Radeon RX 6800 and 6800 XT review: AMD returns to high-end PC gaming

Posted on 18/11/2020 by Engadget

After years of focusing on mid-range video cards, AMD is making another play for powerhouse hardware with its new Radeon RX 6000 line. Last year's Radeon VII was a notable attempt to stay relevant in the high end market, but it never made much sense...

Microsoft’s Pluton chip upgrades the hardware security of Windows PCs

Posted on 17/11/2020 by Engadget

The next Windows PC you buy could come with an advanced security co-processor that will protect your data from being stolen by hackers. Building on work it started with the Xbox One, on Tuesday Microsoft announced the existence of Pluton. It’s a new...

RISC-V is trying to launch an open-hardware revolution

Posted on 30/10/2020 by Engadget

There are processors in everything. I’m not even talking about the SoC in your phone or smart TV; but modern devices from cars to consoles are filled with tiny chips. These microcontrollers manage power supplies, interpret sensor readings, move data,...

Vizio’s latest TVs add FreeSync, 120Hz 4K gaming support

Posted on 29/10/2020 by Engadget

With new game consoles just around the corner and PC GPUs delivering high-res graphics at 120fps, Vizio is rolling out an update for 2021 SmartCast-enabled TVs with its ProGaming Engine tech built-in. While Vizio mentioned HDMI 2.1 support in V-Serie...

AMD’s $649 Radeon RX 6800XT will take on NVIDIA’s RTX 3080

Posted on 28/10/2020 by Engadget

After focusing on mid-range and entry-level graphics for years now, AMD is taking a step back into high-end graphics cards with the Radeon RX 6800XT. It’s the company’s first RDNA 2 video card for PCs, though that architecture will also appear in the...

AMD expands its arsenal by snatching up programmable chip maker Xilinx

Posted on 27/10/2020 by Engadget

NVIDIA isn’t the only chip giant making game-changing acquisitions these days. AMD is acquiring chip designer Xilinx for $35 billion in stock to “significantly” expand the range of products it makes and customers it reaches, particularly in high perf...

Lenovo’s Thinkpad C13 Yoga is a Chromebook built for the office

Posted on 12/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Lenovo has unveiled the Thinkpad C13 Yoga Chromebook, joining HP and Dell in offering Chrome OS powered laptops for businesses. The idea is to deliver the security and organizational features of Chrome OS and Google’s Workspace (formerly G Suite) app...

AMD teases its next-gen Radeon GPU’s 4K performance

Posted on 08/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

We’ll have to wait until October 28th to get a full look at AMD’s new Radeon 6000-series GPUs, but the company offered a tease of what we can expect from its latest graphics cards at the end of its Zen 3 keynote.AMD showed off a benchmark of a ‘Big N...

AMD’s Ryzen 9 5900X is its first Zen 3 CPU

Posted on 08/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

How can AMD follow up its successful third-gen Ryzen 9 CPUs? Last year, it was clear that the company was seriously bringing the fight to Intel, especially when it came to gaming and heavy-duty computing workloads. So for its new Zen 3 architecture,...

AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 reference card ditches the noisy blower

Posted on 15/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

With NVIDIA gathering raves for its GeForce RTX 3080 launch, AMD is trying to draw some attention to its own upcoming Radeon GPUs. To that end, the company has teased the reference design for its RX 6000 “Big Navi” graphics cards, showing a much-impr...

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