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Acer Acer has unveiled its latest Swift series laptops, the Swift Edge 16 and Swift Go 14, which are based on the newly launched AMD Ryzen 8000 series mobile platform. Both laptops feature a slim and lightweight design and are said to make full use of AMD’s Ryzen AI technology to ensure adaptable performance and facilitate Acer’s suite of AI-driven features. Acer Swift Edge 16 Acer Swift Go 14 Display 16-inch OLED + WQXGA (3200×2000), 120Hz, Display HDR True Black 500 14-inch OLED + WQXGA (2880×1800), 90Hz,…

Acer unveiled a pair of AMD Ryzen 8040 series laptops on Tuesday. Unsurprisingly, given their chips’ dedicated neural processing units (NPU), the company is marketing the 2024 Acer Swift Edge 16 and Swift Go 14 as AI workhorses. The Windows 11 machines support OLED displays, Radeon 780M graphics and 32GB of RAM.The Ryzen 8040 chip series, revealed in December, has a dedicated AI Engine that AMD claims makes it up to 1.4 times faster than its predecessors in Llama 2 and AI vision model performance. Acer says the Swift Edge…

has rolled out the latest update for its ChromeOS software widely. Chrome OS 119 update will make it easier for Chromebook users to play games on Steam. With this update, Chromebook users will be able to play Steam games straight from their app drawer. Previously, users needed to own a compatible Chromebook and enable a flag to access Steam games. Now, the latest update this is set to change.Chromebook users who haven’t received the update yet can manually install it themselves. For this, users have to check the settings…

Following the announcements of its high-performance Ryzen 7000-series CPUs for desktops and mainstream laptops, AMD is now ready to ship more power-optimised versions aimed at premium ultra-slim laptops. The Ryzen 7040U series, codenamed 'Phoenix', consists of four CPU models at the time of launch, based on the current-gen 'Zen 4' architecture with RDNA3 graphics capabilities. Laptops based on these new chips will be announced by major manufacturers in the coming weeks, though there's no word yet on availability.  While…

Acer has announced the new Acer Swift X 16 (SFX16-61G), which will help users with graphic designing, 3D rendering and video editing. The creator laptop sports a 16:10 OLED display that supports 100% DCI-P3 and 500 nits peak brightness. The Swift X 16 comes in a 17.9 mm thin design and is powered by the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 laptop GPUs with Nvidia Studio Drivers to help take creative projects to the next level. It also comes packed with a TwinAir cooling system, a larger battery, and…

Just weeks after announcing the first details of its upcoming Ryzen 7000 series desktop CPUs, AMD has disclosed an outline of its consumer and server products roadmap for the next two generations. The news comes from AMD's Financial Analyst Day, during which CEO Dr. Lisa Su spoke about the company's plans to capture a part of the projected $300 billion market for high-performance computing solutions. While the event is geared towards financial analysts and shareholders, disclosures about AMD's competitive positions in…