… Users must join the queue and wait for an approval notification before the new Siri becomes available. Long story short, recent Apple silicon and any iPhone 15 Pro or newer will work with the new Siri AI . …
… Lattner brings serious credibility, having created the LLVM compiler and Apple's Swift language before turning to AI, which counts for a lot in a field where grand promises tend to die in the toolchain. Power and cost set the ceiling for AI now. …
… By absorbing Alphawave's high-speed wired connectivity IP and custom silicon division, Qualcomm gained the spec-to-silicon design pipelines needed to build custom hyperscale ASICs. …
… While smaller AI tasks will continue to run locally on iPhone and Mac silicon, more complex reasoning and multi-step agent actions require some extra muscle. Thus, Apple developed AFM 3 Cloud Pro, a massive model optimized specifically for NVIDIA GPUs. …
… The main driver behind the new and improved Siri will come thanks to Apple’s blockbuster partnership with Google, which has led to Apple’s Foundation Models adopting a lot of Google’s underlying Gemini technology. …
… When you see the RTX Spark's specifications laid out this way, it's easy to understand why someone might make a comparison to Apple silicon. On the surface, the RTX Spark and Apple's M5 Pro seem fairly similar in terms of their specifications. …
… While Intel is not releasing any laptops of its own, the new chips arm Intel's hardware partners with more affordable silicon to compete against Apple's aggressive entry into the lower-cost laptop market. …
… The first is a wearable AI badge aimed at frontline workers, nurses, and corporate staff. It runs on Qualcomm wearable silicon and packs a touchscreen, a side-facing camera, a far-field microphone array, and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 5G connectivity. …
… The early success of the MacBook Neo, which is Apple's least expensive MacBook to date, is also expected to put real pressure on the PC ecosystem at large. IDC anticipates vendors will respond with new silicon, more aggressive pricing, and on Microsoft's side, OS tweaks to Windows. …
… How they ultimately fare compared to the MacBook Neo remains to be seen. Apple and its MacBook lineup have a certain cachet that is more difficult to compete against on specs alone. …