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Back at Computex 2024, AMD unveiled their highly anticipated Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture during AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su's opening keynote. AMD announced not one but two new client platforms that will utilize the latest Zen 5 cores. This includes AMD's latest AI PC-focused chip family for the laptop market, the Ryzen AI 300 series. In comparison, the Ryzen 9000 series caters to the desktop market, which uses the preexisting AM5 platform. Built around the new Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture with some fundamental improvements to both graphics and AI performance, the Ryzen AI 300 series, code-named Strix Point, is set to deliver improvements in several areas. The Ryzen AI 300 series looks set to add another footnote in the march towards the AI PC with...
Lava Xolo X900 Review - The First Intel Medfield Phone
For Intel, the road to their first real competitive smartphone SoC has been a long one. Shortly after joining AnandTech and beginning this journey writing about both smartphones and...
106 by Brian Klug on 4/25/2012Google Selling Galaxy Nexus on Google Play Store for $399
It's been what seems like an eternity since Google stopped selling the Nexus One directly through google.com. Google struggled with support and logistics involved with selling a consumer electronic...
15 by Brian Klug on 4/24/2012ASUS Transformer Pad 300 (TF300T) Review
Before the $399 iPad 2, before the $199 Kindle Fire, there was the $399 Eee Pad Transformer from ASUS. Like nearly all first attempts in the tablet space, the...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/22/2012HTC One X Cases: Taking Protection into HTC's Hands
With the One lineup (particuarly the One X and One S), HTC really ratched up its focus on design. The One X is easily one of the best looking...
21 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/20/2012HTC One Media Link HD Demo
We've just started work on our HTC One X/One S testing, however HTC was kind enough to give us a demo of one of the coolest accessories that was...
8 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/20/2012NVIDIA Plots Mobile SoC GPU Performance, Surpassing Xbox 360 by 2014
Qualcomm was the first to tell us that it expects to offer console level GPU performance in the not too distant future, generally hinting that its Adreno 3xx GPUs...
51 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/19/2012Sprint makes its Galaxy Nexus Variant Official - $199 with $40 Google Wallet Credit
In a move that shouldn't be surprising to anyone, Sprint has made a Galaxy Nexus variant tailored for its own CDMA2000 and LTE network official in an announcement today...
12 by Brian Klug on 4/16/2012Lumia 900 Memory Management and Data Fix Now Available
A short time after the Lumia 900 went on sale, users started reporting data connectivity issues affecting both 3G HSPA+ and 4G LTE on AT&T. Although I didn't encounter...
12 by Brian Klug on 4/13/2012Apple's iPad 2,4 also uses 32nm A5 S5L8942 SoC
Through Chipworks, we recently learned that Apple's revised A5 SoC (S5L8942) is built on a 32nm Samsung HKMG process. While its presence in the Apple TV (3rd generation) which...
28 by Brian Klug on 4/11/2012Apple TV A5 SoC is 32nm, Harvested dual-core A5
The 3rd generation Apple TV ships with what Apple tells us is a single-core A5 SoC. After delayering the chip to the transistor gate layer in the new Apple...
10 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/11/2012Nokia Acknowledges Lumia 900 Data Issue, Offers Fix and $100 Credit
In the short time I spent with our Nokia Lumia 900 review unit, I never encountered any loss of data connectivity issues either on AT&T LTE, AT&T HSPA+. Nevertheless...
13 by Brian Klug on 4/11/2012Toshiba Teases New Notebooks, Tablets
We recently had a chance to take a meeting with Toshiba representatives in San Francisco, California, where we were previewed their upcoming releases for 3Q12. Toshiba is essentially targeting...
21 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/11/2012Lenovo shows off Android 4.0 ICS powered 9.7-inch IdeaTab S2109
Just a few months after announcing the IdeaPad S2, Lenovo has brought the Android 4.0 ICS powered 9.7-inch IdeaPad S2109 to light. In a YouTube video, Lenovo teased some of...
19 by Amman Sood on 4/9/2012Sprint HD Voice on HTC EVO 4G LTE uses EVRC-NW over 1x-Advanced
For a while now, a regular feature in our smartphone reviews has been comparison of smartphone voice quality on different devices, air interfaces, and codecs. Until recently, improving voice...
16 by Brian Klug on 4/4/2012HTC And Sprint Announce The EVO 4G LTE: Krait and LTE, on Sprint for $199 [Updated w/ Hands-on]
HTC and Sprint teamed up today to announce the latest in the EVO line: the EVO 4G LTE. So, not the most novel name, but it gets to the...
22 by Jason Inofuentes on 4/4/2012Nokia Lumia 900 Review - Windows Phone with LTE
It goes without saying that for Nokia, the Lumia 900 launch is quite possibly one of the most important launches, ever. The Lumia 900 marks Nokia’s first serious foray...
128 by Brian Klug on 4/3/2012The 2012 iPad Followup: Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE Comparison
As with all things in life, the job of reviewing a product spans a spectrum of options. At one end of the spectrum you have the quick hands on...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/2/2012Microsoft Talks Windows 8 Touch Experience on Windows 7 Tablets
Microsoft's Jerry Koh and Jeff Piira gave some insight into the Windows 8 touch experience in yet another Building Windows 8 blog post yesterday. They talked specifically about the...
18 by Andrew Cunningham on 3/29/2012Novatel MiFi 4620L Jetpack Available on April 12th for $49.99
We got a chance to check out Novatel's next generation MiFi at CES this past January, and came away impressed with the update. Officially titled the Novatel Wireless MiFi...
12 by Vivek Gowri on 3/28/2012Google begins Android 4.0.4 Rollout
Just today, Google announced that it was rolling out Android 4.0.4 to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) for download, with build IMM76D. The note at that point by...
14 by Brian Klug on 3/28/2012