Microsoft plans to continue supporting Windows 10 through 2025, after which the company expects users to move to Windows 11 (or Windows 12, if you believe the rumors). But if you have an older PC, you might not be able to upgrade the operating system due to stricter system requirements for Windows 11. And that […]
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Emdoor shows off an 8 inch handheld gaming PC with an Intel Meteor Lake-H processor and Arc 5 integrated graphics
Chinese device maker Emdoor, which is probably best known these days for its rugged tablets, showed off something a little different at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair this week: the company’s first handheld gaming PC. Notebook Italia got a look at the upcoming handheld, and while it looks a lot like many other models we’ve […]
Lilbits: Fitbit 6, an “iPhone for AI,” Steam on Chromebooks, and Intel Meteor Lake is mobile-only
Intel plans to launch its 14th-gen processors based on “Meteor Lake” architecture in December, and they’re expected to be the first chips manufactured using the company’s new Intel 4 process, the first Intel consumer chips with an NPU (neural processing unit) for hardware-accelerated AI, and the first to be sold under the new Intel Core […]
Intel Meteor Lake mobile processors launch Dec 14 with integrated NPU and a new naming scheme (Intel Core Ultra)
Intel’s Meteor Lake chips will be the company’s first processors with an integrated neural processing unit for hardware-accelerated AI features. They’ll also be the first manufactured using the company’s new Intel 4 process (which is, somewhat confusingly, a 7nm process). And they’ll be the first chips to sport Intel’s new naming convention. When the new […]
Intel Meteor Lake chips could support on-package LPDDR5X memory
Intel’s upcoming Meteor Lake processors will be the company’s first chips manufactured using a new Intel 4 process, which the company says will bring improvements in performance and efficiency. They’ll also be the company’s first chips to use tiled architecture that separates key components like the CPU, GPU, and other parts into a series of […]
Lilbits: Intel’s next-gen chips leaked, Libre Computer’s new single-board PC, and the GPD Win Mini is hot (literally)
Six years after launching the Le Potato single-board computer, Libre Computer is back with a new model called the Sweet Potato. And it’s… not all that new. The updated computer has the same basic design as the original, the same Amlogic S905X quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor, the same Raspberry Pi-compatible 40-pin GPIO headers, and almost the same […]
Intel Meteor Lake chips will drop the i branding and add an Ultra tier
Intel’s 14th generation Meteor Lake processors are on the way soon and they’ll arrive with some significant branding changes. The biggest: Intel will drop the i that has been part of its Core chip naming scheme for the last 15 years. Meteor Lake processors will arrive as Intel Core 3, 5, and 7. Higher-performance chips […]
Asus ExpertCenter PN65 mini PC on the way with 28-watt Intel Meteor Lake processor
Intel hasn’t officially launched its 14th-gen “Meteor Lake” processor lineup yet, but we’re already starting to see computers powered by the next-gen chips. MSI showed off a laptop with a Meteor Lake processor at Computex this week. And Asus included a Meteor Lake Mini PC in a recent product brochure. The upcoming Asus ExpertCenter PN65 […]
MSI Prestige 16 (2023) is a 3.3 pound laptop with a big screen, discrete graphics
MSI is showcasing some of its upcoming laptops, desktops, and other products at the Computex trade show in Taiwan this week, and one eye-catching new computer from the company is the latest MSI Prestige 16. It’s a notebook with a roomy 16 inch display and powerful hardware, including NVIDIA GeForce 40 series graphics and what’s probably […]
Intel’s 14th-gen “Meteor Lake” chips will have a dedicated VPU (vision processing unit) for AI acceleration
Chip makers have been designing chips that incorporate both a CPU and GPU for decades at this point. But we’re increasingly seeing companies add other dedicated features, and as the tech world looks toward AI as the next big thing, it’s unsurprising to see that Intel is putting a dedicated AI accelerator into its next-gen […]