AMD Expands Hawk Point Lineup With Numerous New SKUs Under Ryzen 200 And 100 Series

The new processors come with a confusing naming scheme, and unlike what you would expect, these are based on a newer Zen microarchitecture.

Recently, we published that AMD expanded its Zen 2 Renoir series by adding the Ryzen 7 4700LE processor. Looks like AMD isn't yet done with previous-gen Ryzen families and has decided to debut several more SKUs in previous lineups, but with a newer naming convention. It appears that AMD is trying to simplify the naming convention, similar to Intel, and

A list displays various AMD Ryzen processors within the Ryzen 200 Series, including models like AMD Ryzen 3 205, Ryzen 5 216, and Ryzen 7 260.

AI Catapulted Samsung’s Memory Business To New Heights; Now, It’s Pushing The Development Of A 4nm AI Accelerator SoC For PCs To Take On Qualcomm

The AI boom has favored Samsung like no other event, but this phase has also given the Korean giant motivation to challenge competitors it would typically steer clear of. Likely driven by a new confidence wave, a new report states that the Korean giant is now developing an AI accelerator using its 4nm process called “Gaia” and will enter the PC market by taking on Qualcomm and NVIDIA.

Sporting an optimized internal structure for its NPU, Samsung’s AI accelerator will be tailor-made for edge computing. According to


PlayStation Braces For The Storm As Analysts Call Disc Protests Toothless, But CEO’s 56% Stock Sell-Off Tells Another Story

PlayStation announcing it is sunsetting production of game discs in 2028 while keeping partners in the dark will go down in history as one of the most controversial decisions ever made by the Japanese giant. Following the initial disbelief, gamers are staging as many protests as they can, signing petitions and canceling PS Plus subscriptions and game pre-orders for titles such as Marvel's Wolverine , but these protests are not going to make the company backtrack, according to Serkan Toto , CEO of Japanese game industry consultancy firm Kantan


AMD Revives Zen 2 With The Ryzen 7 4700LE, An 8-Core Chip That Drops Integrated Graphics

The team Red isn't stopping, and has been continuously expanding its existing Ryzen lineups with newer processors.

AMD appears to have enough inventory to keep releasing older Ryzen chips, which is evident from the new launches. While the company doesn't announce such launches publicly, they appear on the official website, confirming AMD's plan to expand the existing lineups.

As spotted by @Zed__Wang , AMD has silently launched its newest Zen 2 Renoir processor for the AM4 platform. The launch date mentioned

The image shows specifications for the AMD Ryzen 7 4700LE from the Ryzen 4000 Series, featuring 8 CPU cores, 16 threads, a max boost clock of up to 4.2 GHz, a base clock of 3.6 GHz, and a TDP of 65W, with an AM4 socket.
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iPhone 18 Pro Max’s Battery Will Make It Weigh As Much As Apple’s Older Stainless Steel Models, But The Runtime Could Make You Ignore The Trade-Off

Apple will introduce one of the biggest battery upgrades to the iPhone 18 Pro Max , but in the world of consumer electronics, if you’re getting something, then you’re giving up something in return. According to the latest rumor, the iPhone 17 Pro Max’s successor will weigh as much as the Cupertino firm’s older-generation models with a stainless steel frame, but you might very well ignore the heft when you learn the kind of battery life you might experience.

If the iPhone


PS5 Pro Delivers The Best Experience In Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, As It Runs Ray-Traced Visuals At 60FPS

The PlayStation 5 Pro is, on paper, the most powerful console available on the market , but there have been times when the system disappointed, especially in some titles at launch. With the upgraded PSSR 2.0 upscaler , however, the situation has been steadily improving, and with Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced , the system delivers Quality-mode level visuals complete with ray tracing at 60 FPS in its Performance Mode .

The high quality PlayStation 5 Pro support Ubisoft delivered in the remake of the fourth entry


NVIDIA’s Rubin Ultra Rack Estimated To Cost $21 Million, With HBM4e Memory Alone Swelling To $1.5 Million Per Unit

NVIDIA's Rubin & Rubin Ultra servers are going to be super expensive, with a large portion of the costs going towards memory alone.

Rising DRAM and equipment costs will push NVIDIA Rubin server prices up into the stratosphere. You must have thought the Blackwell servers were crazy expensive, but the Rubin generation will hit an historic high in per server costs.

According to BofA Global Research's estimates , the breakdown of the Rubin and Rubin Ultra racks shows a massive price bump, mainly due to the increased HBM costs.

A table titled 'HBM cost per rack by GPU generation' shows that Blackwell has the lowest cost of $11.26/GB, while Rubin Ultra has the highest at $18.49/GB.
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Tensor G7 Could Arrive With A Key Upgrade That’ll Make Nearly Everything Better About The Pixel 12, Assuming You’re Incredibly Patient

The Tensor G6 won’t be a remarkable upgrade over the Tensor G5 , but we’ve pretty much grown accustomed to Google’s practices for the past few generations. Fortunately, the Tensor G7 is where this streak may be broken because a rumor claims that it’s being tested with an upgrade that could boost the Pixel 12’s overall capabilities. Here are more details for you.

Aside from mentioning that Samsung is preparing three generations of Exynos chipsets , Reptalica also states on X that


Nintendo Switch 2 Docked VRR Support Is Still Being Worked On, As Job Listing Suggests Nintendo Hasn’t Abandoned Its Plans

The Nintendo Switch 2 doesn't support the ever-critical Variable Refresh Rate in docked mode , though it was supposed to, according to pre-launch information . However, it seems like Nintendo hasn't completely abandoned the idea, according to a recently unearthed job listing .

As spotted by Nintendo Patents Watch on Bluesky , Nintendo is searching for a Senior Display Engineer with the following duties:

  • “Architect, design, and implement display driver stack for use with current and future products.”
  • “Develop and refine display

MSI Brings Optimized “CXMT” DDR5 Memory Support To Its AM5 800 & 600 Series Motherboards In Latest BIOS, Also Enables TSME

MSI is rolling out its latest BIOS for AM5 800 and 600 series motherboards, offering optimized support for CXMT DDR5 memory.

As CXMT's DDR5 memory continues its push in China's domestic market, motherboard vendors are acting swiftly to offer optimized support for the latest modules and kits. MSI has now become the latest of the bunch to offer support.

The MSI BIOS spans its entire AM5 portfolio of motherboards, including the 800 series and the 6

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