Apple Silicon|Intel

AMD Beats 25x20 Goal for Mobile CPU Energy Efficiency

The AMD logo on a building on the AMD campus.
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AMD has handily beaten its 2014 goal, known as "25x20," to make its mobile CPUs 25 times more energy efficient by the year 2020. The company says that the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H beat the company's baseline measurements by 31.7 times.

The company didn't release any specific results, but listed that the new testing performed on April 15 with the baseline

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Gen11 Iris Plus Tested: Could Tiger Lake and Xe Double Performance?

Intel Core i7-1065G7
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Intel plans to join the dedicated graphics card fray in the coming months with its Xe Graphics architecture, which will cover everything from integrated graphics in the upcoming Tiger Lake and Rocket Lake CPUs to dedicated graphics cards for consumers, with number-crunching data center beasts at the top of the spectrum. Could Intel end up making our list of the best graphics cards ? It's far too early to say, but after covering AMD vs Intel integrated graphics performance , we wanted to

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Silverstone Fara R1 Review: Compact ATX Mesh, With Style

Our Verdict

Silverstone’s Fara R1 offers up an ATX chassis with modern, uplifting looks. It’s a good beginner’s chassis. Just don’t pack it full of high-heat hardware, as the front panel isn’t as friendly to airflow as you might expect.

For

  • Attractive, Understated Looks
  • Thoughtful interior
  • Flexible & Easy to use
  • Three front USB ports
  • Fits Large PSUs

Against

  • Front mesh is too restrictive
  • Very tight cable management space
  • Unrefined around the edges
  • No RGB (a pro, for some
Silverstone Fara R1
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Apple Silicon|Intel

Intel's Raja Koduri Shows Off Huge Mysterious Chip: Is This a Gargantuan Xe GPU?

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(Image credit: Raja Koduri Twitter)

Remember two months ago when Intel tweeted an image of a huge, mysterious chip ? Well, we still don't know exactly what that chip is, but Intel is back again teasing something even bigger. Well, rather, Intel's Raja Koduri is here, showing off his (we quote) "big 'fabulous' package."

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AMD Ryzen-Powered Mini-PC Has The Potential To Be The NUC Killer

DeskMini DMAF5 (Image credit: Minisforum)

The NUC market is about to get a new competitor as Minisforum is making the necessary preparations to bring a new mini-PC to the fight. The DeskMini DMAF5 will be the company's first AMD Ryzen-powered device to venture into the mini-PC market.

The dimensions of the DeskMini DMAF5 are unknown at this point, but Minisforum's marketing material shows the mini-PC sitting comfortably on the palm of your hand. The case, which appears

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Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G732 Review: High Performance, High Refresh

Our Verdict

The Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G732 lives up to its gamer-focused aesthetics with a machine that leverages its specs to achieve more than computers with the same innards, all while displaying at a buttery smooth 300 Hz.

For

  • High refresh rate display
  • Strong gaming performance
  • Underside stays cool

Against

  • No webcam
  • Somewhat awkward typing experience
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G732
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Building a Raspberry Pi Powered Scrolling LED Sign

Image of Melissa's scrolling RGB LED sign
(Image credit: Melissa LeBlanc-Williams @makermelissa)

This Raspberry Pi project, created by maker Melissa LeBlanc-Williams, gets your message across loud and clear. It uses a Raspberry Pi to operate and control a scrolling LED sign.

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ECS' New H410 Thin Mini-ITX Motherboard Doesn't Need a Power Supply

ECS H410H6-TI2 (Image credit: ECS)

ECS (via Hermitage Akihabara ) has cooked up the H410H6-TI2 motherboard for PC builders that want to build an AIO or slim system with Intel's 10th Generation Comet Lake-S processors.

ECS advertises the H410H6-TI2 as a thin Mini-ITX motherboard with the LGA1200 CPU socket . The motherboard still measures 170 x 1

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Create a Raspberry Pi Light Show with Analog Inputs

Raspberry Pi Light Show
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The Raspberry Pi may be a great platform for learning, but one major thing it can’t do out of the box is use analog electronic components. That leaves everything from analog joysticks to potentiometers off limits by default, but fortunately adding an expensive chip solves the problem. The MCP3008 ADC (Analog to Digital Converter) is used to connect analog electronics to the Raspberry Pi’s 40 GPIO pins , enabling you to use all kinds of additional

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Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB M.2 SSD Hits Lowest Price

Samsung 970 Evo
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SSD prices have been high lately, but the Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2 SSD at 1TB capacity has hit the lowest price we've seen at $189.99 at Amazon .

In our Samsung 970 Evo Plus review , we gave the PCIe NVMe drive 4.5 stars and our coveted Editor's Choice Award. That was due to its strong performance, black PCB and software package.

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