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AMD Ryzen Processors Are Finally Coming to Chromebooks
Today AMD announced its Ryzen processor series is joining the Chromebook family — Athlon, too. Both APUs (that means CPU and integrated graphics in non-AMD terms) include Radeon Vega integrated graphics and will be found in mid-level to high-end Chromebooks with Athlon on the mid-level, and Ryzen on the high-end respectively. The current A6 and…
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These New Apple ARM Benchmarks Might Not Be What People Think They Are
New leaked benchmarks that supposedly show Apple’s developer transition kit running Geekbench 5 Pro natively on the Mac mini are starting to make the rounds — meaning unlike the benchmarks that had leaked previously, which showed Geekbench 5 running virtually via Rosetta 2 on the transition kit, someone has supposedly found a way to run…
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AMD’s Newest Processors Are So Good, But So Confusing
If the consumer desktop processor market wasn’t already confusing enough, AMD’s 3000-series Ryzen lineup just grew by another three chips, bringing the total number to 13. Did AMD need refreshed versions of the Ryzen 9 3900X, Ryzen 7 3800X, and Ryzen 5 3600X processors it released last year? Not really, especially considering the only difference…
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So Just How Powerful Are Apple’s New Laptop Chips Gonna Be
Apple officially confirmed in its WWDC keynote yesterday that, yes, it would be using its own processors in its laptops and desktops. Not a terribly surprising announcement considering the rumour mill had been churning for months prior to that, but it’s nice to have Apple formally acknowledge the existence of its A12Z Bionic computer processor.…