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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...
Hands on with the Realme 3 Pro: 6.3-inch Phone with Snapdragon 710 For Under €200
Midrange smartphones are the main market for volume sales. Over the years companies have tried to attack this segment with aggressive specifications followed by exuberant pricing, with a select...
28 by Ian Cutress on 5/20/2019Sony's Flagship Xperia 1 21:9 Smartphone Gets a Launch Date: July 12th for $950
Sony has finally given its flagship Xperia 1 smartphone an official launch date and price. The handset, which features a large 21:9 OLED display that supports wide color gamuts...
35 by Anton Shilov on 5/17/2019Huawei Launches Mate 20 X 5G in the UK: Available in June
The Mate 20 X 5G had been announced by Huawei some months ago, and we saw the first European launch of the phone on Switzerland’s Sunrise two weeks ago...
10 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/16/2019Samsung & Verizon Launch the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G in the US
Samsung and Verizon on Thursday officially started sales of the Galaxy S10 5G smartphone in the US. The handset is immediately available exclusively with a Verizon contract whether it...
3 by Anton Shilov on 5/16/2019Samsung Reveals Galaxy S10 5G Launch Dates in the UK
Samsung has announced launch dates for its Galaxy S10 5G smartphone in the UK. The handset will be available for pre-order a week from now and will ship to...
5 by Anton Shilov on 5/15/2019Arm Announces Mali D77 Display Processor: Facilitating AR & VR
Display processors usually aren’t really much a common topic in the press and only few companies actually do advertise the capabilities beyond a simple mention of the maximum resolution...
18 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/15/2019Cadence Announces Tensilica Vision Q7 DSP
Last year we saw the announcement of Cadence’s Tensilica Q6 DSP IP which promised a new architecture that brings integration between vision DSP workloads and new optimised machine learning...
0 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/15/2019OnePlus Announces The OnePlus 7 & OnePlus 7 Pro: Upping The Ante
We’ve been with OnePlus since the One back in 2014. Over the years we’ve seen the company’s products have a large impact on the industry and particularly with the...
72 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/14/2019OnePlus 7 Series Launch in London: A Live Blog (Starts 3pm UTC / 4pm BST)
Today OnePlus is launching the new OnePlus 7 at simultaneous events around the world - we're live from the European London venue. Rumours have been floating around that OnePlus...
16 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/14/2019Samsung Unveils 64 MP & 48 MP ISOCELL Bright Image Sensors for Smartphones
Samsung has introduced two new 0.8-μm image sensors for use in upcoming smartphones. The new sensors are the 48 MP ISOCELL Bright GM2 for advanced handsets as well as...
17 by Anton Shilov on 5/9/2019Google Announces Pixel 3a & Pixel 3a XL: Mid-Range Phones With Flagship Camera
Google’s Pixel smartphone line-up has been a mainstay of the industry for a few years now. We’re all familiar with devices such as the latest Pixel 3 which is...
72 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/7/2019Switzerland's Sunrise Starts Selling Huawei Mate 20X 5G & Xiaomi MIX3 5G Phones
Today Switzerland’s Sunrise has premiered the new Xiaomi MIX3 5G as well as the Huawei Mate 20 X (5G) as its launch 5G devices, and has started selling them...
0 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/2/2019The LG G8 Review: Solid, But Not Great
Only a few years ago LG was largely considered one of the top smartphone brands, competing alongside Samsung and the likes of HTC for marketshare. In the last few...
70 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/30/2019LG To Close Korean Phone Manufacturing Plants - Relying On Cheaper Overseas Factories
LG’s mobile division has seen a tough couple of years – the last few generation of smartphones haven’t been very successful for the company, and consequently the division has...
21 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/25/2019Hands On with the OPPO Reno 10x Zoom: 6.6-inch OLED with No Notch and Popup Selfie Camera
There are two distinct lines of development in the modern high-end smartphone space: the move to full screen devices, and the premium feature that makes a user go ‘wow’...
56 by Ian Cutress on 4/24/2019OPPO Reno Series Western Launch: A Live Blog (2pm CET)
Following the launch of the Chinese Reno variants last week, OPPO is in Zurich today with the variants for the western markets, with a few differences specific to the...
39 by Ian Cutress on 4/24/2019Meizu Releases The 16s: 48MP and Snapdragon 855
Meizu is one of the Chinese vendors that we had covered early on over the last few years. One of the early issues with the company’s flagships is that...
19 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/24/2019Samsung Delays Launch of Galaxy Fold Smartphone
Samsung this week said that it would postpone commercial launch of its Galaxy Fold smartphone following various issues uncovered by reviewers. The company, which intended to start sales of...
27 by Anton Shilov on 4/23/2019Intel 9th Gen Core Processors: All the Desktop and Mobile 45W CPUs Announced
How Intel has launched its range of ninth generation processors has been an odd and awkward one. Despite the launch of the 8-core 9900K last year, we still haven’t...
135 by Ian Cutress on 4/23/2019The Huawei P30 & P30 Pro Reviews: Photography Enhanced
The last year has been extremely exciting period for Huawei and its products: Starting with the P20, the company’s flagships have been truly transformative in terms of their camera...
85 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/18/2019