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There was concern over Intel's Arc Mobile GPU launch this week, as few OEMs have begun announcing new laptops with Arc graphics equipped. The first Intel Arc laptops are on the way though, with the first units from Samsung arriving in South Korea, with other OEMs expected to launch new laptops 'in the coming weeks'. 

Samsung is looking to usher in a new age of PC monitors, adopting the ‘smart' features we've become accustomed to seeing on modern TVs. The Samsung M8 Smart Monitor packs a 32-inch 4K panel, as well as a built-in webcam and microphone.  Samsung's first attempt at the Smart Monitor arrived …

Earlier this week, Microsoft published a lengthy post detailing the group ‘LAPSUS$' and how it operates following a string of cyberattacks on companies like Nvidia, Samsung and even Microsoft itself. Now, just days later, seven members of the group have been identified and arrested.  The group had stolen and leaked …

A group known as LAPSUS$ has been making the news recently after gaining access to Nvidia's systems and stealing a trove of data, some of which has leaked. Now, the group is targeting another major tech giant – Samsung.  As reported by Bleeping Computer, the group has gained access to …

The review embargo for Galaxy S22 phones hasn't lifted yet, but benchmark scores are beginning to make their way online. In the US, the S22 will come equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen1, while other countries will get a version with Samsung's own Exynos 2200 SoC under the hood. Unfortunately, …

The Samsung Exynos 2200 is coming to smartphones soon, complete with AMD RDNA2 graphics. Unfortunately, preliminary tests show that the chip might not be as impressive as hoped, with just a 5% bump to CPU performance and a 17% bump to GPU performance compared to the Exynos 2100.  Samsung announced …

Recently, Samsung unveiled its new Exynos 2200 chip with embedded RDNA 2 graphics thanks to a partnership with AMD. The company did not give us performance comparisons at the time, but the first benchmarks are now appearing, giving us a look at how it stands up to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 …

After over half a year of rumours and even a last-minute announcement delay, Samsung has finally unveiled the Exynos 2200. As previously reported, Samsung's latest SoC is powered by AMD RDNA2 graphics, marking the red team's debut in the GPU phone market. The RDNA2 GPU is named Xclipse, and as rumours …

New rumours regarding AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 6X50XT graphics cards have emerged, giving us more details about the alleged specifications of these cards, as well as their release window...

On December 30th, Samsung teased that it would announce its new RDNA 2-powered Exynos chip on January 11th. The day came and went, but the Exynos 2200 remains unannounced, leading many to question what exactly happened. Samsung has now stated that it has rescheduled the announcement, but didn't specify the …

Samsung has recently announced three new monitors for different use cases: the Odyssey Neo G8 for gaming, the M8 smart monitor and the S8 for creators and designers. Impressively, the new Odyssey Neo G8 is also the world's first 4K, 240Hz monitor.  Starting with the Samsung Odyssey Neo G8, this …

PCIe Gen 4.0 has only been available to consumers for a short amount of time, but the industry is already upgrading to PCIe Gen 5, with the switch beginning with Intel's recently launched 12th Gen Core processors and Z690 motherboards. PCIe 5.0 SSDs aren't available yet, but we've now got …

Most recent graphics cards with GDDR6 memory have their VRAM clocked at 16Gbps, with a few rarer models with 18Gbps memory. Soon, we should start seeing even faster GDDR6 memory shipping on GPUs, as Samsung has begun producing new models with 20Gbps and 24Gbps speeds.  The news was first shared …

At the moment, AMD's main foundry is TSMC, but it seems the chipmaker is planning to outsource part of its chip production to another foundry. According to researchers at J. P. Morgan, AMD might turn to Samsung to produce 4nm chips to power Chromebooks. In addition, AMD might also use …

At the moment, there are not many small OLED TVs nor OLED monitors, but that may soon change. According to reports, both LG and Samsung are planning to launch smaller OLED panels in 2022, which should lead to an influx in OLED gaming monitors. According to  TFT Central (LG) and …

Samsung revealed the future of memory during Samsung Tech Day 2021. Besides talking about DDR6 and LPDDR6 memory, the tech giant also unveiled some key specifications of GDDR6+ and GDDR7 memory. From what we've gathered, DDR memory will get really fast. The DDR5-era has just begun with Alder Lake, but …

Samsung has been working on LPDDR5X memory for some time now, but now the tech is ready for the spotlight. This week, Samsung revealed the specifications for its LPDDR5X memory, based on the 14nm DRAM process node.  Samsung's LPDDR5X memory is a considerable upgrade over its predecessor, offering over 1.3x …

We're still a couple of months away from the next Samsung Unpacked event, but leakers have already revealed what we can expect. Not only is Samsung going to finally launch the Galaxy S21 FE in January, but the next flagship, the Galaxy S22, won't be far behind.  According to renowned …

During its annual Foundry Forum event, Samsung gave us an update on what's coming out of its foundries in the future. For starters, Samsung is set to begin producing 3nm chips in the first half of 2022, with second-gen 3nm chips coming in 2023. Moreover, it also stated that mass-production of …

We've known about Samsung and AMD's partnership to create a new Exynos SoC with RDNA 2 graphics for quite a while. Most of the information we have about this chip comes from rumours, but it looks like Samsung has finally begun to lift the curtain on the Exynos 2200 SoC. …

Earlier this year, we learned that Samsung and AMD were partnering up on a new Exynos SoC featuring RDNA 2 graphics cores. Now, the first benchmark result for the Samsung Exynos 2200 has appeared online, but while the results are decent, we're still months away from the planned Q1 2022 …

This week, Samsung has introduced yet another 49-inch monitor to its portfolio – the Samsung LS49A950UIU. Boasting a dual QHD, super-wide resolution, low response time and even 120Hz refresh rate, this monitor is marketed for office use, but it could also pass as a gaming monitor.  Featuring a curved (1800R) …

Ever since Apple first began using OLED displays on the iPhone in 2017,  we’ve been hearing rumours about the first OLED display iPad. Apple went in a different direction with its 2021 iPad Pro refresh, adding a Mini-LED display. However, supply chain sources still claim that OLED equipped iPads are …

Earlier this week, Google officially revealed the Pixel 6, the company's first smartphone to use its own SoC, know as Google Tensor. As it turns out, Google has signed on Samsung to produce the chip on the 5nm process.  During its initial announcement, Google did not disclose who would be …

Samsung is about to launch its new flagship monitor, the Odyssey Neo G9. Featuring Quantum Mini LED technology and Quantum HDR 2000, the Odyssey G9 successor packs all the bells and whistles you could want from a gaming monitor and then some, just as long as you can afford the …

Since AMD announced it was working with Samsung to release a new SoC featuring RDNA 2 graphics, new leaks and rumours about this chip have started to ramp up. The latest is based on the structure diagram of the supposed Exynos 2200, which suggests the SoC will feature six Compute …

Samsung Unpacked is still a month away, but it looks like the company's planned reveals have already leaked. Not only is Samsung set to reveal two new Galaxy foldable phones, but we'll also see a new Samsung Galaxy FE device, new smartwatches and more.  In a series of tweets this …

As we learned recently, Samsung is currently building a new Exynos mobile processor with integrated RDNA 2 graphics in collaboration with AMD. The chip has yet to be officially unveiled, but a new 3DMark Wild Life benchmark has revealed high levels of performance, beating out any other phone on the market by a decent margin. 

Samsung has another foldable phone coming later this year. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, which has yet to be officially announced, is currently going through FCC approval, giving us an early look at some of the features we can expect.  The Galaxy Z Fold 3 was certified by the …

Although we have yet to see the first Exynos SoC featuring RDNA graphics, a new report claims that Samsung is already discussing the graphics unit successor with AMD. Moreover, some performance figures of the upcoming mobile GPU have also been shared, and as it seems, it's faster than the current …