Intel might not be done with the current Arc G3 series for the gaming handhelds, and might come up with more SKUs for entry-level devices. Intel Reportedly Prepares a Panther Lake 4+0+4+4 SoC for Gaming Handhelds, Which Could Power Entry-Level Devices The Arc G3 series is Intel's most powerful SoC lineup for gaming handhelds, but that doesn't mean Intel is only focusing on the flagship chips. The company has already launched multiple SKU lineups in the Panther Lake series, and even though they aren't directly made for gaming handhelds, Intel prepares similar variants for handheld devices. This is how we […]

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AMD has started adding Ryzen Zen 6 "client" CPU support for its HSMP driver, spanning Olympic Ridge & Medusa Point families. AMD Ryzen "Zen 6" Client CPU Support Enabled on HSMP Driver: Targets Olympic Ridge & Medusa Point With the launch of the first Zen 6 CPUs in the EPYC 9006 family, AMD is now gearing up to bring the same architecture to its client-based lineups. As per the latest Linux Kernel patches, AMD has enabled support for several Zen 6 client families, which will be part of the Ryzen product portfolio. There are three families listed, which include: The […]

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AMD Medusa Point "Zen 6" CPUs are making some decent progress, and if we go by the latest benchmark numbers, these are faster than we expected. 10-Core amd Medusa Point Engineering Sample Delivers 3,329 Points in Single and 16,555 Points At 5.4 GHz in Multi-Core Geekbench Tests Looks like we underestimated the Medusa Point a bit. We continue to see leaked benchmarks for the upcoming Zen 6-based series CPUs, and now, with another set of benchmarks, it's clear that AMD has been aiming for a much higher uplift than we expected. Nearly 10 days ago, we posted the first-ever benchmarks […]

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Team Red has laid the foundation for the upcoming Gorgon Halo Pro series before the chips arrive on the market officially. AMD Adds Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 Support to ROCm 7.14, Giving AI Developers a Head Start on the Gorgon Halo Platform AMD looks ready to release the Ryzen AI MAX PRO 400 series in the coming weeks, as it has already added support for the upcoming PRO series to its latest ROCm 7.14 ecosystem. The company has rolled out its latest ROCm 7.14 software stack, which has received support for Ryzen AI MAX PRO 400, aka Gorgon Halo […]

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AMD's Medusa Point "Zen 6" APUs have leaked out once again at Geekbench, showcasing even higher performance than earlier. AMD Medusa Point "Zen 6" CPU Showcases Strong Single & Multi-Core Performance At 2 GHz A few months ago, we reported the first sighting of AMD's Medusa Point within the Geekbench database. The chip was spotted on the Plum-MDS1 platform, which features the new FP10 BGA socket, and is the Evaluation platform designed for next-gen AMD SoCs in the 28-45W range. The last performance numbers were quite good given that the chip was operating at 2.40 GHz, but now we have […]

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The company has launched its first Arc G3 Extreme-based handheld with various configurations. OneXPlayer 3 Hits the Shelves with Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Featuring 24/32 GB and 512 GB/1 TB Configurations, Starting at $1,399 Popular handheld and eGPU maker ONEXPLAYER has debuted its first Intel Arc G3 Extreme-powered gaming handheld called OneXplayer 3. The handheld maker has been continuously developing handhelds with the most powerful SoCs from AMD, including Strix Point and Strix Halo chips, but has now transitioned to Intel's Panther Lake variant for its most powerful Intel-based handheld till now. The OneXPlayer 3 offers the 14-core Intel Arc […]

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AMD is expanding its Ryzen PRO lineup with the Ryzen AI PRO 400 Desktop lineup & the first 3D V-Cache Pro chip, the Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D AMD Ryzen AI PRO 400 CPUs Headed To Retail Shelves In OEM Systems By Q3 2026 AMD's Ryzen AI 400 APUs are finally coming to Desktop PCs, bringing the Strix Point architecture to more audiences. The new APUs feature the beloved Zen 5 CPU architecture, along with the first outing of RDNA 3.5 for desktop iGPUs. These APUs also bring the fastest NPU, XDNA 2, to desktops, so let's start with the full […]

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AMD's next-generation Halo flagship, the Ryzen AI MAX+ 495, has leaked out, featuring a 10% bump in performance & a new Radeon 8065 iGPU. AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 495 Is The Flagship Gorgon Halo APU, Rocks 16 "Zen 5" Cores & Radeon 8065S GPU Earlier this year, we reported that AMD was working on a new Halo family called Ryzen AI MAX 400, and codenamed Gorgon Halo. Just like Strix Point to Strix Halo, Gorgon Halo will offer similar architectures as Gorgon Point "Ryzen AI 400" SoCs, but elevate the configurations with more cores, beefier GPU, and lots of memory […]

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New LLVM patches confirm additional RDNA 4m variants alongside GFX1170 with similar instruction capabilities. AMD Quietly Expands Next-Gen iGPU Roadmap by Adding New RDNA 4m Graphics Targets, GFX1171 and GFX1172 Earlier compiler patches showed that RDNA 4m incorporates several RDNA 4-style instruction-set upgrades, such as support for FP8 and BF8 data formats, along with WMMA matrix instructions used in AI workloads. Now, AMD is further expanding its next-gen integrated GPU roadmap, as new Linux compiler patches unveil two additional RDNA 4m graphics targets. These are the GFX1171 and GFX1172. These targets are now joining the recently discovered GFX1170, confirming that […]

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The new AMD APU family has received support in the latest CPU-Z software, and the upcoming Intel Wildcat Lake has also been mentioned. CPU-Z Adds Support for AMD Ryzen AI 400 "Kraken Point 2" APUs and Preliminary Support for Intel Wildcat Lake in Version 2.19 AMD's recently launched Ryzen AI 400 CPU series has just received support in the latest CPU-Z version 2.19. As per the release notes of the latest version, all the new Ryzen AI 400 desktop APUs, including the G and GE versions, have been added to the CPU-Z database. The series includes several SKUs under the […]

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