Maker and influencer Jeff Geerling describes the recently released Thelio Astra from System76 as "the fastest Arm desktop computer in the world." Geerling backed up his assertion by testing the system ...

AMD’s X3D desktop CPUs have dominated desktop gaming performance for what seems like a lifetime at this point. But what happens when you try to squeeze that same tech into a laptop? The 2025 model of ...

Qualcomm today unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform, which features a next-generation custom Qualcomm-designed Oryon CPU instead of the semi-custom Kryo Arm-based chips from prior SoCs.

what should The launch of AMD‘s Threadripper 9000 series (Shimada Peak) is getting closer. As a result, benchmark results for these processors are starting to appear. The Ryzen Threadripper 9980X has ...

Qualcomm Inc. has just announced its newest flagship smartphone chipset with what it says is the fastest mobile central processing unit ever seen on a mobile device. The Snapdragon Elite 8 is the ...

At this point, the Framework Laptop 13 is a familiar face, an old friend. We have reviewed this laptop five other times, and in that time, the idea of a repairable and upgradeable laptop has gone from ...

Rahim is a Senior Tech/Commerce Writer at Valnet and builds PCs & networking solutions on demand. Whether It's your GPU, CPU, Display, or just an SSD upgrade, expect him to have a well-researched ...

TL;DR: Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is the fastest mobile processor, featuring third-gen Oryon CPU cores, an upgraded Adreno 840 GPU with 23% better gaming performance, and a Hexagon NPU with ...

What Happened: Qualcomm calls the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and X2 Elite the fastest and most efficient processors for Windows PCs. The processors are built with ultimate performance, strong battery ...

Out of curiosity, to what engineering extent is lower (not necessarily poor, just lower relative to more integrated solutions) battery life inevitable for modular systems? I assume there is some power ...