Apple’s footprint
As you’ve heard by now, maybe a hundred times, Apple has a new multi-chip SoC called M1 Ultra. They also have a new workstation, a new set of smartphones, and more stuff in the Apple ...
Apple’s tiny but mighty Mac Studio
Apple’s new Mac Studio, clawed out of a single aluminum extrusion, measures 7.7-inches square and 3.7inches tall—designed to fit nicely under a display. Two fans on top draw air up from the circular vent on ...
Apple’s M1 Ultra (2022)
In March 2022, at its annual new products conference, Apple announced a new version of the M1—the M1 Ultra, a dual-die chiplet device that introduced Apple’s UltraFusion interconnect technology. Apple’s UltraFusion packaging architecture connects two ...
Chiplets need a home—UCIe has one for them
Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) is an open specification that defines the interconnect between chiplets within a package, enabling an open chiplet ecosystem and ubiquitous interconnect at the package level. Forming an open industry standard ...
Do you use a stylus?
Five years ago, we wrote in TechWatch about the Universal Stylus Initiative (USI). It’s been as successful as we forecasted, and now the Universal Stylus Initiative just launched Version 2.0 of its active stylus specification. ...
Gunnir enters AIB market with Intel GPU
China-based Gunnir has introduced three AIBs and got featured on Intel’s newish GPU website along with Asus as users of the Intl Iris Xe DG1 GPU. Gunnir’s page, in Chinese, reveals the following (after a ...
VESA DP Ultra-high Bit Rate device certification program
VESA-certified DP40 and DP80 UHBR cables (pictured above) guarantee display connectivity and operation at the highest performance levels introduced with DisplayPort 2.0. Got DP 2.0 but aren’t feeling the bandwidth expected? It could be those ...
Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5
Happy researchers running their screen with a ball-point pen. (Source: Lenovo) Lenovo has done a springtime refresh of their mobile office products and brought some new, powerful features to the enterprise market. Announced at ...
Unlocked—a movie about data
Z by HP has rebranded their Z product line as Z by HP and recently released Unlocked, an interactive 35-minute film that weaves data science challenges into an action-packed story to unlock an ancient mystery. ...
Dell’s U3223QE ultra-black sharable 32-in 4K monitor
Most big-screen monitors are constructed with two or more LCD panels. The monitor people put a lot of effort to make them seamless and invisible. You can get a hint of it sometimes when your ...
How to Test and Fix Chromatic Aberration on WMR VR Headsets
HP Reverb G2 (Version 2) I’ve been running a video series called Neil’s Messy Basement with a strong focus on home entertainment and immersion. I’m very enthusiastic about the latest generations of surround sound, ...
Back to the future—full-circle on GPU construction
AMD and Intel have been leading with the adoption of chiplets for GPUs. Nvidia recently published another paper on how they plan to do it. The era of monster chips may be over. AMD will ...