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Apple’s Vision Pro is right around the corner. While we already know that the headset will feature a dual-chip design with Apple’s M2 for powerful standalone performance for handling apps and the R1 chip for managing input from 12 cameras, five sensors, and six microphones, we didn’t have any idea about the available memory on the device, until now.

Vision Pro To Include 16GB Of RAM Alongside The M2 Processor

According to a report by MacRumors, the Vision Pro will come with 16GB of Unified Memory. The publication cites files related to the device in Xcode 15.2. For those catching up, Xcode is the developer toolkit for creating apps for Apple’s operating systems like iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and now, visionOS.

In The Future, There Could Be A 1TB Variant As Well

The finding confirms a June 2023 report published by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman about the presence of 16GB of RAM on the headset. Further, the report also mentions how some Vision Pro developer kits included 1TB of internal storage on the device. Nonetheless, for now, Apple is moving ahead with the 256GB storage variant of the device, which will be available for $3,499.

Pre-orders for the Vision Pro begin on January 19, while retail units hit the stores on February 2. Along with the headset, users must purchase ZEISS Readers for $99 and ZEISS Prescription optical inserts for $149.

Here’s What Users Will Get In The Box

In the box, users will also get two bands holding the headset in place: the Solo Knit Band and the Dual Loop Band. Further, the box also includes a Light Seal, two Light Seal Cushions, a cover for the front of the device, a polishing cloth, a battery, a USB-C charge cable, and a USB-C power adapter. Looks like the box contents make up for a sizeable chunk of the Vision Pro’s extravagant pricing.

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Honor announced its latest mobile operating system with MagicOS 8.0 at a dedicated event held in China earlier today. The new version is based on Android 14 and brings a MagicLM on-device large language model with 7 billion parameters. Honor is also touting MagicOS 8.0’s intent-based user interface (IUI) which proactively suggests services and apps based on your usage patterns.

The other big new feature is called Magic Portal which leverages Honor’s LLM and IUI to offer context-based app and services shortcut recommendations via a side swipe. Honor demoed an instance of dragging and dropping a booking reservation from the messages app to your maps app to get directions to the venue.

Magic Portal supports multimodal input like text and images and also tracks gestures and eye movement on supported Honor phones. You can tap an hold on images of clothes and then drag them over to the side to search within shopping apps. Honor confirmed support for the 100 most popular apps in China but there are no details on how and if these features will be carried over to other regions.

MagicOS 8.0 also brings new home screen customization options, UI speed improvements and should consume fewer resources thanks to some under-the-hood tweaks by Honor’s software team. There’s a new shake-to-block ads feature to fend off annoying pop-ups and system-wide Parallel Spaces for displaying two instances of the same app.

Honor MagicOS 8.0 will launch on the Honor Magic6 series flagships which are on track to debut tomorrow in China.

Honor also shared a preliminary MagicOS 8.0 public beta release schedule with the following devices and launch timeframes.

January 2024




• Honor Magic5 Ultimate Edition
• Honor Magic5 Pro
• Honor Magic5
• Honor Magic4 Ultimate Edition
• Honor Magic4 Pro
• Honor Magic4





February 2024




• Honor Magic V2 Ultimate Edition
• Honor Magic V2
• Honor Magic Vs
• Honor Magic Vs2
• Honor Magic
• Magic V
• V Purse
• Honor Magic3 Ultimate Edition
• Honor Magic3 Pro
• Honor Magic3
• Honor 100 Pro
• Honor 100
• Honor 90 GT





March 2024




• Honor 90 Pro
• Honor 90
• Honor 80 Pro
• Honor 80 GT
• Honor 80




April 2024




• Honor 70 Pro +
• Honor 70 Pro
• Honor 70
• Honor 60 Pro
• Honor 60
• Honor 50 Pro
• Honor 50




May 2024




• Honor X50 GT
• Honor X50 Pro
• Honor X50
• Honor X40 GT
• Honor X50i+
• Honor X50i

After releasing the Intel Core Ultra processors last month, the chipmaker has dropped the 14th generation of desktop processors. The family is led by Core i9-14900HX, one of the most powerful desktop processors on the market. Further, Intel has also released the HX-Series of mobile processors and the Core Series 1 family. Since there’s much to cover, let’s start without any further ado.

Intel’s 14th Generation Desktop Processors Are Here

“The new generation of processors continue to utilize Intel’s performance hybrid architecture to optimize your gaming, content creation, and productivity,” per the official press release. There are three new models with two iterations each.

First, there’s the Core i9K and the Core i9KF with a Max Turbo Frequency of up to 6.0 GHz, up to 24 cores (including eight performance and 16 efficient cores), and 32 processor threads. While the Core i9K ships with Intel’s UHD Graphics 770, the i9KF doesn’t include the graphics processor.

Then there are the Core i7K and Core i7KF processors, which ship with a Max Turbo Frequency of up to 5.6 GHz, up to 20 cores (including eight performance and 12 efficient cores), and 28 processing threads. Similar to the Core i9 series, the i7K ships with the Intel UHD graphics processor powered by the Xe architecture, while the i7K variant doesn’t.

However, the Intel UHD Graphics 770 on the Core i7K processor has a lesser graphics dynamic frequency (1600 MHz) than the Core i9K processor (1650 MHz).

Last but not least, desktop processors include the Intel Core i5K and the Core i5KF processors that ship with a Max Turbo Frequency of up to 5.3 GHz, 14 processor cores (including six performance and eight efficient cores), and 20 processing threads. The Core i5K has an even less powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 processor with a graphics dynamic frequency of 1550 MHz.

Common features across the lineup include two memory channels, support for up to 16 PCle 5.0 lanes, four PCle 4.0 lanes, Quick Sync Video, and Intel’s Deep Learning Boost.

Intel’s New Core HX-Series Processors

Along with the desktop processors, Intel has also released the new 14th-generation mobile processor for laptops and lightweight PCs. The Core i9 14900HX leads the series with a Max Turbo Frequency of up to 5.8 GHz, 24 processing cores (eight performance and 16 efficiency cores), and 32 processing threads.

The Core i7 processor has two variants: 14700HX and 14650HX. While the former ships have a max turbo frequency of up to 5.5 GHz and 28 processor threads, the latter has a max turbo frequency of up to 5.2GHz and 24 processing threads. With respect to cores, the more powerful 14700HX version has 20 processing cores (eight performance and 12 efficient), whereas the 14650HX has 16 processing cores (with eight performance and eight efficient cores).

The Core i5 series also comes in two versions: 14500HX and 14450HX. The former ships have 14 processing cores, 14 processing threads, and a max turbo frequency of up to 4.9 GHz. The latter features ten processing cores, ten threads, and a max turbo frequency of up to 4.8 GHz.

All the models come with Intel UHD graphics and a memory capacity of 192GB.

Intel Core U Series Processors

Under the Core U series, Intel launched three new processors. The Core 7 150U has a Max Turbo Frequency of up to 5.4 GHz, 10 processor cores, and 12 processing threads. The Core 5 120U has a maximum frequency of up to 5.0 GHz, 10 processing cores, and 12 processing threads. Further, the Intel Core 3 100U has a maximum frequency of up to 4.7 GHz, six processing cores, and eight processing threads.

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