It looks like GPU tweaking software is coming to smartphones. Xiaomi and Qualcomm appear to have developed an app called Game Turbo which will let users adjust GPU settings to optimize for performance, picture quality, or frame rates, among other things. Neither company has made an official announcement yet, but Ice Universe has shared a few […]
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Chinese CPU maker Zhaoxin is adding discrete GPUs to its lineup
Chinese chip maker Zhaoxin has been producing x86 computer processors for the past few years, and now the company is looking to expand into the graphics processor space. As noted by CnTechPost, Zhaoxin released a video recently that included a peek at the company’s product roadmap, which includes a “standalone GPU.” The upcoming graphics processor […]
Lilbits 6-18-2020: Maybe Chrome will be less of a memory hog
Google’s Chrome web browser is fast, versatile, and… a bit of a resource hog. But that could be about to change for Windows users. Microsoft announced that the Windows 10 May 2020 Update includes a change that could allow the Edge web browser to reduce memory consumption by as much as 27-percent. And the folks […]
Razer Blade 15 laptop is now available for play or work (with new Studio Edition mobile workstation config)
Gaming company Razer refreshed its Razer Blade 15 gaming laptop in April, bringing support for up to an Intel Core i7-10875H processor, up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q graphics, and up to a 300 Hz display. Now Razer has launched a new Razer Blade 15 Studio Edition laptop designed for mobile workstation use for folks […]
ARM’s next-gen chip designs to boost efficiency, sustained performance (Cortex-A78 CPU, Mali-G78 GPU, and more)
5 Comments on ARM’s next-gen chip designs to boost efficiency, sustained performance (Cortex-A78 CPU, Mali-G78 GPU, and more) ARM is introducing a series of new chip designs for the coming year that the company says will bring stronger CPU, graphics, and AI performance and reduced power consumption. The new ARM Cortex-A78 CPU, Mali-G78 and GMali-G68 GPU, and Ethos-N78 neural processing unit are likely to show up in devices shipping next year, if not […]
Lilbits 401: Killer networking
Intel has acquired Rivet Networks, the company behind the Killer WiFi and Ethernet line of networking hardware. As AnandTech notes, the two companies had been working closely together in recent years, making the move somewhat unsurprising. In other Intel news, some leaked benchmarks paint a promising picture of the company’s upcoming Tiger Lake processors with […]
NVIDIA launches Ampere GPU architecture (coming first to data centers)
NVIDIA may be best known to the general public (or at least the geeky set of the general public) for its PC graphics cards used for gaming, content creation, and cryptocurrency mining, among other things. But the first products based on the company’s new Ampere technology will be high-performance (and high-price) solutions aimed at products for […]
NVIDIA launches RTX SUPER graphics for high-end gaming and studio laptops
NVIDIA is refreshing its laptop graphics lineup with new solutions that the company says will bring better performance, improved efficiency, and a few new features to gaming laptops and “RTX Studio” laptops designed for content creation. The new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER and RTX 2080 SUPER GPUs will most likely be paired with Intel’s […]
NVIDIA gives entry-level laptop graphics a slight spec bump with MX330 and MX350
NVIDIA has quietly added two new entry-level laptop graphics solutions to its lineup. The new NVIDIA GeForce MX330 and GeForce MX350 solutions should offer a slight spec bump over last year’s MX200-series graphics. But don’t expect huge improvements — the new GPUs are based on NVIDIA’s Pascal architecture which was first released in 2016 rather […]
Chromebooks with discrete graphics could be on the way
While many Chromebooks are still basically small, cheap laptops with a browser-based operating system, we’ve seen a growing number of mid-range and premium models in recent years with the kind of processors, displays, RAM, and other specs you’d expect from a decent Windows notebook. One thing we haven’t seen yet? A Chromebook with discrete graphics. […]