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One of the first mini PC devices to sport AMD's Strix Halo hardware inside has landed on U.S. soil, or at least it soon will. That would be GMKtec's EVO-X2 mini PC. If that sound familiar, it's because we wrote about this same NUC-sized...
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Ever since we first saw the rumored specifications for AMD's Ryzen AI MAX processors—back when they were simply known by the code name "Strix Halo"—the first thought we had was "this thing would make an awesome living-room PC." Framework...
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AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ Powered ROG Flow Z13: Starting At $2,299.99 Our first AMD Strix Halo-based machine isn't flawless, but it impresses in many ways, including performance, AI horsepower, style and efficiency. Solid All-Around Performance Eye-Catching Stylish Looks Surprisingly Good Keyboard...
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In a recent interview, with Notebookcheck, AMD's Ben Conrad made a bold claim: Strix Halo's integrated GPU offers memory bandwidth equivalent to NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 mobile GPU. Well, maybe it's not that bold, really; both data points...
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What if you could have sixteen desktop-class AMD Zen 5 CPU cores and a 96GB professional GPU in a thin & light laptop without compromising performance? Well, that's the promise of AMD's Ryzen AI MAX processors, code-named Strix Halo, and...
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Ever since we first heard about AMD's Strix Halo APUs, we've been wondering exactly what kind of products would make use of them. After all, these parts are high-powered, with the top-end Ryzen AI MAX processor coming in with sixteen...
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It isn't every day that a major chipmaker launches a whole new class of product. Intel arguably did this with its "Lunar Lake" processors, the first consumer x86 chips with on-package memory. AMD's now set to do it too, but instead of...
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The early rumors concerning the naming convention of AMD's upcoming mobile processors appears to be true. We already suspected this, but things took a turn when the company revealed the final name of its "Strix Point" SoCs earlier this...
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AMD's introducing a whole new class of products with the Strix Halo SoCs. These processors integrate CPU, GPU, and NPU into one package, and that's not novel. What is novel, at least in the x86 world, is the amount of each component...
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We wouldn't blame anyone for being indifferent with the state of the PC hardware market right now. The most recent GPU hardware launch was in January, and while we've seen new CPUs drop from AMD, they didn't exactly set enthusiasts' hearts...
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Laptops bearing AMD's Ryzen AI 300 processors, code-named "Strix Point," are expected to start appearing any day now. However, many enthusiasts are already looking past Strix Point toward a higher-end model in the same family, the...
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Mobile processors these days don't come with sockets like desktop CPUs, but they're still manufactured for a specific package type. The package for AMD's "Phoenix" and "Hawk Point" processors is called FP8, and it seems like Strix Point is...
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AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI 300 series processors based on its 'Strix Point' design are pretty cool, but they're essentially an iteration on its previous-gen Phoenix parts. The really exciting new chip supposedly still on the way from AMD is 'Strix Halo', a monster microprocessor meant for...
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Much has been written about AMD's Strix Halo processor, both here and elsewhere. It's a fascinating design, in concept, and it definitely exists at least in some form—but whether it will actually make it to market and then be successful...
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When leakers first revealed the existence of AMD's upcoming Strix Halo processor, many people sneered at the idea. After all, it's a completely new concept, at least for consumer PCs. AMD has been making similar processors for many years...
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AMD's current-generation desktop and laptop processors are fundamentally based on two designs: Raphael, also known as Dragon Range in laptops, and then Phoenix (or possibly Phoenix Point), created specifically for portable PCs. The former...
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