All articles tagged with #reference design
Originally Published 3 days ago — by Road to VR
Goertek has revealed a new ultra-lightweight mixed reality headset reference design for 2026, showcasing a compact, 100g device with high-resolution and wide field-of-view, likely relying on tethered power and compute, indicating future trends in XR headset development.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by VideoCardz.com
Sapphire is currently the only company to announce a reference model of the AMD RX 7800 XT GPU, known as the MBA design. AMD has stated that there won't be a reference design for the RX 7700 XT, and it will only be available through board partners as custom designs. While Sapphire has announced their MBA model, there is uncertainty regarding the availability of similar designs from other manufacturers. The MBA cards, whether from an AIB or directly from AMD, are essentially the same, with potential rebranding. Review results for the RX 7800 XT MBA design are expected to be disclosed tomorrow, just a day before the official product launch.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Verge
Qualcomm has announced its new "Snapdragon G Series handheld gaming portfolio" consisting of three tiers of chips designed for gaming. The Snapdragon G1 is aimed at game-streaming handhelds with over 10 hours of battery life on Wi-Fi, the Snapdragon G2 is for "full-featured mobile and cloud gaming" with 5G capabilities, and the Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 is focused on performance for PC gaming handhelds. Qualcomm's chip offers improved GPU and CPU performance, and the company is also exploring compatibility with operating systems beyond Android and Windows. The chips may be of interest to console makers as well, and Qualcomm is reportedly working with Sony to integrate its games into the handheld ecosystem. The Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 reference design runs on Android but faces challenges due to the limited number of games that take advantage of higher-end chips. Qualcomm aims to offer the G1 tier at a price point of $200 or less.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by VideoCardz.com
AMD will fix the reference design of its upcoming Radeon RX 7600 graphics card to support all power cables before its market release. The current design has issues with some 6+2-pin cables not fully inserting into the card due to the backplate design. This issue was discovered by reviewers, but since the design is not yet available for sale, there is no worry that anyone else will have issues with their cables. AMD expects the fixed reference design to be available in the coming weeks.