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Amazon is emptying its AirPods 4 stock in mid-June, and no one knows why.
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AMD's Advancing AI event Thursday focused on enterprise-class GPUs like its Instinct lineup. But it's a software platform you may not have heard of, called ROCm, that AMD depends upon just as much. AMD is releasing ROCm 7 today, which the company says can boost AI inferencing by three times through the software alone. And it's finally coming to Windows to battle Nvidia's CUDA supremacy.
Radeon Open Compute (ROCm) is AMD's open software stack for AI computing, with drivers and tools to run AI workloads. Remember the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 debacle of a few weeks back? Without a software driver, Nvidia's latest GPU was a lifeless hunk of silicon.
Early on, AMD was in the same pickle. Without the limitless coffers of companies like Nvidia, AMD made a choice: it would prioritize big businesses with ROCm and its enterprise GPUs instead of client PCs. Ramine Roane, corporate vice president of the AI solutions group, called that a "sore point:" "We focused ROCm on the cloud GPUs, but it wasn't always working on the endpoint — so we're fixing that."
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They're usually way cheaper than Windows machines with some starting around $300. They're quick to boot, easy to use, and update themselves in the background. No fuss, no bloat. And hey, thanks to cloud gaming platforms like Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia GeForce Now, you can even stream AAA games on some models. Not bad for a budget-friendly laptop. Just make sure you're getting one that nails the basics: good speed, decent build, and battery life that won't quit on you halfway through the day. We've tested these picks hands-on, so if it's on this list, it's earned its spot.
If you decide that you'd prefer a Windows laptop, check out PCWorld's roundup of the best laptops available today.
Asus Chromebook Plus CX34 - Best overall Chromebook
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"Just gonna leave this here," says the caption on a video posted to the official Windows Instagram account. It follows with screenshots of Vista and some familiar boot-up sounds. "Y'all good??? #Windows #WindowsVista #WindowsAero" is all that's in the description. As of this writing, just one day after it was posted, the video has over 150,000 likes and 3,700 comments. The post was spotted by Windows Latest.
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Nintendo's new handheld console has reached the highest global sales of any Nintendo device in the same timeframe.
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