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Samsung flagship Exynos CPU with AMD RDNA2 GPU to launch later this year

Sean — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:00:30 +0000

Earlier this year, Samsung had officially announced that it will be launching its next generation flagship Exynos chipset along with an AMD graphics processor. But unfortunately, the company never unveiled when it would be launching this processor. Now, AMD has revealed more details regarding this processor at its Computex 2021 keynote event.

The chipmaker’s CEO Dr. Lisa Su made it official during its keynote earlier today (1st June 2021) that its GPU in the upcoming flagship Samsung Exynos processor will be based on its latest RDNA2 architecture. This marks the arrival of the new GPU to the mobile platform for the first time. Notably, the graphics will bring advanced features like ray tracing and variable rate shading to offer higher fidelity and improved power efficiency as well.

For those unaware, RDNA2 is team red’s latest graphics architecture, which is also used in the GPUs found in AMD’s new Radeon 6000 series of graphics cards and even the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X. During the keynote, Lisa Su announced that “AMD has partnered with industry leader Samsung for several years to accelerate graphics innovation in the mobile market, and we are happy to announce that we will bring custom graphics IP (Intellectual Property) to Samsung’s next flagship mobile SoC (System on Chip) with ray tracing and variable rate shading capabilities.”

The South Korean tech giant’s Exynos series of processors have been criticized for being relatively weaker in terms of GPU performance. But, the upcoming chip will offer improved gaming performance overall. It was also announced that Samsung will reveal additional details regarding this new chip later this year. So stay tuned for more updates regarding this matter.

Intel launches new 11th-generation Tiger Lake U-series chips and a 5G modem for laptops

Jeet — Mon, 31 May 2021 06:39:28 +0000

Intel has been launching new chips under its 11th generation Tiger Lake lineup and now at Computex 2021, the company has announced a new pair of U-series lower-voltage chips which is aimed at ultrabooks.

The chipmaking giant has announced two chips — Intel Core i7-1195G7 which is the top-of-the-line in the U-series and the Intel Core i5-1155G7, which is the most powerful for the Core i5 range of chips.

Both of these new chips operate in the range of 12W to 28W and come with four core and eight-thread configurations. They also feature Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics — the Core i7-1195G7 comes with 96 EUs, while the Core i5-1155G7 has 80 EUs.

The interesting thing is that while Core i7-1195G7 features the base clock speed of 2.9GHz, but boosts up to a 5.0GHz maximum single-core speed using Intel’s Turbo Boost Max 3.0 technology. On the other hand, the Core i5-1155G7 has a base clock speed of 2.5GHz and a boosted speed of 4.5GHz.

When compared to AMD Ryzen 7 5800U CPU, the Intel Core i7-119G7 CPU can provide 46-178 percent faster performance across games. It is 93 percent faster for video editing, and Intel said that it offers a significant performance upgrade over its competition while running different apps and processes.

Along with these new chips, Intel has also announced Intel 5G Solution 5000 is an M.2 module that has been certified for coverage across the world, including from carriers AT&T and Spring. It is said to deliver download speeds of up to 4.7GB per second and upload speed of up to 1.2GB per second, which is about a five-fold increase in speed over Intel’s Gigabit LTE technology. The modem, which is developed in collaboration with MediaTek and Fibocom, will be available in more than 30 laptop designs by 2022.