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Back at Computex 2024, AMD unveiled their highly anticipated Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture during AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su's opening keynote. AMD announced not one but two new client platforms that will utilize the latest Zen 5 cores. This includes AMD's latest AI PC-focused chip family for the laptop market, the Ryzen AI 300 series. In comparison, the Ryzen 9000 series caters to the desktop market, which uses the preexisting AM5 platform. Built around the new Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture with some fundamental improvements to both graphics and AI performance, the Ryzen AI 300 series, code-named Strix Point, is set to deliver improvements in several areas. The Ryzen AI 300 series looks set to add another footnote in the march towards the AI PC with...
Xiaomi Announces Mi 10T & Mi 10T Pro: More Budget, But With 144Hz
Today Xiaomi is announcing their late-year flagship devices with the unveiling of the new Mi 10T and Mi 10T Pro devices. The refreshes this year are a bit more...
20 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/30/2020
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 750G: Cortex-A77 & mmWave in the Premium Range
Today Qualcomm is announcing a new entry into their premium tier Snapdragon 700-series with the brand-new Snapdragon 750G platform and SoC. The new SoC, as its name implies, lies...
13 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/22/2020
Sony Announces Xperia 5 II: 120Hz Full-Fledged Small Phone
Today Sony is following up on one of its newer form-factors that the company had introduced last year with the Xperia 5. The new Xperia 5 II (read as...
138 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/17/2020
Apple Announces 5nm A14 SoC - Meagre Upgrades, Or Just Less Power Hungry?
Amongst the new iPad and Watch devices released today, Apple made news in releasing the new A14 SoC chip. Apple’s newest generation silicon design is noteworthy in that is...
127 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/15/2020
Apple Announces new 8th gen iPad with A12, iPad Air with 5nm A14 Chip
This year’s September Apple event has been relatively unusual, not only because of the pandemic and online-only nature of the show, but also because amongst the new hardware releases...
68 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/15/2020
The Apple 2020 Fall Event Live Blog - Starts at 10am PT (17:00 UTC)
Today Apple is hosting its 2020 fall launch event. This year due to circumstances, we'll be going virtual and remote, however we'll still be live blogging the show for...
52 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/15/2020
It’s Official: NVIDIA To Acquire Arm For $40 Billion
Following a number of rumors and leaks, NVIDIA this evening announced that it is buying Arm Limited for $40 billion. The cash and stock deal will see NVIDIA buy...
140 by Ryan Smith on 9/13/2020
Samsung's Note20 Ultra Variable Refresh Rate Display Explained
In August 2020, Samsung launched the new Note20 Ultra – an interesting device that we have on our review test bed. It's safe to say that over the last...
43 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/8/2020
Intel Launches Tiger Lake: A Live Blog (Noon ET, 9am PT)
Intel is about to launch Tiger Lake. Follow along with our Live Blog!
54 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 9/2/2020
Samsung Launches New Galaxy Z Fold2 at $1999
Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold2 had been originally announced several weeks ago alongside the Note20 series, however the company had been delaying the official launch of the phone until...
32 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/1/2020
The ASUS ZenFone 7 Pro Review: The Triple Flip-Camera
ASUS last week released the brand new ZenFone 7 and ZenFone 7 Pro series, and today’s we’re ready to publish our testing of the company’s newest “mainsteam” flagship device. This...
31 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/1/2020
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 732G: 730G Gets a Speed Bump
Today Qualcomm is announcing an update to its Snapdragon 730G platform, introducing the higher-binned Snapdragon 732G. The new chip gives the platform a slight boost in terms of clock...
16 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/31/2020
The ASUS ROG Phone III Review: A 144Hz 6000mAh Beast With Caveats
ASUS’s ROG Phones over the last few years have been devices of interesting differentiation, with the company delivering experiences that stood out from the crowd in one way or...
72 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/28/2020
ASUS Announces ZenFone 7 Series: The Triple-Flip Camera - Hands-On
Today ASUS is announcing its follow-up to its innovative flip-camera design that was first introduced last year with the ZenFone 6. This year’s ZenFone 7 series, consisting of the...
80 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/26/2020
Hot Chips 2020 Live Blog: Intel's Tiger Lake Mobile CPU (12:30pm PT)
Hot Chips has gone virtual this year! Lots of talks on lots of products, including Tiger Lake, Xe, POWER10, Xbox Series X, TPUv3, and a special Raja Koduri Keynote...
42 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/17/2020
Microsoft Opens Pre-Orders for Surface Duo - US Only
Late last year in October, Microsoft had announced the Surface Duo, the company’s first ever Android device and first-party smartphone (if you can call it that) release in years...
71 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/12/2020
Samsung Display Announces First VRR Mobile Display - Inside Note20 Ultra
By now we’ve become quite familiar with high refresh-rate displays in the mobile space, as the first pioneering 90Hz devices last year have now evolved into even faster refreshing...
31 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/11/2020
US Appeals Court Reverses Antitrust Ruling in FTC vs Qualcomm
It’s been over three years since the United States FTC had charged Qualcomm with antitrust violations over cellular modem patents and business practices. That suit ultimately received a ruling...
23 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/11/2020
OPPO's Reno3 5G vs Reno3 Pro vs Reno3 Pro 5G: Why Don't We See More MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Phones?
Today, we’ll be taking a closer look at one of MediaTek’s Dimensity 1000 powered phones, the OPPO Reno3 5G. The Reno3 series has been quite the oddball device line-up...
45 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/10/2020
MediaTek Announces T700 5G Modem Powering Intel PCs Successfully Certified
Last year, Intel and MediaTek had announced a partnership with the goal of developing a 5G modem that would be used in future next-generation PC platforms. The move followed...
15 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/6/2020
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