Have you ever used a Chromebook with an AMD processor? I have, but I’m in the minority there – most Chrome-powered laptops are powered by Intel CPUs. In fact, if you take a look at our list of the best Chromebooks, you won’t see a single AMD chip to be found; the processors are all…
MediaTek may be best known for its smartphone chipsets, but the company makes all kinds of different processors for all kinds of different products. Alongside its new MediaTek Dimensity 9200 mobile chipset, the company has also announced chipsets for the Pentonic 1000, Kompanio 520, and Kompanio 528, built to power other devices in your home.…
AMD has hooked up with Google to offer the ability to play Steam games on Chromebooks with Ryzen CPUs. You may be aware that it’s been several years since Google first started talking about supporting Steam games on Chromebooks, and the functionality entered alpha testing earlier this year, but required an Intel CPU. Now, the…
Google and Valve Software have officially launched an alpha version of the Steam gaming platform for Chome OS. For now, Steam alpha is available only on seven machines from various PC makers, but its very availability indicates that Google wants Chrome OS-based PCs to offer gaming capabilities. “I am very excited to share that today we are…
Just like other high-tech giants, Google is working on its own custom system-on-chips that will power PCs and tablet that run its Chrome operating system. The new SoCs are projected to offer capabilities not available on chips used by Chromebooks today and will likely make such machines more competitive. But the new SoCs won’t arrive…
Qualcomm has a new Arm processor ready for Windows and Chrome. Today, it announced the Snapdragon 7c Gen 2, aimed at laptops starting at $349, which means you probably won’t see it powering the best Ultrabrooks and premium laptops. The company claims that this will bring premium features to budget machines, including long battery life…
