The notebook processor market is in flux: Intel and AMD only achieve small leaps in performance with their x86 processors, Qualcomm usually leaves them behind with its Snapdragon X2 CPUs and Apple’s M chips are outpacing everyone anyway. In the course of the year, Nvidia will also be launching an SoC for (initially quite expensive) notebooks: the RTX Spark.
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The weekly c’t podcast c’t uplink is available…
In this episode of the c’t uplink we talk about the upcoming CPUs from Nvidia, the current ones from Qualcomm and what kind of ARM CPUs could come (and which ones probably won’t). Also: Why the situation with Linux drivers could be better at Nvidia than at Qualcomm, what AMD is planning, what Intel’s Panther Lake chips do quite well and more.
Guest in the studio: Florian Müssig
Host: Jan Schuessler
Production: Tobias Reimer
►You can read more about Nvidia RTX Spark and Intel Panther Lake at heise+ (€):
Analysis: How Nvidia’s entry into notebook processors is changing the market
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Comparison test: Four notebooks with Core Ultra 300 aka Panther Lake
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