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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...
NVIDIA Re-launches the SHIELD Tablet as the SHIELD Tablet K1
The life of the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet has had some ups and downs. Josh reviewed it last year, and at the time he found that NVIDIA's tech for game...
34 by Brandon Chester on 11/17/2015
Samsung Announces Exynos 8890 with Cat.12/13 Modem and Custom CPU
In an unexpected and surprise annoucement, Samsung today revealed its new generation flagship SoC - the Exynos 8. The Exynos 8890 to be more specific, is the successor to...
56 by Andrei Frumusanu on 11/12/2015
The iPad Pro Preview: Taking Notes With iPad Pro
For the past week, I’ve been working on a review of the iPad Pro. For better or worse it has been a very quick week and I’ve been working...
199 by Joshua Ho & Ryan Smith on 11/11/2015
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Experience: HMP Kryo and Demos
While the Snapdragon 820 has had a number of announcements about various aspects of the SoC, some details have been mostly left to the imagination. Today, Qualcomm held an...
26 by Joshua Ho on 11/10/2015
ARM Announces New Cortex-A35 CPU - Ultra-High Efficiency For Wearables & More
Today as part of the volley of announcements at ARM's TechCon conference we discover ARM's new low-power application-tier CPU architecture, the Cortex-A35. ARM follows an interesting product model: The...
25 by Andrei Frumusanu on 11/10/2015
Imagination Announces New P6600, M6200, M6250 Warrior CPUs
Today Imagination launches three new MIPS processor IPs: One in the performance category of Warrior CPUs, the P6600 and two embedded M-class core, the M6200 and M6250. Warrior P6600 Starting off...
15 by Andrei Frumusanu on 11/10/2015
The Google Nexus 5X Review
Google's first hardware collaboration with LG brought us the Nexus 4. Like the Nexus 7, the Nexus 4 followed a philosophy of bringing as much power and quality as...
197 by Brandon Chester on 11/9/2015
HiSilicon Announces New Kirin 950 SoC
Today in Beijing, HiSilicon held an extensive media briefing on their brand new flagship SoC - the Kirin 950. The new chipset is a very large leap for the...
41 by Andrei Frumusanu on 11/5/2015
The Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus Review
To be perfectly honest, this past year has been remarkably boring in the mobile segment. For whatever reason, phones have either stood still or regressed when it comes to...
531 by Ryan Smith & Joshua Ho on 11/2/2015
OnePlus Launches the OnePlus X
When OnePlus launched the OnePlus Two earlier this year the company also mentioned that they would be launching a second smartphone in 2015, and that the new phone would...
53 by Brandon Chester on 10/29/2015
Samsung Announces The 18.4" Galaxy View
For a while now there have been small pieces of information about an 18.4" Samsung Android tablet that was due to release in the near future. The tablet was...
56 by Brandon Chester on 10/28/2015
The Apple iPad Mini 4 Review
For a while now Apple has been holding two launch events toward the end of each year. The first event in September is used to launch new iPhones, and...
98 by Brandon Chester on 10/28/2015
ARM Announces New CCI-550 and DMC-500 System IPs
Today ARM announces two new additions to its CoreLink system IP design portfolio, the CCI-550 interconnect and DMC-500 memory controller. Starting off with the CCI announcement, we find the...
5 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/27/2015
The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Review: Raising The Bar
Microsoft moved the yardsticks with the Surface Pro 3, a surprise hit after multiple generations of Surface Pro. With the Surface Pro 4, they look to take what worked...
175 by Brett Howse on 10/21/2015
Hands On With the HTC One A9
Today, HTC is launching their flagship smartphone for the holiday season. For those that have followed HTC, this launch shouldn’t be too much of a surprise given that the...
61 by Joshua Ho & Brandon Chester on 10/20/2015
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Review
The first Android tablet I ever used was the original Galaxy Tab. It was a 7" Android tablet running Android Froyo, and it seemed a lot like a large...
162 by Brandon Chester on 10/15/2015
Analyzing Apple's Statement on TSMC and Samsung A9 SoCs
Since we first learned that the A9 SoC in Apple’s iPhone 6s lineup is dual sourced - that is that it's being made by two different vendors with two...
147 by Ryan Smith & Joshua Ho on 10/9/2015
Microsoft Announces the Surface Pro 4, from $900
Devices Day at Microsoft grows every year. We have seen the numerous Surface announcements come through the special event held in NYC, as well as the peripheral devices around...
93 by Ian Cutress on 10/6/2015
Google’s Chromecast 2 is Powered By Marvell’s ARMADA 1500 Mini Plus - Dual-Core Cortex-A7
When Google originally announced the second-generation Chromecast last week, in typical Google fashion they focused on features and uses over specifications. Given the capabilities of the new product we...
18 by Ryan Smith on 10/5/2015
The Samsung Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ Review
The Galaxy Note line has long been one of Samsung’s greatest assets in the mobile market. While other Android OEMs have made phablets before, Samsung was pretty much the...
225 by Joshua Ho on 10/2/2015
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