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Intel's rivals team up on chip improvement

IBM Corp. will work with several other businesses, including the recent AMD spinout GlobalFoundries, to create more advanced microchips with smaller features.

The move toward chips with 28-nanometer details is aimed at giant Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), which is preparing to unveil its own 32-nanometer processors this year.

A nanometer is a billionth of a meter, and a human hair is some 50,000 to 100,000 nanometers across. In semiconductor manufacturing, companies strive to shrink the size of components on their chips, so the smaller the number, the more advanced the technology.

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Here's a closer look at the new ASUS ROG Ally X as early renders are leaked online

It's almost time for the ASUS ROG Ally X to be revealed, and these leaked renders already provide a look at the device and its specs.

UltimateOwnage7d ago

Is it running the same Windows OS? Because that is the biggest issue with the current Ally.

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The MSI Claw Gaming Handheld Sees Another Game Performance Boost Through New BIOS and MSI Center M

MSI is proud to announce that its gaming handheld, Claw, has achieved a significant performance increase of up to 30% through a new BIOS and MSI Center M update. Furthermore, the new BIOS and MSI Center M enable Claw to smoothly play all of the top 100 po

purple10114d ago (Edited 14d ago )

is this the one with the switch2 chip inside.?

this is Intels first try at the format

probs not though, as it's $799. so not good for switch actually

Huey_My_D_Long14d ago

Well thats nice considering Ive heard it consistently performs worse when it really shouldn't.

Now if only Lenovo would do the same for the legion go

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New and improved ASUS ROG Ally X battery life is just what it needs to compete with the Steam Deck

Yet another leak for the ASUS ROG Ally X points towards as much as 8 hours of battery, but how does that compare to the competition?

Vits21d ago

Honestly, I really like this updated version. But it doesn't solve the biggest flaw that the original had for me: the Z1 Extreme APU. Yes, it's an extremely powerful part, but it is not part of AMD's Adrenalin driver update program, so it's dependent on Asus for driver updates. And unfortunately, Asus doesn't have a stellar record of support for their devices.

Goodguy0121d ago

Up to 8 hours basically just means the least demanding games. AAA gaming at highest wattage would probably be about 2-3 hours which is good compared to just about 1 hour with the current ally. The OLED Deck can do about 2-3hrs.

mrcatastropheAF18d ago

With much less performance so that makes sense.

The Steamdeck shines at the lower TDP end but gets absolutely mopped at the high end.

Similar longevity with much better performance is a big win for the Ally X

Killa7819d ago

Too bad Asus are all awful company.

PRIMORDUS19d ago

They used to be the best when it comes to motherboards, now I will never buy anything from them again.

Firebird36019d ago

8 hrs yea right. Running tetris?

Skuletor19d ago

Only after setting the screen brightness to the lowest level, of course.

Notellin18d ago

They tested the battery life watching a game of Tetris in 360p. Running Tetris natively brought the number down slightly to 1 hour and 38 minutes. 😂

Asuka19d ago

Nope. The only improvements I want to hear is better customer support. Otherwise, I can't be bothered.

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