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AMD Unveils Ryzen Mobile 7040U Series: Phoenix To Fly Into Thin Notebooks

Back at CES 2023, AMD announced a wave of upcoming Ryzen Mobile SKUs based on its Zen 4 silicon to launch in Q1 2023. Despite experiencing several delays in shipping its latest Ryzen Mobile 7040 silicon to partners and vendors, AMD has finally announced its line-up designed for thin and light notebooks, the Ryzen 7040U […]

AMD: Ryzen Mobile 7040HS “Phoenix” Laptops to Reach Retailers in a Couple More Weeks

AMD: Ryzen Mobile 7040HS “Phoenix” Laptops to Reach Retailers in a Couple More Weeks

Alongside AMD’s usual slate of financial figures as part of their quarterly earnings call, the company also offered a brief update on the state of the next-generation Ryzen Mobile 7040HS “Phoenix” CPUs. After initially being slated for a March arrival – and then pushed back to April – the laptops are finally launching. According to […]

AMD Reports Q1 2023 Earnings: Slipping Back into the Red as Client Sales Crumble

AMD Reports Q1 2023 Earnings: Slipping Back into the Red as Client Sales Crumble

Continuing our earnings season coverage for Q1’2023, today we have the yin to Intel’s yang, AMD. The number-two x86 chip and discrete GPU maker has been enjoying a growing diet of Intel’s lunch for much of the past two years, but like the rest of the tech industry, AMD is now seeing a significant drop-off […]

Intel PR Confirms Chip Branding Changes in the Works: Core i Series to Give Way to Ultra?

Intel PR Confirms Chip Branding Changes in the Works: Core i Series to Give Way to Ultra?

In an unusual move, Intel’s director of global communications, Bernard Fernandes, took to Twitter this morning to confirm that the chip giant is preparing some chip branding change for later this year. Citing that the company is at an “inflection point” ahead of the launch of their Meteor Lake architecture client CPUs later this year, […]

Microsoft To Stop Self-Branded PC Peripherals, Set to Focus on Surface Instead

Microsoft To Stop Self-Branded PC Peripherals, Set to Focus on Surface Instead

Microsoft has confirmed that the company will discontinue selling PC accessories under the Microsoft brand, narrowing the firm’s focus to premium-priced peripherals sold under the Surface brand. The decision marks a major fork in the road for Microsoft-badged keyboards and mice, an era that started in 1983. And while the company isn’t going to cease […]