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There are two operating system options to choose from Huawei has launched a new laptop on the home market - Qingyun L540. Despite the name (usually “five” refers to 15-inch models), the device is equipped with a 14-inch screen. At the same time, the IPS panel is quite modern - with a resolution of 2160 × 1440 pixels and coverage of 100% of the sRGB color space. [caption id="attachment_85619" align="aligncenter" width="746"] Huawei Kirin 9006C processor[/caption] The hardware platform is based on a 5-nanometer single-chip system Huawei Kirin 9006C. Of its characteristics, only the frequency is known: 3.13 GHz. The operating systems are KOS (Kirin Operating System) and UOS (Unity Operating System), the customer can choose any one. Huawei Kirin 9006C processor was presented in China [caption id="attachment_85620" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Huawei Kirin 9006C processor[/caption] Qingyun L540 is housed in an all-metal body with a thickness of 15.9 mm. The weight of the device is 1.45 kg. Interestingly, the device is well protected - in accordance with the requirements of the American military standard MIL-STD-810G. [caption id="attachment_85621" align="aligncenter" width="742"] Huawei Kirin 9006C processor[/caption] The battery capacity is 56 W, it supports 65 W charging. The connectors include one Type-C, two USB-A, HDMI, RJ45. Prices look like this: 8/256 GB - $845, 8/512 GB - $915, 16/512 GB - $985.

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But will this model truly become widespread? Today AMD officially unveiled the Radeon RX 7900M mobile 3D accelerator. The first laptop with it will be the Dell Alienware m18 R1, and this device will also have a super-powerful processor - AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. [caption id="attachment_71963" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] The AMD Radeon RX 7900M sets a new standard for mobile gaming accelerator consumption: the TGP value is up to 180 W, but the Dell website indicates a different maximum of 200 W (using SmartShift Max technology). For comparison: the flagship models of the GeForce RTX 40 line consume up to 175 W. [caption id="attachment_71964" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] [caption id="attachment_71966" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] AMD presented its coolest mobile accelerator - Radeon RX 7900M Radeon RX 7900M is built on a Navi 31 GPU with 4608 stream processors. GDDR6 memory capacity is 16 GB, frequency is 18 GHz, and memory bus width is 256 bits. The maximum GPU frequency exceeds 2 GHz. [caption id="attachment_71968" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] According to official AMD data, the Radeon RX 7900M is on average 7% faster than the GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop in games at 1440p resolution. In general, the video card turned out to be powerful, but laptops with it won’t be cheap: according to AMD, the price of a finished device with a Radeon RX 7900M starts at $2,800. And this, of course, is in the USA - in Europe such laptops will be more expensive.

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On RDNA 2 architecture Samsung does use AMD architecture-based GPUs in its non-top-end Exynos SoCs. The Exynos 1480 platform has appeared on the Internet, and it has an Xclipse 530 GPU. [caption id="attachment_71738" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Samsung Exynos 1480 SoC[/caption] The characteristics of the GPU are unknown, but it is known that it is based on the RDNA 2 architecture, while the Exynos 2400 will receive the Xclipse 940 GPU based on the RDNA 3 architecture. Samsung Exynos 1480 SoC will receive Xclipse 530 GPU As for the processor part, the new platform will receive four large cores with a frequency of 2.75 GHz and four small ones with a frequency of 2.05 GHz. What exactly these nuclei are is still unknown. In Geekbench 6, the new SoC scores 882 and 2808 points in single-threaded and multi-threaded modes, respectively, but this is even less than the Exynos 1380, so the results are hardly worth paying attention to.

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With Arc 5 graphics Emdoor has revealed the first portable gaming console based on the yet-to-be-presented Intel Meteor Lake processor. [caption id="attachment_71733" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] The EM-GP080MTL model is based on the Meteor Lake-H CPU with a TDP of 20-35 W. The specific model is not specified, but it is indicated that the iGPU is called Arc Graphics 5. Whether this solution is the most powerful is also unclear. Will Intel be able to beat AMD? The console also received an eight-inch screen with a resolution of 1920 × 1200 pixels and 32 GB of RAM. Considering that high-performance mobile Intel processors have never been cheap, it is unlikely that such a console will be at the same price as Asus ROG Ally. At the demonstration, one could see how the God of War game was launched on the console, but it is unclear at what frame rate and in what settings it all worked. Let us remember that there were earlier rumors that the top Meteor Lake will receive an iGPU, which will easily surpass the Radeon 780M in performance and will be close to the 35-watt RTX 3050 Laptop, that is, this will be a new level for integrated graphics processors.