Amazon has been using a fork of Android called Fire OS to power its Fire tablets, Fire TV devices, and smart screens for years. But we recently learned that the company is developing its own operating system, code-named Vega, which could eventually replace Android on some or all of those devices. Well, surprise! It turns […]
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Amazon’s Fire OS for Smart TVs and tablets may drop Android for a new Linux-based OS
Amazon Fire TV and Fire tablet devices ship with an operating system called Fire OS. And for more than a decade, that operating system has been a fork of Android. But according to a report from Janko Roettgers, Amazon is looking to change that by developing its own operating system in-house. The new operating system […]
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AMD launches low-cost Athlon desktop chips with Zen CPU cores and Vega graphics
AMD is expanding its desktop processor lineup with a new set of low-cost, low-power processors. The new Athlon 200GE, Athlon 220GE, and Athlon 240GE are based on the same Zen architecture as AMD’s more powerful Ryzen CPUs. But these are budget chips with prices starting at $55 for an entry-level model. The chips also have […]
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AMD’s first 7nm GPU coming this year, 7nm CPU in 2019
Intel may be struggling to start producing 10nm processors, but rival AMD is already getting ready to launch its first 7nm chips. During the company’s Computex press conference, AMD demonstrated an upcoming graphics processor based on Vega architecture and manufactured using a 7nm process. The company hardware partners are already testing samples, and the new […]
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AMD launches 35W Ryzen 2200GE and Ryzen 5 2400GE chips with Vega graphics
The first Ryzen processors AMD launched for desktop computers last year were just CPUs. If you wanted a graphics processor then you needed to buy a separate graphics card.Eventually the company started offering some Ryzen chips with Radeon Vega graphics built-in, first for laptops, and then for desktops.Now the company is expanding its desktop chip […]
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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 reveals specs for Ryzen desktop chips with Radeon graphics
AMD’s first desktop PC chips with Zen architecture and integrated Radeon graphics are coming soon and AMD revealed a few details earlier this month. Now the company is providing more specs for the upcoming Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G processors, which should hit the streets in a few months for about $99 and […]
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AMD Ryzen 35W and 65W laptop chips on the way
AMD’s first Ryzen Mobile chips aimed at laptops are 15 watt quad-core processors like the Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 7 2700U. They’re designed to compete with Intel’s mainstream laptop chips like the Core i5-8250U and Core i7-8550U. But what about chips for higher performance laptops for users who value raw horsepower over long battery […]
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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 […]
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AMD unveils Vega: next-gen graphics architecture
AMD’s new Ryzen CPUs are coming this year. But the company is also getting ready to launch the biggest update to its GPU architecture in half a decade. The new AMD Vega graphics architecture brings higher throughput, support for higher clock speeds, and a new way of handling RAM that will basically give AMD’s new […]