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AMD Mendocino APUs Rumored To Feature Just Two RDNA 2 Compute Units The company delivered the announcement of AMD Mendocino APUs during Computex 2022, held both digitally and in person. The new APU from AMD is a low-power chip based on the Zen 2 CPU core fashioned with RDNA 2 graphics. The similarity between the AYANEO Air Plus console and the Valve Steam Deck is almost indistinguishable because the former utilizes the same unique configuration....

AMD Radeon RX 6000 Refresh Final Specs Confirmed: RX 6950 XT at 335W, RX 6750 XT at 250W, RX 6650 XT at 180W So starting up with the lineup, the AMD Radeon RX 6000 ‘RDNA 2 Refresh’ lineup will come in three flavors. These include the Radeon RX 6950 XT, the Radeon RX 6750 XT, and the Radeon RX 6650 XT. These graphics cards aren’t meant as an official replacement to the existing lineup but more of a step up from where the current cards stand....

AMD continues the aquatic fish codename trend with the next-gen RDNA 3 powered Navi 3x GPUs for Radeon RX 7000 & Ryzen 7000 Today, we find the remainder monikers for the other RDNA 3 architecture GPUs to be released soon. The new names for the soon-to-be-released graphics cards from AMD are: Plum Bonito (AMD Radeon RX 7900) Wheat Nas (AMD Radeon RX 7800 and 7700) Hotpink Bonefish (AMD Radeon RX 7600) Pink Sardine (AMD Ryzen 7000 and AMD Radeon 700M)...

German retailer lowers the cost of custom AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT cards in what may become a trend in European markets Mindfactory now shows the Sapphire reference model, the Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming GDDR6 graphics card, for €999, which is reduced from €1049. What is more surprising about the price drop is that the card has had more than one price reduction in ten days. The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX variants do not have the same price drops, which begs to question of why the more popular selling card does not have a similar decline in cost in comparison....

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Geekbench 5 OpenCL & Vulkan Benchmarks Leaked, Up To 20% Faster Than RTX 4080 Update: New benchmarks have now been published within Geekbench 5 which showcase far better performance numbers. The RX 7900 XTX sits 8% below the RTX 4080 in OpenCL & 20% faster than the 4080 in Vulkan tests. The performance benchmarks were leaked within the Geekbench 5 benchmark and showcase the OpenCL & Vulkan performance of the upcoming graphics card....

AMD Radeon 600M For Ryzen 6000 APUs Shows RDNA 2’s Integrated Graphics Strength, Offering Nearly GTX 1060 Performance in Cyberpunk 2077 The AMD Ryzen 6000 APUs are based on the brand new 6nm TSMC process node which allowed the red team to extract even more performance out of the Zen 3 cores in their ‘Zen 3+’ iteration. But while the CPU side offers higher performance per watt, the graphics side focuses on offering both higher performance and higher efficiency thanks to the RDNA 2 graphics architecture....

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU, World’s First 3D V-Cache Chip, Doesn’t Get Hot After Being Delidded Twitter user, Madness7771, posted a picture of a delidded AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU. This is the first time we get to see the chiplets under its hood. As expected, the 5800X3D rocks a single CCD and a single IOD with tons of capacitors around them. Like all other Ryzen 5000 CPUs, the 5800X3D comes with an indium soldered design & has gold plated solder which is used to transfer heat between the IHS (Integrated Heat Spreader) and the chiplets more effectively....

AMD To Boost Its Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ Desktop & EPYC 7004 ‘Genoa’ Server CPU Platforms With DDR5-5200 Native Memory Speeds It was leaked within Gigabyte’s documents a while back but can now be confirmed that both AMD platforms featuring the Zen 4 core architecture, Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ for desktops, and EPYC 7004 ‘Genoa’ for servers, will be rocking native memory speeds of DDR5-5200. Apacer industrial posted this within the specs sheet for its upcoming DDR5 memory solutions that will be powering these next-gen platforms....

AMD Will Bring 3D V-Cache Back This Year With Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael-X’ Zen 4-Powered CPUs To Tackle Intel’s Raptor Lake The information seems to have been overlooked during AMD’s Financial Analyst Day 2022. During AMD’s Senior Vice President and General Manager for Client, Saeid Moshkelani’s session, it’s been confirmed that the red team will be bringing Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs with 3D V-Cache later this year in 2022. Now, this is definitely big news as most rumors had pointed to Zen 4 V-Cache release in 2023 but it looks like that’s not the case as AMD themselves has confirmed Ryzen 7000 3D V-Cache chips for 2022....

AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs & AM5 Platform Only Support DDR5 Memory But Also Come With EXPO Technology There have been many hints by AMD in the past suggesting that the AM5 platform and the Ryzen 7000 CPUs will be based around the DDR5 memory standard. More recently, during the Meet The Experts webinar, AMD’s representatives confirmed that Raphael, codename for Ryzen 7000 CPUs based on Zen 4 core architecture, will be their first DDR5 gaming platform....

Google Has Decided to End the Android 12 Beta Program for Pixel Phones Google posted on its official u/androidbetaprogram Reddit thread and said the following, Google has also stated that your Pixel device will be unenrolled from the program automatically move the coming weeks, but if you want to do it right now, the option is there for those who are willing to do it manually and save the time, as well....

AOKZOE announces the A1 handheld PC gaming console, using the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor The AOKZOE A1 handheld PC offers an 8-inch screen, similar to the ONEXPLAYER Mini by One Notebook, which we recently reviewed here. It is anticipated to provide intense competition with other systems currently on the market. The AOKZOE A1 will debut next month at an unknown date on Kickstarter. However, the company has wasted no time creating several videos on their YouTube channel, showcasing their prototype unit in action....

Tim Cook’s Biggest Hint in the Interview Was Telling the Audience to Stay Tuned and Find out What Apple Has in Store for Them Ma Si from China Daily asked Cook his thoughts on the enthusiasm level of Chinese consumers for virtual and augmented reality products. She pointed out customers’ dissatisfaction with products that are currently available, likely wanting to get an answer from the Apple executive. Cook was also asked what factors determined the success of a product materializing from this category....

Apple Supplier TSMC to Begin Production of 2nm Chips as Soon as 2025, Could be Used by Apple For iPhone and Mac We have previously heard that Apple is looking to introduce its highly rumored M2 chip in the coming months with the new MacBook Air and Mac mini. Moreover, the company might also be planning to introduce a redesigned MacBook Pro model with a bigger display. However, the company is looking forward to further enhancing the chip manufacturing process as its supplier TSMC will begin production of 2nm chips as soon as 2025, according to a new report from DigiTimes....

Apple’s AR Headset Was Originally Supposed to Be Outfitted With a 2800PPI Display The display used explicitly on an AR headset is called OLEDoS (OLED on Silicon) and will be sourced from both Samsung and LG. In case you do not know, these two suppliers are also contracted to provide iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max displays, so in terms of quality, both manufacturers are well aware of the kind of quality components that Apple requires....

With Apple TV 4K, users get access to excellent cinematic quality. The TV is driven by the A15 Bionic chip that delivers faster performance and fluid gameplay. Apple TV 4K is Going to Offer a Lot of Content, Seamless Hardware and Software Integration, and an Affordable Than Before Price Tag The new Apple TV 4K also features countless new entertainment options for everyone that you can enjoy. You are also getting support for HDR10+, Dolby Vision, and more....

Instantly Save $50 on the Apple TV 4K and Pay Just $149 Instead of $199 This deal lets you pay just $149 for the 64GB model. On any other day you would be paying the full $199 which is the official MSRP from Apple. Powered by the A12 Bionic chip, this thing is wicked fast. In fact, for something that is meant for small tasks such as playing and streaming video, this thing is insanely overpowered....

CEO Noah Katz’s naivety is rumored to be the downfall and bankruptcy of his PC company, Artesian Builds Auction lots up for grabs include items (listed in order of quantity from lowest to highest): 43 computer systems (not fully completed) 59 GPUs 167 hard disk drives and solid-state drives 219 RAM kits 283 cooling systems 346 motherboards 359 power supply units 360 processors 413 PC cases Consumers should not expect to be able to bid for any of the above items as the company will have an auction via Zoom for the lots from their North Carolina and California locations to sell to the highest bid, with an increment bid of upwards of $5000 or higher....

GameStop’s Ryan Cohen might have jumped the gun by selling his fund’s stake in Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) at the peak mania phase of the stock’s recent spectacular gamma squeeze, but that did not mean that the ailing household items retailer would have eschewed for long the current golden opportunity to raise more capital. After all, it makes perfect economic sense for Bed Bath & Beyond to tap the current flood of retail-driven liquidity in order to try to extricate itself out of its liquidity woes....

Noctua & ASUS Come Together Once Again To Offer GeForce RTX 3080 OC In Quad-Slot Cooling Design Last year, ASUS and Noctua joined forces to make a graphics card with Noctua’s exceptional cooling technology. The card based on the design was the GeForce RTX 3070 from NVIDIA. Users were concerned that the series was being replaced since ASUS had released no information over several months. Now, the two have brought their collective minds together to offer the Noctua ASUS RTX 3080 graphics card, offering a memory of 10GB....