AMD announced its upcoming Ryzen Z2 line of processors at CES 2025, with the halo Z2 Extreme sporting an 8-core, 16-thread CPU and a 16 CU RDNA 3.5 GPU. The other two models are a step down in various ways and full specifications aren’t yet available.
AMD announced its new RDNA 4 GPU architecture along with the Radeon RX 9000-series branding, with the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 arriving in the next couple of months.
Vero 16 laptop ups the eco-friendly ante, at least on paper, with a chassis that the company claims is constructed of 70% post-consumer plastic and a “bio-based oyster shell material.”
No more Inspirons or XPS for Dell as it rebrands its consumer products as Dell, business and enterprise become Dell Pro, and workstation devices get Dell Pro Max branding.
Acer’s Nitro Blaze 8, Blaze 11 have larger screens than the handheld competition, but similar AMD-based CPU and graphics. The Blaze also has removable controllers.
Some of you reading this may not even be aware that Acer has already thrown its hat into the handheld gaming ring. In what’s quickly become a battle royale of participants, companies like ASUS (ROG Ally/Ally X), Lenovo (Legion Go), MSI (Claw), and of course Valve (Steam Deck) tend to hog the limelight. Be that as it may, Acer joined the fray
On stage today at CES, AMD announced the first major updates to its graphics IP since late 2022. That’s right folks: RDNA 4 is finally arriving, and true to speculation, it appears to be squarely targeting the center of the market. The first RDNA 4 GPU will be the Radeon RX 9070 XT, along with its slightly slower “non-XT” sibling, and they’re