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TSMC N2 process chip photo used for foundry coverage.
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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 process17h ago
Arm mobile-silicon photo used for Cortex coverage.
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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-X620h ago
Intel Panther Lake laptop photo used for Intel notebook coverage.
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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 Lake23h ago
MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chip photo used for MediaTek coverage.
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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 95001d ago
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chip photo used for Qualcomm coverage.
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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 21d 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 GPUs1d ago
NVIDIA hardware image used for RTX 6090 and GPU reporting.
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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 60902d ago
Broadcom Tomahawk networking chip photo used for Broadcom coverage.
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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 62d ago
TSMC N2 process chip photo used for foundry coverage.
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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 process2d ago
Arm mobile-silicon photo used for Cortex coverage.
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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-X63d ago
Intel Panther Lake laptop photo used for Intel notebook coverage.
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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 Lake3d ago
MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chip photo used for MediaTek coverage.
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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 95003d ago
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chip photo used for Qualcomm coverage.
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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 23d 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 GPUs3d ago
NVIDIA hardware image used for RTX 6090 and GPU reporting.
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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 60903d ago
Broadcom Tomahawk networking chip photo used for Broadcom coverage.
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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 64d ago
TSMC N2 process chip photo used for foundry coverage.
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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 process4d ago
Arm mobile-silicon photo used for Cortex coverage.
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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-X64d ago
Intel mobile-chip photo used for Panther Lake coverage.
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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 Lake4d ago
MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chip photo used for MediaTek coverage.
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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 95005d ago
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chip photo used for Qualcomm coverage.
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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 25d 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 GPUs5d ago
NVIDIA hardware image used for RTX 6090 and GPU reporting.
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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 60905d ago
Broadcom Tomahawk networking chip photo used for Broadcom coverage.
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Broadcom Tomahawk 6: a clearer read on chip and process choices

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.
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TSMC N2 process: foundry timing 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 process6d ago
Arm mobile-silicon photo used for Cortex coverage.
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Arm Cortex-X6: performance targets and software direction is becoming the center of the story

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

Chips & AICortex-X66d ago
Intel laptop workspace photo used for Panther Lake coverage.
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Intel Panther Lake: the story is narrowing around PC-silicon timing

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

Chips & AIPanther Lake6d 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 now point to Snapdragon Reality and 48 TOPS, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AIDimensity 95006d ago
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chip photo used for Qualcomm coverage.
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Qualcomm chipset reports focus on flagship timing and foundry decisions

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 leaks are no longer just about direction. The current trail points to Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 is starting to line up and Snapdragon Reality Elite and Snapdragon Reality and 48 TOPS, with the rest of the launch brief still unsettled.

Chips & AISnapdragon 8 Elite Gen 26d ago
AMD mobile GPU hardware photo used for RDNA 5 coverage.
RumorAMD

AMD mobile GPU reports focus on launch timing and laptop strategy

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 reports focus on performance 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
Broadcom Tomahawk networking chip photo used for Broadcom coverage.
ReportBroadcom

Broadcom Tomahawk 6: the story is narrowing around chip and process choices

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 67d ago