The Intel Hades Canyon NUC was a short-lived computer designed to offer gaming-class hardware in a tiny desktop computer. It was powered by a similarly short-lived Intel Kaby Lake-G processor, which combined an 8th-gen Intel Core CPU with AMD Radeon Vega graphics. When the Hades Canyon NUC was released in 2018 for $799 and up, […]
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Lilbits: New Surface hardware, and more on what Windows 11 will and won’t run on
Microsoft is has announced it’ll hold an event on September 22 to show off “what’s next” from the company, and it’s widely expected to be a hardware event. Maybe that means the Surface Duo 2 will become official. Maybe it’s time for the company to update its Surface Book 2-in-1 laptop. An updated Surface tablet […]
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Intel discontinues Kaby Lake-G processors with AMD graphics
A few years ago Intel embarked on a strange journey in the effort to offer laptop-class processors with high-performance graphics: the Intel Kaby Lake-G line of chips paired an Intel processor with AMD Radeon Vega graphics. Now that journey has come to an end. Intel has announced that it’s discontinuing its entire Kaby Lake G […]
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Acer Aspire 7 laptop with Kaby Lake G (Intel CPU and AMD graphics) coming soon
Remember Kaby Lake G? That’s Intel’s line of 8th-gen Intel chips with integrated AMD Radeon graphics. Intel unveiled the processor line in early 2018, introduced a new mini gaming PC powered by Kaby Lake G chips, and then Dell and HP released a few laptops with the processors. And… then Kaby Lake G sort of […]
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Acer unveils a 3.3 pound, 15.6 inch laptop with Kaby Lake-G
The new Acer Aspire 7 is a laptop with a fairly big screen, a fairly small body, and more processing power than you’d expect from a laptop this size. Acer says the upcoming laptop measures just about 0.67 inches thick and weighs just about 3.3 pounds. But this 15.6 inch laptop supports up to a […]
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Chuwi HiGame mini PC with Kaby Lake-G hits Indiegogo for $899 and up
The Chuwi HiGame mini is a compact gaming desktop with an Intel Kaby Lake-G processor and AMD Radeon Vega M graphics. Measuring just 6.8″ x 6.2″ x 2.9″, the HiGame is smaller than an Xbox One or PlayStation 4, but it’s a full-fledged desktop computer capable of handling virtual reality and/or multiple 4K displays. It’s […]
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Chromebook “Kidd” with Intel Kaby Lake-G on the way (AMD graphics)
Chromebooks aren’t just cheap laptops with Google’s Chrome OS software anymore. There’s a wide range of Chrome OS devices these days, including entry-level and premium devices, and new form factors including tablets. But one thing we haven’t seen yet is a Chromebook with AMD or NVIDIA graphics. But that could change soon. Xda-developers spotted a […]
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Emdoor unveils Kaby Lake-G gaming laptop and mini PC
Chinese device manufacturer Emdoor has unveiled several new designs for computers featuring Intel’s Kaby Lake-G processor with AMD Radeon graphics. The EM-B14KG is a compact desktop computer designed for gaming. It basically looks like a slightly larger, rounder version of Intel’s Hades Canyon NUC. The EM-NM14KG, meanwhile, is a 14 inch laptop with similar specs […]
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Beelink introduces mini PCs with Gemini Lake, Kaby Lake-G processors
Last week Alfawise introduced a new mini-desktop computer with support for Intel Gemini Lake low-power processors and a design that’s more than a little reminiscent of last year’s Beelink S1 with an Intel Apollo Lake processor. So what’s next from Beelink? An updated model with a new design and a Gemini Lake CPU, obviously. But […]
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Chuwi HiGame mini PC packs a Kaby Lake-G CPU with AMD graphics (crowdfunding)
Chinese device maker Chuwi’s next mini desktop computer is designed at gamers… or at least at gamers who don’t have a lot of room for a big gaming rig. It’s called the Chuwi HiGame, and it’s a computer that measures about 6.8″ x 6.2″ x 2.9″ while packing an Intel Core i5-8305G quad-core processor with […]
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Intel and AMD’s team-up for laptop graphics could give NVIDIA a run for the money (review roundup)
6 Comments on Intel and AMD’s team-up for laptop graphics could give NVIDIA a run for the money (review roundup)Intel’s integrated graphics processors have gotten a lot better in recent years. Most recently Intel chips have no trouble handling 4K videos and you can even do some light gaming on a modern PC with Intel graphics. But the company’s newest chips bring something more to the tablet: discrete-class graphics courtesy of AMD. The 65 […]
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Dell XPS 15 convertible with Kaby Lake-G now available (Intel CPU with AMD graphics)
The new Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 is a notebook with a 15.6 inch display, a 360-degree hinge for using the computer in tablet mode, and support for pen or finger input. But what really makes the Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 unusual is that it’s one of the first computers to ship with an Intel Kaby […]