PC & Laptops

Alienware Area-51 gaming PC Alienware is embracing AMD’s latest attempt to compete with Intel in the gaming PC market, announcing at the E3 expo that it will be the first manufacturer to sell a pre-built system using the new Ryzen ThreadRipper processor. Dell’s gaming arm will be refreshing its Area-51 ...

HP Omen X Compact Desktop With virtual reality set to explode, HP is making sure it’s positioned to reap the benefits from the need for hardware to power the VR revolution. Its latest announcements include a backpack PC that will finally be available to consumers, along with a new headset ...

New ARM processors for mobile devices tailored to AI and VR In separate events at Computex, Qualcomm and Microsoft made a compelling case for a new class of thin, fanless laptops with broadband wireless, significantly longer battery life, and the full Windows 10 experience. And, as expected, the companies announced ...

Dell Inspiron Gaming Desktop PC gamers should be thrilled about the renewed interest that’s being given to performance desktops, as AMD’s Ryzen processors have been matched by Intel’s new Core i9 and Core-X CPUs. While the high end is always claiming the most attention, most gaming isn’t done by those ...

It’s already been a big year for AMD. By the time it arrived in Taiwan, the chipmaker had already released its first Ryzen processors, announced the Epyc server line, unveiled its first Vega graphics card and teased a 16-core desktop chip dubbed Threadripper. Even with all these new products, AMD ...

In recent years Intel has used Computex to try to shake up the laptop market. The chipmaker announced the Ultrabook and later coined the term 2-in-1 here in Taiwan, and more recently it has been pushing concepts such as true wireless computing. Not all of these initiatives have worked but ...

ARM owns the mobile market. Last year the semiconductor IP firm’s processor designs were used in some 16 billion chips, including those at the heart of nearly ever smartphone. Its Mali graphics, which hasn’t been around as long, crossed the one-billion mark in 2016, giving it around half of the ...

HP Spectre x2 Lost amid yesterday’s launch hoopla for Microsoft’s latest Surface Pro hybrid tablet was HP’s announcement the day before of a refreshed Spectre x2 convertible that will squarely face off against the more-hyped device. With its 12.3-inch display and digital pen-based input, the Spectre x2 is clearly gunning ...

Samsung Chromebook Pro Samsung’s high-end Chromebook Pro has been a long time coming. It was first unearthed last October and formally announced at CES in January, but it’s still not available. In the meantime, its less powerful, cheaper Samsung Plus sibling has been on sale since early February. Amazon let ...

The launch earlier this year of the first Zen processors was a big step to make AMD relevant again. It demonstrated that the company could produce a competitive CPU design manufactured on an advanced process. But AMD knows it needs to do more to win back business from Intel and ...