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

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, […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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Lilbits 358: Ryzen-powered “Zork” Chromebook on the way (if it’s not eaten by a grue)

Acer and HP unveiled the first Chromebooks powered by AMD processors this year and they’re… cheap laptops with cheap, low-power processors. If you’d been holding out for a Chromebook with a more powerful AMD Ryzen processor, it looks like you might not have to wait forever. Kevin Tofel from About Chromebooks spotted references in Chromium […]

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UDOO BOLT single-board PC with Ryzen Embedded starts shipping this week (crowdfunding)

AMD’s Ryzen Embedded line of processors are based on the same architecture as the Ryzen chips that power laptops and desktops. But they’re designed for embedded systems which generally means they can use less power and generate less heat than more powerful counterparts: AMD says Ryzen Embedded V1000 series chips (PDF) have TDP ratings ranging […]