AMD has unveiled a line of new chips for Chromebooks that basically put some of last year’s best laptop processors into Chrome OS notebooks like the new Acer Chromebook Spin 514 and HP Elite c645.
In other recent tech news from around the web, NVIDIA’s GeForce Now game streaming platform is bringing 4K support to PC and Mac, Microsoft and Epic have teamed up to allow you to stream Fortnite for free using Xbox Cloud Gaming – even on iOS devices, where Fortnite has been kicked out of the App Store, and specs for the upcoming ZTE Axon 40 Pro and Axon 40 Ultra have leaked.
AMD’s Ryzen 5000 C-series processors are basically Chromebook-specific equivalents of the company’s Ryzen 5000U 15-watt chips with up to 8 cores, 16 threads, and Radeon Vega graphics. https://t.co/s4o4KfDKHO pic.twitter.com/ojFVl2E5QG
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) May 5, 2022
Fortnite is now available on Xbox Cloud Gaming, where it’s free to play in 26 countries. You can stream the game over the internet to a Windows PC, Android device, or iPhone or iPad even though Fortnite was booted from the App store. MS account required.https://t.co/NfSs1oBHIc
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) May 5, 2022
NVIDIA’s GeForce Now game streaming service now supports 4K/60 fps streaming to PC and Mac apps. Previously this was limited to the NVIDIA Shield. You’ll need to pay for the most expensive tier though, which runs $20/month. https://t.co/Ev82vPRqIf
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) May 5, 2022
deb-get is a new open source, command-line tool for Debian-based Linux distros that lets you install software like Google Chrome, Jellyfin, or Dropbox that uses third-party repositories and may not be available using apt-get. https://t.co/YuK5wsBWcV
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) May 5, 2022
ZTE Axon 40 Pro and Axon 40 Ultra specs leaked by TENAA: OLED displays, Snapdragon 870 & 8 Gen 1 chips, up to 16GB RAM, 4900 mAh batteries, and a bunch of cameras. https://t.co/h8xFt2g5gU
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) May 5, 2022
Mass production of the F(x)tec Pro1-X smartphone with a qwerty Keyboard is set to begin next week and shipping will begin by the end of May. Stock Android, LineageOS, and Ubuntu Touch are supported. https://t.co/AzcpZAPbZ4
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) May 5, 2022
Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Twitter and Facebook and follow @LinuxSmartphone on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news on open source mobile phones.
Also, the Pro1-X looks amazing and is just the type of phone I want! Nice to see they have reached shipping status!
Maybe I’m missing something, but what is the point of streaming Fortnite? It’s already free and available for all platforms, right? Most modern phones should be able to play it, and so can other portables like the Nintendo Switch. So why play it with input lag, lower image quality and larger data use due to streaming instead of just playing the native version?
The thing is, it isn’t available on all platforms. Due to the ongoing issue with apple over payment systems, you can’t get the game from the Apple app store.
So this is basically Microsoft trying to take advantage of the situation and convert some iPhone users to Microsoft services.
At least as far as I can tell, anyway.
I like the Ryzen 3 5125C. I would think that more than 2cores/4threads would be a waste on a Chromebook. I would be curious to see the die size differences between the 2core and 4core. If it is less than 10%, the 4core would be the sweet spot.
The 15W number is maximum. I would be interested to see the typical power profiles… I would expect them to be significantly lower than Intel’s equivalent performance SOCs.