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Minisforum AtomMan G7 PT mini PC review

If you need a compact machine with the power of a desktop, the AtomMan G7 PT is a superb choice, although its looks and design are decidedly gamer.

TechRadar · Jul 20, 2024

HP Envy x360 2-in-1: It has performance that will make you… envy other laptops

The HP Envy x360 2-in-1 has a few winning features, like good audio and a nice keyboard, but they’re overshadowed by underwhelming performance compared to similarly priced competitors.

Laptop · Jul 19, 2024

AMD Anti-Lag steps out of its comfort zone — tech arrives on Vulkan 1.3.291, bringing Anti-Lag benefits outside of DirectX for the first time

The Vulkan API gets an AMD Anti-Lag addition.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 19, 2024

AMD's flagship Zen 5 desktop CPU impresses in new rendering benchmarks — Ryzen 9 9950X outperforms Ryzen 9 7950X by 24%

An AnandTech member benchmarked an engineering sample of AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X in Cinebench R23 at various power levels.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 18, 2024

Buy the Dip in These 'Strong Buy' Semiconductor Stocks

Market-leading chip stocks such as Broadcom and AMD remain top investment choices right now, given they continue to trade at a discount to consensus price target estimates.

Barchart · Jul 18, 2024

AMD 3DNow! instructions finally extinct as LLVM compiler drops support

Over a decade after AMD stopped using 3DNow!, the LLVM compiler is dropping support for the instruction set.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 18, 2024

AMD's biggest AI GPU booster adds support for Nvidia, too — Lamini AI preps memory tuning for Nvidia hardware

Lamini AI, which used to be AMD exclusive, now supports Nvidia CUDA GPUs too.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 18, 2024

Mr. DIMM, why do you have so many chips? Micron's new monstrous multi-rank memory doubles DDR5 speed to 8,800 MT/s

Are memory companies looking for new ways to increase bandwidth to capitalise on the AI boom?

PC Gamer · Jul 18, 2024

AMD's fastest new laptop chip beats Apple M3 Max in single-core performance — Apple fires back at AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 in multi-core

Benchmark results indicate that the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 may be a beast of a processor for mobile devices.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 18, 2024

AMD's Zen 5 chips pack in 8.315 billion transistors per compute die, a 28% increase in density

AMD's Ryzen 9000 'Eldora' CCD has the same die size as Ryzen 7000 'Durango' CCD, but Ryzen AI 300 'Strix Point' is massively larger than Hawk Point.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 18, 2024