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Computex 2026 is set to be the most consequential computing conference in many years.
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The annual computing showcase that is set to take over Taipei, Taiwan, June 2 through June 5, will bring us all new computing platforms weâve seen hinted at for months. While Nvidia will be busy hyping up its new homegrown ARM-based CPUs, weâll likely see refreshed laptops that hope to fight back against the budget-end king of the ring, the MacBook Neo. New single processors with CPU and GPU capabilities combined are reaching unbelievable performance, making at-home computing more accessible than ever.
At the same time, the computing industry as a whole is threatened by dire tidings due to the skyrocketing cost of memoryâincluding SSDs and RAM. All the major players in silicon, including Qualcomm, Intel, AMD, andâof courseâNvidia, are set to showcase new computing platforms for PCs in all form factors. In the same breath, each company will want to promote processors designed for datacenters and AI hyperscalers, driving cloud-based compute thatâs exacerbating the RAM pricing apocalypse.
Thereâs a reason you can still hold hope in your heart. Computex is renowned for allowing PC and peripheral makers to get weird with it. Computex 2026 may be the best showcase for why the era of âpersonal computingâ is worth fighting for. Gizmodo will be in Taipei and live blogging it all.
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AMDâs Own âAI Supercomputerâ Is More PC-Like Than Nvidiaâs
Let the APU (accelerated processing unit) battle commence. AMDâs new Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 chip seems beefy since itâs packing 16 Zen 5 CPU cores and a 40 CU (compute units) GPU. Despite that, the new chip doesnât seem like a major upgrade from the last-gen Strix Halo lineup. Thatâs mostly because itâs using the same RDNA 3.5 GPU microarchitecture on a slightly updated Radeon 8065S graphics chip.
As if you couldnât get enough âHalo,â AMD is also producing its own mini PC using both last- and current-gen Halo chips calledâof courseâRyzen AI Halo. As you can guess by the title, itâs built for AI. Compared to Nvidiaâs DGX Spark âAI supercomputer,â AMDâs version is running on good olâ x86 and supports Windows. By comparison, Nvidiaâs little AI box runs on ARM and only supports a customized Linux backend. âKyle Barr
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