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In what appears to be a mistake or a jump of the gun by ASUS, they have seemingly published a list of specifications for one of its key notebooks that all but allude to the next generation of AMD's mobile processors. While we saw AMD toy with a new nomenclature for their Phoenix silicon (Ryzen 7040 series), it seems as though AMD is once again changing things around where their naming scheme for processors is concerned. The ASUS listing, which has now since been deleted, but as of writing is still available through Google's cache, highlights a model that is already in existence, the VivoBook S 16 OLED (M5606), but is listed with an unknown AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor. Which, based on...
Google Teases Pixel 4a (5G) and Pixel 5 Later This Year
Alongside the launch of the Pixel 4a today, Google has made a mention that it’ll be launching the Pixel 4a (5G) later this year at a price point of...
18 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/3/2020
Google Announces Pixel 4a - A $349 Value
Today Google is announcing its 2020 successor to its budget/mid-range line of phones in the form of the new Pixel 4a. Awaited since several months now, but seemingly delayed...
154 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/3/2020
Qualcomm Announces Quick Charge 5 with SMB1396/SMB1398: PD-PPS Up to 100W
Today Qualcomm is announcing a new commercial fast charging solution in the form of Quick Charge 5, taking advantage of the latest technology developments in charging circuits and leveraging...
36 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/27/2020
The Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro Review - A Solid Overall Value
Amongst the many flagship devices released in this first half of the year, one often overlooked device was Xiaomi’s Mi 10 series. The company’s leading Snapdragon 865 phones were...
45 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/23/2020
ASUS Announces ROG Phone III - 144Hz S865+ Monster
Today ASUS is announcing its newest flagship gaming-oriented phone, the ROG Phone III. A direct successor to the quite well received ROG Phone II from last year, the company...
65 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/22/2020
OnePlus Announces Nord - Snapdragon 765 at 399€
Today OnePlus is announcing its latest smartphone, the new OnePlus Nord. The Nord is a special device for the company as it’s the first time since its inception that...
62 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/21/2020
The LG V60 and VELVET Review: A Classic & A Design Restart
It’s been a few months since LG has released the LG V60, and since then the company has also finally managed to launch the new Velvet phone to western...
82 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/15/2020
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 865+: Breaking the 3GHz Threshold
Today Qualcomm is announcing an update to its extremely successful Snapdragon 865 SoC: the new Snapdragon 865+. The Snapdragon 865 had already seen tremendous success with over 140 different...
88 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/8/2020
Samsung Lets Note20+/Ultra Design Slip
We still haven’t had any official announcements from Samsung regarding the Note20 series as of yet, expecting the company to only reveal the new phone series sometime in early...
54 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/1/2020
The OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro Review: Becoming The Flagship
It’s been a couple of months since OnePlus released the new OnePlus 8 & OnePlus 8 Pro, and both devices have received plenty of software updates improving the device’s...
92 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/29/2020
Mobile Flagship Phone Camera Overview 2020 H1: Still Picture Battle
When today you’re picking a flagship smartphone, you generally get more or less the same fundamental formula no matter the vendor you chose. It’s a glass slab with a...
130 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/18/2020
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 690: 5G & A77 In The Mid-Range
Today Qualcomm is extending its 5G SoC portfolio down to the Snapdragon 600-series, introducing the new Snapdragon 690 platform and chip. The new design is a more significant upgrade...
24 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/16/2020
AMD Announces Radeon Pro 5600M Navi GPU with HBM2 - Inside Apple's MacBook Pro 16"
Today AMD has officially announced one of the long rumoured missing Navi parts in the form of the new Radeon Pro 5600M mobile GPU, seeing the Navi 12 design...
68 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/15/2020
Lion Semi: How High-Efficiency ICs Enable Fast-Charging
The last few years have seen quite a large shift in the mobile market as smartphone vendors have engaged in a literal arms-race aiming for the fastest charging phones...
58 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/8/2020
Airy3D's DepthIQ: A Cheap Camera Depth Sensing Solution
Over the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of new technologies in the mobile market trying to address the problem of attempting to gather depth information with a...
18 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/4/2020
ISCA 2020: Evolution of the Samsung Exynos CPU Microarchitecture
ISCA, the International Symposium for Computer Architecture is an IEEE conference that usually we don’t tend to hear from all that often in the public. The main reason for...
52 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/3/2020
Arm's New Cortex-A78 and Cortex-X1 Microarchitectures: An Efficiency and Performance Divergence
2019 was a great year for Arm. On the mobile side of things one could say it was business as usual, as the company continued to see successes with...
192 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/26/2020
Samsung Announces New 50MP Dual-Pixel and Quad-Bayer ISOCELL Sensor
Samsung today has announced a brand-new flagship sensor in the form of the ISOCELL GN1. The new sensor is seemingly a follow-up to the 108MP ISOCELL HMX and HM1...
69 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/19/2020
MediaTek Announces Dimensity 820 Mid-Range SoC With More Performance
Today MediaTek is announcing a refresh of the Dimensity 800 mid-range SoC – a new 5G chipset that had only been announced earlier this year at CES. The newer...
9 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/18/2020
POCO Announces New POCO F2 Pro - An Affordable Flagship
Today we’re seeing the return of the flagship killer – although this isn’t OnePlus we’re talking about, but rather then new POCO F2 Pro. It’s the successor to the...
36 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/12/2020
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