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MinisForum, a Shenzhen based manufacturer of compact computing platforms, has been steadily bringing both AMD and Intel-based systems into the market. While the mix has mostly involved platforms that are a couple of generations old (allowing for competitive customer pricing), the company releases products based on the latest processors occasionally. Recently, the company sent across details of two of their 2021 introductions - the EliteMini TL50, and the EliteMini HX90. The TL50 is based on an Intel Tiger Lake-U processor, while the HX90 is based on an AMD Cezanne Zen 3 notebook APU. The HX90 is the more interesting of the lot - MinisForum has managed to source the top-end APU, the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, for the system. The TL50, on the other hand...
MinisForum Unveils EliteMini H31G: 65W CPU & 75W GPU in a Compact Mini-PC
MinisForum has been making some interesting moves in the last few months with their computing platforms, ranging from the DMAF5 based on the Ryzen 3000H-series SoCs to the Ice...
3 by Ganesh T S on 9/29/2020Intel’s Core i5+, Core i7+ CPUs with Bundled Optane Memory Hit Retail
Earlier this month Intel introduced its Core i+ processor brand for desktops and laptops. The brand-within-a-brand setup sees Intel's 8th gen Core i5, i7, and i9 CPUs bundled with...
44 by Anton Shilov on 4/12/2018Intel 8th Generation and 9th Generation Processor Lists Leaked: Coffee Lake Refresh?
Officially, Intel does not comment on unreleased products, which often has the knock-on effect that processors aren’t actually known about until the day they appear on shelves. In order...
87 by Ian Cutress on 11/24/2017Intel to Use Additional Assembly & Test Factory to Improve Supply of Coffee Lake CPUs
In a mildly interesting bit of news for a Friday, Intel has notified its customers that it will use an additional assembly and test facility in a bid to...
32 by Anton Shilov on 11/17/2017Price and Availability Watch: Core i7-8700K, Core i5-8600K and Core i3-8350K
Intel on Thursday officially initiated sales of its 8th Generation 'Coffee Lake' processors for desktops worldwide. The new chips offer more physical cores in the mainstream processor segment than...
55 by Anton Shilov on 10/6/2017The AnandTech Coffee Lake Review: Initial Numbers on the Core i7-8700K and Core i5-8400
It has been ten years since Intel introduced quad-core processors into its mainstream product range. It was expected that six-core parts would hit the segment a few years after...
222 by Ian Cutress on 10/5/2017Prices of Intel’s Coffee Lake-S CPUs Published: $400 for Core i7-8700K?
An online retailer in the UK has started to take pre-orders on Intel’s upcoming Coffee Lake CPUs, specifically the socketed 'S' parts for desktop computers. As reported previously, the...
62 by Anton Shilov on 9/19/2017Intel Provides Partners Preliminary 8th Gen Desktop Details: Core i7-8700K to Core i3-8100
At a closed-session partner in China, Intel revealed a number of preliminary details about its upcoming 8th generation Core processors for desktops. As expected, Intel is telling its business...
56 by Anton Shilov on 8/18/2017Mighty Mini-ITX: ASRock X299E-ITX/ac with 4 Channel DDR4 and 3xM.2 Support
ASRock has announced one of the industry’s first Mini-ITX motherboards for Intel’s latest Core X processors in the LGA2066 packaging. The new X299E-ITX/ac is small, but it takes full...
26 by Anton Shilov on 5/31/2017The AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i5 Review: Twelve Threads vs Four at $250
Since the announcement of AMD’s mid-range offerings, it was clear that Ryzen 5 is going to have some major advantages over its direct price competition. For $250, the top...
255 by Ian Cutress on 4/11/2017Price Check May 2016: The Intel Core i7-6700K Is Finally Available at Its MSRP
Nine months. This is how long it has taken the retail price of Intel’s Core i7-6700K processor to drop to the level recommended by Intel. Despite slow sales of...
37 by Anton Shilov on 5/20/2016Intel Adds Crystal Well-based Skylake-R Processors: 65W with 128MB eDRAM
Intel has added three new microprocessors for embedded and highly-integrated applications into its lineup. The new CPUs are based on the Skylake microarchitecture and feature high-performance integrated graphics cores...
67 by Anton Shilov on 5/2/2016Price Check: Prices of Unlocked Intel Core i7-6700K, i5-6600K Continue to Drop
When Intel first introduced its high-end Skylake-S CPUs with unlocked multiplier about half a year ago, it was not easy to get them and for a long time the...
49 by Anton Shilov on 3/29/2016Price Check: Intel’s Unlocked Skylake Processors for Desktops Are Getting More Affordable
Due to unprecedented demand, Intel’s latest Skylake processors with unlocked multiplier were significantly overpriced late last year. However, it would seem that more units are coming into retail as...
54 by Anton Shilov on 2/16/2016Price Check: Intel's Core i7-6700K CPU In Short Supply
Demand for Intel’s Skylake CPUs has been very high since the introduction of the company’s latest processors in August. Even though the manufacturer has ramped up the supply of...
104 by Anton Shilov on 12/30/2015The Intel 6th Gen Skylake Review: Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K Tested
It’s the Intel review you’ve been waiting for. Today is the launch of the first two CPUs from Intel’s Skylake architecture, the 6th Generation Core i7-6700K and the Core...
477 by Ian Cutress on 8/5/2015MacBook Pro 2011 Refresh: Specs and Details
As expected, Apple today unveiled a range of speed and functionality improvements for its MacBook Pro lineup. The update was unusually quiet for Apple. There was no scheduled press...
130 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/24/2011The Sandy Bridge Review: Intel Core i7-2600K, i5-2500K and Core i3-2100 Tested
Intel never quite reached 4GHz with the Pentium 4. Despite being on a dedicated quest for gigahertz the company stopped short and the best we ever got was 3.8GHz...
284 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/3/2011Dell Latitude E6410: Minding Intel's Business
Business centric laptops are something most people have used at some point or another, but they're not always the first devices to get reviewed. The reason is pretty simple...
51 by Jarred Walton on 12/2/2010