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Lilbits: Intel Arc 750 GPU preview, Steam Deck replacement fans and batteries now available, and Amazon Prime Air drone delivery expands to Texas

by Brad Linder 1 Comment on Lilbits: Intel Arc 750 GPU preview, Steam Deck replacement fans and batteries now available, and Amazon Prime Air drone delivery expands to Texas

After launching a very limited trial in California last month, Amazon is expanding its delivery-by-drone service to residents of a city in Texas where more than 100 thousand people live. Intel has provided a performance preview of its upcoming Intel Arc A750 desktop GPU, claiming it can outperform NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3060. Meanwhile the chip maker […]

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Lilbits: Your next Android phone could have ads on the lock screen, MacBook Air with M2 is almost here, and the GPU shortage is over (for now)

by Brad Linder 4 Comments on Lilbits: Your next Android phone could have ads on the lock screen, MacBook Air with M2 is almost here, and the GPU shortage is over (for now)

For the past few years it’s been hard to get your hands on a current-gen desktop graphics card without paying well above the asking price due to a combination of factors including supply chain shortages and growing demand from cryptocurrency miners. But prices have fallen recently and it’s easier to find cards in stock… just […]

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ARM’s new GPUs bring better performance, efficiency, and support for ray-tracing

by Brad Linder Comments Off on ARM’s new GPUs bring better performance, efficiency, and support for ray-tracing

ARM’s next-gen graphics solutions include two new Mali GPUs for premium devices and a brand new Immortalis-branded GPU that the company says is designed for flagship-class devices. With support for hardware-based ray-tracing, the first Immortalis GPU is the Immortalis-G715, which ARM says also delivers 15% better performance, 15% better efficiency, and twice the AI performance […]

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AMD says RDNA 3 graphics will bring a 50% increase in performance per watt

by Brad Linder 6 Comments on AMD says RDNA 3 graphics will bring a 506 increase in performance per watt

AMD says its first graphics products based on RDNA 3 GPU architecture will debut later this year when the first Navi 3X GPUs arrive. And next year we’ll see the first mobile chips with RDNA 3 graphics baked in, when AMD launches its Phoenix Point processors that pair Zen 4 CPU cores with the company’s […]

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MINISFORUM Neptune HX90G is a compact desktop with AMD Radeon RX 6650M discrete graphics

by Brad Linder 2 Comments on MINISFORUM Neptune HX90G is a compact desktop with AMD Radeon RX 6650M discrete graphics

MINISFORUM has been making small form-factor desktop computers for a few years at this point, but the company has recently started cranking up the horsepower, first by launching models with high-performance processors, and more recently introducing mini PCs with support for discrete graphics, although the first MINISFORUM PC with that option requires an external graphics […]

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A gaming laptop with Intel Arc A730M graphics is up for pre-order in China

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The first laptops with Intel Arc 3 discrete graphics began shipping earlier this year, although notebooks with Intel’s entry-level GPU still aren’t exactly common. Even less common? Notebooks with Intel’s higher-performance Arc 5 and Arc 7 discrete GPUs. The chip maker said we’d have to wait until this summer for those models to arrive. But […]

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Lilbits: Intel Arc desktop GPU specs revealed (maybe), the smallest, worst HDMI display, and AYN Odin Lite handheld gaming device could ship soon

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Lilbits: Intel Arc desktop GPU specs revealed (maybe), the smallest, worst HDMI display, and AYN Odin Lite handheld gaming device could ship soon

The makers of the AYN Odin began shipping versions of the handheld game console with a 6 inch display, Android 10 software, and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor to backers of a crowdfunding campaign in January. But the entry-level AYN Odin Lite with a MediaTek Dimensity 900 processor and Android 11 software has taken a […]

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Intel launches Arc A-Series graphics for laptops, with emphasis on gaming, content creation and media

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Intel has made big strides in bringing better integrated graphics performance to laptops in recent years, but now the company is taking a step into discrete graphics with the launch of its first Intel Arc A-Series mobile GPUs. The company says its Arc GPUs bring significant boost in gaming, content creation, and media playback over […]

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Lilbits: /e/OS (de-Googled Android) turns five this year and NVIDIA unveils Hooper GPU architecture (for servers first).

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Lilbits: /e/OS (de-Googled Android) turns five this year and NVIDIA unveils Hooper GPU architecture (for servers first).

It’s been more than four years since developer Gaël Duval announced plans to develop a fork of Google’s Android operating system that would strip away Google apps and services to make a more privacy-centric mobile operating system. Since then, /e/OS has come a long way. You can even buy phones that come with the software […]

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NVIDIA launches seven new Ampere GPUs for content creators

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NVIDIA’s new 144-core “Superchip” is set to ship next year, and the company’s new H100 graphics accelerator featuring next-gen “Hopper” GPU architecture is coming later in 2022. Both of those products are designed for servers. But NVIDIA kicked of this year’s GTC by introducing seven new GPUs for professional laptop and desktop computers. The new […]