UL announces Procyon AI Image Generation Benchmark
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Based on Stable Diffusion AI model

UL has announced its newest AI Inference benchmark, the UL Procyon AI Image Generation Benchmark, which is based on the Stable Diffusion AI model and promises to provide a consistent, accurate and understandable workload for measuring the AI performance of high-end hardware.

Qualcomm's gaming gamble
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Arm laptops to run Windows games 

Qualcomm has told the gathered crowds at the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC) that Windows games are expected to be compatible with its forthcoming Arm laptops. If this holds true, x86 emulation and gaming could operate flawlessly on these machines without porting.

New Intel Battlemage GPUs spotted in SiSoftware Sandra database
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Featuring 20 and 24 Xe-Cores, and 12GB of VRAM

Intel is keeping the details of its upcoming Intel Battlemage GPUs under tight wraps, but now some of the information has been spotted in the SiSoftware Sandra database, including two Xe2 chips.

AMD releases FSR 3.1
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Gaming boost

Last September, AMD released its AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3) on the gaming world, delivering FPS enhancements in supported games. Now it has released a 3.1 version.

AMD releases new AMD Software Adrenalin Edition 24.3.1 driver
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One for Dragon's Dogma 2, Horizon Forbidden West, and Outpost: Infinity Siege

AMD has released its latest AMD Software Adrenalin Edition 24.3.1 driver which adds support for Dragon's Dogma 2, Horizon Forbidden West, and Outpost: Infinity Siege, new HYPR-Tune support for a couple of games, and fixes several issues seen with earlier driver releases.