Overview
- AMD confirmed desktop Ryzen AI 400 (Gorgon Point) for late Q2 2026, with PRO business variants referenced during Lenovo’s recent event.
- Lenovo reference tests reported by Tom’s Hardware showed Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) hitting 109.5 fps in F1 2025 and 81.4 fps in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p with XeSS, with strong efficiency and low noise.
- Micron launched the 3610 NVMe SSD as the first client PCIe Gen5 QLC drive, offering a single‑sided M.2 2230 design up to 4TB and claiming up to 11,000 MB/s reads, 9,300 MB/s writes and higher performance per watt.
- Gigabyte said its Z890 motherboards support Arrow Lake Refresh processors and demoed 256 GB DDR5 CQDIMM running at 6400 MT/s on a Core Ultra 9 285K system.
- OEMs unveiled new systems and form factors, including Lenovo’s 27.6‑inch 16:18 ThinkCentre X AIO expected in March and ASUS’s Snapdragon X‑based Copilot+ V400 AiO, alongside a broader move toward repairable laptop designs reported by CNET.