Laptops
Last week we saw the announcement of Qualcomm’s first post-Nuvia laptop SoC design, the Snapdragon X Elite. A new brand name being anchored by a new, custom Qualcomm CPU core, the Snapdragon X Elite will be Qualcomm’s most aggressive entry into the laptop SoC market to date, with Qualcomm dedicating far more in the way of engineering resources – and marketing resources – into developing their latest generation Arm SoC for Windows laptops. Backed by Qualcomm’s custom Arm CPU core, Oryon, the company is aiming to make the Snapdragon X Elite a watershed moment for the Snapdragon brand, both carving out a piece of the lucrative Windows laptop market while also setting the stage for a generation of even more powerful smartphone SoCs in...
CES 2022: ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED With Latest AMD Barcelo APU
With a wide variety of laptops, notebooks, and gaming-focused solutions expected to be announced during CES 2022, ASUS has unveiled that it has updated its Zenbook 14 OLED series...
4 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/5/2022CES 2022: The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 For 2022, Ryzen 6000 Mobile with Radeon Graphics
Over the last couple of years since the emergence of AMD's Ryzen mobile and Radeon offerings, along with a significant uptick in performance over previous generations, some vendors have...
13 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/5/2022CES 2022: The ASUS ROG Flow Z13, A Gaming Tablet That's So Much More
During its CES 2022 ROG Launch Event, ASUS unveiled its latest gaming device, the ROG Flow Z13. Upon first look, it may resemble a gaming-themed version of Microsoft's Surface...
5 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/5/2022CES 2022: ASUS Zenbook 17 Fold OLED, 17 Inch Foldable With Thunderbolt 4
At CES 2020, Intel showcased its Tiger Lake hardware with an interesting 'Horseshoe Bend' 17-inch foldable laptop. Fast forward two years and ASUS has taken the concept and run...
3 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/5/2022CES 2022: ASUS Unveils Zenbook 14 OLED, Intel Evo Laptop with Alder Lake
As part of its desire to upgrade its existing laptop and notebook ranges with the latest and greatest hardware available, ASUS has announced during CES 2022 that it has...
6 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/5/2022CES 2022: MSI Launches Alder Lake Laptop Lineup
With the announcement of Intel’s Alder Lake H series of laptop processors, MSI is one of the first out of the gate to announce their refreshed gaming laptop series...
1 by Brett Howse on 1/4/2022AMD Mobile GPU 2022 Update: Radeon 6000S Series, 6x50M Parts, and Navi 24-Based 6500M and 6300M
As part of a jam-packed CES keynote presentation this morning, AMD has announced a slew of updates to its mobile graphics lineup. Altogether, AMD is introducing one new GPU...
7 by Ryan Smith on 1/4/2022NVIDIA Announces GeForce RTX 2050, MX570, and MX550 For Laptops: 2022's Entry Level GeForce
NVIDIA this morning had made an unexpected news drop with the announcement of a trio of new GeForce laptop GPUs. Joining the GeForce family next year will be a...
18 by Ryan Smith on 12/17/2021Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit: Day 2 Keynote on ACPC and Gaming
We're here on Day 2 of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit, ready for a keynote on the next generation of Always Connected PCs (ACPCs) and non-Smartphone gaming. We've got...
22 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/1/2021Best Laptops: Holiday 2021
With 2021 coming to a close, it is time again to look back at the laptop market. Despite bumps from the COVID pandemic, the laptop ecosystem continues to flourish...
26 by Brett Howse on 12/1/2021Qualcomm x Nuvia: Silicon Sampling in Late 2022, Products in 2023
One of the more curious acquisitions in the last couple of years has been that of Nuvia by Qualcomm. Nuvia was a Silicon Valley start-up founded by the key...
51 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 11/18/2021Apple's M1 Pro, M1 Max SoCs Investigated: New Performance and Efficiency Heights
Last week, Apple had unveiled their new generation MacBook Pro laptop series, a new range of flagship devices that bring with them significant updates to the company’s professional and...
493 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/25/2021The Huawei MateBook 16 Review, Powered by AMD Ryzen 7 5800H: Ecosystem Plus
Having very recently reviewed the Matebook X Pro 2021 (13.9-inch), our local PR in the UK offered me a last-minute chance to examine the newest element to their laptop...
88 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/20/2021Apple Announces M1 Pro & M1 Max: Giant New Arm SoCs with All-Out Performance
Today’s Apple Mac keynote has been very eventful, with the company announcing a new line-up of MacBook Pro devices, powered by two different new SoCs in Apple’s Silicon line-up...
373 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/18/2021The Apple 2021 Fall Mac Event Live Blog 10am PT (17:00 UTC)
Following last month’s announcement event of Apple’s newest iPhone and iPad line-ups, today we’re seeing Apple hold its second fall event, where we expect the company to talk about...
126 by Andrei Frumusanu on 10/18/2021The Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio Review: Dynamic Design
Microsoft’s Surface team has produced some amazing designs over the years, taking to focusing on convertible devices to highlight the adaptability of Windows. That being said, over the last...
54 by Brett Howse on 10/5/2021Huawei MateBook X Pro (2021) Review: A Sleek and Vibrant Notebook
As a laptop vendor, Huawei is entering its fourth year. Relying on x86 silicon and a GPU here and there, one thing Huawei does well is the quality of...
84 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 9/28/2021Surface Laptop Studio, Surface 8 Pro Lead Microsoft's New Surface 2021 Lineup
In anticipation of the upcoming Windows 11 launch, Microsoft is introducing an almost complete top to bottom refresh of their Surface device lineup. Ranging from the brand-new Surface Laptop...
114 by Brett Howse on 9/22/2021The MSI GE76 Raider Review: Tiger Lake Plus Ampere Equals Framerate
Let us pretend we are desktop people, thinking about building a new system. What would we look for? If we are after a gaming system, clearly we need a...
33 by Brett Howse on 9/8/2021Russia To Build RISC-V Processors for Laptops: 8-core, 2 GHz, 12nm, 2025
Russian outlet Vedomosti.ru today is reporting that the conglomerate Rostec, a Russian state-backed corporation specializing in investment in technology, has penned a deal with server company Yadro and silicon...
132 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/14/2021