Ryzen Mobile
While many companies such as Razer offer 'desktop' replacements in the form of very high-end and powerful gaming laptops, the silicon that goes into them not only needs to deliver similar levels of performance but it's got to be efficient too. With high-end mobile processors coming out at least once a year, during their opening keynote at CES 2023, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su unveiled the latest in AMD's Ryzen mobile products for the high-end laptop space, the Ryzen 7045HX-series. Leading the charge is the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX with 16-cores and 32-threads and an incredible boost frequency of 5.7 GHz, all under a configurable TDP of 55-75 W+. AMD has three other Ryzen 7045HX-series processors, including the Ryzen 9 7845HX, a 12-core/24-thread part, the...
Already Working on 2nd Gen: AMD’s Ryzen Microsoft Surface Edition and what Semi-Custom Means
One of the key takeaways from Microsoft’s launch this week was that the company was spreading its wings with devices made by all three major SoC vendors: Intel, AMD...
73 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/4/2019ASUS Launches AMD Ryzen-Based ZenBooks: Two Laptops & a Convertible
ASUS has quietly added three ZenBooks based on AMD’s Ryzen Mobile 3000-series APUs to its lineup. One of the machines is a convertible ZenBook Flip 14, the other two...
31 by Anton Shilov on 8/22/2019HP Reveals Envy x360 15 Laptops with AMD's Latest Ryzen APUs
HP on Tuesday introduced its new 15.6-inch convertible notebooks based on AMD’s Ryzen Mobile 3000-series APUs. The new HP Envy x360 15 are positioned as inexpensive 15.6-inch-class laptops for...
55 by Anton Shilov on 3/19/2019The Lenovo ThinkPad A285 (12.5-Inch) Review: Ryzen Pro Gets Down to Business
A couple of months back Lenovo released the ThinkPad A285; a 12.5-inch business-class notebook featuring AMD’s Ryzen Pro mobile processor, complementing their 14-inch A485 Ryzen Pro powered model. These...
73 by Brett Howse on 12/18/2018Lenovo Launches 12.5-Inch ThinkPad A285 with AMD Ryzen PRO APUs
Lenovo Japan on Thursday said that it would begin selling its ThinkPad A285 laptop on September 21. The mobile PC is one of the thinnest and lightest notebooks based...
44 by Anton Shilov on 9/21/2018AMD Launches Ryzen 7 2800H & Ryzen 5 2600H APUs for High-Performance Laptops
AMD has quietly added two new APUs into its lineup of products. Based on AMD's existing Raven Ridge silicon, the new Ryzen 7 2800H and Ryzen 5 2600H chips...
18 by Anton Shilov on 9/18/2018Honor’s Thin-and-Light MagicBook with AMD Ryzen Mobile Listed
A Chinese retailer has started to list Honor’s MagicBook laptop based on AMD’s Ryzen Mobile processor. The thin-and-light notebook looks similar to the Intel-based MagicBook launched in April and...
15 by Anton Shilov on 6/4/2018The Acer Swift 3 SF315-41 Review: Ryzen Meets Laptop
It’s been a long time since we’ve had a chance to review a laptop powered by an AMD CPU, but Acer has now launched the Acer Swift 3 powered...
78 by Brett Howse on 5/3/2018Lenovo Lists ThinkPad E485/E585: AMD’s Ryzen Mobile Land in Business PCs
Lenovo has quietly published specifications of its ThinkPad E485 and ThinkPad E585 laptops based on AMD’s Ryzen Mobile processors on its website. Coming in classic black chassis and featuring...
33 by Anton Shilov on 4/18/2018Dell Launches AMD Ryzen-Based Inspiron 13 7000 2-in-1 Convertible, Starts at $700
When AMD announced its Ryzen Mobile processors last October, it had three launch customers with three laptop models. Back in early March this year Dell joined the Ryzen Mobile...
53 by Anton Shilov on 4/16/2018Our Interesting Call with CTS-Labs
In light of the recent announcement of potential vulnerabilities in Ryzen processors, two stories have emerged. Firstly, that AMD processors could have secondary vulnerabilities in the secure processor and...
122 by Ian Cutress on 3/15/2018Acer Unveils Nitro 5: 15.6-inch Gaming Laptop with AMD Ryzen Mobile & Radeon RX560
LAS VEGAS, NV — Acer this week announced its first modern laptop that uses an AMD processor and an AMD Radeon discrete graphics chip. The Nitro 5 is a...
19 by Anton Shilov on 1/10/2018More Ryzen Mobile: Acer Swift 3 with 2700U and 2500U Listed, From $750
Back at the Ryzen Mobile launch, AMD announced three primary partners with three devices: the HP Envy x360, the Acer Swift 3, and the Lenovo Ideapad 720S. At the...
33 by Anton Shilov on 12/19/2017AMD Makes a Surprise Appearance: Ryzen Mobile with Qualcomm LTE
One of the surprises at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit was the presence of AMD. Out of no-where, Kevin Lensing, CVP and GM of the Client Business Unit at...
31 by Ian Cutress on 12/5/2017Ryzen Mobile Now On Sale: HP’s ENVY X360
The biggest question when AMD formally launched its Ryzen Mobile platform was all about ‘when’. At the time AMD announced three primary partners and three systems, with the aim...
65 by Ian Cutress on 11/14/2017HP Announces ENVY x360 15 With Ryzen Mobile
As part of the launch for the new Ryzen Mobile platform from AMD, HP is today announcing a refresh of their HP ENVY x360 15-inch laptop which features the...
43 by Brett Howse on 10/26/2017Ryzen Mobile is Launched: AMD APUs for Laptops, with Vega and Updated Zen
The final piece of AMD’s return to high-performance computing is in laptops. While Ryzen, Threadripper, and EPYC have used the 8-core Zeppelin building block for their products, the laptop...
141 by Ian Cutress on 10/26/2017