Tests show Apple M5 Max smoking AMD and setting performance record

Apple's M5 Max just set a new performance record, outscoring AMD's best in single-core tests and even outperforming Apple's own M3 Ultra chip in multi-core performance.

Apple's M5 Max Chip Achieves a New Record in First Benchmark Result

The first Geekbench 6 result for a 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M5 Max chip surfaced today, and Apple has achieved ...

macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 update will “upgrade” your M5’s CPU to new “super” cores

As part of Apple’s flurry of Mac announcements earlier this week, the company announced the new M5 Pro and M5 Max processors. And those chips are shaking up the way that Apple designs and talks about ...
Macworld

M5 deep dive: What the hell is a super core?

Macworld examines Apple’s new M5 chip terminology, including “super cores” and “Fusion Architecture” branding for the M5 Pro and Max processors. The M5 Pro and Max feature six “super cores” and twelve ...
Reuters

Cadence introduces an AI agent to speed up computer chip design

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Cadence Design Systems on Tuesday rolled out a virtual artificial intelligence "agent" to help firms like Nvidia speed up the complex process of designing computer chips ...
ZDNet

Microsoft said my PC was 'too old' to run Windows 11 - how I upgraded in 5 minutes anyway

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Liliputing

Chuwi AuBox X1 is a Copilot+ mini PC with Intel Core Ultra 5 226V Lunar Lake processor

At a time when folks are allegedly scrambling to buy Mac Minis to set up as personal AI assistants (for better or worse), some other PC makers are pointing out that you don’t need a Mac if you’re ...
Ars Technica

Intel Panther Lake Core Ultra review: Intel’s best laptop CPU in a very long time

Intel’s Core Ultra lineup of desktop and laptop processors has been frustrating to review. None of them has been across-the-board awful or totally without redeeming qualities. But Intel has struggled ...
Frontiers

NeuroSwift: computer vision-based system to assess the cognitive–motor speed of soccer players—preliminary findings

Background: Cognitive–motor speed (CMS) in soccer integrates perceptual–cognitive processing with motor execution, yet many tools lack this integration and have limited ecological validity. NeuroSwift ...
ZDNet

I tried this free Microsoft cleanup tool to see if it'd speed up my Windows PC - here's the result

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PC Magazine

2XKO System Requirements: Can Your PC Run the League of Legends Fighting Game?

Out now, 2XKO expands the League of Legends universe into the fighting game genre. See if your PC is ready for its tag-team battles with these minimum and recommended system specs. My PCMag career ...
BGR

5 Essential Windows Apps That Can Speed Up Your Aging Computer

Nothing lasts forever, and that is never truer when it comes to personal computers and laptops. And with the current state of the world thanks in part to tariff instability and the growth of AI, ...