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Qualcomm this morning is taking the wraps off of a new smartphone SoC for the mid-range market, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. The second of Qualcomm’s down-market ‘S’ tier Snapdragon 7 parts, the 7s series is functionally the entry-level tier for the Snapdragon 7 family – and really, most Qualcomm-powered handsets in North America. With three tiers of Snapdragon 7 chips, the 7s can easily be lost in the noise that comes with more powerful chips. But the latest iteration of the 7s is a bit more interesting than usual, as rather than reusing an existing die, Qualcomm has seemingly minted a whole new die for this part. As a result, the company has upgraded the 7s family to use Arm’s current Armv9 CPU cores...
AMD To Host AI and Data Center Event on June 13th - MI300 Details Inbound?
In a brief note posted to its investor relations portal this morning, AMD has announced that they will be holding a special AI and data center-centric event on June...
2 by Ryan Smith on 5/9/2023
AMD openSIL Planned to Replace AGESA Firmware in Client and Server in 2026
At a recent OCP Regional Summit held in Prague, AMD shared its plans to replace its AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) firmware with an open-source alternative called Open-Source...
19 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/5/2023
AMD Unveils Ryzen Mobile 7040U Series: Phoenix To Fly Into Thin Notebooks
Back at CES 2023, AMD announced a wave of upcoming Ryzen Mobile SKUs based on its Zen 4 silicon to launch in Q1 2023. Despite experiencing several delays in...
71 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/3/2023
AMD: Ryzen Mobile 7040HS “Phoenix” Laptops to Reach Retailers in a Couple More Weeks
Alongside AMD’s usual slate of financial figures as part of their quarterly earnings call, the company also offered a brief update on the state of the next-generation Ryzen Mobile...
11 by Ryan Smith on 5/3/2023
AMD Reports Q1 2023 Earnings: Slipping Back into the Red as Client Sales Crumble
Continuing our earnings season coverage for Q1’2023, today we have the yin to Intel’s yang, AMD. The number-two x86 chip and discrete GPU maker has been enjoying a growing...
6 by Ryan Smith on 5/3/2023
Intel PR Confirms Chip Branding Changes in the Works: Core i Series to Give Way to Ultra?
In an unusual move, Intel's director of global communications, Bernard Fernandes, took to Twitter this morning to confirm that the chip giant is preparing some chip branding change for...
35 by Ryan Smith on 5/1/2023
Intel Reports Q1 2023 Earnings: A Record Losing Quarter Goes Better Than Expected
Kicking off our coverage of the first earnings season of the year for the tech industry, we as always start with Intel. The blue-hued blue-chip is the first out...
9 by Ryan Smith on 4/28/2023
Intel: Meteor Lake & Intel 4 Process Now Ramping for Production
As part of today’s Q1’2023 earnings announcement from Intel, the company is offering a brief update on the state of its upcoming chips and manufacturing nodes. Key among these...
18 by Ryan Smith on 4/27/2023
AMD Issues Second Statement on Ryzen 7000 Burnout Issues: Caps SoC Voltages
Yesterday, AMD issued a statement surrounding the burnout issues some users have been experiencing with their Ryzen 7000X3D processors. The problem, reported in multiple Reddit subforums, includes some Ryzen...
43 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/27/2023
AMD Releases Ryzen Z1 Series: Zen 4 & RDNA 3 Come To Handheld Game Consoles
AMD has announced the Ryzen Z1 series of high-performance processors for handheld PC gaming consoles. The latest Ryzen Z1 chips wield Zen 4 cores and RDNA 3 graphics, a...
20 by Zhiye Liu on 4/26/2023
ASUS Issues Statement on Ryzen 7000X3D Processor Issues, Possible Voltage Issues with AMD EXPO
Yesterday we reported that MSI announced a wave of firmware updates designed to address and alleviate potential issues with users on AM5 using AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D processors with 3D...
8 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/25/2023
AMD Issues Official Statement on Reported Ryzen 7000 Burnout Issues
Yesterday we reported that MSI announced a wave of firmware updates designed to address and alleviate potential issues with users on AM5 using AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D processors with 3D...
35 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/25/2023
AMD Releases Ryzen Embedded 5000 Series For Embedded Networking Products
AMD has announced their latest processor line-up designed for embedded-class products, the Ryzen Embedded 5000 series. The latest parts adds to their collection of other Zen 3-based embedded platforms...
5 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/21/2023
The Intel Core i3-13100F Review: Finding Value in Intel's Cheapest Core Chip
While we here at AnandTech tend to be focused at the high-end of Intel's Core CPU product stacks, the company has a far more comprehensive lineup than we typically...
39 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/20/2023
Intel IFS Partners Up With Arm To Develop Improved Arm IP Designs for Intel's 18A Node
In 2016, Intel's now-defunct Custom Foundry business and Arm teamed up to bring Arm's Artisan Physical IP and POP IP for its ARM Cortex-A processor cores to Intel's 10nm...
7 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/13/2023
AMD Computing & Graphics EVP Rick Bergman to Retire - Jack Huynh Named Replacement
In a brief press release sent out yesterday afternoon, AMD has announced that its executive leadership team is going to see some changes. Rick Bergman, the current executive vice...
1 by Ryan Smith on 4/5/2023
The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Review: A Simpler Slice of V-Cache For Gaming
In February, AMD released the first parts in its highly anticipated Ryzen 7000X3D series. This new line combines AMD's 3D V-Cache packaging with high-performance and highly efficient Zen 4...
53 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/5/2023
AMD Quietly Launches A620 Platform: Sub $100 AM5 Motherboards
AMD has introduced its entry-level A620 platform for AM5 processors. The new platform is designed to power inexpensive PCs that use AMD's CPUs in AM5 packaging based on the...
28 by Anton Shilov on 4/4/2023
Intel Updates Data Center Roadmap: Xeons On Track - Emerald in Q4'23, Sierra Forest in H1'24
Coming to the end of the first quarter of 2023, Intel’s Data Center and AI group is finding itself at an interesting inflection point – for reasons both good...
48 by Ryan Smith on 3/29/2023
Gordon Moore, Intel's Co-Founder and Tech Industry Visionary, Passes Away At 94
Intel and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation have announced this evening that Gordon Moore, Intel’s famous co-founder and grandfather to much of the modern chip industry, has passed...
20 by Ryan Smith on 3/24/2023
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