The centerpiece of Asus‘ 2019 Computex press conference on Monday was the ZenBook Pro Duo, a high-end laptop that sports two 4K displays. But that doesn’t mean its less expensive laptops didn’t get some love, too. Asus’ ScreenPad is a phone-sized screen that doubles as a trackpad. First introduced in last year’s ZenBook Pro 15, …
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It seems 2019 is turning into the year of the dual screen. But while companies like HP with its Omen X 2S are just coming around, Asus has already marched on to its second generation. Its new flagship ZenBook Pro Duo pairs a 15-inch 4K OLED display with a second full-width IPS touch screen above the keyboard, which Asus dubs “ScreenPad …
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For a preview of the top-shelf Android phones that’ll arrive in 2020, check out the Arm Cortex-A77 processor design — and the 20% speed boost it should bring to smartphone chips. UK-based Arm designs chips and licenses those designs to companies like Samsung, Qualcomm and MediaTek. Some companies, like Apple, license only the chip instruction set, the interface that software …
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AMD turned 50 this year, and it’s celebrating the old-fashioned way: By drastically improving its processor architecture. At Computex 2019, the chipmaker announced a slew of new processor units, both central and graphics, running its new 7nm architecture. On the CPU side is the Zen 2 range, while the GPUs fall under the new Navi umbrella. The “one last thing” …
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Acer is beefing up a pair of its notebook lines with new chip muscle. The computer maker said Wednesday that the Nitro 5 and Swift 3 notebooks would be powered by the second generation of AMD’s Ryzen mobile processor. The announcement comes a week before the start of the Computex tech show in Taiwan. The Nitro 5 — a notebook …
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The upcoming Asus ROG gaming phone that first appeared in June at Computex now has a price and preorder date. A New York event on Oct. 18 was teased Thursday on Asus North America’s Twitter page showing the back of the ROG Phone. Now, it appears this will be the official launch of preorders for the device, which will start …
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Look at this picture. Now imagine you’re holding a laptop that — instead of a keyboard — has a second screen. Like something out of Westworld. Swiping might be a tad easier than typing, yes? Microsoft-owned SwiftKey was one of the first virtual keyboards to offer intelligent, predictive swipe-typing on Android and iOS phones, and now Microsoft has announced that …
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Didn’t win one of Intel’s limited-edition Core i7-8086K chips during the sweepstakes? You can buy one now on Amazon or Newegg for $425, but only while supplies last. Intel announced the limited edition retro-inspired Core i7-8086K processor at Computex on June 6. The special chip is an homage to the original 8086 processor released 40 years ago. Even though it’s a …
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This year’s Computex convention in Taipei gave us a a glimpse into the next year in PCs. We got a good chunk of surprises, not the least of which was Asus’ futuristic dual-screen concept laptop. But when I explained most of the interesting new products to friends back home, I invariably found myself making comparisons to Razer. The gaming company wasn’t …
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Damn. Asus is loving the multi-screen laptops this year. Fresh after announcing its new ZenBook Pro lineup — the laptop that comes complete with 5.5-inch full-HD touchpad, because one screen is so passé — Asus took to the stage at Computex in Taipei on Wednesday to unveil its vision of the future: the Precog dual-screen laptop. That’s right, where we’re …
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