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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...
Nokia N9 and N950 Officially Announced - MeeGo Running on OMAP 3630
Back when we reviewed the Nokia N900 we really only wanted a few major improvements. A faster SoC, slightly thinner and more compact hardware, and more of Maemo Linux...
39 by Brian Klug on 6/21/2011Motorola Droid 3 Pops up in GLBenchmark - A Verizon XT883 with OMAP4
A tipster dropped a link our way early this morning to a GLBenchmark 2.0 results browser page that might be of interest to many. Hit that page and you'll...
43 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2011Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Review: The Sleekest Honeycomb Tablet
I remember standing in the audience of Samsung's CTIA press conference as it announced, for the first time ever, pricing and availability of its unreleased Galaxy Tab 10.1 and...
108 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/13/2011Toshiba Thrives in the Tablet Market
We had an opportunity to meet with representatives from Toshiba this afternoon to talk about their upcoming consumer hardware, but while the majority of it is still under NDA...
28 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/7/2011HP Veer 4G Review - Getting Us Excited for Pre 3
We touched on the Veer when it first hit our doorstep with a this just in post, and since then I’ve been using the device daily and trying to...
26 by Brian Klug on 6/7/2011WWDC 2011: iOS 5
After giving us a look at OS X 10.7 Lion in its WWDC keynote today, Apple turned to what is seen as the more important of its OS platforms...
24 by Andrew Cunningham on 6/6/2011Hands on and Benchmarks of two MSM8x60 Phones - HTC Sensation 4G and HTC EVO 3D
Yesterday evening I met up with HTC, who let me take a quick look at a number of upcoming unreleased phones, including the HTC Sensation 4G and HTC EVO...
55 by Brian Klug on 6/3/2011Qualcomm Uplinq 2011 Day Two Keynote - HTC and Nokia
Today is the second and last day of Qualcomm's Uplinq conference in San Diego California, but we've still got a bunch in store. This morning, we sat down at...
32 by Brian Klug on 6/2/2011TI Announces OMAP4470 and Specs: PowerVR SGX544, 1.8 GHz Dual Core Cortex-A9
The last time we visited TI's OMAP 4 SoC was at Mobile World Congress, there we benchmarked the LG Optimus 3D and came away decently impressed with performance even...
30 by Brian Klug on 6/2/2011Kingston Wi-Drive Offers Wireless iPad Storage Expansion
Dozens of companies have built entire businesses supplying accessories to the iPod and iPhone. With the iPad, storage vendors are trying to get a piece of the pie by...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2011Qualcomm Uplinq 2011 Day One Keynote - Mobile is King
Today marks the first day of our coverage of Qualcomm's annual Uplinq conference in San Diego, California. It's our first time coming to Uplinq, a conference whose roots trace...
4 by Brian Klug on 6/1/2011Computex 2011: AMD Announces Bobcat-based Z Series APUs for Tablet Market
While AMD does not have a true SoC to combat the likes of Intel, NVIDIA, and ARM, this doesn’t mean they’re completely ignoring the market for the type of...
8 by Ryan Smith on 6/1/2011Computex 2011: MSI's Brazos, Cedar Trail and Tegra 2 Tablets
I met with MSI yesterday, a company that has been going through a bit of an identity crisis as of late. ASUS is the only motherboard manufacturer that...
6 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/31/2011The ASUS Padfone: A Smartphone That Docks into a Tablet
A number of you have asked for this innovation over the past few months: a smartphone that docks into a tablet. Given that the two platforms generally share the...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/30/2011NVIDIA's Kal-El Glowball Shows off Dynamic Lighting & Quad-Core Physics on a Tablet
I've warned both Qualcomm and TI that the danger they have to face in the SoC space going forward isn't just NVIDIA engineering, but NVIDIA marketing. Although too aggressive...
53 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/29/2011Android 3.1 on the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer
I ran into a number of hiccups in my review of the Eee Pad Transformer last month. Some of the issues were of course due to the early nature...
43 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/28/2011Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" - Mobile IE 9 Browser Explored
On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a number of details and the first official look at the next release of Windows Phone 7, codename “mango.” Back when we reviewed Windows Phone 7...
35 by Brian Klug on 5/26/2011Battle of the Budget Tablets - Nook Color vs. Galaxy Tab
Tablets are certainly the buzz of the tech world, and if you're in the market for one, there are plenty to be had in the $500 range. But what...
89 by Vivek Gowri on 5/25/2011HTC HD7: Now With NoDo
When Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7 late last year, it was readily evident that they had a solid platform on their hands, but it was missing some critical details...
45 by Vivek Gowri on 5/12/2011Google I/O 2011 Keynote: Updates for Phone, Tablet, TV and Accessories
Google’s I/O 2011 keynote may have suffered from a few choice leaks, namely the new Music service and Ice Cream Sandwich announcement, but Google still managed to include some...
22 by Nirdhar Khazanie & Jason Inofuentes on 5/10/2011