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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...
LTE Broadcast (EMBMS) Shown Running on Verizon's Band 4 LTE on Qualcomm Hardware
Another demo I was impressed by at the Qualcomm booth was LTE Broadcast (EMBMS - Evolved Multimedia Broadcast / Multicast Service) demonstrated on a live test network showing an...
1 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013Qualcomm Demos Category 4 LTE (150 Mbps) running on Snapdragon 800 / MSM8974
At Qualcomm's booth among a number of other Snapdragon 800 (the newly-announced SoC formerly or also known as MSM8974) demos was one that caught my attention. Qualcomm setup a...
5 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013Verizon shows off Alcatel Lucent LightRadio-based LTE Small Cells - Deploying in 2H 2013
I dropped by Verizon's booth at CES 2013 and among all the consumer electronics and devices that we've pretty much already seen before saw one new thing — Alcatel...
4 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013Hands On with Samsung Galaxy S 2 Plus - Contains BCM28155 SoC
Earlier in the week Samsung announced the Galaxy S 2 Plus, a rather strange late-cycle update to the SGS2. The device is pretty much what you'd expect, and contains...
10 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013Broadcom Teases its first LTE-enabled Baseband with VoLTE Demo
I dropped by Broadcom during CES, and while we've already covered most of what they had to show off, one of the things which immediately caught my eye was...
2 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013Samsung Announces Exynos 5 Octa SoC - 4 Cortex A7s, 4 Cortex A15s
Earlier this morning Samsung announced a new eight core SoC and the spiritual successor to the Exynos 5250 "Exynos 5 Dual" called the Exynos 5 Octa (Exynos 5410?). This...
19 by Brian Klug on 1/9/2013Razer Announces 10.1" Edge Gaming Tablet with Ivy Bridge, Kepler, Windows 8
We saw Razer's Project Fiona gaming tablet last year at CES, and came away from the hands-on opportunity and corresponding conversation with Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan fairly impressed with...
27 by Vivek Gowri on 1/8/2013Hands On with the Huawei Ascend W1, Ascend D2, and Ascend Mate
There hasn't been much in the way of mobile handset news out of CES 2013 this year, save some announcements by Huawei this morning. I didn't get a chance...
5 by Brian Klug on 1/8/2013Hands On with ASUS' Transformer All-in-One (P1801)
ASUS showed us a near production-ready sample of its Transformer All-in-One PC. The machine features a multitouch 18.4" 1080p IPS display driven by two independent systems. In the base...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/7/2013LG bringing UltraHD, OLED and more Google TVs to your living room
LG President and CEO Wayne Park kicked off their CES press conference by reminding us that the brand’s presence in North America was launched a decade ago at CES...
5 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/7/2013AT&T 2013 Developer Summit Keynote: Live Blog
While 2013 CES is going full tilt, AT&T also holds its developer event and keynote at the Palms, in almost the same place where we were last night for...
5 by Brian Klug on 1/7/2013Audience Announces 3rd Generation Sound Processor - eS515
About a month ago, Audience flew me out to their office in California to talk about a number of things. First, they offered the chance to check out anecohic...
3 by Brian Klug on 1/7/2013CES Gear - What's in Vivek's Bag
After seeing Brian’s post on the gear he brought to CES, I decided to write my own. Forewarning: his kit is far more intense than mine. After two years...
5 by Vivek Gowri on 1/7/2013More NVIDIA Icera i500 Details - 28nm HP, Category 3 LTE At Launch, 4 Later
We've confirmed some more details about NVIDIA's newly-announced Icera i500 Soft Modem. First, the Icera i500 is built on TSMC's 28nm HP (High Performance) High-K Metal Gate process. NVIDIA's...
5 by Brian Klug on 1/7/2013CES Gear - What's in Brian's Bag
A reader queried me on Twitter about what I brought to CES this year, specifically what bag I use to cart tons of mobile devices, cameras, and a notebook...
17 by Brian Klug on 1/6/2013The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 13
We're back! In our first podcast of 2013 we go over some of the best products of 2012 and Haswell/ValleyView launch schedules. Brian talks about Field Test being removed...
16 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/6/2013The State of Qualcomm's Modems - WTR1605 and MDM9x25
A little over a month ago, Qualcomm flew me out to San Diego to talk all about cellular modem, specifically their baseband lineup, testing, and later their RF and...
20 by Brian Klug on 1/4/2013MSI Announces Slider S20 Ultrabook Convertible
Next week kicks off CES 2013 in Las Vegas, and I along with many of the other AnandTech editors will be present. Prior to the actual start of the...
9 by Jarred Walton on 1/4/2013Thoughts on Windows 8 Laptops with Touchscreens
The past couple of months have been interesting, what with the launch of Windows 8 and the ushering in of a new user interface. I’ve had a couple of...
59 by Jarred Walton on 1/4/2013The ARM vs x86 Wars Have Begun: In-Depth Power Analysis of Atom, Krait & Cortex A15
Late last month, Intel dropped by my office with a power engineer for a rare demonstration of its competitive position versus NVIDIA's Tegra 3 when it came to power...
140 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/4/2013