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The MSI Claw A1M didn’t need to do much to be a contender in the still nascent gaming handheld PC space. If MSI had crafted the budget option, the lower-end device with fewer bells and whistles than its competitors, it would be a solid buy. Unfortunately for everyone involved, MSI made one of the more expensive…
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There’s a tightrope every gaming laptop needs to walk, and it is truly so difficult to balance everything before tipping over one edge or the other. You want something that most people can afford, with all the bells and whistles, and you want it to feel good and look good.
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Microsoft is getting its own AI upscaling technology baked straight into Windows 11 that will appear on the latest Copilot+ PCs.
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This post was updated 6/3/2024 at 8:21 a.m. ET to include more information about OEMs who will sport the new AMD Ryzen AI 300 series chips.
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May was a loaded month with Apple and Google both releasing products. Project Astra was definitely the most interesting thing we saw at an otherwise boring Google I/O.
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There’s a CPU. There’s a GPU. In the past year, every tech company has been talking about “NPUs.” If you didn’t know the first two, you’re probably flummoxed about the third and why the tech industry is extolling the benefits of a neural processing unit.
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Out of all the big blowout declarations from Microsoft Build, from the launch of all new “Copilot+” PCs with Snapdragon X Elite chips to new software, perhaps the most standout
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Microsoft smells blood in the water, and it seems to be exclusively gunning for Apple’s latest ultra-thin laptops and iPads with devices sporting all-day batteries and ARM-base
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Lenovo has announced it’s joining Microsoft and Qualcomm’s foray into AI-based computing with a new lineup of laptops specifically tuned for the Snapdragon X Elite architec