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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 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
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 768G: Higher-bin 765 up to 2.8GHz
Today alongside with the launch of the Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G Racing Edition, Qualcomm is announcing the new Snapdragon 768G SoC which powers the device. The new SoC is...
34 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/11/2020
Meizu Announces New Meizu 17 and 17 Pro Flagships
Today Meizu announced its 2020 flagship follow-up to the popular Meizu 16s: the new Meizu 17 and 17 Pro. The two new phones represent a design shift for the...
33 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/8/2020
MediaTek Announces Dimensity 1000+ SoC
Today MediaTek announced a follow-up in its SoC line-up with the new Dimensity 1000+. This seems to be a binned or revisioned variant of the Dimensity 1000 announced last...
35 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/7/2020
LG Announces VELVET Phone: Korea Only For Now
LG had been teasing the “Velvet” for several weeks now, trickle-feeding information about the company’s new premium level smartphone. Today, the company officially launches the device in Korea, fully...
29 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/7/2020
120Hz On The OnePlus 8 Pro: QHD+ Resolution But Still Power Hungry
High refresh rate displays in smartphones are all the rage in 2020, but the new exciting feature is still in its infancy in terms of hardware implementations. Currently there’s...
29 by Andrei Frumusanu on 5/5/2020
Updated iPhone SE Camera Testing: Replacement Phone Shows Much Improved Results
Last week we published our initial review of Apple’s new iPhone SE. In the piece, I had remarked that the camera was relatively disappointing and suffered from a lack...
18 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/30/2020
Xiaomi Launches Mi Note 10 Lite, Redmi Note 9 & Note 9 Pro Globally
Today Xiaomi is launching a trio of mid- to low-end devices, and we’re seeing the global launch of the new Mi Note 10 Lite, Redmi Note 9 Pro and...
28 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/30/2020
The iPhone SE (2020) Review: A Reinvigorated Classic
Apple’s latest iPhone SE is being released today, and it’s certainly going to make a big impact on the market, for the simple reason that this is a $399...
197 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/24/2020
Motorola Announces New edge And edge+: Re-entering the Flagship Market with a Bang
Today Motorola announced its newest high-end devices for 2020 – and the company delivered quite the surprise, not only returning back to the flagship market, but also delivering some...
126 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/22/2020
LG Teases "Velvet" Phone with Snapdragon 765
We’ve already been quite surprised by the fact that to date LG still hasn’t talked much about a successor to the G8. Last year, LG had explained that going...
25 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/21/2020
UL Delists MediaTek Powered Devices Due To Benchmark Whitelisting
Last week we detailed an article covering MediaTek’s seemingly widespread default inclusion of a benchmark whitelist in their chipset BSP (board support package) – a mechanism that enables more...
18 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/16/2020
Apple Announces New Updated iPhone SE: A13 & New Features for $399
Apple’s last “classic” iPhone release was the iPhone 8 back in 2017, with the 2016 iPhone SE (Special Edition) being the last iteration donning the iPhone 4 design language...
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Honor Launches Honor 30 Series in China: Three New Premium Devices
Today Honor completed its Chinese launch of the new Honor 30 series of smartphones, adding three new devices to its premium to flagship line-up of devices. All the new...
23 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/15/2020
OnePlus Announces OnePlus 8 & OnePlus 8 Pro: Step-Up 2020 Flagships
As the world is in quarantine, smartphone companies aren’t standing still and are still moving forward with their new product launches. We’ve seen almost every other company on the...
66 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/14/2020
Samsung Announces Galaxy A51 5G & A71 5G Mid-Range Smartphones
Yesterday Samsung announced the company’s new Galaxy A51 5G and A71 5G phones – for the first time adding 5G capabilities to the company’s arguably most popular and successful...
15 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/9/2020
Mobile Benchmark Cheating: When a SoC Vendor Provides It As A Service
Mobile benchmark cheating has a long story that goes far back for the industry (well – at least in smartphone industry years), and has also been a controversial coverage...
111 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/8/2020
CEVA Announces SensPro - New High Performance Sensor Hub IP
As devices become ever more interconnected and increase their capabilities to sense the world through different kind of sensors, there’s an ever more increasing stream of data that is...
11 by Andrei Frumusanu on 4/7/2020
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