AMD says laptops using HX-series CPUs will begin shipping in February. The 7040 series is more of an evolution of where high-end Ryzen laptop chips used to be. They likewise have a maximum of ...

For cheaper laptops, AMD is announcing a slate of seven processors in the new Ryzen 200 family—note that there's no "AI" here, indicating that these chips don't have an NPU fast enough to ...

When you choose to buy a new CPU from the retailer, you may see a bright purple box advertising the trade-in value, which ranges from a Ryzen 5 7600 ($110) or a Core i3-12100 ($50) up to a Ryzen 9 ...

The CPU's 12-core, 12-thread design (running at a clock speed of 3.4GHz, with no turbo-boosting) is about a year old at this point but it still helped the Vivobook S15 deliver performance just ...

Older laptops may not be eligible for new OS updates. For example, laptops with a 32-bit CPU cannot upgrade to Windows 11. This means you will miss out on features new laptop owners take advantage ...

She also could have upgraded her spinning drive to an SSD, but she decided it was time for a new laptop with an SSD and a newer processor. Six years old is ancient in computing terms, but even if ...