It’s funny how convoluted intel’s x86 extension policy is.

You’re asking for trouble if you bought a “smart” bed that requires an internet connection to function.

And it was posted in this community recently.

I only started seeing Macs in the country I was living in at that time in the mid 2000s. And even then it was only very well off families (and this was by far the richest city in the country).

From my understanding, Z80 was already on the way out on desktop by the time I was born. 😆

The oldest CPU that I remember using was an i486 running Windows 3.11. This was in 96 or so, I was allowed to fool around with an older desktop at one of my parent’s office (all the other computers had Pentiums and ran Windows 95).

I honestly probably did use an i386 during an (earlier) office visit, but I was too young too know anything about computers (I vaguely knew what a Pentium was when I was 8).

Sounds like a smart move by TSMC. Have a massive presence in the US to satisfy local authorities, but keep certain key services (advanced packaging is critical for modern high end semiconductors) in Taiwan.

I could be wrong on this, but from my understanding China’s current enterprise GPU performance is not really viable (and due to lack of access to ASML’s newer machines, this issue will only get worse).

Not only US.

To my understanding, Chinese GPU compute products are nowhere close to Nvidia (more than 5 year behind, if not more, in an apples to apples comparison).

Samsung’s troubles become evident with HBM3E. While SK hynix and Micron ramped 8-high and 12-high HBM3E for customers, Samsung struggled to get its 12-high stacks qualified. It reportedly took 18 months and several attempts to meet Nvidia’s quality and performance criteria for HBM3E. By Q3 2025, Samsung had finally cleared Nvidia’s validation, with its 5th-generation HBM3E 12-stack passing all tests.

Until now, Samsung HBM has appeared only in AMD’s MI300-series accelerators. However, with Nvidia’s certification, the company has agreed to purchase between 30,000 and 50,000 units of 12-high HBM3E for use in liquid-cooled AI servers. Samsung’s HBM3E is also shipping for AMD’s accelerators as of mid-2025.

A bit reminiscent of their fight against TSMC in the semiconductor fabrication space. If Intel does have return to form (which is a big if), Samsung might once again fight themselves in third place.

I love the irony of this statement. I wonder if the Palantir CEO recognizes that a similar statement could be made about him, his company and Huang/Nvidia.

For multi-core I would agree, but it seems like a viable benchmark. ST is critical for things like day-to-day application use, gaming and so on…

This flagship chip will reportedly be used only in premium models, like cars made by Hyundai’s sub-brand Genesis.

Hyundai reportedly chose an 8nm process for its chip due to its cost-effectiveness while still offering comparable performance to 5nm chips. The chip will be used in several cars across Genesis, Hyundai, and Kia brands. The 5nm chip will only be used in high-end cars.

Seems like a relatively small market, a quick web search suggests Hyundai sold 230 K Genesis brand cars in 2024 (a small number for their 5 nm order). I will speculate that Samsung had to offer Hyundai a very good deal as automotive is a highly competitive, low margin business. I highly doubt they would be willing to pay a premium.

That being said, it does looks like Samsung is trying to build out a business focusing on older (but still relatively modern) nodes. I wouldn’t be surprised if in the next 5-10 years, 7/8 nm and 5 nm become mainline nodes for many industries that don’t need to be on the leading edge of semiconductor fabrication.

Why do you say that? GB seems like a relatively balanced benchmark.

I also like Cinebench, but I find it’s better for specific use cases. I have my own DIY CPU gaming benchmark via running an old single thread game (Cities in Motion 1) with free look and custom map size that stretches the limits of the engine, but that a personal thing.

Not an expert on Apple’s CPU, but we are looking at single-thread results, I believe single thread results do not really scale across Apple’s computer CPU brand portfolio.

AFAIK, Geekbench scores are extremely CPU-specific and are not really relevant for GPU compute performance. We would need a different set of benchmarks for that.

A 6 year depreciation schedule seems unrealistically long for a GPU.

Even in gaming terms (I know this is completely different use case), a 2080S from 2019, a high end SKU, would struggle with many modern games at 1440p and higher. A profession streamer would be unlikely to use a 2080S.

Then there is the question of incentives. An objective look at American technology and VC suggests they are far closer to criminal organizations than their treatment by media and US institutions would imply. They very much can be expected to engage in what is essentially accounting fraud.

The original title “Apple M5 chip smashes Snapdragon X2 Elite in early single-thread benchmarks — single core scores rival Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K and beat AMD’s 9950X3D, teasing multi-core potential of future variants” is misleading.

GB6 ST results:

• Apple M5: 4,263 (MacBook)
• Snapdragon X2 Elite: 4,080 (the result is likely misleading, as Qualcomm likes to post early results that can never be replicated in real world products, see the first X Elite results)

That being said 4,263 verses 4,080 is a mere 4.3% uplift, within the margin of error. I don’t how other people approach benchmarks, but I consider anything below 5% to be irrelevant. You want at least high single digit uplift or more realistically double digit uplift to notice a difference.

Tomshardware recently released a premium subscription. That’s fair, I think the best option is to pay directly for news sources. But, if you want people to pay you directly you must avoid these sort of scam-like, sensationalist headlines and show a measure of respect for your paying audience.

Considering the immense corruption inherent to modern commercial institutions, it’s probably for the best.

I think it’s our responsibility as voters and members of the community to have police forces that are respected, well paid and also who have allegiance to the people at large.

Getting there, that’s the real challenge.