Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite To Deliver Performance-Per-Watt Leadership For PCs

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite To Deliver Performance-Per-Watt Leadership For PCs]( By Ben Funk on Oct 24, 2023 03:02 pm [Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite To Deliver Performance-Per-Watt Leadership For PCs]( One of the more exciting aspects of Qualcomm's Snapdragon family processors for Windows on Arm64 is that these laptop PCs are always connected (4G or 5G), and they can deliver stellar battery life. Just peruse any of our recent reviews and you can see that, for instance, the Lenovo Flex 5G has more than 24 hours of battery life while playing [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 With Big Performance Gains And AI Mastery]( By Ryan Whitwam on Oct 24, 2023 03:01 pm [Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 With Big Performance Gains And AI Mastery]( It's that time of year again—the leaves and temperatures are falling, and Qualcomm is announcing a new flagship mobile processor platform at its Snapdragon Summit event in Maui today. As expected, the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is now official, packing a faster CPU core configuration, an updated Adreno GPU, and AI engines galore. Qualcomm [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon Sound S7 Series With XPAN For Ubiquitous HiFi Jams]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 24, 2023 03:00 pm [Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon Sound S7 Series With XPAN For Ubiquitous HiFi Jams]( Qualcomm has just announced its new S7 and S7 Pro Gen 1 Snapdragon Sound platforms at its Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii today. The company's most advanced audio platforms are designed for earbuds, headphones, and speakers, as well as various smart audio devices. On-Device AI Processing And New Connectivity Tech According to Qualcomm, the new [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Apple Announces Its Scary Fast Event With New M3 Silicon Powered Devices Expected]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 24, 2023 01:15 pm [Apple Announces Its Scary Fast Event With New M3 Silicon Powered Devices Expected]( Apple has confirmed rumors that the company plans on making another big announcement by the end of the month with its upcoming "Scary Fast" event. Many have speculated that the Cupertino-based company will likely announce a new iMac and possibly a new MacBook Pro with the latest M3 chipset. Fans of Apple were a bit disappointed with the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel 14th Gen Core i9-14900K CPU Delidding Reveals A Cool Surprise]( By Zak Killian on Oct 24, 2023 11:42 am [Intel 14th Gen Core i9-14900K CPU Delidding Reveals A Cool Surprise]( In case you're unfamiliar, "delidding" is the process of removing the thick metal plate attached to the top of modern CPUs. This plate is known as the "integrated heat spreader" or "IHS," and it protects the fragile silicon die of the processor from cracking when fumble-fingered users are installing their cooling apparatus. Having an IHS is [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Xbox Partner Preview Games Event: When, How To Watch And What To Expect]( By Nathan Ord on Oct 24, 2023 11:39 am [Xbox Partner Preview Games Event: When, How To Watch And What To Expect]( Tomorrow, October 25th, the Xbox Partner Preview will showcase both updates and new games coming to Xbox and Windows from the plethora of Microsoft third-party partners. We’ll also get to see info on upcoming Game Pass titles and quite a bit of gameplay footage all around. Overall, it should be an exciting show, so here’s how you can tune [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Apple May Spend Over $5 Billion By 2024 On Servers In Major Generative AI Push]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 24, 2023 11:33 am [Apple May Spend Over $5 Billion By 2024 On Servers In Major Generative AI Push]( A new survey by an Apple analyst suggests the Cupertino-based company could spend several billion dollars in 2024 in order to catch up in the AI race. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects Apple to spend "at least" $620 million on servers in 2023 and an estimated $4.75 billion on servers in 2024. The AI race is hot and heavy between giant tech companies, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Artists Are Using Nightshade Data Poisoning Tool In Escalating War With Generative AI]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 24, 2023 10:40 am [Artists Are Using Nightshade Data Poisoning Tool In Escalating War With Generative AI]( Artists are using a new tool to add invisible changes to their art before uploading online. Why? In order to combat having their work scraped into an AI training set. The new method causes the resulting model to "break in chaotic and unpredictable ways." Artists are battling to protect their work against being stolen by generative AI, with [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NVIDIA And AMD Tap Arm To Fab Chips For Windows PCs, Should Intel Worry?]( By Matthew Connatser on Oct 24, 2023 10:34 am [NVIDIA And AMD Tap Arm To Fab Chips For Windows PCs, Should Intel Worry?]( NVIDIA and AMD are being spurred on by Microsoft to develop their own ARM-based CPUs to be used in Windows PCs, according to a report from Reuters. Apple, which is a competitor of all three companies, has seen great success ever since it launched its own custom ARM-based chip, M1, in 2020. Although this move is ostensibly focused on containing [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Plans Huge Oregon Chip Fab Expansion As Part Of $100B Investment In US Over 5 years]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 24, 2023 10:23 am [Intel Plans Huge Oregon Chip Fab Expansion As Part Of $100B Investment In US Over 5 years]( Intel announced it is advancing its semiconductor technology facilities at its Gordon Moore Park campus in Hillsboro, Oregon. The chip maker views the expansion as an important step towards regaining process technology leadership by 2025, which has been one of Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's main goals when he returned to the company a little over [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NASA Sent An Important Software Patch 12 Billion Miles To Its 1977 Voyager Probes]( By Aaron Leong on Oct 24, 2023 10:06 am [NASA Sent An Important Software Patch 12 Billion Miles To Its 1977 Voyager Probes]( The furthest human spacecraft from earth—Voyager 1 and 2—are still getting software updates more than 12 billion miles away, which should help keep the probes operational for many years to come. Smartphone companies can learn a thing or two here. It all started in 2022 when Voyager 1 began sending garbled data back to Earth. Craft functions [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Arc GPU Driver Readies A Big FPS Boost For Alan Wake 2 Ahead Of Launch]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 24, 2023 09:18 am [Intel Arc GPU Driver Readies A Big FPS Boost For Alan Wake 2 Ahead Of Launch]( Horror fans will get to see if Alan Wake II lives up to the hype when the game releases later this week. In the meantime, gamers who own an Intel Arc graphics card can download the latest Arc driver, version 31.0.101.4900, for a purportedly substantial performance gain at both 1080p and 1440p resolutions, according to the driver's release [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Skullcandy Celebrates TMNT's 40th Anniversary With A Pair Of Earbuds and Headphones]( By Aaron Leong on Oct 24, 2023 08:45 am [Skullcandy Celebrates TMNT's 40th Anniversary With A Pair Of Earbuds and Headphones ]( Cowabunga! Skullcandy is bringing some commemorative audio gear celebrating the upcoming 40th anniversary of everybody's favorite sewer reptiles. One is a limited-edition version of the Push TWS (true wireless stereo) earbuds, while the other is the PLYR wireless gaming headset. Both are very green and ready for those long gaming sessions.  With [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( Recent Articles: [Core i9-14900K Gaming PC Overclocked To 8GHz Hits Blistering 1,300 FPS In Counter-Strike 2]( [Check Out The First-Ever GeForce RTX 4060 Ti With A Single-Slot Blower Cooler]( [A Gorgeous Fossil Smart Watch Headlines These Great Amazon Tech Deals]( [Twitch Streamers Are Now Allowed To Simulcast On Any Service But There Are Caveats]( [Watch Flames Shoot Out Of SpaceX's Starship Rocket From An Amazing Vantage Point]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( [YouTube]( [Pinterest]( Copyright © 2023 Hot Hardware, Inc., All rights reserved. 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