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Over the last decade or so, advancements in CPU and GPU architectures have combined extremely well with the relentless march of Moore's Law on the silicon front. Together, these have resulted in hand-held devices that have more computing power than huge and power-hungry machines from the turn of the century. On the desktop front, small form-factor (SFF) machines are now becoming a viable option for demanding professional use-cases. CAD, modeling, and simulation capabilities that required big iron servers or massive tower workstations just a few years back are now capable of being served by compact systems. Workstation notebooks integrating top-end mobile CPUs and professional graphics solutions from AMD (FirePro) or NVIDIA (Quadro Mobile / RTX Professional) have been around since the early 2000s. The advent...
Lenovo's ThinkPad X395: A 13.3-Inch AMD Ryzen Pro-Based Ultraportable
Long one of AMD's closest and most eager laptop partners, Lenovo has introduced one of the industry’s first Ryzen Pro 3000-powered ultra-portable premium business laptops. The ThinkPad X395 features...
55 by Anton Shilov on 5/9/2019Lenovo ThinkStation P720 & P920 now with Cascade Lake & Quadro RTX 8000
Lenovo on Tuesday introduced upgraded versions of its ThinkStation P720 and ThinkStation P920 workstations. The new machines are based on Intel’s second-generation Xeon Scalable processors codenamed Cascade Lake and...
4 by Anton Shilov on 5/7/2019Lenovo Readies New ThinkBook Family of Laptops
Lenovo is gearing up to launch a new series of notebooks aimed at mainstream users. The new ThinkBook laptops were recently showcased at a trade show in China and...
31 by Anton Shilov on 5/3/2019Intel to Launch 8th Generation Intel Core vPro Notebook Processors
One of the bigger parts of Intel’s product portfolio that rarely gets a mention is the vPro product line. vPro consists of a specific combined processor and chipset portfolio...
11 by Ian Cutress on 4/16/2019Lenovo’s New Cascade Lake ThinkSystem Servers: Up to 8 Sockets with Optane
Along with other OEMs, Lenovo is also updating its Xeon Scalable server offerings to Intel’s new processor family, Cascade Lake, and is also offering some Optane variants as well...
3 by Ian Cutress on 4/2/2019Lenovo Unveils ThinkStation P520 & P920 ‘AI Workstations’: Xeon Plus Quadro RTX 6000
Lenovo this week has introduced its new single and dual-processor “AI Workstations”, which the company is pitching at the artificial intelligence and deep learning markets. The new machines are...
16 by Anton Shilov on 3/7/2019The Lenovo Yoga C930 Review: Atmos Acoustics
Back when laptops were just finding their way into the new world of touch, Lenovo’s Yoga design ended up inspiring the industry, and Lenovo has moved their 360° hinge...
33 by Brett Howse on 3/1/2019Lenovo's New 595-Gram Portable Display: The ThinkVision M14 USB-C Monitor
At the Mobile World Congress trade show, Lenovo has introduced a new portable display designed specifically for workers on the move. The ThinkVision M14 monitor matches design of the...
4 by Anton Shilov on 2/27/2019Lenovo to Launch a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Laptop with 5G
At Qualcomm’s press event today at Mobile World Congress, Lenovo representatives came on stage to confirm that the company will be building a new laptop using the Snapdragon 8cx...
9 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2019Lenovo at CES 2019: ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gets Thinner Aluminum Body, 4K HDR LCD
Lenovo has announced its fourth generation ThinkPad X1 Yoga convertible laptop. The new notebook will come in thinner all-aluminum chassis and will also get lighter than ever when it...
12 by Anton Shilov on 1/11/2019Lenovo at CES 2019: 43.4-Inch Curved Monitors for Gaming and Work
Large-sized curved displays with a 32:10 aspect ratio have been gaining traction in the recent years both among gamers and professionals. At CES Lenovo introduced its own Legion Y44w...
7 by Anton Shilov on 1/10/2019Lenovo at CES 2019: Yoga C730 Gets AMOLED Display
Lenovo at CES announced a new version of its Yoga C730 convertible laptop featuring a 4K Ultra-HD AMOLED monitor. The revamped Yoga C730 also uses Intel’s Whiskey Lake processors...
10 by Anton Shilov on 1/10/2019Lenovo at CES 2019: 7th Gen ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gets Thinner
Lenovo this week introduced its 7th Generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptops. The new notebooks got a number of tangible improvements when compared to their predecessors. The latest ThinkPad X1...
16 by Anton Shilov on 1/10/2019Missed Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit 2018? It’s All In Here
If there’s one thing I love about this job, it’s about finding what makes the companies in our industry tick. This goes above and beyond just the product announcements...
18 by Ian Cutress on 12/19/2018Lenovo First to a Snapdragon 855 Phone with Announcement of Z5 Pro GT
In a surprise announcement, Lenovo has revealed its new flagship phone in China: the new Z5 Pro. The phone wouldn’t have been anything particularly special if it weren’t...
34 by Andrei Frumusanu on 12/18/2018The Lenovo ThinkPad A285 (12.5-Inch) Review: Ryzen Pro Gets Down to Business
A couple of months back Lenovo released the ThinkPad A285; a 12.5-inch business-class notebook featuring AMD’s Ryzen Pro mobile processor, complementing their 14-inch A485 Ryzen Pro powered model. These...
73 by Brett Howse on 12/18/2018Anton's List of Impressive Products from 2018
As part of our Holiday Season series of best picks, sometimes the items that impress aren't in those lists. Out of all the people on our team, Anton as...
14 by Anton Shilov on 11/27/2018Lenovo Launches 12.5-Inch ThinkPad A285 with AMD Ryzen PRO APUs
Lenovo Japan on Thursday said that it would begin selling its ThinkPad A285 laptop on September 21. The mobile PC is one of the thinnest and lightest notebooks based...
44 by Anton Shilov on 9/21/2018Lenovo Reveals Yoga C930 Convertible: 13.9-Inch LCD with Dolby Vision, 8th Gen Core i7
Lenovo has introduced its new Yoga C930 convertible notebook. Just like last year’s Yoga 920 PC, the new generation Yoga laptop is based on Intel’s 8th Gen Core i-series...
21 by Anton Shilov on 9/5/2018Lenovo Announces Yoga C630: The First Windows on Snapdragon 850
Lenovo on Thursday introduced the world’s first laptop based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 850 SoC. The Yoga C630 promises to deliver a considerably higher performance than the first-generation Windows-on-Snapdragon machines...
24 by Anton Shilov on 8/31/2018