Asus unveils new Vivobook S 15 and ProArt PZ13 laptops
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Powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Plus SKUs

Asus has announced the new Vivobook S 15 and ProArt PZ13 laptops, which will be powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus 8-core processor and feature Copilot+ badge.

Kingston launches new NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
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Up to 4TB and 6,000MB/s

Kingston has announced it has started shipping its new NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD, which will be available in capacities of up to 4TB and reaching sequential read and write performance of up to 6,000MB/s and 5,000MB/s.

Intel officially launches Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V series processors
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Shipping on September 24th

Intel has officially launched the new Core Ultra 200V series processors, promising impressive performance and long-lasting battery life. With a total of 9 SKUs, Intel promises over 80 design wins from usual suspects like Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, LG, MSI, Samsung, and others, all available globally on September 24th.

Intel reveals Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V-series processor benchmarks
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Claims historic power efficiency

Troubled chipmaker Intel has unveiled performance benchmarks for its Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V-series processors at IFA 2024 in Berlin, highlighting 'historic x86 power efficiency' and the world's fastest mobile CPU cores.

China’s GPU plans are running aground
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This is proving more challenging than we thought

Chinese GPU maker Xiangdixian Computing Technology has not met its development targets and has laid off some staff as part of a restructuring plan.