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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...
Samsung Announces The 2018 Galaxy A9 With Four Rear Cameras
We’re all very familiar with Samsung’s Galaxy S flagships, but there’s also a myriad of mid-range devices that the Korean firm also offers – trying to cover all consumer...
12 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/11/2018
Google Launches the Pixel 3 & Pixel 3 XL
It has likely been the most leaked phone in existence, and while there’s a lot we’ve known about the new Pixel 3’s – today Google has finally officially announced...
86 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/9/2018
ASUS Announces ROG Phone Pricing: Available October 18th
It’s been a little over 4 months now that ASUS first announced and showcased the ROG Phone back at Computex. Ian had written up a hands-on article showcasing the...
19 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/9/2018
Made by Google Event Live Blog (Starts at 11am ET/15:00 UTC)
Continuing my whirlwind trip of New York City, today I'm here at Google's annual "Made by Google" event. The event has become the company's traditional venue for launching their...
31 by Ian Cutress on 10/9/2018
The iPhone XS & XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Secrets
It’s been a little over three weeks since Apple unveiled the new iPhone XS, XS Max and the XR. The new flagship line-up is one of Apple’s most important...
253 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/5/2018
Apple Found To Infringe On 1 Qualcomm Patent; US ITC Will Not Ban iPhone Imports
A bit over a year ago, Qualcomm started the process of suing Apple at the US International Trade Commission (ITC) over alleged patent infringement. At the time, Apple was...
31 by Ryan Smith on 9/28/2018
TechInsights Publishes Apple A12 Die Shot: Our Take
As is custom by now every year, we look forward to TechInsights teardown of the latest new mobile SoCs. This time around we’re delighted to see a new die...
36 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/25/2018
Apple Announces The Apple Watch 4: Fully Custom SiP
Today alongside the new iPhone XS, XS Max and the XR, Apple first introduced the new Apple Watch Series 4. The fourth generation of the watch sees a major...
88 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/12/2018
The iPhone XS, XS Max, XR and Apple Watch 4 Hands-On
Today at Apples iPhone launch event, we saw the unveiling of three new iPhones as well as the Apple Watch Series 4. We go into more detail about the...
113 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/12/2018
The Apple 2018 iPhone Event Live Blog
With fall quickly approaching, it's that time of year again in the tech industry as well: iPhone season. To that end, kicking off in a few hours for Apple's...
53 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/12/2018
UL Delists Huawei Devices Due To Inaccurate Benchmarks
A few days ago we published our article addressing Huawei and Honor’s inaccurate benchmarking behaviour. In a nutshell, we had found out that this year’s devices had introduced a...
33 by Andrei Frumusanu on 9/6/2018
Huawei’s GPU Turbo: Valid Technology with Overzealous Marketing
One of the biggest announcements from Huawei this year is that of its new GPU Turbo technology. The claims that it could provide more performance at less power, without...
64 by Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on 9/4/2018
HiSilicon Announces The Kirin 980: First A76, G76 on 7nm
This year at IFA, instead of suddenly finding the new silicon on the show floor, Huawei’s CEO Richard Yu announced this year’s new Kirin 980 during the company’s keynote...
120 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/31/2018
Sony Launches The Xperia XZ3: First Sony OLED Smartphone
Today Sony launched the successor to this year’s not-so-old XZ2 which was released only 6 months ago at MWC. The new XZ3 is an iterative design over the XZ2...
39 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/30/2018
Honor Launches €329/£279 Honor Play: Hands-On
Today at Honor’s event in Berlin we saw the global launch of the new Honor Play smartphone. The Honor Play had been announced in China and India back in...
7 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/30/2018
Kishonti GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins: OpenGL & Vulkan Benchmark Hands-On
Today Kishonti have finally released their final update to GFXBench version 5.0. The update introduces the new Aztec Ruins scene in two complexity modes as well as OpenGL, Vulkan...
40 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/24/2018
Qualcomm Begins Sampling of 7nm Next-Gen SoC
Today Qualcomm is announcing that it has begun sampling its next generation Snapdragon SoC. The announcement is unusual as in the past we’ve never really had sampling announcements from...
18 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/22/2018
Hot Chips 2018: Samsung’s Exynos-M3 CPU Architecture Deep Dive
As part of this year’s first conference talks at HotChips 2018 at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts in Cupertino, California, we’ve had the pleasure to finally hear...
45 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/20/2018
Arm Unveils Client CPU Performance Roadmap Through 2020 - Taking Intel Head On
Today’s announcement is an oddball one for Arm as we see the first-ever public forward looking CPU IP roadmap detailing performance and power projections for the next two generations...
102 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/16/2018
Samsung Releases Exynos Modem 5100 - First Multi-Mode 5G Modem
Today Samsung announced its new Exynos Modem 5100 – what it claims to be the industry’s first multi-mode 5G modem. While over the last few months, and years, we’ve heard...
18 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/15/2018
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