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Intel’s new desktop GPUs won’t work in AMD systems

Intel launched its first Iris Xe desktop graphics cards yesterday, but you won’t see them appearing in AMD-powered systems. While Nvidia and AMD’s desktop GPUs typically work across a variety of Intel and AMD processors, Intel’s new desktop GPUs are a little more limited for now. “The Iris Xe discrete add-in card will be paired… Read more

Apple Patent May Hint at the Future of Its Chips: A Multi-Level Hybrid Memory Subsystem

Home News (Image credit: Apple) Apple has patented a hybrid memory subsystem that comprises at least two types of memory: a high-bandwidth low-density type of DRAM as well as a low-bandwidth high-density type of DRAM. The patent may provide a glimpse of how Apple sees the future of its system-on-chips. Naturally, the new patent will… Read more

ASRock Launches Jupiter X300: A 1-Liter AMD Ryzen 4000G Mini PC

Home News (Image credit: ASRock) ASRock has announced its new series of ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) PCs that combine small dimensions with performance of desktop APUs from AMD. ASRock’s Jupiter X300-series is only slightly larger the company’s Mars 4000U-series machines launched last November, but it clearly packs considerably more performance and features than its smaller brother. ASRock’s Jupiter X300 barebones PC… Read more

AMD Smashes Earnings Records, Chip Shortages To Last Until Second Half of 2021

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD reported its fourth-quarter 2020 and full-year results today, setting new records as it continues to whittle away market share from its archrival Intel despite the challenges associated with the pandemic and US-China trade war. AMD is making strides in all facets of its operation; CPU, GPU, data center, and… Read more

Philips introduces 9000 series – its first Mini LED TVs

Home News (Image credit: Philips) Not one to be left behind, Philips has introduced its own set of Mini LED TVs to arrive in the shops this year. The Philips 9000 series consists of two distinct lines, the Philips 9639 MiniLED TVs, which come with an integrated Bowers & Wilkins soundbar, and the Philips 9506… Read more

These are Intel’s first Iris Xe desktop GPUs

Intel is launching its first Iris Xe desktop graphics cards today. Originally codenamed “DG1,” these new desktop GPUs are primarily aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses and mainstream desktop PCs. Intel is teaming up with Asus and other partners to sell these cards to system integrators who will bundle them with prebuilt systems. Much like… Read more

AMD made a billion dollars more in Q4, and multiple billions in 2020

AMD is firing on all cylinders these days: it’s the guts of every modern PlayStation and Xbox, it has the desktop CPUs to beat, it’s nearly caught up to Nvidia in GPU performance (if not availability), and it’s about to challenge Intel in laptops as well — with its Ryzen 5000 mobile CPUs and RDNA… Read more

Study Reveals $5.88 Million in Ryzen 5000 CPU Scalping Sales

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Michael Driscoll, the creator of a script that scrapes sold items on eBay, has shared his latest market analysis on the Ryzen 5000 (codename Vermeer) scalping situation. Given their place on the top of our best CPUs and CPU benchmarks, it’s no surprise. Although pricing has stabilized over the past… Read more

Team Group Announces Worlds First DDR5 SO-DIMM Memory

Home News (Image credit: TeamGroup) Team Group has just made the world’s first DDR5 SO-DIMMs designed for mobile devices, with a frequency of 4800MHz. Team Group is ready to start memory validation of these DDR5 modules with Intel and AMD once both companies begin producing DDR5-supported processors and motherboards. DDR5 will be the next generation… Read more

Intel Shows Off Monstrous Xe HPC GPU Die Shot

Home News (Image credit: Intel) We’ve known about Intel Xe Graphics for ages, and the integrated Xe LP variant has been shipping in Tiger Lake laptops since last fall. Raja Koduri, Intel’s senior VP of Architecture, Graphics, and Software, has tweeted various images of Xe HP chips in the past. Today, he posted a die… Read more

AMD Nashira Summit GPU Spotted, Possibly RDNA3 with a Multi-Chip Design

Home News (Image credit: AMD) A new AMD GPU codenamed Nashira Summit has just been spotted and benchmarked in Ashes of the Singularity. Not much is known about Nashira Summit, but we suspect it could be a mid-range RDNA2 product, or quite possibly RDNA3. At the moment, there is very little detail about Nashira Summit… Read more

Intel’s Iris Xe DG1 GPUs Are Finally Coming to Desktops, But OEM Only

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel’s Xe Graphics has been out for a while now, in the form of 11th Gen Tiger Lake laptops, but the discrete variant (Iris Xe Max) has only been in a few notebooks. Now, Intel is finally releasing its Iris Xe for desktops, but they’re not what you would expect,… Read more

AMD Threadripper Pro Listed at $6,000 for 64 Cores, $3,000 for 32 Cores

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD recently announced that it’s Threadripper Pro processors will come to retail outlets, but the company hasn’t listed the official pricing yet. Seeing these chips come to retail outlets is a nice addition after they debuted for the first six months in uber-expensive pre-validated systems, like the Lenovo ThinkStation P620… Read more

AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile ‘Cezanne’ SoC Deep Dive: Zen 3 Powers Into Notebooks

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD whipped the covers off of its Ryzen 5000 ‘Cezanne’ mobile chips at CES 2021, but today marks the official launch and AMD has unveiled the deep-dive details of the SoC that brings the Zen 3 architecture to the notebook market for the first time. The new chips will power… Read more

Asus ROG Flow X13 review: a game-ready 2-in-1

The ROG Flow X13 and the XG Mobile deliver reasonable performance for quite a high price. A top-notch convertible with a pricey sidecar If I saw the Asus ROG Flow X13 in the wild, I would never guess it was a gaming laptop. It’s a 13.4-inch 2-in-1 convertible that’s just 2.9 pounds and .62 inches… Read more