Future Sony PlayStation games will use AI to imagine new frames
Future Sony PlayStation games will use AI to imagine new frames Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro, told Digital Foundry that ML-based frame generation tech is coming to “PlayStation platforms” in the future, letting the game console use AI to imagine new frames between the ones it’s actually rendering, […]
HP ZBook Ultra G1a review: a business-class workstation that’s got game
HP ZBook Ultra G1a review: a business-class workstation that's got game Sleeper laptop. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Business laptops are typically dull computers foisted on employees en masse. But higher-end enterprise workstation notebooks sometimes get an interesting enough blend of power and features to appeal to enthusiasts. HP’s ZBook Ultra […]
AMD’s faster Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU arrives on January 29th for $499
AMD's faster Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU arrives on January 29th for $499 AMD announced an improved version of its popular Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor at CES earlier this month, and it’s now confirming a release date and pricing today. The new Ryzen 7 9850X3D will debut on January 29th, priced at $499. That’s $20 more […]
The two things AMD subtly revealed at CES that actually excite me
The two things AMD subtly revealed at CES that actually excite me As we predicted, the world’s biggest consumer electronics show was a bit of a bust for gamers this year! CES 2026 brought us several neat gamepads, but barely any handhelds and no new desktop GPUs – not from Nvidia, not from Intel, and […]
Windows on Arm had another good year
Windows on Arm had another good year In 2024, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips finally made Arm-based Windows laptops viable. Unlike previous Arm laptops that struggled to even run Windows well, this new class offered solid performance and the best battery life on Windows, and they impressed us in Microsoft’s own Surface Laptop and Surface Pro […]
AMD teams up with OpenAI to challenge Nvidia’s AI chip dominance
AMD teams up with OpenAI to challenge Nvidia's AI chip dominance AMD is partnering with OpenAI to provide six gigawatts worth of processors for AI data centers, a move that challenges Nvidia’s AI chip market dominance. The five-year agreement aims to help OpenAI bolster its infrastructure to meet growing computational demands for AI applications like […]
Nvidia and Intel’s $5 billion deal is apparently about eating AMD’s lunch
Nvidia and Intel's $5 billion deal is apparently about eating AMD's lunch Today, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan held a joint webcast to explain just why the world’s most valuable company (Nvidia’s at $4.28 trillion) is throwing a $5 billion lifeline to a struggling competitor. Nvidia quickly shut down several possible […]
AMD’s AI-powered FSR 4 upscaling is now available in most FSR 3.1 games
AMD's AI-powered FSR 4 upscaling is now available in most FSR 3.1 games AMD’s FSR 4 AI upscaling and frame-generation technology can now be enabled for “most games that support FSR 3.1 with DirectX 12,” the company says in the patch notes for its newest 25.9.1 driver. This support has been a big promise from […]
US demands cut of Nvidia sales in order to ship AI chips to China
US demands cut of Nvidia sales in order to ship AI chips to China The Trump administration has ordered Nvidia and AMD to pay the federal government a 15 percent cut of their AI chip sales revenue to China, according to reports from The New York Times and The Financial Times. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang […]
AMD’s new 96-core Threadripper CPU will set you back $11,699
AMD's new 96-core Threadripper CPU will set you back $11,699 AMD’s new 96-core Threadripper CPU will set you back $11,699 AMD’s latest Zen 5-based Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9000 WX-Series of CPUs go on sale later this month, and the top option will be priced at $11,699. The 9000 WX-Series chips are designed for workstations, with […]