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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...
Toshiba Demos Excite 10.1” and Concept Tablet Designs
We reviewed Toshiba’s Tegra 2-based Thrive 10.1” late last year and from a design standpoint, we were pretty disappointed with it. While elements like the removable battery, full size...
6 by Jarred Walton, Vivek Gowri & Manveer Wasson on 1/13/2012Updated: ASUS Eee Pad MeMO ME370T Shipping in Q2 2012
ASUS originally introduced its 7-inch Eee Pad MeMO tablet at CES 2011, but today it is announcing that in Q2 of this year it'll be available in North America...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Manveer Wasson on 1/12/2012TI Wireless Charging - New Chipsets and 10W charging for Tablets
This morning we stopped by TI's power management group to check out what all they had in store, and got to check out some demos of their new second...
18 by Brian Klug on 1/12/2012More Shots of the HTC Titan II & Nokia Lumia 900
We covered the launch of HTC's Titan II and Nokia's Lumia 900, the first two AT&T LTE devices running Windows Phone 7.5. We're meeting with Nokia later today but...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi, Brian Klug & Manveer Wasson on 1/12/2012TI Shows Off OMAP 5 & ARM Cortex A15 at CES
We weren't allowed to take photos but we've just seen TI's OMAP 5 reference platform up and running Ice Cream Sandwich with full GPU acceleration enabled. The 28nm chip...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Manveer Wasson on 1/12/2012Intel's Medfield & Atom Z2460 Arrive for Smartphones: It's Finally Here
It's here. Intel's first smartphone SoC that you'll actually be able to buy in a device before the end of the year. The platform is called Medfield and Paul...
164 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/10/2012Intel Announces its First Medfield Smartphone Partner at CES 2012 - Lenovo K800
We're at the Intel keynote here at CES 2012 where Intel has announced one of its first Medfield design wins. Lenovo will be launching a phone based around Medfield...
7 by Brian Klug on 1/10/2012CES 2012 Nvidia Press Conference
We're at the Nokia press conference now where Jen-Hsun Huang just took the stage to talk about tablets, automotive, and what's in store in 2012 for Nvidia. Nvidia views...
4 by Brian Klug on 1/9/2012Apple releases iOS 5.1 Beta 3 - Updates Baseband Again, 3G Toggle is Back
We've been tracking and updating our iPhone 4S' to each beta of iOS 5.1, and today Apple has pushed out an OTA version of iOS 5.1 Beta 3 (build...
13 by Brian Klug on 1/9/2012Intel's Functional Nikiski Concept PC: Transparent Touchpad Doubles as a Screen Window
Intel talked about the Nikiski concept PC at Computex last year. The concept is simple: replace the palm rest and touchpad on a notebook with a transparent strip with...
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012ASUS' Transformer Prime TF700T: Improves Wireless, Adds 1920 x 1200 Panel, Available in Q2
ASUS just announced an updated version of the Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the TF700T. The new tablet keeps the same form factor, dimensions, screen size and weight of the...
22 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012Huawei Announces Ascend P1 S with 6.68mm thickness
We're at Huawei's press event where we just got to go hands on with the company's two new phones, both running Android Ice Cream Sandwich: the Huawei Ascend P1...
3 by Brian Klug, Sarah Trainor on 1/9/2012Lenovo At CES: Android TV and First Krait Tablet
In 2011, Lenovo made a cursory effort to grab some of the consumer Android tablet space with the 7" K1, and a slightly more concerted effort to grab the...
3 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/9/2012Acer Unveils the Thinnest Ultrabook, a 15" Ultrabook, a 1080p Tablet and AcerCloud
It technically doesn't start for another day, but CES is in full swing in Las Vegas. As part of the fun, Acer is bringing us the thinnest Ultrabook yet...
8 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/8/2012AT&T Flips the LTE Switch in 11 Markets, Sprint Announces its First 4 LTE Markets
Today has been a busy day for wireless carriers in the USA, with both AT&T and Sprint making 4G LTE related announcements. AT&T today enabled LTE service in 11...
5 by Brian Klug on 1/5/2012Sprint Ad Announces Galaxy Nexus with 1.5 GHz SoC
Sprint seems to be busy with its announcements today, and the latest comes in the form of an unassuming-looking advert on CNet. Ordinarily, a US carrier announcing yet another...
14 by Brian Klug on 1/5/2012Nook Tablet Beats Expectations, B&N Considers Nook Spin-off
Barnes & Noble announced via a press release today that sales of its Nook lineup, including the new Nook Tablet, the older Nook Color, and the Nook Simple Touch...
15 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/5/2012Acer Iconia Tab A200 On Sale January 15 Priced At $329
Acer has formally announced the US pricing and launch date details for the Iconia A200, the follow up to the Iconia A500 tablet it launched mid-last year. The A200...
6 by Vivek Gowri on 1/5/20125th Generation WiFi: 802.11ac, "Gigabit" WiFi Primer
Five years have passed since the first 802.11n devices implementing a draft of the now-finalized specification hit the market. Over the years 802.11n support has become ubiquitous in the...
39 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/5/2012Broadcom Announces Family of 802.11ac Chipsets & 5G WiFi Brand
If you've read our 802.11ac primer you already know that the fifth generation of WiFi is something to be excited about. At 433Mbps of bandwidth per stream with expected...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/5/2012