Exclusive: Dell XPS roadmap confirms “Panther Lake” laptops in 2026, “Nova Lake” systems in 2027

Dell XPS leak lists Intel Nova Lake in 2027

Today, we are sharing details from a leaked Dell presentation for the next-gen XPS series.

We came across a presentation by chance while searching for information on current Dell XPS laptops. It seems someone has shared the entire product development presentation, which spans 300 pages and goes deep into every aspect of the laptop’s design process, including major components, issues, and challenges.

While the presentation is strictly about the XPS laptop powered by a

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AOOSTAR launches Mini-PC with desktop Radeon RX 6600 LE GPU

First Mini-PC gets Radeon RX 6600 LE

AMD NAVI2 still around.

AMD has not made any formal announcement of the RX 6600 LE graphics card, but this model is clearly gaining popularity through Chinese board partners and now seemingly through Mini-PC makers.

The Radeon RX 6600 LE is a younger sibling of the RX 6600. As we explained in previous reports , this card is essentially the same as the non-LE version, with the only official

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ZOTAC intros Nebulae, Vespera and Moon GeForce RTX 40 GPU series

ZOTAC intros multiple new GPUs for the Chinese market

The Nebulae, Moon and Vespera series.

The RTX 4070 Nebulae look very similar to Twin Edge White , but the former appears to be a more budget-friendly alternative, lacking for instance the RGB lighting on the side.

Despite borrowing its name from the cosmic phenomenon (of interstellar clouds of gas and dust), this card has relatively low-power requirements, going up to 200 watts, not enough to turn it into dust for sure.

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Intel’s BGM-G21 GPU added to LLVM project: potential first Battlemage GPU to launch

Battlemage BGM-G21 in LLVM patches

Intel issues patches for first discrete Battlemage GPU.

The BGM (Battlemage) series of GPUs are coming, contrary to what some rumors may suggest. Intel is not abandoning the discrete GPU market, but its scope may be limited to desktop GPUs. As far as leaks are concerned, graphics cards based on the new architecture will use two chips: the high-end G21 and low-end G10 processors. The former has just been spotted in recent LLVM

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NVIDIA GeForce R560 Linux drivers will default to open-source GPU kernel on newer graphics cards

NVIDIA open GPU kernel default for R560 drivers for RTX 20/GTX16 and newer

Before NVIDIA launches GeForce R555 drivers as Linux beta drivers, the company has confirmed that starting with the R560 release, the driver will default to using the open-source GPU kernel.

Starting from 2022, NVIDIA offers an open-source GPU kernel for Linux, with the initial focus on workstation and data-center GPUs. This driver also works for consumer GPUs,

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AMD RDNA5 is reportedly entirely new architecture design, RDNA4 “merely a bug fix for RDNA3”

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

AMD Radeon GPUs based on RDNA5 architecture might feature new naming scheme

First rumors on RDNA5.

Hardware leaker ‘wjm47196’, who has not been very active recently, has shared some new details on the next-gen AMD graphics architecture. The last time we heard from ‘wjm’ was during the Radeon RX 6×50 XT refresh , which turned out to be true. Later, AMD launched its Radeon RX 70

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AMD “Strix Halo” 120W boards with 32GB and 64GB memory spotted in shipping manifests

AMD preparing Strix Halo with 120W TDP

The company is preparing next-gen APU series powered by Zen5 architecture.

AMD Ryzen-based APUs, based on Strix Halo silicon, are not expected to hit the market until next year. However, the company is at the active development stage, with many samples being shipped between labs and headquarters, some of which were spotted during transit.

The Strix Point APU is said to use various TDP settings ranging from 55W to 70W. It also

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MSI bundles RTX 4060 Ti Gaming Slim “Monster Hunter Edition” with custom controller

MSI RTX 4060 Ti Gaming Slim Monster Hunter Edition bundled with gamepad

The company launches its first graphics card in the new sub-series.

In January, MSI announced new products based on the game series “Monster Hunter”. One of the said products would include the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Gaming card, now featuring a new, unique color scheme. Today, the company has announced that the graphics card will be bundled with the Force GC30 Monster Hunter Controller.

The card is based

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AOKZOE A2 Ultra with Core Ultra 5 125H goes on sale in China at $692

AOKZOE A2 Ultra preorders start at $692

The device is now available for preorder.

AOKZOE has officially launched the A2 Ultra handheld in China. The good news is that it is available through normal retail channels (sold on T-Mall), but the bad news is that it is still quite expensive.

The A2 Ultra is the second Intel handheld featuring the Core Ultra CPU series. This new system is not yet available in stores, but preorders have just started in China. Currently, there

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