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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lilbits 364: A tiny AMD Ryzen PC
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 […]
GPD Win Max will be an AMD Ryzen-powered handheld gaming PC
The GPD Win Max is a new handheld gaming PC from the company that made the GPD Win and GPD Pocket line of devices. That’s about all GPD has confirmed so far. But a new set of leaked images of the computer’s insides tell us a lot about the upcoming device. It’ll be powered by […]
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 line of 14nm, dual-core chips
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 […]
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 […]
AMD launches 2nd-gen Ryzen Pro and Athlon Pro mobile chips
AMD updated its line of laptop-class processors earlier this year with the launch of its 2nd-gen Ryzen Mobile family and the first set of entry-level Athlon mobile chips. But those were chips aimed at consumer laptops. Now AMD is taking aim at the business and enterprise market with Athlon Pro and 2nd-gen Ryzen Pro mobile […]
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 […]