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Acer Aspire Go 14 inch laptops coming in March for $250 and up

Acer was one of the first PC makers to launch budget laptops powered by AMD’s Mendocino chips, and also among the first to launch Intel Alder Lake-N laptops. Now Acer is bringing those laptops together under a single name. The new Acer Aspire GO 14 is a budget laptop that comes with a choice of Intel […]

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Asus Chromebook 14 with Ryzen 3 7320C “Mendocino” chip now available

The Asus Chromebook 14 (CM3401) is a laptop with a 14 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, an AMD Ryzen 3 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage, which puts it squarely into mid-range Chromebook territory. What helps set it apart from most other mid-range Chromebooks though, is the processor. It’s one of the […]

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Asus Chromebook CM34 Flip supports up to a Ryzen 5 7520C Mendocino processor

The Asus Chromebook CM34 Flip (CM3401) is a convertible Chrome OS laptop with a 14 inch touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, and support for optional features including a fingerprint sensor and stylus that fits into a “garage” in the side of the computer. It’s also got rather premium specs by Chromebook standards, including support for up […]

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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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AYA Neo Air Plus handheld gaming PC with Intel or AMD chips for $549 and up (ships in June, costs more than expected)

The AYA Neo Air Plus is a handheld gaming PC with a 6 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel IPS LCD touchscreen display, built-in game controllers with hall sensors and hall trigger buttons, stereo speakers, dual microphones, and four different processor options including Intel Alder Lake, AMD Mendocino, and AMD Rembrandt chips. When AYA first announced plans for […]

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AYA Neo Air Plus launches February 28th (handheld gaming PC with AMD Rembrandt, Mendocino or Intel Alder Lake-U)

The AYA Neo Air Plus is a handheld gaming PC with a 6 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel IPS LCD display, built-in game controllers, and a choice of Intel or AMD processors. While most of AYA’s handhelds released in the past year or so have taken aim at Valve’s Steam deck by promising better performance […]

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HP launches AMD Mendocino-powered laptops for $330 and up

HP has quietly begun selling budget laptops powered by AMD Mendocino processors. These are AMD Athlon and Ryzen-branded chips that combine Zen 2 CPU cores with Radeon 610M integrated graphics featuring two RDNA 2 GPU cores. Designed to bring decent performance to low-cost laptops, the chips are also powering notebooks from Acer, Asus, and Lenovo. […]

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Asus unveils AMD Mendocino-powered Vivobook Go 14 and Vivobook Go 15 OLED laptops

Asus has introduced two laptops to its Vivobook Go line of budget and mid-range notebooks. The new Asus Vivobook Go 14 (E1404F) is a notebook with a 14 inch LCD display, while the Asus Vivobook Go 15 OLED (E1504F) sports a 15.6 inch OLED display. Both laptops are powered by up to a 15-watt AMD Ryzen […]

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Acer Aspire 3 review: An affordable laptop with an AMD “Mendocino” processor

The Acer Aspire 3 (A315-24P-R758B) is a budget laptop that shows you don’t need to spend an arm and a leg to get decent performance… as long as you temper your expectations. The notebook offers an interesting value proposition: pay $400 and you get a 4 pound notebook with a 15.6 inch full HD display, 8GB of LPDDR5 […]

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AMD Ryzen 7000 Mobile chips offer up to 16 Zen 4 CPU cores, RDNA 3 graphics

AMD’s 2023 mobile processor lineup is… complicated. At the high end, the company is introducing its most powerful laptop processors to date, with up to 16 Zen 4 CPU cores, 32 threads, and RDNA 3 integrated graphics. But not all of this year’s new chips offer those features. Some models will feature older CPU or graphics […]