A new report has revealed that Microsoft aims on refreshing both of its newly launched consoles late next year. The first to receive the refresh would be the cheaper Xbox Series S, which will apparently house a refreshed AMD APU that is based on a 6nm process with higher compute units.

The information arrives from a new video from Moore’s Law Is Dead (MLID) on YouTube. In the video, the tech based content creator stated that the Series S 2022 variant will feature a 6nm process that is a more refined version of the 7nm process. In other words, Microsoft can expect to see higher yields that could allow it to offer 24 Compute Units from its Xbox Series S APU.

This is higher than the existing version of the Series S, which currently features just 20 Compute Units but has as many as 4 of these disabled to preserve good yields and to keep the supply of consoles more consistent. To put things simply, the noticeably higher Compute Units would allow for higher clock speeds, which the YouTuber claims can make the new Series S up to 50 percent faster.

Although, with higher performance, the a more expensive price tag is also expected. But, the Series S sits as an entry console so Microsoft might launch this 2022 refreshed version for 350 US Dollars, which is about 50 US Dollars more than the original variant. Meanwhile, the older Series S model could see a potential price slash as well. MLID believes that the new lowered price tag could be somewhere around 189 to 249 US Dollars. However, that would imply that the company will continue selling both consoles together.

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Over the course of the past couple of years, HMD Global has been launching refreshed variants of iconic Nokia mobile phones. Now, the company might be launching a new device, with a new report pointing at the Nokia 3650 being the latest one to get a reboot.

According to a GSMArena report, the company is aiming at now refreshing the controversial 3650 mobile phone. For those unaware, the device was launched back in 2003, and was a part of the vendor’s Symbian Series 60 powered Candybar devices. It featured a unique circular keyboard layout, which, back then, set it apart from almost every other mobile phone at the time. In other words, the handset was easily recognizable but it remains to be seen if HMD brings back its iconic design in the new reboot or would the firm launch it with some tweaks.

Talking about the old model’s specifications, the device features a 2.1 inch display that had a resolution of 176×208 pixels. On the rear, a single rear VGA camera can be found, while the phone was powered by an 850mAh battery pack. Although we don’t know when the company would launch the device, we can expect HMD to launch it with improvements.

One of the improvements could have the handset arrive with the KaiOS interface. Similarly, an improved keyboard and a larger display could also be offered by the company. Unfortunately, this is just speculation at this point and we will have to wait for an official company announcement to know for sure. So stay tuned for more, as we will be providing more updates when additional information is available.

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AMD has officially announced the new Ryzen 3000XT series of processors. These new chips are refreshed chips of their popular 7nm desktop processors and offer a higher boost clock than the regular versions.

The new chips feature the refreshed Zen 2 architecture that the Ryzen 3000 series is built on. The announcement revealed three new chips, which included the Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT, and Ryzen 5 3600XT. These are built on a more refined 7nm process, which results in slightly higher performance than the base variant. Despite having slightly higher boost clocks, the overall TDP of these CPUs have remained the same.

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Furthermore, the primary focus of these chips was to improve single threaded performance, which is an area their competition, Intel, generally win at. According to official notes, the Ryzen 9 3900XT offers 4 percent higher performance than the Team Blue’s counterpart, Intel Core i9-10900K. Interestingly, AMD has also announced that the new processors will also be offered at the same retail price as the non-XT chips.

Notably, only the Ryzen 5 3600XT is bundled with a Wraith air cooler, since the company recommends water cooling for both the Ryzen 9 3900XT and Ryzen 7 3700XT. The high end Ryzen 9 3900XT only boasts a 100MHz higher boost clock, which is also reflected with the Ryzen 5 3600XT. On the other hand, the Ryzen 7 3800XT arrives with a 200MHz higher boost clock than the non-XT versions. So while these are great offerings, they aren’t exactly ground breaking improvements over the pre-existing lineup.

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