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March 25, 2026 by Debashis Das - No Comments

Quixant IQON 3 and Air 3 AMD Ryzen Embedded 8000 systems target casino and arcade gaming

Quixant IQON 3 and IQON Air 3 Ryzen 8000 arcade casino mini PCs

Quixant IQON 3 and IQON Air 3 are two new Ryzen Embedded 8000-based industrial systems designed specifically for casinos, sports betting, and arcade gaming machines. Built around AMD Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 PRO R8000 Series SoCs, they support four independent 4K displays and feature game-specific hardware, including 4MB of battery-free MRAM for instant state saving, eleven physical intrusion-detection monitors, dedicated LED controllers, and casino-standard serial interfaces such as ccTalk, JCM ID003, and SAS. Both systems are very similar in hardware specifications, but the IQON 3 is a passively cooled, fanless system, whereas the IQON Air 3 comes with a cooling fan enabling a higher TDP (ranging from 15W to 54W) for graphics-intensive workloads. Quixant IQON 3 and IQON Air 3 specifications: SoC – AMD Ryzen 5 or 7 PRO R8000 Embedded Series SoCs with Zen 4 cores, AMD Radeon 7x0M graphics (RDNA 3), and AMD XDNA NPU System Memory […]

March 12, 2026March 11, 2026 by Debashis Das - 4 Comments

SolidRun P100 COM Express Type 6 module features LPCAMM2 memory, up to 12-core AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P185 SoC

Ryzen AI Embedded P100 COM Express module

We just reported that the AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P100 series has been expanded with six additional SKUs, and, timed with that, SolidRun has announced its new P100 COM Express Type 6 module family. These compact (95 x 95mm) modules are among the first to support the newly released 8- to 12-core Zen 5 SKUs, with up to 50 TOPS from the NPU and 80 TOPS of total system AI. Another fairly unique feature of the new SolidRun computer-on-module is support for LPCAMM2 LPDDR5X memory. The company uses a screw-lock mechanism to deliver high-bandwidth LPDDR5X performance (up to 9600 MT/s) while maintaining the mechanical reliability required for “systems in motion,” such as autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), heavy machinery, and rail systems. A mini-ITX development kit for the module is also available. SolidRun P100 COM Express Type 6 module SolidRun P100 COM Express Type 6 module specifications: AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P100 Series […]

March 11, 2026 by Debashis Das - No Comments

AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P100 series expands with up to 12 Zen 5 cores, 80 TOPS of AI performance

AMD Ryzen AI Embedded P100 series Embedded World 2026

At CES 2026, we saw AMD launch its new Ryzen AI Embedded P100 series of SoCs, with four- and six-core models designed for Edge AI. At the time of writing, the lineup had six SKUs, with higher-core variants to be announced later. Now at Embedded World 2026, AMD has expanded the Ryzen AI Embedded P100 series with six additional SKUs available in commercial and industrial temperature grades, while the automotive-grade SoCs remain unchanged. The new SOCs integrate 8-12 Zen 5 CPU cores (upgrade from 4-6 cores ), RDNA 3.5 graphics, and an XDNA 2 NPU on a single chip to deliver up to 80 TOPS (upgrade from 50 TOPS) of combined/system AI performance AMD claims up to 39% higher multithreaded CPU performance and 2.1× higher total system TOPS compared to Ryzen Embedded 8000 Series. They support unified CPU-GPU memory, enabling low-latency processing for tasks such as multi-camera machine vision, Visual […]

March 7, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 3 Comments

GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition Review – Part 3: Ubuntu 25.10 on an AMD Ryzen 5 7530U mini PC

GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition mini PC Ubuntu 25.10 linux review

After checking out the hardware with an unboxing and a teardown of the GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition mini PC, and testing it with the pre-installed Windows 11 Pro OS in the second part of the review, we will now report our experience with Ubuntu 25.10 to show how the AMD Ryzen 5 7530U mini PC performs under Linux. The Ubuntu 25.10 review includes an overview of the system, benchmarks, storage and networking (2.5GbE and WiFi 6) performance testing, and measurements of CPU temperature under stress, fan noise levels, and power consumption of the mini PC under various workloads. Ubuntu 25.10 installation We decided to install Ubuntu 25.10 in dual boot configuration alongside Windows 11. To do so, we first shrank the Windows partition (C:) to roughly half its original size, before inserting a USB drive with the Ubuntu 25.10 ISO to carry on with the installation. The installation proceeded […]

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 6 Comments

Checking out the actual AMD Ryzen SoC used on CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 laptop

I’ve just completed the review of the CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16, a laptop based on an AMD Ryzen 5 6600H SoC. All software testing on Windows 11 Pro and Ubuntu 25.10 confirmed that the laptop was based on an AMD Ryzen 5 6600H SoC, but I was asked to confirm that the actual CPU on the motherboard was indeed the advertised chip, for reasons I’ll explain below. Let’s do that right now. I had already done a teardown of the laptop, but since the AMD Ryzen processor was covered by copper pipes for cooling, I could not read the markings on the chip. So earlier today, I removed the bottom cover of the laptop again and loosened the three screws holding the pipes on top of the CPU, so I could check the markings on the processor. It’s an AMD Ryzen 5, a good sign, but there’s nothing that […]

March 2, 2026March 16, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition Review – Part 2: An AMD Ryzen 5 7530U mini PC tested with Windows 11 Pro

GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition windows 11 review

After checking out the hardware of the GEEKOM A5 Pro 2026 Edition mini PC with an unboxing and a teardown in the first part of the review, we’ve now had time to test the AMD Ryzen 5 7530U mini PC with Windows 11 Pro. We will report our experience by providing an overview of the software, testing features, running benchmarks such as PCMark 10, 3DMark, PassMark PerformanceTest 11, Cinebench R23, and Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0, testing 2.5GbE and WiFi 6 networking performance, evaluating the cooling system, and measuring fan noise levels and power consumption. Software overview and features testing The System > About window confirms that we have an “A5_Pro” mini PC powered by a 2.0 GHz (base frequency) AMD Ryzen 5 7530U processor with 16 GB of RAM, and 954 GB of storage. The mini PC runs Windows 11 Pro 64-bit version 25H2 build 26200.7840. HWiNFO 64 gives us […]

March 1, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 6 Comments

CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 review – Part 3: Ubuntu 25.10 on a mid-range AMD Ryzen 5 6600H laptop

CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 Ubuntu 25.10 Linux review

We’ve already checked CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 hardware in the first part of the review, before testing the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H laptop with Windows 11 Pro, and today I’ll report my experience using the CoreBook Air Plus 16 laptop with Linux using Ubuntu 25.10 distribution. The Ubuntu review will include system information, benchmarks, YouTube 4K and 8K video playback, feature testing, storage and WiFi 6 performance, and measurement of fan noise and power consumption/battery life. Ubuntu 26.04 vs Ubuntu 25.10 installation The initial plan was to install Ubuntu 26.04 (daily image) on the laptop in dual boot configuration with Windows 11 Pro. So I resized the Windows partition in Disk Management to leave a 125GB partition for Ubuntu. I downloaded a daily Ubuntu 26.04 ISO (February 28, 2026), and created a startup disk on my Ubuntu 24.04 laptop using an 8GB USB flash drive. I plugged the USB […]

February 21, 2026March 5, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments

CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 review – Part 2: An AMD Ryzen 5 6600H-powered, mid-range laptop tested with Windows 11 Pro

CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 laptop review Windows 11

I’ve already checked out the hardware of the CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 laptop in the first part of the review, so today, I’ll report my experience using the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H laptop with the pre-installed Windows 11 Pro operating system. We’ll start with a software overview and a test of key features, followed by benchmarking, evaluation of WiFi 6 performance, and measurement of fan noise, power consumption, and battery life. Software Overview and Features Testing The CoreBook Air Plus 16 ships with Windows 11 Pro 64-bit 24H2 operating system, upgraded to the 25H2 version after running Windows updates. The System->About window confirms we have a CoreBook Air Plus laptop powered by a 3.3 GHz (base frequency) AMD Ryzen 5 6600H processor with Radeon graphics paired with 16GB of RAM and 447GB of storage. None of the mini PCs and laptops we’ve reviewed in the past come with Microsoft […]