and 1440p gaming performance, but its 8 GB VRAM capacity causes noticeable performance dips in demanding modern titles. In testing, it consistently outperforms its direct 8 GB rival, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT, b...
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Snap and Qualcomm Partner for 2026 AR Glasses Launch
Snap's XR subsidiary, Specs Inc., has entered a multi-year partnership with Qualcomm to supply Snapdragon chips for its upcoming AR glasses, with a new Spectacles model slated for late 2026. The strategic alliance aims to accelerate the integration of on-device AI and sophisticated graphics into ...
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