Procyon
noun
Pro·cy·on
ˈprō-sē-ˌän 
ˈprä-,
-ən
: the brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor
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The celestial triangle is made up of Sirius in the constellation of Canis Major, Procyon in the constellation of Canis Minor and Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion.
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Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
The Winter Triangle is formed by three bright stars: Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky in the constellation Canis Major, Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in Orion, and Procyon in the constellation Canis Minor.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
At the same time, the UL Procyon suite couldn’t run one of the default tests, AI Computer Vision.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 27 Oct. 2024
In addition to that, Intel has made comparisons to Qualcomm’s platform using the same OEM and the same chassis (likely a Dell platform), claiming better battery life in UL Procyon and Microsoft Teams benchmarks.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
Canis Minor has only two notable stars bright enough to be seen with the naked eye; alongside Procyon is Gomeisa, which shines at the dog’s neck.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
In the Procyon Office Productivity test, the Intel system lasted longer, though the Qualcomm system lasted longer on a Microsoft Teams call.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2024
For example, a test with the UL Procyon Office Productivity benchmark showed a laptop from an unspecified manufacturer with a Lunar Lake Core Ultra 7 268V processor lasting 20.1 hours, versus 18.4 hours for the same chassis but with a Qualcomm X1E-80-100 processor.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 3 Sep. 2024
Microsoft claims that the NPU inside the Snapdragon X Elite is nearly two times faster at AI acceleration tasks than Apple’s M3 Neural Engine on the cross-platform Procyon AI Computer Vision benchmark.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 30 May 2024
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Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
The Winter Triangle is formed by three bright stars: Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky in the constellation Canis Major, Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in Orion, and Procyon in the constellation Canis Minor.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
At the same time, the UL Procyon suite couldn’t run one of the default tests, AI Computer Vision.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 27 Oct. 2024
In addition to that, Intel has made comparisons to Qualcomm’s platform using the same OEM and the same chassis (likely a Dell platform), claiming better battery life in UL Procyon and Microsoft Teams benchmarks.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
Canis Minor has only two notable stars bright enough to be seen with the naked eye; alongside Procyon is Gomeisa, which shines at the dog’s neck.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
In the Procyon Office Productivity test, the Intel system lasted longer, though the Qualcomm system lasted longer on a Microsoft Teams call.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2024
For example, a test with the UL Procyon Office Productivity benchmark showed a laptop from an unspecified manufacturer with a Lunar Lake Core Ultra 7 268V processor lasting 20.1 hours, versus 18.4 hours for the same chassis but with a Qualcomm X1E-80-100 processor.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 3 Sep. 2024
Microsoft claims that the NPU inside the Snapdragon X Elite is nearly two times faster at AI acceleration tasks than Apple’s M3 Neural Engine on the cross-platform Procyon AI Computer Vision benchmark.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 30 May 2024
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“Procyon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Procyon. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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