AMD’s XT chips are faster versions of its Ryzen 3000 CPUs

Posted on 16/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

AMD’s Ryzen 3000 series of CPUs have been available in various forms for about a year now. Power users and PC gamers will have to wait a bit longer before upgrading to the forthcoming 4000 desktop series, though. As a stopgap, the chip maker is relea...

Samsung’s Exynos 880 delivers 5G speeds to mid-range phones

Posted on 26/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Samsung has unveiled the Exynos 880 processor aimed at mid-range phones that has much of the power of the Exynos 980 announced last year. Built using Samsung’s 8-nanometer FinFET process, it has an identical integrated 5G modem with support for up to...

How much does your CPU matter for gaming?

Posted on 21/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Normally when benchmarking processors it’s useful to look at a few models with similar specs or near the same price-point, to get a sense how they differ.That’s not what we did here. For the latest episode of our explainer show Upscaled, we compared...

Chrome will start blocking resource-demanding ads in August

Posted on 14/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google has discovered that a small percentage of ads (0.3 percent) are using a disproportionate amount (27 percent) of the network data used by ads in Chrome. These resource-demanding ads can drain battery life, saturate already strained networks and...

Qualcomm’s latest mobile gaming chip packs faster graphics and global 5G

Posted on 11/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Qualcomm isn’t wasting any time following up last year’s Snapdragon 765G gaming chip with a more powerful model. It’s unveiling the Snapdragon 768G, a follow-up that appears to address what many gamers want the most: raw performance. The 2.8GHz Kryo...

White House said to be in talks with Intel, TSMC for US chip factories

Posted on 10/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Trump administration hasn’t been shy about wanting to reduce its dependence on Asia for technology, and that might soon include the processors inside PCs and phones. Wall Street Journal sources say the White House is talking to Intel and TSMC abo...

Can Intel’s 10th-gen desktop CPUs compete?

Posted on 04/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

With AMD now a viable alternative to Intel chips from laptops all the way through workstations and servers, Intel is trying to make its chips more attractive to buyers. The hope had always been that its advanced 10nm manufacturing process would bring...

Microsoft’s Flight Simulator won’t require a super-powerful PC rig

Posted on 22/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

One of the most anticipated games this year is Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 2020. Not only do the graphics look lush and detailed, but it’ll simulate the entire flying world, including all 37,000 real-world airports, real-life air traffic and up-to-d...

AMD’s latest 3rd-gen Ryzen 3 CPUs start at $99

Posted on 21/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

AMD is making its current-generation desktop processors, and some of their supporting technology, a little more affordable. The chipmaker has introduced two new Ryzen 3 chips, the 3.6GHz 3100 and 3.8GHz 3300X, that will be available in May for $99 an...

AMD’s efficient Ryzen 9 CPUs target Intel’s gaming laptop crown

Posted on 16/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

While AMD is winning over the workstation market, Intel still dominates laptop gaming. However, AMD aims to change that in a hurry with the Ryzen 9 4900HS and 4900H Zen 2 mobile processors, launching soon on laptops like the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14. Th...

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