Apple launched the first Macs with Apple Silicon a few months ago, delivering a big boost in performance while also reducing power consumption. One downside of Apple’s switch from Intel processors to its own ARM-based custom chips though, is that you can no longer easily install Windows alongside macOS using Boot Camp, and for a […]
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MediaTek Helio X22, X30 chips with 10 cores on the way
Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek’s upcoming Helio X20 is expected to be one of the first mobile processors with 10 CPU cores. But the company is already working on a few more deca-core chips. The Helio X22 is basically a faster version of the X20, while the Helio X30 uses a different arrangement of processor cores […]
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MediaTek’s 10-core CPU is official: Meet the Helio X20
MediaTek started talking about an upcoming deca-core mobile processor last month, and now it’s officially providing more information about this 10-core beast. The MediaTek Helio X20 doesn’t just have more processor cores than whatever’s in your current phone. As AnandTech notes, also one of the first chips from MediaTek to feature a CDMA2000-compatible modem, which means […]
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Lilbits (5-11-2015): Debunking edition (Windows 10 isn’t totally free for Insiders)
There’s a story making the rounds that Windows 10 will be available as a free update for folks running pre-release builds of the operating system as part of the Windows Insider program… and it’s true. It’s just not quite the whole truth. The story comes from a comment made on Twitter by the head of […]
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Closer look at MediaTek’s upcoming 10-core Helio X20 processor
The MediaTek Helio X20 is expected to be one of the first 10-core mobile processors when the chip launches later this year. We first heard about the upcoming processor from Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek about a week ago. Now a few more details are emerging, giving us an idea of what to expect from the […]