Processors

Acer just unveiled the Predator Triton Neo 16 gaming laptop which features Intel’s long-awaited Core Ultra processors, formerly referred to internally as Meteor Lake. These CPUs boast a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) for advanced AI performance. The chips prioritize efficiency and speed, with Intel promising that graphics will be twice as fast when it comes to performance per watt, among other intriguing metrics.As for the actual laptop, Acer’s Predator Triton Neo 16 is a beast. There’s the Core Ultra processor,…

Acer just announced a new gaming laptop, the Nitro V 16. This computer has some serious bells and whistles, with the key takeaway being the inclusion of the just-announced AMD Ryzen 8040 Series processor. The processor has plenty of oomph for modern gaming applications, with the addition of AI technology to enable enhanced ray-traced visuals.You can spec out the laptop how you see fit, with GPU options up to the respectable NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060. This GPU features DLSS 3.5 tech and its own AI-powered ray-tracing, called…

NVIDIA is taking a massive bet on Japan's booming AI industry and has decided to prioritise Japanese tech companies for their special AI-capable GPUs. Japan has set aside about 2 trillion Yen or $13.6 billion in an additional budget, specifically earmarked for chip investment…

Happy Monday! Almost a year after the country’s central bank imposed a freeze on onboarding new merchants for online payment firms, they have been forced to scout for alternative revenue sources. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this letter:■ EU founders and VCs turn to safer shores■ Beckn finds takers in distant shores■ Inside Zo House, the den of Web3 creatorsRBI ban makes online payment aggregators seek alternative business lines After almost a year of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) ban on…

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends AMD’s aging AM4 platform has been around since 2016, and it’s a socket that AMD has promised to support for “for many years.” We thought we’d waved goodbye to AM4 for good, but a new leak says that AMD has two new 3D V-Cache chips in the works, namely the Ryzen 7 5700X3D and the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. If the rumor is to be believed, AMD may not be done with AM4 yet, which is great news for those hoping not to have to upgrade their entire PC just to get the latest performance. As per the user…

AMD Gigabyte has just sparked some rumors about the next generation of AMD’s top processors, perhaps accidentally leaking the release date that AMD itself hasn’t talked about just yet. Then again, coming from Gigabyte, it can be considered a fairly credible source. In any case, AMD’s next-gen APUs seem to be right around the corner, serving up graphics powers far beyond anything we’ve seen in an integrated GPU so far. We’re talking about AMD’s 8000G APUs, which are a much-anticipated update to the company’s lineup.…

Tecno has expanded its Megabook laptop segment with the latest Megabook T1 series in India on Wednesday. The laptop is said to be the company's latest thin and lightweight laptop in the country, weighing in at just 1.56kg. It features a 15.6-inch full HD+ display, which supports a peak brightness of 350 nits. The laptop runs on Windows 11 Home out-of-the-box. It is equipped with 16 GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD. The new Tecno Megabook T1 is powered by Intel's 11th Gen processors.Tecno Megabook T1 price in India,…

The Snapdragon exclusivity of Samsung‘s Galaxy S flagships may be ending after just one year. Next year’s Galaxy S24 series may use an Exynos chipset in some markets. Samsung will also launch the Galaxy S23 FE, which is expected to debut a few months later, in Exynos and Snapdragon variants. For the past several years, Samsung shipped its flagship phones with either an Exynos or Snapdragon processor depending on your region. Usually, the US and China got Snapdragon and the rest of the world got the company’s in-house…

Sony has unveiled the WF-1000XM5 ANC earbuds. These new earbuds come with a new integrated processor, the V2, along with QN2e noise-cancelling processor QN2e, and the two work in tandem to unlock Sony’s most advanced noise-cancelling technology yet.The Sony WF-1000XM5 wireless earbuds are designed to be slimmer and lighter than their predecessor, the WF-1000XM4. They also have a glossy texture and are 25% smaller and 20% lighter. Sony has modelled the shape of the earbuds after the human ear to provide an ergonomic fit…

Aside from performance improvements, the design of laptops is always getting better. This involves not only looks but how the laptop feels in hand, and reports have it that the coming Arrow Lake Intel processors will help in this regard. While this processor might help laptops using it achieve a level of slimness, it’d also improve performance. So one can argue that Intel aims to use this processor to achieve two important things. You can use the idiom ‘to kill two birds with one stone’ to perfectly explain Intel’s plan…