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India Today
a day ago
- India Today
Fine living The laptop you didn't know you need
Here's the thing: Laptops aren't just important extras you carry around, they are essentials that you need to make your life smarter, better and easier. So, when the ASUS Vivobook 16 (X1607QA) that brings Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X platform to a surprisingly accessible price point, came to us, we had to find out if it ticks all our boxes. At an MRP of `84,990, it promises long battery life, solid everyday performance, and a design that won't embarrass you in lectures or meetings. But does it deliver? Let's dive in.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Computex showdown: Nvidia & MediaTek tipped to steal Windows-on-Arm spotlight
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. There have been rumblings of an Nvidia arm-based CPU for the last few years, but the project just might be revealed next week. At CES in January, Nvidia and MediaTek announced Project Digits, a personal AI supercomputer. Shortly after the announcement, Nvidia rebranded the Project Digits concept as the Nvidia DGX Spark, powered by the Grace Blackwell GB10 chipset. Unfortunately, Nvidia and MediaTek's GB10 superchip is too large for most computers, which is where these rumored new chips come in. According to rumors this month (collected by German outlet ComputerBase), Nvidia and MediaTek are slated to unveil a smaller, more laptop-friendly arm chipset at Computex in Taipei City, Taiwan, next week. But what do we know about these new Nvidia and MediaTek chips so far? The Nvidia/MediaTek N1 chips w direct rival to Qualcomm's Snapdragon X series. Nvidia and MediaTek's new chips are being called N1X and N1. The silicon will power desktops and laptops aimed at general users, unlike the DGX Spark, an AI supercomputer. The N1X and N1 chips appear to combine MediaTek's Arm-based CPUs with Nvidia's Blackwell GPU technology. The N1X and N1 processors are currently expected to feature up to 10 Cortex-X925 high-performance cores and up to 10 Cortex-A725 cores, with less powerful configurations able to address more budget-conscious users. Nvidia and MediaTek's N1X and N1 chips will utilize the Arm instruction set and run a version of Windows OS optimized for Arm-based chips. This will make the Nvidia/MediaTek N1 chips a direct rival to Qualcomm's Snapdragon X series. Due to the inclusion of Nvidia's Blackwell GPU tech, the N1X and N1 could also rival AMD's Ryzen AI Max APU. SemiAccurate indicates that the N1X and N1 CPUs will hit the shelves in early 2026, due to technical hurdles that delayed the ship date. This production timeline would make sense with a Computex announcement, as it gives Nvidia and MediaTek at least 7 months to resolve technical issues before the chips ship. Based on the hardware powering these rumored N1X and N1 chips, we could see them implemented in powerful workstation machines, gaming rigs, and general consumer-level machines. After all, Qualcomm's Snapdragon X chips are used in ultra-light and portable laptops, while AMD's Ryzen AI Max APU has been used for the Asus ROG Flow Z13 gaming tablet and the HP ZBook Ultra 14 G1a mobile workstation. We don't expect to see laptops or desktops with the rumored N1X and N1 processors until 2026. However, we could better understand what systems this chip will ship in at Computex next week, as Nvidia and MediaTek are both holding keynote presentations at the trade show on May 19 and May 20th. And since Qualcomm's keynote presentation focuses more on AI than the highly anticipated second generation of Snapdragon X chips, Nvidia and MediaTek could steal the spotlight as the summer's darling Windows-on-Arm chipset. Nvidia's affordable RTX 5060 is coming soon, but that's not the GPU I have my eyes on Doom The Dark Ages is my favorite kind of nightmare — this is how it runs on an RTX 5090 gaming laptop Who really owns your Switch 2? "It's-a-me!" suggests Nintendo
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Acer responds to tariff question about new Aspire laptops
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Acer on Friday unveiled an impressive suite of six new Aspire laptops, but an Acer rep tells Laptop Mag that tariffs are among the reasons why they haven't been priced or made available in the United States yet. Six new AI PCs — all capable of running the generative AI service Microsoft CoPilot+ — made their debut ahead of Computex, the annual tech industry summit in Taipei that starts next week. "We are refraining from disclosing U.S./North American pricing for future products." An Acer rep to Laptop Mag The Aspire range has long been recognized as filled with everyday-quality get-it-done devices. The new laptops, made of lightweight aluminum and boasting powerful processors, come in the popular 14" and 16" sizes. They will be available in Europe and Australia starting in June. When asked if tariffs had any role in the delay of these laptops arriving in the US and their prices, an Acer rep told Laptop Mag on Friday: 'The pricing impact of the tariffs will vary based on the country where each product is manufactured, the date the product arrives in the U.S., ongoing negotiations with major retailers as well as commercial and education customers, and various other factors. "Due to this, we are refraining from disclosing U.S./North American pricing for future products and instead, will announce pricing, availability, and configurations closer to market availability in the United States/North America.' The six laptops are divided into three categories — those with processors from Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm —and each category offers a 14' and 16' version. Most share a similar price range: between €899 and €999 for the 14' models and between €999 and €1,099 for the 16' models. A key difference does crop up in display, though. Perhaps to keep the price similar to Intel and AMD models, the Aspire with a Snapdragon X processor doesn't have an OLED screen — that model has IPS tech instead. All laptops are expected to go on sale in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa this summer, and this fall in Australia. Notably, the United States and other North American countries are left off the news release. "We think 10% probably will have to be the default price increase." Acer CEO Jason Chen In February, Acer CEO Jason Chen said that the company had to adjust prices to reflect the tariffs put on goods made in China. In an interview with The Telegraph, Chen said, "We think 10% probably will have to be the default price increase because of the import tax. It's very straightforward." To borrow a phrase from an earlier political era, U.S. President Donald Trump has been flip-flopping on tariff threats since he began to face pressure over them. "Don't buy the silly arguments that the U.S. consumer pays." U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick On Friday, Axios reported that Trump said the U.S. will unilaterally set tariff rates in the next few weeks. Trump has previously walked back tariff threats after the global economy went into a tailspin and stocks sank. In an interview with CNN earlier this month, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that "We do expect a 10% baseline tariff to be in place for the foreseeable future — but don't buy the silly arguments that the U.S. consumer pays." Lutnick said then, 'The businesses and the countries primarily eat the tariff.' However, that directly contradicts what Acer CEO Chen has said. Trump's plan on a tariff rollout has been uncertain above anything else. What is certain is that new Aspire laptops don't appear to be going on sale in the US anytime soon. Dig into the specs on these impressive new laptops below — and once they go on sale in the U.S., Laptop will be sure to report the news. Model Availability Price North America availability North America price Top-level processor Battery life Memory Storage Graphics Display tech Aspire 14 & 16 AI laptops (Intel) 14" model: July 2025 in Europe, Middle East, Africa & 16" model: August 2025 in Europe, Middle East, Africa 14" model: €999 & 16" model: €1,099 ??? ??? Intel ® Core ™ Ultra 7 processor 258V Up to 26.5 hours Up to 32 GB Up to 1 TB Intel® Arc ™ Graphics 140V 16:10 OLED WUXGA+, 120 Hz refresh rate, 500 nits peak brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut Aspire 14 & 16 AI laptops (AMD) 14" model: July 2025 in Europe, Middle East, Africa. Q3 in Australia. & 16" model: August 2025 in Europe, Middle East, Africa. Q3 in Australia 14" model: €999 or AUD 1,499 & 16" model: €1,099 or AUD 1,499 ??? ??? AMD Ryzen ™ AI 7 350 processor s with advanced 'Zen 5' CPU architecture Up to 18.5 hours Up to 32 GB Up to 1 TB AMD Radeon™ 860M graphics (integrated) 16:10 OLED, 120 Hz refresh rate, 500 nits peak brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut Aspire 14 & 16 AI laptops (Qualcomm) 14" model: June 2025 in Europe, Middle East, Africa. Q3 in Australia & 16" model: July 2025 in Europe, Middle East, Africa. Q3 in Australia. 14" model: €899 or AUD 1,399 & 6" model: €999 or AUD 1,499 ??? ??? Snapdragon®X X1-26-100 processor with Qualcomm Oryon ™ CPU Up to 28 hours Up to 32 GB Up to 1 TB Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU 16:10 WUXGA, 120 Hz refresh rate, 100% sRGB color gamut Did Tim Cook orchestrate Apple's tariff break? What we know Tariffs and TSMC delays could turn Apple into an Intel Foundry customer Jensen Huang says Nvidia will 'continue serving the Chinese market' despite tariffs
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Yahoo
Qualcomm gambled on repeating its own ads at Computex, but did it pay off?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. As predicted, Qualcomm's Computex Keynote focused more on AI and AI-powered features on the Windows on Arm ecosystem rather than new announcements. Qualcomm is turning 40 this year, but as CEO Cristiano Amon stated, "it's a new Qualcomm," thanks to the company's investment in computing. Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon X series at Computex last year, but despite that timeline, Qualcomm's Computex presence did not revolve around chip announcements. Essentially: Qualcomm spent the entire 60 minute keynote dodging around the rumors of the second Snapdragon X Series chip generation to instead focus on their often-repeated performance claims, new systems, and Windows on Arm ecosystem updates. At a rather slim Computex for computing news, this could have been a moment for Qualcomm to shine with the second gen of it's Arm chips. Instead the company chose to gamble and focus on its partnerships with various manufacturers including Microsoft. But, did Qualcomm's gamble pay off? Qualcomm now has 1,400 games optimized for Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite. The company showed footage of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II on a Snapdragon X Elite system, though its uncertain whether the game will play smoothly across all of Qualcomm's Snapdragon X series. Qualcomm showcased a lot of early gaming performance on the Snapdragon X Elite chipset on custom hardware, running on 80W systems that were never released to the public. Considering that history, it's hard to take Qualcomm's announcements at face value. Qualcomm and Epic Games will also be bringing Fortnite to Windows on Arm, which makes sense considering Qualcomm announced Snapdragon support for Epic Games Online Easy Anti-Cheat back in March. Qualcomm has reached 9% market share in the laptop market, thanks to a large portfolio of devices, including newly launched computes like the new Acer Aspire 14 and 16 AI, HP OmniBook 5, and new Microsoft Surface Pro 11-inch and Microsoft Surface Laptop 13-inch. Amon also shared statistics on Snapdragon's performance compared to Intel's Core Ultra 7 processor. But this is a skewed comparison from the jump. Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite is a 12-core chipset while the Intel Core Ultra 7 256V is a mid-range 8-core CPU. And some of the comparisons were calculated on specific workloads like DaVinci Resolve's SuperScale FHD to 4K upscaling technology. Amon also repeated the claim that Snapdragon has "leading performance on an SoC in the laptop ecosystem." While this was true during the Snapdragon X Elite launch cycle, it has been overturned by recent launches from AMD, Apple, and Intel. Qualcomm has also expanded its portfolio of applications to include the top 200 most-used Windows apps into the Windows on Arm ecosystem. Part of this is thanks to Microsoft's new Prism emulation software which helps alleviate the key pain-point of Windows on Arm. However, there are still limits to Prism emulation and the Windows on Arm ecosystem. After all, what are those 200 applications? And are they actually the most-used apps? Qualcomm makes this claim based on data from Microsoft that was collected by snapshots of aggregated app usage data as of August 2024 on Copilot+ PCs. Of course, the problem with that data is that in August 2024, only Snapdragon X systems were in the Copilot+ ecosystem. AMD and Intel's AI PC chips didn't get rolled into Copilot+ until the end of 2024. So it's a bit of a skewed sample set. As always with Qualcomm's claims, Amon's claims are technically correct, but the real context is always in the details Qualcomm doesn't share. That said, Qualcomm has put in some serious work to fill out the Windows on Arm ecosystem. Just over a year ago, the Windows on Arm software ecosystem was almost unusably bare. That is no longer the case. But if you need a highly specialized application, it may not run on Windows on Arm, even emulated. Some key examples are the Autodesk suite, Parsec, and Adobe DreamWeaver and Substance 3DStager. In fact, despite Qualcomm's partnership with Adobe, the only applications that run natively on Snapdragon are Photoshop and Photoshop Lightroom. Other applications like Illustrator and After Effects are expected to make it onto Snapdragon platforms, but are still not available through emulation yet. Qualcomm deserves recognition for the work done to build up an ecosystem. But it will still be years before Windows on Arm can even come close to the level of app-support you find on x86 systems. Cristiano took questions during the keynote from audience submissions and had them spoken aloud by a Snapdragon AI PC. So these questions ranged from AI for business to a hybrid future that combines computing, AI, automotive, and mobile ecosystems. Because these questions were collected from the whole keynote audience including Qualcomm staff, guests, OEM partners, and Computex industry attendees, many fed straight into Qualcomm's usual marketing stance about Snapdragon X Series performance and Qualcomm's view of a hybrid future. The most interesting statement from Amon during this segment was "I'm very bullish about smart glasses" and the future of AR and how it will evolve with AI PCs and better smartphones to augment our lives. Amon also took questions from press and analysts after the keynote to expand on Qualcomm's portfolio from data center to DragonWing to robotics. 'Robotics is natural to Qualcomm,' Amon said. Claiming robotics will be a big market for Qualcomm similar to the automotive market. As robots require a high degree of performance and strong battery life, and 'that's our DNA.' As for the future of the Oryon CPU cores behind the Snapdragon X Series processors, Amon would only enthuse 'the CPU team is very busy,' and that those interested in the future of Qualcomm's computing portfolio should 'come to Snapdragon Summit, you're going to like what you're going to see.' Qualcomm sees the future of computing as a hybrid environment between computers and smartphones, where one is an extension of the other. This view of the future colors everything Amon and Qualcomm's OEM partners discussed at Computex. However, is it an accurate view of the future? You can already access your smartphone data on your laptop in the Windows and macOS ecosystems. While there are differences in functionality, with some combinations working better than others. But phone to computer communication has been in the works for years now. In fact, I distinctly remember crashing my 2010 MacBook Pro by adding macOS X Mavericks on it to control my iPhone from my laptop back in 2013. While Amon is also bullish about on-device AI features with Snapdragon, Apple, AMD, Nvidia, and Intel are also pushing the same development. So it's hardly a unique feature to Snapdragon systems. To support this dream, Qualcomm is entering the commercial and data center spaces in the future. As for the highly anticipated Snapdragon X Elite Gen 2, it seems Qualcomm is holding all details on that chip for Snapdragon Summit in the fall. "It's not because we don't love GeForce, GeForce got us here": Nvidia brings the power of RTX 5060 to budget-friendly gaming laptops Apple REALLY doesn't want you playing Fortnite on iPhone Trump warns Apple over India: what it means for the next iPhone
Stuff.tv
20-05-2025
- Stuff.tv
You won't believe how much battery HP squeezes into this $799 laptop
While the best laptops are insanely powerful these days, battery life is becoming one of the limiting factors. Even with perfected silicon chipsets, there's still only so long a laptop can last. But HP's new OmniBook 5 series offers the longest battery life I've ever seen in a laptop. HP reckons its new OmniBook 5 series laptops can keep chugging for 34 hours on a single charge. That's an incredible amount of time. But that's not even the best part. You get all of this for a starting price of $799. The OmniBook 5 series is clearly HP's shot at snapping up every traveller, student, and creative who's ever rolled their eyes at a battery warning. With two models – the 14-inch OmniBook 5 14 and the 16-inch OmniBook 5 16 – you're looking at laptops with OLED screens, Snapdragon X chips, and a build that's thinner than most excuses for not doing work. While these laptops aren't out in the wild yet, if HP's 34-hour battery claim is even remotely true, that puts it in a completely different league. For context, the reigning battery life champion is the Dell XPS 13 with the Snapdragon X Elite. But in tests, that laptop doesn't last longer than 20 hours. So whatever HP has done with the OmniBook 5 series, it'll be interesting to see. It's not just about stamina though. You're getting up to 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, which is plenty for your any productivity task. And, of course, these laptops are also AI machines. Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon X chips are ready to handle all the 'on-device AI' buzzwords you could possibly imagine. There's even AI-powered noise cancelling, which could actually come in handy. Design-wise, HP's clearly targeting the MacBook Air with a slim and lightweight offering. At just 1.27kg and 12.7mm thick, the OmniBook 5 14 is giving serious ultraportable energy. Plus, that 2K OLED screen is probably the best-looking panel you'll find in a laptop at this price, unless you enjoy staring into backlit sadness. The HP OmniBook 5 14 starts at $799 and will land sometime in June at Amazon, with HP and Costco getting stock in July. The larger OmniBook 5 16 arrives in July too, starting at $849.
