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Back at Computex 2024, AMD unveiled their highly anticipated Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture during AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su's opening keynote. AMD announced not one but two new client platforms that will utilize the latest Zen 5 cores. This includes AMD's latest AI PC-focused chip family for the laptop market, the Ryzen AI 300 series. In comparison, the Ryzen 9000 series caters to the desktop market, which uses the preexisting AM5 platform. Built around the new Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture with some fundamental improvements to both graphics and AI performance, the Ryzen AI 300 series, code-named Strix Point, is set to deliver improvements in several areas. The Ryzen AI 300 series looks set to add another footnote in the march towards the AI PC with...
Samsung Announces 14nm FinFET for Exynos 7
While we've known about the existence of the Exynos 7420 for a while now, we didn't really know what to expect until recently. Today, it seems that Samsung is...
111 by Joshua Ho on 2/16/2015The Meizu MX4 Pro Review
Meizu has been one of the upcoming Chinese manufacturers that we haven't had the chance to really cover here at AnandTech. With the Meizu MX4Pro however, we have on...
70 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/16/2015LG Announces The LG Watch Urbane
LG doesn't seem intent on waiting for large industry events to announce their wearable products. Last year the company announced their LG G3 Stylus and the LG Watch R...
18 by Brandon Chester on 2/15/2015Understanding Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810: Performance Preview
While we can dance around the issue, it’s impossible to have any real discussion about Snapdragon 810 without addressing the flurry of rumors that have surrounded this SoC. There...
119 by Joshua Ho & Andrei Frumusanu on 2/12/2015ARM A53/A57/T760 investigated - Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Exynos Review
It's been a few months since Josh had the opportunity to review the Note 4. The defining characteristic is that this was the variant with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 805 SoC...
135 by Andrei Frumusanu & Ryan Smith on 2/10/2015Sony Announces the Xperia E4
Sony has two fairly well defined lines of smartphones. Their Xperia Z smartphones and tablets represent their flagship Android devices, while their Xperia E line targets a more budget...
8 by Brandon Chester on 2/10/2015China Fines Qualcomm $975 Million for Anti-trust Violations
Word comes out of China this evening that an ongoing anti-trust investigation into Qualcomm has come to an end. Ruling against Qualcomm, China’s National Development and Reform Commission has...
59 by Ryan Smith on 2/9/2015Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One (M7) Will Receive Lollipop Update Tomorrow
It appears that carriers in the United States are getting their Android update testing done in a timely manner for once. Yesterday we reported on the Android Lollipop update...
12 by Brandon Chester on 2/4/2015The Google Nexus 9 Review
For the past few years, we’ve seen Google place significant emphasis on price as a way of competing with other tablets on the market. The original Nexus 7 managed...
169 by Joshua Ho & Ryan Smith on 2/4/2015ARM Announces Cortex-A72, CCI-500, and Mali-T880
Today ARM is announcing three brand-new premium IP designs targeted at high-end mobile SoCs. We're still only starting to get widespread commercial availability of ARM's latest generation of SoCs...
49 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/3/2015Verizon Galaxy S5 Receiving Lollipop Update
After arriving in certain European countries not long ago, the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the Galaxy S5 has finally made its way to the United States. Oddly enough...
22 by Brandon Chester on 2/2/2015Google Announces Support For 40 Third-Party App Cards In Google Now
Google Now has always been good at giving you relevant information about things like transit, emails, stocks, sport scores, etc. But everything it displays is linked to a Google...
19 by Brandon Chester on 1/30/2015Microsoft Releases Finished Versions Of Office For Android
In early 2014, Microsoft released their Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications for the iPad. Launching their Office suite on platforms other than Windows was something that they had seemed...
30 by Brandon Chester on 1/29/2015Apple Announces April Ship Date for Apple Watch
Today Apple announced their earnings and sales for the holiday quarter of 2014. The company sold 74.5 million iPhones, and had strong earnings which were fueled by the newly...
22 by Brandon Chester on 1/27/2015Apple Releases iOS 8.1.3 With Bug Fixes and Reduced Storage Requirements
Today Apple sent out the newest version of iOS to all devices capable of running versions of iOS 8. This update brings iOS to version 8.1.3, and like the...
13 by Brandon Chester on 1/27/2015Dropbox Releases App for Windows Phone
Late last year Dropbox announced that they had entered into a partnership with Microsoft. When this partnership was announced, the first benefit that it brought to consumers was Dropbox...
17 by Brandon Chester on 1/21/2015Google Updates Docs Apps With Improved Functionality and Touch ID Support
Today Google has issued an update to their Docs, Sheets, and Slides applications on iOS and Android. These productivity apps were some of the first to receive Material Design...
1 by Brandon Chester on 1/21/2015Toshiba CES 2015 Booth Tour: Encore 2 Write, Portege Z20t, and More
Much like Samsung and Sony, touring the Toshiba booth turned up plenty of devices but not too many laptops – though I’d say out of the big consumer electronics...
8 by Jarred Walton on 1/20/2015HP Announces New Business Mobility Devices
HP Announces New Business Mobility Devices Today HP announced a collection of product updates with their “Business-First” approach to mobility; the full press release has all the pertinent details. The...
10 by Jarred Walton on 1/20/2015Google Updates Chrome for iOS With Material Design and Handoff
Google has updated Chrome for iOS to version 40, specifically version 40.0.2214.61. With it comes a number of improvements that definitely justify the major increase in version number. The...
14 by Brandon Chester on 1/20/2015