Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile processor for smartphones at the Qualcomm Tech Summit in Hawaii late on Tuesday, adding substantially more performance and AI-powered features to 2022 smartphones. However,…
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Qualcomm prophesizes 2023 as the rebirth of PC Snapdragon chips
Qualcomm processors for PCs enhanced by the company’s Nuvia design team will sample in 2022 for devices shipping in 2023, Qualcomm executives said Tuesday. The company also boldly pledged to offer Adreno…
The Full Nerd awards: Our favorite PC hardware of 2021
Despite the chaos of the pandemic, 2020 worked out to be an excellent year for new PC hardware. But that momentum sadly did not carry into 2021, as chip shortages and supply…
The Full Nerd ep. 197: The Best PC Hardware of 2021
In this episode of The Full Nerd, , ,, , and hash out the best PC hardware of 2021. It’s immediately fireworks as Gordon nominates Intel’s 12th-gen Alder Lake as the best…
The Full Nerd. ep. 196: Intel 12th gen Alder Lake
In this episode of The Full Nerd, , and y go over Intel’s 12th-gen Alder Lake CPU performance and a secret feature. After years of absence from desktop competition, Intel’s hybrid 12th-gen…
Dozens of games don’t work on 12th-gen Intel CPUs, but there’s a fix
Denuvo, a popular but resource-intensive digital rights management program, has been the bane of PC gamers for years. With the recent introduction of Intel’s impressive new 12th-gen processors, it looks like gamers…
Cheap laptop demand disintegrates following pandemic buying surge
Analyst firm Mercury Research said that the low end of the notebook PC and Chromebook market “evaporated” in the third quarter, leading to the worst quarter-over-quarter downturn in mobile CPUs in the…
Intel Core i5-12600K review: The new mainstream CPU champ crushes Ryzen
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Stupidly good multi-core performance Really good single-core performance Value that breaks new ground Cons DDR5 option drives up pricing Prices likely to be initially high If…
Where to buy Intel’s 12th-gen ‘Alder Lake’ CPUs
Retailers are beginning to reveal their street prices and availability for Intel’s new 12th-gen Core “Alder Lake” processors, and while they’re not outlandish, they’re not especially pretty either. Intel’s next-gen CPUs are…
The best PC hardware and software of 2021/2022
If 2020 was a banner year for PC hardware, expectations came crashing back down to earth in 2021. The reason? Chip shortages and the supply chain crunch. Simply getting your hands on…