This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Intel dropped an Acme anvil of 12th-generation (Alder Lake) processors on us at CES 2022: That’s 22 for PCs, eight for gaming laptops, six in a new P series, 10 U series for thin-and-lights and four …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Asus P6300 laptop’s trip to space for use on the Mir space station, spending more than 600 days in orbit, Asus is releasing a Space Edition of its Zenbook 14X OLED. While the laptop …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Intel’s next-gen PC chip, Raptor Lake, isn’t for sale yet, but it’s mature enough to boot Windows. That’s the word from Gregory Bryant, Intel’s PC chip chief, at CES 2022 on Tuesday. “With our next generation processors, code-named Raptor Lake, on …
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Personal computers got a lot more exciting in 2021 thanks to Intel and Apple. Intel got a new chief executive who has plans for the giant chipmaker to reclaim its faded glory. Meanwhile, Apple introduced Macs with its own powerful new processors that challenge Intel’s plans. Processors — the electronic brains, also called chips, that power our smartphones, game consoles, …
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I didn’t really need to upgrade to an M1 Max-powered MacBook Pro. After spending hours using Adobe’s Lightroom photo editing and cataloging software, boy, am I glad I did. The speed of the new MacBook Pro knocked my socks off. The battery life was similarly impressive. And it’s great having an SD card reader back for importing photos and videos …
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A startup called SiFive announced a new processor design Thursday that could revamp mobile phones, cars and other digital devices if the company’s plans work out. Its Performance P650 design comes with a 50% speed boost over the P550 that arrived in June. The San Mateo, California-based company hopes its designs will offer a better balance of speed, battery life and cost thanks to …
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Qualcomm’s next-generation line of mobile processors will get more than just a few performance improvements. They will also be sporting a new naming strategy. On Tuesday at its annual Snapdragon Summit, the chip giant announced a rebrand for its mobile processors starting with its flagship Snapdragon 8-series. As part of the new scheme, Qualcomm’s high-end chip, which is expected to …
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This story is part of Road Trip 2021, CNET’s coverage of the push and pull to manufacture more products in the USA. When you walk among the hulking machines inside an Intel chip factory, you feel simultaneously dwarfed and gigantic. Dwarfed because such factories, called fabs, are enormous facilities covering dozens of acres. And gigantic because the processors they build …
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Qualcomm is poised to take on the laptop processor business in force with its next-generation chips. At least, that’s the vision outlined Tuesday by Qualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Amon at the company’s Investor Day 2021 event. When asked about Qualcomm’s ambitions for the laptop market, Amon first spoke highly of Apple’s latest M-series laptop chips. He praised the Arm-based …
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Moore’s Law, the gauge of steady processor progress from Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, has taken a beating in recent years. But with new chipmaking technology, it’s making a comeback, Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger said Wednesday. “Moore’s law is alive and well,” Gelsinger said at the company’s online Innovation event. “Today we are predicting that we will maintain or even …
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