ARM has unveiled new CPU and GPU designs that the company says will bring better performance to next-gen smartphones, tablets and laptops while. The new designs are also more energy efficient, which could lead to longer battery life… or at least better performance without taking a bigger toll on battery life. The ARM Total Compute […]
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AMD brings Ryzen 7020C “Mendocino” chips to Chromebooks
AMD’s Athlon and Ryzen 7020 series processors are budget chips that pair up to four Zen 2 CPU cores with two RDNA 2 graphics cores, delivering surprisingly decent performance at a low price point. So after making their debut in Windows laptops and handhelds, it’s unsurprising to see AMD expanding its Mendocino processor lineup with […]
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AMD to adopt hybrid architecture for upcoming chips
AMD’s Ryzen processors have made a big splash in the desktop and mobile PC space in recent years. Some of the company’s latest mobile chips, for example, offer speedy CPU performance, high core counts, a built-in AI accelerator, and integrated graphics that’s competitive with an entry-level discrete GPU. So what’s next for AMD’s Ryzen processor […]
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Oppo shuts down its chip design subsidiary
Chinese smartphone maker Oppo began designing its own processors a few years ago in an effort to establish more control over the hardware that powers its devices. Now the company has shut down the subsidiary that was responsible for designing those chips, according to reports from the South China Morning Post and Bloomberg. The subsidiary […]
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Lilbits: Ubuntu on the VisionFive 2 RISC-V single-board PC, mini PCs with Ryzen 7040HS, and Google’s new Find My Network
6 Comments on Lilbits: Ubuntu on the VisionFive 2 RISC-V single-board PC, mini PCs with Ryzen 7040HS, and Google’s new Find My NetworkHere’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web. Canonical enables Ubuntu on StarFive’s VisionFive 2 RISC-V single board computer [Canonical] Canonical brings support for Ubuntu 23.04 to the StarFive VisionFive 2, a single-board PC with a 1.5 GHz quad-core JH7110 RISC-V processor with SiFive U74 CPU cores and Imagination BXE-4-32 MC1 graphics. […]
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AMD’s Ryzen Z1 chips are designed for handheld game consoles
When Asus revealed its upcoming ROG Ally handheld game console, the company said that it would feature a custom AMD processor designed for the compact gaming device. Now AMD has confirmed that it’s developed new chips for handheld gaming computers. But it turns out that while the ROG Ally will be the first device to ship […]
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AMD Ryzen Mobile 7040U chips are coming to thin and light laptops (Zen 4 and RDNA 3)
AMD is fleshing out its Ryzen 7000 mobile processor family with the introduction of its new Ryzen Mobile 7040U processor family. With support for up to 8 Zen 4 CPU cores and integrated graphics with up to 12 RDNA 3 compute units, the new chips look a lot like the Ryzen 7040HS chips that the […]
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PC chip names are a confusing mess
Over the weekend folks noticed an unusual processor name in the online database for an Ashes of the Singularity benchmark. The chip is an “Intel Core Ultra 5 1003H” processor, which is described as an 18-core chip with integrated graphics. It’s unclear if this name is real or not (there’s some evidence that it could […]
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Mini PCs with Ryzen 9 7940H chips are on the way
AMD’s Ryzen 9 7940H processor is an 8-core, 16-thread chip with Zen 4 CPU cores, support for speeds up to 5.2 GHz and AMD Radeon 780M integrated graphics with 12 RDNA 3 compute units. It’s basically Chinese version of the Ryzen 9 7940HS that was introduced for global markets earlier this year. And it looks […]
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Samsung and AMD extend deal to bring “console-level graphics” to mobile devices
Samsung plans to use AMD graphics architecture in next-gen Exynos chips for smartphones, tablets, or other mobile devices. The two companies first announced a licensing deal in 2019 and released the first Samsung Exynos chip with an AMD GPU in 2022. So far that chip is the only Samsung processor to feature AMD graphics. But Samsung […]