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ASRock DeskMini A300 is a tiny desktop with AMD Ryzen support

ASRock’s newest small form-factor desktop is a computer that measures just 6.1″ x 6.1″ x 3.1″ and which has an AMD AM4 socket that supports Ryzen chips with up to 65 watt TDPs. What’s particularly interesting about the new ASRock DeskMini A300 is that in order to fit that chip into a computer this small, […]

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Maybe we’ll see AMD Chromebooks this year… or next year?

It’s been almost two years since evidence first showed up that computer makers and software developers were testing Chrome OS on hardware featuring AMD processors. Since then… nobody’s actually released an AMD-powered Chromebook. There are plenty of Chromebooks with Intel processors, and a handful with ARM-based chips from Rockchip or MediaTek. We may even see models […]

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AMD launches Ryzen processors with Radeon Vega graphics for $99 and up

When AMD launched its first Ryzen chips for desktop computers last year, the company was just focused on the CPU: if you wanted a GPU you needed to buy a separate graphics card. Then the company released its first all-in-one APU (accelerated processing unit) chips: the Ryzen Mobile laptop processors with integrated Radeon Vega graphics. […]

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AMD launches Ryzen Mobile chips for notebooks

As expected, AMD is expanding its Ryzen line of chips to include mobile processors aimed at notebook computers. Like their desktop counterparts, the new Ryzen Mobile chips feature AMD’s new Zen CPU architecture which brings a massive performance boost over earlier AMD chips. But unlike their desktop counterparts, the new AMD Ryzen 5 2500U and […]

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AMD Ryzen chips for laptops coming soon, HP spills (some of) the beans

AMD has released a whole range of Ryzen chips for desktops this year. Based on the company’s new Zen architecture, the processors offer a big performance boost over previous-generation AMD chips, while also offering energy efficiency improvements. The chip maker is also expected to launch its first Ryzen chips for laptops by the end of […]

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AMD Ryzen 5 2500U benchmarks hint that Ryzen is coming to laptops soon

AMD launched the first chips based on its new Zen architecture this year, and so far we’ve seen a whole bunch of options, ranging from entry-level Ryzen 3 processors to the company’s high-end Ryzen Threadripper chips with support for up to 16 CPU cores and 32 threads. But all of the Ryzen chips launched to […]

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AMD Ryzen Mobile chips (Raven Ridge) coming later this year

AMD’s first chips based on the company’s new Zen architecture are all designed for desktop computers. But if you’ve been wondering when the new chip technology would make its way to notebooks and convertible tablets, AMD has an answer: in the second half of 2017. More importantly, the company has revealed a little bit of […]

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AMD Ryzen chips coming in March, followed by Vega GPU in Q2, 2017

AMD’s new Ryzen chips will start shipping in early March, according to the CEO Lisa Su. She made the comments during the company’s quarterly earnings call this week, confirming that the company is on track to meet the promised “first quarter of 2017” ship date announced in December. The new line of processors are expected […]