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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chip photo used for Qualcomm coverage.
BenchmarkQualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2: early results point to price positioning and design changes

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 coverage is starting to say something concrete: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 is getting more specific. Price, timing and final scope still need proving.

Chips & AISnapdragon 8 Elite Gen 236m ago
AMD mobile GPU hardware photo used for RDNA 5 coverage.
RumorAMD

AMD RDNA 5 mobile GPUs: rumor shifts the conversation toward performance targets and design changes

RDNA 5 mobile GPUs leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to RDNA 5 and Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 5 9600X processor and RDNA 5, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIRDNA 5 mobile GPUs5h ago
NVIDIA hardware image used for RTX 6090 and GPU reporting.
BenchmarkNVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX 6090: benchmark signals add weight to chip and process choices and launch timing

RTX 6090 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to RTX 6090 and Blackwell and RTX 6090, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIRTX 60909h ago
Broadcom Tomahawk networking chip photo used for Broadcom coverage.
ReportBroadcom

Broadcom Tomahawk 6: why performance targets and design changes matters more now

Tomahawk 6 coverage is starting to say something concrete: Blackwell and tensor tiles. Tomahawk 6. Price, timing and final scope still need proving.

Chips & AITomahawk 61d ago
TSMC N2 process chip photo used for foundry coverage.
ReportTSMC

TSMC N2 process: the latest picture on price positioning and chip and process choices

N2 process coverage is starting to say something concrete: 3nm. Price, timing and final scope still need proving.

Chips & AIN2 process1d ago
Arm mobile-silicon photo used for Cortex coverage.
ReportArm

Arm Cortex-X6: performance targets and software direction is becoming the center of the story

Cortex-X6 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Cortex-X6 and USB-C, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AICortex-X61d ago
Intel laptop workspace photo used for Panther Lake coverage.
ReportIntel

Intel Panther Lake: the story is narrowing around software direction and chip and process choices

Panther Lake leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Panther Lake and Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Ryzen flagship. Panther and Radeon 890M graphics on board, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIPanther Lake2d ago
MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chip photo used for MediaTek coverage.
BenchmarkMediaTek

New Dimensity 9500 claims sharpen the view on performance targets

Dimensity 9500 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Dimensity 9500 claims sharpen the view on and Dimensity 9500 now point to Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Wi-Fi 7, satellite connectivity and 5G, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIDimensity 95002d ago
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chip photo used for Qualcomm coverage.
BenchmarkQualcomm

New Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 claims point to benchmark and process shifts

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 coverage is starting to say something concrete: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 claims point to benchmark and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 is getting more specific. Price, timing and final scope still need proving.

Chips & AISnapdragon 8 Elite Gen 22d ago
AMD mobile GPU hardware photo used for RDNA 5 coverage.
RumorAMD

New RDNA 5 mobile claims point to notebook rollout and performance planning

RDNA 5 mobile GPUs leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to RDNA 5 and 3nm, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIRDNA 5 mobile GPUs2d ago
NVIDIA hardware image used for RTX 6090 and GPU reporting.
BenchmarkNVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX 6090: benchmark chatter tightens around price positioning and chip and process choices

RTX 6090 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to RTX 6090 and Blackwell and RTX 6090, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIRTX 60902d ago
Broadcom Tomahawk networking chip photo used for Broadcom coverage.
ReportBroadcom

Broadcom Tomahawk 6: a clearer read on chip and process choices and price positioning

Tomahawk 6 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Ryzen and Intel Core Ultra chips Mini PC and and Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Tomahawk 6 leaks are no longer and Radeon 890M graphics on board, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AITomahawk 63d ago
TSMC N2 process chip photo used for foundry coverage.
ReportTSMC

TSMC N2 process: the story is narrowing around chip and process choices and price positioning

N2 process leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Ryzen and Intel Core Ultra chips Mini PC and and Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. N2 process leaks are no longer and Radeon 890M graphics on board, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIN2 process3d ago
Arm mobile-silicon photo used for Cortex coverage.
ReportArm

Arm Cortex-X6: the story is narrowing around performance targets and software direction

Cortex-X6 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Cortex-X6 and USB-C, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AICortex-X63d ago
Intel Panther Lake laptop photo used for Intel notebook coverage.
ReportIntel

Intel Panther Lake: the reporting keeps landing on PC-silicon timing

Panther Lake leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Panther Lake and Ryzen and Intel Core Ultra chips Mini PC and and Radeon 890M graphics on board, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIPanther Lake3d ago
MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chip photo used for MediaTek coverage.
BenchmarkMediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity chatter now points to flagship timing and benchmark goals

Dimensity 9500 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Dimensity chatter now points to flagship timing and Dimensity 9500 is getting more specific and Wi-Fi 7, satellite connectivity and 5G, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIDimensity 95003d ago
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chip photo used for Qualcomm coverage.
BenchmarkQualcomm

Qualcomm chipset reports focus on flagship timing and foundry decisions

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 coverage is starting to say something concrete: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 now point to Snapdragon 8 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 coverage is starting to. Price, timing and final scope still need proving.

Chips & AISnapdragon 8 Elite Gen 23d ago
AMD mobile silicon photo used for RDNA 5 coverage.
RumorAMD

AMD mobile GPU reports focus on launch timing and laptop strategy

RDNA 5 mobile GPUs leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to RDNA 5 and RDNA 3 and RDNA 5, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIRDNA 5 mobile GPUs4d ago
NVIDIA hardware image used for RTX 6090 and GPU reporting.
BenchmarkNVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX 6090 reports focus on performance timing

RTX 6090 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to RTX 6090 and Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Ryzen 9000 processors via and RTX 6090, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIRTX 60904d ago
Broadcom Tomahawk networking chip photo used for Broadcom coverage.
ReportBroadcom

Broadcom Tomahawk 6: why timing and high-bandwidth silicon plans matters more now

Tomahawk 6 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Tomahawk 6 is a high-bandwidth networking-silicon story, so the technical value is about fabric throughput and deployment efficiency, not consumer-facing branding and Watch port density, bandwidth per watt, memory strategy and whether the silicon is being tuned for AI-cluster scale rather than conventional enterprise networking, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AITomahawk 65d ago
TSMC N2 process chip photo used for foundry coverage.
ReportTSMC

TSMC N2 process: chip and process choices is becoming the center of the story

N2 process leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to N2 process is a foundry-node readiness story, where power efficiency, density targets and customer timing are more useful than raw marketing names and When a new TSMC node moves, phones, laptops, AI chips and GPUs all feel it because launch calendars upstream and downstream get dragged with it, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIN2 process5d ago
Arm mobile-silicon photo used for Cortex coverage.
ReportArm

Arm Cortex-X6: the story is narrowing around performance targets and software direction

Cortex-X6 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Cortex-X6 and RTX 5080 and 24-core and RTX 5080, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AICortex-X65d ago
Intel Panther Lake laptop photo used for Intel notebook coverage.
ReportIntel

Intel Panther Lake: a clearer read on battery and charging and performance targets

Panther Lake coverage is starting to say something concrete: Panther Lake. Price, timing and final scope still need proving.

Chips & AIPanther Lake5d ago
MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chip photo used for MediaTek coverage.
BenchmarkMediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 9500: benchmark chatter tightens around display choices and camera hardware

Dimensity 9500 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Dimensity 9500 and Dimensity 9500 is starting to line up around and Wi-Fi 7, satellite connectivity and 5G, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIDimensity 95005d ago
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chip photo used for Qualcomm coverage.
BenchmarkQualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2: initial numbers keep attention on design changes and display choices

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 coverage is starting to say something concrete: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 now point to Snapdragon 8. Price, timing and final scope still need proving.

Chips & AISnapdragon 8 Elite Gen 25d ago
AMD chip close-up used for RDNA 5 mobile GPU coverage.
RumorAMD

AMD RDNA 5 mobile GPUs: rumor keeps pressure on mobile graphics timing and OEM positioning

RDNA 5 mobile GPUs leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to RDNA 5 and Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 32GB of DDR5 memory and and RDNA 5, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIRDNA 5 mobile GPUs5d ago
NVIDIA hardware image used for RTX 6090 and GPU reporting.
BenchmarkNVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX 6090: first numbers put performance targets and launch timing under the microscope

RTX 6090 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to RTX 6090 and RTX 5070 and RTX 6090, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIRTX 60906d ago
Broadcom Tomahawk networking chip photo used for Broadcom coverage.
ReportBroadcom

Broadcom Tomahawk 6: a clearer read on networking-silicon timing and AI-infrastructure positioning

Tomahawk 6 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Tomahawk 6 is a high-bandwidth networking-silicon story, so the technical value is about fabric throughput and deployment efficiency, not consumer-facing branding and Watch port density, bandwidth per watt, memory strategy and whether the silicon is being tuned for AI-cluster scale rather than conventional enterprise networking, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AITomahawk 66d ago
TSMC N2 process chip photo used for foundry coverage.
ReportTSMC

TSMC N2 process: the story is narrowing around chip and process choices

N2 process leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to N2 process is a foundry-node readiness story, where power efficiency, density targets and customer timing are more useful than raw marketing names and When a new TSMC node moves, phones, laptops, AI chips and GPUs all feel it because launch calendars upstream and downstream get dragged with it, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIN2 process6d ago
Arm mobile-silicon photo used for Cortex coverage.
ReportArm

Arm Cortex-X6: why performance targets and software direction matters more now

Cortex-X6 coverage is starting to say something concrete: Cortex-X6. Price, timing and final scope still need proving.

Chips & AICortex-X67d ago
Intel mobile-chip photo used for Panther Lake coverage.
ReportIntel

Intel Panther Lake: the story is narrowing around battery and charging and performance targets

Panther Lake coverage is starting to say something concrete: Panther Lake. Price, timing and final scope still need proving.

Chips & AIPanther Lake7d ago
MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chip photo used for MediaTek coverage.
BenchmarkMediaTek

New Dimensity 9500 claims sharpen the view on performance targets

Dimensity 9500 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Dimensity 9500 claims sharpen the view on and Dimensity 9500 is starting to line up around and Wi-Fi 7, satellite connectivity and 5G, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIDimensity 95007d ago
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chip photo used for Qualcomm coverage.
BenchmarkQualcomm

New Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 claims point to benchmark and process shifts

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 coverage is starting to say something concrete: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 claims point to benchmark and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 now point to Snapdragon 8. Price, timing and final scope still need proving.

Chips & AISnapdragon 8 Elite Gen 27d ago
AMD mobile GPU hardware photo used for RDNA 5 coverage.
RumorAMD

New RDNA 5 mobile claims point to notebook rollout and performance planning

RDNA 5 mobile GPUs coverage is starting to say something concrete: RDNA 5. Price, timing and final scope still need proving.

Chips & AIRDNA 5 mobile GPUs7d ago
NVIDIA hardware image used for RTX 6090 and GPU reporting.
BenchmarkNVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX 6090: benchmark signals add weight to performance targets and launch timing

RTX 6090 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to RTX 6090 and Blackwell and RTX 6090, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIRTX 60907d ago