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Why Ryzen Was Amazing and the Haters Were All Wrong

FEATURE By Steven Walton, May 26, 2022, 6:02 AM TechSpot Hardware

A big incentive of going Ryzen over the past few years has been the AM4 platform. AMD promised platform support until at least 2020 and they have delivered, giving users a clear upgrade path from Zen up to Zen 3 CPUs.

Software Industry

Microsoft "hybrid loop" shows the foundation for AI-powered client / cloud computing

Also: Project Volterra, a small form factor Windows/Arm PC for developers

By Bob O’Donnell, May 24, 2022, 11:18 AM

Industry Software

Citrix partners with Microsoft on Windows 365 integration

Windows 365 has been positioned by some as an easier-to-use, less expensive, but de-featured version of Azure VDI

By Bob O’Donnell, May 19, 2022, 7:52 AM

Industry

Dell's "hardware as a service" Apex expands to include analytics and data recovery

News from Dell Technologies World 2022

By Bob O'Donnell, May 3, 2022, 10:18 AM

Software Hardware

Arm looks to modernize IoT development with "virtual hardware"

Another step in making the promise of IoT real

By Bob O'Donnell, April 27, 2022, 9:19 AM

The Web Industry

"Buy with Prime" enables third-party websites to leverage Amazon's shipping and logistics power

Highlighting the growth of Amazon's logistics business

By Bob O'Donnell, April 21, 2022, 12:35 PM

Hardware Industry

Opinion: Intel spices up PC market with Arc GPU launch

The return of Intel to the discrete GPU market

By Bob O’Donnell, March 30, 2022, 1:36 PM 20 comments

Hardware Industry

Nvidia unveils next generation Hopper GPU architecture, and more accelerated applications at GTC 2022

It's a connected, multi-chip world

By Bob O’Donnell, March 22, 2022, 11:39 AM 13 comments

Hardware

AMD and Lenovo launches highlight incoming refresh for 2022 PCs

Gaming-focused Ryzen CPU and new Ryzen 6000 powered ThinkPads

By Bob O’Donnell, March 15, 2022, 10:54 AM

Industry Hardware

The future of semiconductors is UCIe

Psst, want to know a secret?

By Bob O’Donnell, March 8, 2022, 1:56 PM 22 comments

Mobile Industry

The status of 5G edge computing as we see challenges remain

It's still early days

By Bob O’Donnell, February 25, 2022, 5:34 AM

Mobile Electronics

Samsung goes Ultra with new Galaxy S22 phone and Galaxy Tab S8 tablet

Samsung shows off its flagship phone and tablet for 2022

By Bob O’Donnell, February 9, 2022, 10:27 AM 12 comments

The Web Industry

The 5G market in the U.S. just got much more interesting

The spectrum-grab has a few years in the making

By Bob O’Donnell, January 21, 2022, 7:18 AM

Gaming Tech Culture

Why are Xbox players still being forced into crossplay with PC gamers?

Most of PlayStation's competitive cross-platform games have an option to turn off crossplay

By Cal Jeffrey, January 11, 2022, 2:14 PM 23 comments

Hardware Industry

Nvidia doesn't need us anymore: How is the GeForce RTX 3080 12GB launching to zero reviews

Dodgy Practices

By Steven Walton, January 11, 2022, 9:00 AM 152 comments

Industry Tech Culture

Edge computing keeps moving forward, but no standards yet

Unless something changes, there's a limit to how far edge computing can go

By Bob O’Donnell, December 14, 2021, 12:21 PM

Industry The Web

Private 5G networks are becoming a thing, and Amazon's AWS wants to have a say on it

AWS means to rewrite the rules for private 5G

By Bob O'Donnell, December 8, 2021, 8:48 AM

Hardware Industry

Qualcomm sets forth ambitious roadmap that includes car tech design wins and powerful PC chips

Qualcomm expands its view to the connected edge

By Bob O’Donnell, November 17, 2021, 10:28 AM

Tech Culture Microsoft

Microsoft and Nvidia are working on their own more practical metaverse

A business-oriented approach to going meta

By Bob O'Donnell, November 3, 2021, 10:54 AM 10 comments

Tech Culture

IBM brings weather data and AI to help with sustainability goals

Lessening impact on the environment

By Bob O’Donnell, October 12, 2021, 9:36 AM

Electronics

Amazon Astro brings a personal robot into your home

The Astro connected robot is Snapdragon-powered with a 10" touchscreen, USB-C port and two digital cameras

By Bob O’Donnell, September 28, 2021, 12:00 PM 16 comments

Hardware

New Microsoft Surface devices and HP PCs show off ongoing PC innovation

New Surface hardware is Windows 11 ready

By Bob O’Donnell, September 22, 2021, 12:33 PM

Car Tech Software

Arm is working to enable the software-defined car

The often overlooked role of Arm in the automotive industry

By Bob O’Donnell, September 15, 2021, 10:36 AM

Gaming Microsoft

Microsoft's 'very' limited edition Halo Infinite Xbox Series X is already impossible to get at a reasonable price

Are you surprised?

By Cal Jeffrey, August 26, 2021, 4:27 PM 10 comments

Mobile

Third time's the charm: Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 are faster, stronger, less expensive

Samsung's latest foldables show benefits of refinements

By Bob O’Donnell, August 11, 2021, 10:11 AM 7 comments