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				<name>John.Higgins</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Anker made its own chip to bring AI to all its products]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=916463</id>
			<updated>2026-04-22T05:26:27-04:00</updated>
			<published>2026-04-22T05:30:00-04:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Anker has announced its own custom silicon that the company says will bring local AI to audio devices, mobile accessories, and IoT devices. The Thus processor is the world's first neural-net compute-in-memory AI audio chip, which is smaller than traditional chips, and requires less power to run complex computations. That makes it an attractive solution [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Anker has announced its own custom silicon that the company says will bring local AI to audio devices, mobile accessories, and IoT devices. The Thus processor is the world's first neural-net <a href="https://research.ibm.com/projects/in-memory-computing">compute-in-memory</a> AI audio chip, which is smaller than traditional chips, and requires less power to run complex computations. That makes it an attractive solution for smaller devices. </p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">When comparing Thus to existing chips, Anker CEO Steven Yang said, "Every AI chip built until now stores the model on one side and does the computation on the other. To think, the device has to carry all those parameters across, many times per second, every single infere …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/916463/anker-thus-chip-announcement">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>Antonio G. Di Benedetto</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Intel&#8217;s cheaper Panther Lake chips are for budget-friendly laptops]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=913026</id>
			<updated>2026-04-16T09:08:34-04:00</updated>
			<published>2026-04-16T09:00:00-04:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Intel is announcing a family of cheaper Panther Lake laptop processors called the Core Series 3 line. They're built on the same Intel 18A process as the higher-end Core Ultra Series 3 family of chips, but they have less of just about everything spec-wise. The Core Series 3 (non-Ultra) line encompasses six different chips, with [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Intel is announcing a family of cheaper Panther Lake laptop processors called the Core Series 3 line. They're built on the same Intel 18A process as the higher-end <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/854519/intel-core-ultra-3-panther-lake-18-a-release-date-decoder-ring">Core Ultra Series 3</a> family of chips, but they have less of just about everything spec-wise.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">The Core Series 3 (non-Ultra) line encompasses six different chips, with the highest end being a six-core Intel Core 7 360 and the low-end model being a five-core Intel Core 3 304. Compared to their Ultra counterparts, the Core Series 3 across the board have fewer CPU cores, Xe graphics cores, and PCIe lanes. They're capable of less TOPS, a lower TDP wattage, and are limited to two Thunder …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/913026/intel-core-series-3-panther-lake-18a-budget-chips-specs">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>Antonio G. Di Benedetto</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Intel announces Core Ultra 200HX Plus CPUs for high-end gaming laptops]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=895921</id>
			<updated>2026-03-23T08:20:03-04:00</updated>
			<published>2026-03-17T11:50:45-04:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Intel has a pair of new flagship CPUs coming to a variety of pricey gaming laptops: the Core Ultra 9 290 HX Plus and Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus. The Arrow Lake Refresh chips sport 24 cores / 24 threads and 20 cores / 20 threads, respectively. Like Intel's recently announced desktop CPUs, the new [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Intel has a pair of new flagship CPUs coming to a variety of pricey gaming laptops: the Core Ultra 9 290 HX Plus and Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus. The Arrow Lake Refresh chips sport 24 cores / 24 threads and 20 cores / 20 threads, respectively. Like Intel's <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/892838/intel-core-ultra-270k-plus-250k-plus-fastest-gaming-cpu-ever">recently announced desktop CPUs</a>, the new Plus models for laptops are "pushed further for enthusiasts," and also feature the Intel Binary Optimization Tool that can improve native performance "in select games."</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Intel's Josh Newman states that the new chips "deliver meaningful, real&#8209;world performance gains so users can experience smoother gameplay, faster creation workflows, and mo …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/895921/intel-core-ultra-290hx-270hx-flagship-gaming-laptop-cpu">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>Victoria Song</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Qualcomm’s new chip is geared toward wearable AI gadgets]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=886434</id>
			<updated>2026-03-02T07:41:51-05:00</updated>
			<published>2026-03-02T02:00:00-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Like it or not, more AI wearables may be on the horizon - or at least Qualcomm seems to think so. Today the company announced its new Snapdragon Wear Elite chip. At a press briefing, Qualcomm said it considers the Elite to be a "wrist plus" chip. Meaning, it won't replace the previous W5 Plus, [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Like it or not, more AI wearables may be on the horizon - or at least Qualcomm seems to think so. Today the company announced its new Snapdragon Wear Elite chip. </p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">At a press briefing, Qualcomm said it considers the Elite to be a "wrist plus" chip. Meaning, it won't replace the previous <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/19/23268272/qualcomm-snapdragon-w5-wearables-processor">W5 Plus</a>, but exist alongside it. The company said it expects the Elite will appeal to gadget makers looking to create AI wearables such as pendants, pins, and potentially display-free smart glasses. (More powerful smart glasses will likely use its AR chip.) </p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">On top of being upgraded to the 3nm process, the Elite chip will have an eNPU and a Hexagon NPU for A …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/886434/qualcomm-snapdragon-wear-elite-wearables">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>Sean Hollister</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Qualcomm won&#8217;t be announcing Windows gaming handhelds at GDC after all]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=885314</id>
			<updated>2026-02-26T16:28:06-05:00</updated>
			<published>2026-02-26T15:25:17-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[In January, Qualcomm hinted to The Verge that it might finally bring its powerful Arm-based Snapdragon processors to Windows gaming handhelds at the 2026 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco - just in time to challenge Nvidia's own first Arm gaming CPU and Intel's first dedicated handheld gaming chips. But plans have shifted, Qualcomm now [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none">In January, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/855222/qualcomm-hints-we-might-see-windows-gaming-handhelds-at-gdc-in-march" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.theverge.com/tech/855222/qualcomm-hints-we-might-see-windows-gaming-handhelds-at-gdc-in-march">Qualcomm hinted to <em>The Verge</em></a> that it might finally bring its powerful Arm-based Snapdragon processors to Windows gaming handhelds at the 2026 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco - just in time to challenge <a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/867056/leak-nvidia-n1-n1x-laptops-lenovo-dell" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.theverge.com/games/867056/leak-nvidia-n1-n1x-laptops-lenovo-dell">Nvidia's own first Arm gaming CPU</a> and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/857252/intel-handheld-gaming-pc-panther-lake-custom-cpu" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.theverge.com/tech/857252/intel-handheld-gaming-pc-panther-lake-custom-cpu">Intel's first dedicated handheld gaming chips</a>.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">But plans have shifted, Qualcomm now tells me. It won't announce any updates to its Snapdragon G Series gaming chips there, nor offer the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/853851/qualcomm-snapdragon-x2-plus-elite-laptops-price-ces-2026">recently announced updates to the Snapdragon X line</a> for journalists to try or benchmark. </p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">"Snapdragon X Series and Snapdragon G Series processors are pushing the PC, desktop, and handheld gaming dev …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/games/885314/qualcomm-wont-be-announcing-windows-gaming-handhelds-at-gdc-after-all">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>Antonio G. Di Benedetto</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Intel Panther Lake laptop CPU review: call it a comeback]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=867214</id>
			<updated>2026-01-26T08:26:04-05:00</updated>
			<published>2026-01-26T09:00:00-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Intel's been talking the talk for months about its new generation of laptop chips, the first made on its long-anticipated 18A process. 18A is meant to steer Intel back toward bluer waters by making its chips better, and, if possible, attracting chip designers like Qualcomm and Nvidia to use Intel's foundries, not just its rival [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-drop-cap has-text-align-none">Intel's been <a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/797146/intel-panther-lake-core-series-3-architecture-platform-feature-reveal">talking the talk</a> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/805652/intel-q3-2025-earnings-18a-panther-lake-ai-gpus-annual">for months</a> about its <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/854519/intel-core-ultra-3-panther-lake-18-a-release-date-decoder-ring">new generation of laptop chips</a>, the first made on its <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/22/22895447/intel-ohio-chip-fab-manufacturing-cpu-processor-explained">long-anticipated</a> <a href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/foundry/process/18a.html">18A process</a>. 18A is meant to steer Intel back toward bluer waters by making its chips better, and, if possible, attracting chip designers like Qualcomm and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/850149/nvidia-tests-of-intels-18a-chip-manufacturing-process-stopped-moving-forward">Nvidia</a> to use Intel's foundries, not just its rival TSMC's. Last year's Arrow Lake chips received a <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/9/24292221/intel-acknowledged-arrow-lake-performance-issues-robert-hallock-exec">mixed reception</a>, particularly <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/24/24278407/intel-ultra-9-285k-benchmarks-performance-hands-on">desktop versions</a>. The mobile-only Lunar Lake chips, on the other hand, were great, showing that the x86 architecture still has plenty of fight in it against a slowly rising tide of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/850074/2025-windows-arm-laptops-qualcomm-intel-amd-nvidia">Arm-based Windows laptops</a>. But <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24169115/intel-lunar-lake-architecture-platform-feature-reveal">Lunar Lake</a> was a one-off that …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/867214/intel-core-ultra-x9-panther-lake-388h-laptop-cpu-review">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Antonio G. Di Benedetto</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Windows on Arm had another good year]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=850074</id>
			<updated>2025-12-26T11:47:24-05:00</updated>
			<published>2025-12-29T08:00:00-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[In 2024, Qualcomm's Snapdragon X chips finally made Arm-based Windows laptops viable. Unlike previous Arm laptops that struggled to even run Windows well, this new class offered solid performance and the best battery life on Windows, and they impressed us in Microsoft's own Surface Laptop and Surface Pro offerings. But inconsistent app compatibility remained the [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-drop-cap has-text-align-none">In 2024, Qualcomm's Snapdragon X chips finally made Arm-based Windows laptops viable. Unlike <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23421326/microsoft-surface-pro-9-arm-qualcomm-sq3-review">previous Arm laptops</a> that struggled to even run Windows well, this new class offered solid performance and the best battery life on Windows, and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/24319497/windows-on-arm-2024-review-laptops">they impressed us</a> in Microsoft's own <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/25/24185462/microsoft-surface-laptop-7th-edition-review">Surface Laptop</a> and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/24191243/microsoft-surface-pro-11-oled-review">Surface Pro</a> offerings. But inconsistent app compatibility remained the biggest hurdle to running Windows on Arm. (It forced me to use the watered-down Adobe Lightroom app instead of Lightroom Classic, and that's a sin.) And playing games, one of Windows' greatest strengths against the walled garden of Apple's Macs, was basically <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/8/24215905/microsoft-windows-on-arm-gaming-laptops-notepad">a nonstarter</a>.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">Throughou …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/850074/2025-windows-arm-laptops-qualcomm-intel-amd-nvidia">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>David Pierce</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-tacular]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=849551</id>
			<updated>2025-12-23T09:35:49-05:00</updated>
			<published>2025-12-23T09:35:49-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Happy Holidays! As we like to do on The Vergecast, we take this time of year to see our families, relax and recharge, and go extremely deep into a specific technology that matters right now. This year, we picked the tiny chip in all your devices that is suddenly a precious and expensive commodity: RAM. [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Happy Holidays! As <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/20/24325573/matter-protocol-thread-home-assistant-vergecast">we like to do on <em>The Vergecast,</em></a> we take this time of year to see our families, relax and recharge, and go extremely deep into a specific technology that matters right now. This year, we picked the tiny chip in all your devices that is suddenly a precious and expensive commodity: RAM.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none"><a href="https://pod.link/vergecast">On this episode,</a> David and Nilay are joined by <em>The Verge</em>'s <a href="https://www.theverge.com/authors/sean-hollister">Sean Hollister</a> to get a primer on all things Random Access Memory. The hosts talk through the history of the technology, what RAM made possible in our computers, how it became utterly ubiquitous in practically every electronic device we own, and why it's so hard to get right now. (Her …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/podcast/849551/ram-explainer-holiday-spectacular-vergecast">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Emma Roth</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[RAM is ruining everything]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=839506</id>
			<updated>2025-12-14T12:02:08-05:00</updated>
			<published>2025-12-09T06:00:00-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Memory suppliers just blew a hole in the PC gaming industry - and they're about to do the same to everything else. For weeks, PC enthusiasts have borne the brunt of skyrocketing memory prices, but the shockwaves will soon impact a wider range of products as suppliers pour resources into a far bigger and more [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-drop-cap has-text-align-none">Memory suppliers just blew a hole in the PC gaming industry - and they're about to do the same to everything else. For weeks, PC enthusiasts have borne the brunt of skyrocketing memory prices, but the shockwaves will soon impact a wider range of products as suppliers pour resources into a far bigger and more lucrative endeavor: AI.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">The biggest names in the AI industry are buying up DRAM memory for their sprawling data centers, and memory makers are prioritizing their demands over everyone else's. DRAM is embedded "in every part of our digital society today," Jeff Janukowicz, research VP at IDC, tells <em>The Verge</em>. That's everything from laptop …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/839506/ram-shortage-price-increases-pc-gaming-smartphones">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Dominic Preston</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Intel says star hire from TSMC didn&#8217;t steal secrets]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/?p=831353</id>
			<updated>2025-11-27T07:21:34-05:00</updated>
			<published>2025-11-27T07:21:34-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Intel has defended itself against accusations that its latest executive hire stole trade secrets, as TSMC sues the exec and Taiwanese prosecutors say they've begun a probe into the incident. Wei-Jen Lo, a Taiwanese engineer, joined Intel this fall, hired to help the company improve its mass production processes. He'd previously worked at the American [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p class="has-text-align-none">Intel has defended itself against accusations that its latest executive hire stole trade secrets, as TSMC sues the exec and Taiwanese prosecutors say they've begun a probe into the incident.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">Wei-Jen Lo, a Taiwanese engineer, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/intel-defends-its-star-executive-hire-in-legal-clash-with-tsmc-e6c9de6e?mod=rss_Technology">joined Intel this fall</a>, hired to help the company improve its mass production processes. He'd previously worked at the American company in the '80s, during its boom years, before joining TSMC in 2004, helping to oversee that company's most successful period too.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">This week TSMC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/-tsmc-stock-lawsuit-former-executive-trade-secrets-intel.html">announced</a> that it was suing Lo, alleging that he violated his employment contract and noncompete agreement, along with Taiwan's Trade Secrets Ac …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/831353/intel-tsmc-wei-jen-lo-trade-secrets">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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