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If Switch 2 is on the way, Nintendo hints at backwards compatibility support
Nintendo's Switch handheld-console family lifecycle will last 8-9 years, Nintendo of America President confirms Switch to stay for 'a few more years'

As PC sales decline, ARM-based laptop computing on MacBooks is on the rise
The MacBook Air with its new Arm-based processors has impressed many in recent times, and it's indicative of all-things Arm on the rise.

AMD now has over 30% of the processor market, Intel still dominates
AMD passes a historic milestone for its share of the CPU market, bolstered by big gains in the server space and continued interest in all things Ryzen.

A factory-sealed original 2007 Apple iPhone has a current bid of around $17,000
A factory-sealed original Apple iPhone that was never opened due to disinterest in having a smartphone could now fetch as much as $50,000 at auction.

Nintendo boosts Switch production as next-gen Super Switch 4K looms
The Switch is about to turn seven years old but Nintendo has increased Switch hardware production as possible send off for the platform as next-gen looms.

Switch almost had its own mid-cycle PS4 Pro-like upgrade, but it was cancelled
Nintendo was reportedly working on a mid-cycle generational Switch upgrade, but that device may have been cancelled to make way for a next-gen Switch.

Intel CEO admits: yeah, we'll exit other businesses in the future
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says the company will bleed data center market share into 2023, and will likely exit other businesses as it did Optane (Arc?).

Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink internet hacked with $25 homemade device
Elon Musk SpaceX Starlink internet service was easily hacked by a security researcher that constructed a simple $25 homemade device.

Intel confirms VPU chip for Meteor Lake CPU, proves leaker right again
Intel's next-next-gen 14th Gen Core 'Meteor Lake' CPUs confirmed to have VPU accelerator: for deep learning, AI inference.

Microsoft complies with FTC in Activision buyout (because it has to)
Microsoft has complied with the Federal Trade Commission's request for more documents, and information on the Activision buyout.

AR-capable smart contact lens trialed, CEO 'saw the future'
The first ever test of a new smart contact lens with augmented reality and eye tracking has been achieved by Mojo Vision's CEO.

Arm Immortalis-G715: its first GPU with hardware-based ray tracing
Arm's new Immortalis-G715 GPU announced: supports hardware-accelerated ray tracing, ray tracing to smartphones of the future.

AYN Loki handheld: Intel CPU for $299, AMD Zen3+ / RDNA 2 GPU for $499
AYN Loki handheld gaming console: Intel Alder Lake CPU for $299, AMD Zen 3+ / RDNA 2 from $499 through $799 with 512GB storage.

FTC issues Second Request in Sony's $3.6 billion Bungie deal
The FTC is investigating Sony's $3.6 billion buyout of Bungie, not the DOJ, and has requested more info from both companies.

Business titan Berkshire Hathaway now owns 9.5% of Activision's stock
Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway now owns a 9.5% stake in Activision-Blizzard worth over 74 million shares, up from 15 million.

Activision shareholders approve Microsoft buyout with 98% yes vote
The vast majority of Activision shareholders have voted to accept Microsoft's $68.7 billion buyout offer at $95 per share.

NVIDIA's new Grace CPU Superchip: 144-core CPU, 600GB of GPU memory
NVIDIA's new Grace CPU design unveiled with two new Superchip platforms: 144-core ARM-based Neoverse CPU, and huge 600GB of VRAM.

Hisense announce 65-inch gaming TV with insane 4K 240FPS, and HDMI 2.1
Hisense announces itsn ew Gaming TV Ace 2023: a new 65-inch TV with native 4K and insane 240Hz refresh rate... all over HDMI 2.1.

Nintendo Switch 2 rumored specs: NVIDIA Ampere GPU + DLSS 2.2 tech
Nintendo's next-gen Super Switch (Switch 2) specs leaked: NVIDIA Ampere GPU + ray tracing + DLSS 2.0 technology support.

Intel BonanzaMine revealed: Bitcoin ASIC miner consumes 3600W of power
Intel's new Bitcoin ASIC miner has been revealed at ISSCC 2022, the new BonanzaMine: 40 THash/s and consumes 3600W of power.

FTC investigates Microsoft's Activision-Blizzard buyout for anti-trust
The Federal Trade Commission will closely scrutinize Microsoft's proposed $68.7 billion buyout deal for Activision-Blizzard.

Samsung finally unveils Exynos 2200: Xclipse GPU based on AMD RDNA 2
Samsung reveals its 'freshly designed mobile processor' in the Exynos 2200: a new AMD RDNA 2-based Samsung Xclipse GPU included.

NVIDIA expands CPU business, new CPU R&D group in Israel
NVIDIA CTO Michael Kagan confirms the company is building a new CPU group in Israel, ARM-based 'Grace' CPU aiming for 2023.

Analyst: Next-gen Switch Pro 4K model coming in 2024, not in 2022
Nintendo's next-gen Switch Pro 4K-ready console will release in 2024, not in 2022, analyst firm Ampere Analysis predicts.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 SoC: 5G at 10Gbps, 30% faster Adreno GPU
Qualcomm announces the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1: the new SoC will power the next-generation of smartphones in 2022 and beyond.

MediaTek Dimensity 9000: next-gen SoC with 5G, AI, and TSMC 4nm node
MediaTek unveils its new Dimensity 9000 SoC:ARMv9 Cortex-X2 core, Mali-G710 GPU, and made on TSMC's new 4nm process node.

Tesla Car Computer: AMD Zen 1+based APU with Navi 23 GPU
Tesla's new on-board computer packs AMD Zen+ Embedded APU, discrete Navi 23 GPU, and the same compute perf as the PlayStation 5.

Switch OLED dock capable of native 4K 60FPS output
The Nintendo Switch OLED dock features a new Realtek converter chip that enables native 4K 60FPS video signal output over HDMI 2.0.

Switch OLED dock's ARM CPU doesn't enable 4K upscaling
The Switch OLED's dock has a new embedded chip with an ARM Cortex-M0 CPU, but it does not enable 4K resolution upscaling.

Report: Next-gen Nintendo Switch Pro 4K dev kits are out in the wild
Nintendo has reportedly sent out next-gen Switch Pro devkits out to game developers that are capable of hitting 4K resolution.

Switch OLED dock can get firmware updates, may pave way to Switch Pro?
The new Switch OLED model's dock can receive firmware updates, likely for LAN functionality, but Switch 4K speculation is high.

Windows 11 has CPU, memory, storage optimizations -- makes PC faster
Microsoft has oodles of optimizations and improvements in the next-gen Windows 11 that will make your PC faster than ever before.

NVIDIA's huge $54 billion Arm deal being probed by the EU
NVIDIA's gigantic acquisition of British chip manufacturer Arm is about to be probed by the EU, after being probed by the FTC.

Intel's Royal Core: Lunar Lake CPU designed to KILL new AMD Zen 5
Intel's next-gen Lunar Lake CPU architecture teased as 'Royal Core' designed by Zen designer Jim Keller, will kill AMD Zen 5.

Your smartphone probably has better CPU cores than Starlink dishes
SpaceX Starlink user dishes are powered by quad-core CPU with ARM Cortex-A53 cores, the same chip inside entry-level smartphones.

China's new Loongson CPU is nearly as good as first-gen AMD Ryzen
Loongson's next-generation 3A5000 CPUs use their own properitary microarchitecture, offering first-gen AMD Ryzen level performance.

AMD RDNA 2 GPU codename 'Voyager' inside of Samsung Exynos 2200 on 4nm
Samsung's next-gen Exynos 2200 SoC should be made on in-house Samsung 4LPP (4nm Low Power Plus Node) with AMD codename Voyager GPU.

AMD EPYC Bergamo CPUs: Zen 4 + 128 cores, 256 threads on 5nm TSMC
AMD's next-gen Zen 4-based EPYC CPUs will have up to 128 cores, 256 threads -- all on 5nm at TSMC and will drop in late 2022, 2023.

Samsung reportedly hiring architecture engineers from Apple and AMD
Samsung is reportedly not happy with performance from ARM CPUs, poaches architecture engineers from Apple and AMD... makes sense.

Intel rumored to acquire fabless semiconductor SiFive for $2 billion
SiFive has reportedly received some acquisition flattery from Intel, with a reported $2 billion acquisition offer so far.

Apple working on 'portable hybrid console': enhanced GPU + ray tracing
Apple's new custom SoC will power the rumored portable hybrid console, with 'enhanced GPU performance' and ray tracing support.

AMD Zen 4 desktop CPUs rumored for Q2 2022: new chips made on 5nm node
AMD's next-gen Zen 4 architecture codenamed 'Raphael' will see Ryzen 7000 series CPUs in Q2 2022 or so, with Navi2 integrated GPU.

AMD Zen 5 APU codenamed 'Strix Point': 3nm, big.LITTLE cores for 2024
AMD's next-next-gen Zen 5 APUs codenamed 'Strix Point', would be made on TSMC 3nm process, support DDR5, and ARM big.LITTLE cores.

NVIDIA announces RTX A5000, RTX A4000 workstation GPUs
NVIDIA's new RTX A5000 and RTX A4000 workstation GPUs announced, RTX A5000 packs 24GB GDDR6 while RTX A4000 has 16GB GDDR6 memory.

NVIDIA Atlan SoC: combines in-house Grace CPU + next-gen Ampere GPU
NVIDIA's next-gen Atlan SoC announced: powering cars of the future in 2025, using in-house ARM-based Grace CPU and Ampere Next GPU.

NVIDIA announces Grace: next-gen ARM-based CPU for giant-scale AI, HPC
NVIDIA's first-ever CPU has been announced, a next-gen ARM-based CPU designed for AI and servers -- and not your gaming PC.

NVIDIA teases Ampere Next GPU for 2022, Ampere Next Next GPU for 2024
NVIDIA confirms next-gen Ampere Next GPU comes in 2022 with codename Lovelace, meanwhile Ampere Next Next drops in 2024.

Google's next-gen Pixel 6 rumored to pack in-house 'Whitechapel' chip
Google rumored to use in-house 8-core ARM chip codenamed 'Whitechapel' inside of its next-gen Pixel 6 smartphone, coming this year.

Gamer gets Final Fantasy 7 running on Android smartwatch
Emulators can run on practically anything, even smartwatches: Gamer gets PS1 classic Final Fantasy VII running on a smartwatch.

Apple's rumored Mac Pro 2022: up to 64 CPU cores, STARTS from $19,000!
Apple's leaked Mac Pro 2022 model starts with 32-core CPU + 64GB RAM and starts at $5499, 64-core + 512GB RAM model starts at $