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Qualcomm is planning to significantly increase the price of its next flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite (second generation) chip. The cost of the new chip is expected to exceed $200, which is a 20% increase over previous models.
Intel Arc B570 graphics card is expected to be officially unveiled on 3 December
A fanless desktop PC from a major brand is expected to be announced next week, featuring a 65W AMD processor.
Intel's new 10-core Core 7 240H processor has been spotted on the Geekbench website and it has performed quite well in the tests.
Xiaomi plans to release its own 3nm chip in 2025, which could compete with processors from Qualcomm and MediaTek.
The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor showed a significant jump in gaming performance. In tests, it was able to run Cyberpunk 2077 on the emulator at 60 frames per second at low graphics settings and 720p resolution.
Qualcomm is preparing to break into the notebook market with its new Snapdragon X series chips aimed at devices priced under $600. The series includes the X1P-24-100, X1P-39-100 and X1P-40-100, which promise high quality even for budget devices.
Information has emerged that Samsung is considering transferring the production of its Exynos chips to TSMC. This is due to the difficulties that Samsung is experiencing in the production of 3nm chips at its factories.
Rumours that Samsung is having trouble developing the Exynos 2500 processor for the new Galaxy S25 flagship have been circulating for some time now. Company representatives report that one of the reasons for these problems is the short working week.
Google is planning to use the Tensor G4 GPU in its new Tensor G6 chip, which could prove beneficial for users.
TSMC, the world's largest contract semiconductor maker, will stop supplying chips made on 7nm and more advanced processes to Chinese companies developing AI processors and graphics processors from 11 November.
Samsung is having trouble producing Exynos 2500 chipsets for the upcoming Galaxy S25 series. The company has reportedly achieved only 20 per cent yield on its second-generation 3nm production node, well below the required level. This means that only 20% of the wafers produced can be used to create Exynos mobile chips.
As we learnt the other day, the upcoming MediaTek Dimensity 8400 chipset will feature a large-core architecture similar to the one used in the flagship Dimensity 9400 chip.
Nvidia is planning to enter the consumer processor market with its first high-performance CPU, rumoured to be unveiled in September 2025.
A device codenamed "Google Frankel" was recently spotted on GeekBench, which is believed to be the new Tensor G5 chip.
