News & Reviews:   Processors

Yesterday, Microsoft Xbox and chipmaker AMD formalised a strategic, multi?year collaboration to develop custom processors for upcoming Xbox consoles. This move signals a deeper co-engineering relationship that could bring major optimisations in both performance and efficiency.

At last, Qualcomm has introduced the successor of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip today. It turns out that we have been calling it the wrong name, as the company put the plus sign after the eight rather than one, so it's Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

AMD has announced new CPU series that is aimed to level up the gaming experience in PC. The new Ryzen 5000G series processors not only bringing impressive tech specs but are also the first AMD processors with built-in graphics. They will combine the Zen 3 processing capabilities with Vega 8 integrated graphics to present an above-average GPU performance.

Now that AMD has seen success with its mobile CPUs for 2020, the company is turning towards the huge OEM desktop PC market. AMD has unveiled the Ryzen 4000G series and Athlon 3000 series APUs that are built on the 7nm process. In particular, the Ryzen 4000 G series will be targeted at OEM and system integrators.

If you think that deca-core processor in your smartphone is the best in the market – researchers at UC Davis has recently trumped it with a 1000 core processor that leaves others in the dust.