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Simply NUC’s Sequoia is a tiny Ryzen-powered PC (for $689 and up)

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Intel may own the term “NUC” as used to describe a type of small form-factor desktop computer. But the company doesn’t have a monopoly on small, square mini-desktops. Over the years we’ve seen a number of NUC-like mini PCs with AMD processors. But now a company that’s best known for selling NUCs is getting in […]

Smach Z handheld gaming PC will support up to Radeon Vega 11 graphics

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After years of development, Smach finally started showing gameplay videos of the Smach Z handheld gaming PC last year, and began bringing working prototypes to trade shows this year. Last month YouTuber The Phawx started posting in-depth hands-on videos of a prototype he received from Smach. And now Smach is showing off the latest versions […]

Asus adds AMD Ryzen models to its ZenBook 14 laptop family

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Asus was one of the first companies to launch an “ultrabook” after Intel introduced the new product category in 2011. And while the ultrabook label has fallen out of fashion, every Asus ZenBook laptop released since then has been powered by an Intel chip… until recently. In May, Asus unveiled a ZenBook Flip 14 convertible […]

Asus launches ZenBook Flip 14 with AMD Ryzen

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The Asus ZenBook Flip 14 is a convertible notebook with a touchscreen display, a 360-degree, and support for a digital pen. Asus has been selling a models with Intel processors and optional NVIDIA graphics for a while. But now it looks like the company has quietly added an AMD Ryzen-powered model to the lineup. As […]

AMD’s 3rd-gen Ryzen desktop chips coming in July

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AMD is getting ready to ship its first Ryzen processors based on the new Zen 2 architecture, which the company says offers up to a 15 percent boost in instructions per clock, double the cache size, and twice the floating point performance. The first Zen 2 chips will be AMD’s 3rd-gen Ryzen processors for desktops, […]

Acer launches Swift 3 and Nitro 5 laptops with AMD Ryzen processors

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Acer is updating its Swift 3 thin and light 14 inch laptop with a new model sporting an AMD Ryzen 7 3700U processor and optional support for AMD Radeon 540X discrete graphics. The notebook weighs 3.2 pounds, measures about 0.7 inches thick, and has an aluminum chassis, a fingerprint sensor, and a 180-degree hinge that […]



Ipason F-Migrate mini PC packs an AMD Ryzen R3 2200GE processor

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Tiny desktop computers with AMD Ryzen chips are starting to be a thing. Last month ASRock’s Ryzen-compatible DeskMini A300 began to ship. Now the folks at MiniMachines have spotted the first compact desktop to ship with an AMD Ryzen 3 2200GE processor. The Ipason F-Migrate is a 7.3″ x 7″ x 2.4″ desktop PC that […]

Lilbits 364: A tiny AMD Ryzen PC

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Small form-factor desktop computers have been around for ages, but we’ve seen a whole bunch of interesting models in recent years thanks to Intel’s NUC line of mini PCs and a whole slew of similarly-small models. What we don’t see a lot of are models with AMD processors. But that’s starting to change. In January […]

AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 line of 14nm, dual-core chips

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A little over a year after launching its first Ryzen Embedded processors, chip maker AMD is expanding the family. The new Ryzen Embedded R1000 chips are based on the same Zen architecture as last year’s V1000 series processors. But the company says they offer more bang for the buck for device makers looking for a […]