A smartphone with a displayed Applied Materials logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/file photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 17 (Reuters) – Semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials (AMAT.O) on Thursday forecast its fourth-quarter profit would be substantially higher than analyst estimates, as chip demand picks up and governments spend billions on subsidies.Shares jumped 1.9% in extended trading after the company also posted better-than-expected third-quarter earnings.Governments across the globe have given billions of dollars in subsidies in the past year to boost domestic semiconductor production, which benefited Applied and rivals such as Lam…
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Durham, NC, August 18, 2023 –(PR.com)– By continuing to use aging servers to host critical Oracle Database applications, organizations can leave performance on the table. Principled Technologies (PT) tested the Oracle Database 19c performance of new bare-metal Dell PowerEdge R960 servers with Intel Xeon Scalable processors and previous-gen virtualized solutions using Dell PowerEdge R940 and R920 servers with older processors.According to the report, “In addition to the better transactional database performance that newer servers typically deliver, switching from virtualization to bare metal for Oracle Database could increase that performance gain. We found that the latest-gen Dell PowerEdge R960 powered by 4th…
The Apple Watch Ultra (top) and Apple Watch Series 8 (bottom) are both big upgrades if you have an Apple Watch that’s at least 2-3 years old. Jason Hiner/ZDNETWhether you’re traveling across the planet or having adventures closer to home this summer, one of the ways to make your travels safer, healthier, and more fun is to take advantage of the latest features in the Apple Watch. Also: The best Apple Watches right nowEach year, the Apple Watch adds new capabilities, so if you dig your Apple Watch and your model is at least two or three years old then…
The vivo X100 Pro+ will have three impressive cameras, a leakster on Weibo suggested earlier today. The upcoming flagship, expected in the upcoming months, is said to have a 50 MP main camera with the Sony IMX989 sensor that is 1”-type – the same, used in the X90 Pro+. However, here we’ll likely see a variable aperture, likely what Huawei did with the P60 Pro and its f/1.4-f/4.0 main cam. Another improvement would be a so-called 200 MP telephoto lens, which will be a massive increase for such a camera in the smartphone world. Although this sounds impressive on paper,…
Imagine this scene: a busy, bustling video production studio with editors scrambling to edit their masterpieces. You probably imagine them on hulkingly large workstations and giant monitors, right? Now picture this: they’re all sitting on comfortable couches–but just as busy–editing on iPads. Final Cut Pro for iPad brings a new tool into the mix for both amateur and professional creators alike. While the above scenario may not seem realistic yet for those in the industry, there are various ways that the iPad can enhance and improve the production process. And Final Cut Pro is a huge step toward turning the…
Dow Jones futures were little changed early Friday, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. X Applied Materials (AMAT) and Ross Stores (ROST) headlined overnight earnings, with Deere (DE) and China EV startup XPeng (XPEV) due early Friday. The stock market continued to bleed on Thursday while Treasury yields kept rising. The major indexes tried to hold their ground, helped by Cisco Systems (CSCO) rallying on earnings. But once again stocks weakened as the session wore on. The Dow Jones fell below its 50-day line, joining the Nasdaq, S&P 500 and Russell 2000. Leading stocks suffered more damage, looking bad…
If you need to share your Excel spreadsheet with other people without giving away your password, it’s super easy to unprotect your document. And if you don’t have the password, we’ll teach you how to break in.We have already wrote about how to password protect an Excel spreadsheet, so if you’re more curious about that, we got you covered. If you’ve already done that and forgot your password, now is the time to listen (read) up.Here’s how to unprotect Excel spreadsheets.How to unprotect ExcelHow to unprotect Excel with passwordStep 1) Go to your Excel sheet, and go to File >…
A Chinese firm called Erying Technology has released its first compact motherboards offering a choice of Intel Raptor Lake Mobile chips pre-installed, VideoCardz reports. It calls this PC DIY product category ‘Mobile on Desktop’, or MoDT. The new choices open to Taobao customers in China are Erying Micro-ATX form factor motherboards with either an Intel Core i5-13420H or i7-13620H pre-installed. Prices of these foundational system components start at 1299 Chinese Yuan ($180).Once you buy the Erying motherboard, you will be stuck with your CPU, as it is soldered in place, being a laptop BGA package CPU. Other than that, these…
If you’ve shopped for a new computer recently, you may have come across the term APU in relation to processing hardware. Compared to CPUs and GPUs, which you may already know about, the term APU is relatively less common and understood. This may lead to some confusion and understandable questions like: is a computer with an APU better than one with just a CPU? So in this article, we’ll break down what an APU is, how it differs from a CPU, and which one you should buy when presented with a choice between the two. What is an APU processor?APU…
Ulefone has introduced the Armor X13, a new budget smartphone powered by the same MediaTek Helio G36 chipset as the Honor X5 Plus. Ulefone has also designed the Armor X13 to withstand more environmental stresses than a regular smartphone. Accordingly, the device is IP69K certified, which ensures superior water resistance than most other smartphones.Ulefone complements the Helio G36 with 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage, the latter of which can be expanded using a MicroSD card. Additionally, the Armor X13 possesses a 6.52-inch display that outputs at 1,600 x 720 pixels with a 60 Hz refresh rate.…