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Lenovo's new gaming laptops have 16:10 displays for non-gaming moments
Lenovo has unveiled a flurry of updated Legion gaming laptops with taller screens, RTX 30 graphics and the latest AMD processors.
AMD unveils 65W Ryzen 5800 and 5900 CPUs
AMD has unveiled Ryzen 7 5800 and Ryzen 9 5900 CPUs that consume less power than their X counterparts, although they're limited to pre-built PCs.
AMD's Ryzen 5000 laptop CPUs arrive with big performance claims
AMD just launched its new Ryzen 5000 mobile family with Ryzen H-Series CPUs aimed at gamers and content creators, along with the power-friendly U-series chips designed for thin and light ultrathin PCs.
AMD says RDNA 2 GPUs will come to laptops before July
The first laptops to feature GPUs with AMD’s new RDNA 2 architecture will come in the first half of 2021, CEO Lisa Su announced during the company’s CES 2021 keynote. Su also promised new desktop GPUs in the first half of the year. AMD is on track to launch the first notebooks with #RDNA2 in the first half of 2021, and you'll see mainstream RDNA 2 desktop graphics card designs in the first half of the year as well.
Acer reveals its first Chromebook with AMD's latest Ryzen CPUs
The 14-inch machine arrives in February and it starts at $480.
2020 put us on the edge of a processor revolution
Intel put out another high-end chip, 10th-gen “Comet Lake”, which added a few cores but is still based on its aging 14nm transistor design, and AMD countered with Zen 3, an improved version of its desktop architecture that now goes up to 16 cores. While Zen 3 didn’t increase core counts or clock speeds dramatically, it did deliver a big boost in instructions per-clock without increasing power consumption.
ICYMI: An in-depth look at Apple's MacBook Air M1
The new MacBook Air runs like similarly to an iPad Pro, which is to say that it’s speedy and smooth and now silent thanks to its new fanless design. Apple has been working towards the MacBook Air M1 for a while now; the company has spent a decade building its own mobile chips and the M1 is their first system-on-a-chip for their laptop line.
How good is AMD's Ryzen 9 5950X for content creators?
With the Zen 3 chips, AMD has reclaimed the desktop performance crown, and the flagship 16-core 5950X is one of the fastest processors we've ever seen. But how much speed do you really need?
Radeon RX 6800 and 6800 XT review: AMD returns to high-end PC gaming
AMD's Radeon 6800 and 6800 XT prove that it can still build great high-end GPUs. They're solid NVIDIA competitors, though their ray tracing performance still needs some work.
Microsoft's Pluton chip upgrades the hardware security of Windows PCs
The next Windows PC you buy could come with an advanced security co-processor that will protect your data from being stolen by hackers.
RISC-V is trying to launch an open-hardware revolution
RSC-V is a new fully open-source processor design and instruction set. Developed at UC Berkeley, RISC-V is trying to do away with license fees and proprietary tech to make processor design accessible to companies all other the world.
Vizio's latest TVs add FreeSync, 120Hz 4K gaming support
Vizio's update with FreeSync support is rolling out for its 2021 model year TVs, and for the higher-end versions it includes compatibility with120Hz 4K gaming.
AMD's $649 Radeon RX 6800XT will take on NVIDIA's RTX 3080
It’s the company’s first RDNA 2 video card for PCs, though that architecture will also appear in the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. At $649, the Radeon RX 6800XT is meant to compete with NVIDIA’s powerful $699 RTX 3080. AMD says it managed to increase the performance-per-watt of the RDNA 2 cards by 30 percent, compared to last year’s GPUs.
AMD expands its arsenal by snatching up programmable chip maker Xilinx
AMD is buying Xilinx for $35 billion to give it chip designs it could never have considered before.
Lenovo's Thinkpad C13 Yoga is a Chromebook built for the office
Lenovo has unveiled the Thinkpad C13 Yoga Chromebook, joining HP and Dell in offering Chrome OS powered laptops for businesses.
AMD teases its next-gen Radeon GPU's 4K performance
We’ll have to wait until October 28th to get a full look at AMD’s new Radeon 6000-series GPUs, but the company offered a tease of what we can expect from its latest graphics cards at the end of its Zen 3 keynote.
AMD's Ryzen 9 5900X is its first Zen 3 CPU
AMD's Ryzen 5900X is its first Zen 3 CPU, and it's 26 percent faster than Zen 2 when it come to games.
AMD's Radeon RX 6000 reference card ditches the noisy blower
With NVIDIA gathering raves for its GeForce RTX 3080 launch, AMD is trying to draw attention to its own upcoming Radeon GPUs. To that end, the company has teased the reference design for its RX 6000 “Big Navi” graphics cards, showing a much-improved cooling system.
NVIDIA's RTX 3000 cards make counting teraflops pointless
With NVIDIA's first RTX 3000 cards arriving in weeks, you can expect reviews to give you a firm idea of Ampere performance soon. Even now, it feels safe to say that Ampere represents a monumental leap forward for PC gaming. However these cards stack up, though, it’s clear that their worth can no longer be represented by a singular figure like teraflops.
Intel's 7nm CPUs are delayed, won't arrive until at least 2022
Intel delivered bad news to its investors today, announcing that its plans for 7nm chips have slipped another six months, and yields are now running a year behind original projections. This comes after Apple announced plans to rely on its own CPUs for future computers, and as competitors like AMD and NVIDIA already take advantage of 7nm tech to build more efficient processors. Intel is accelerating its transition to 10nm products this year with increasing volumes and strong demand for an expanding line up.