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Tag: Processors

The latest rumoured AMD Ryzen Z2 processor could be used in cheap SteamOS handhelds

The latest rumoured AMD…

There are currently more AMD Ryzen Z2 processors than there are different handhelds using them, and the list seems…
As games become ever more multithreaded, Intel’s hybrid CPU design might start to lag behind AMD’s simpler but more effective architecture

As games become ever…

AMD and Intel have taken very different approaches to increasing the core counts of their processors. In the case…
PCs with Intel’s new warranty-backed ‘IPO’ overclocking feature reportedly go on sale in China with claimed 10% frame-rate uplifts but what about the rest of us?

PCs with Intel’s new…

No, Intel hasn’t gone all Gordon Gekko and got into the business of stock floatations and corporate finance. Intel…
TSMC might have to fork over $1 billion to the US for allegedly breaking export rules after one of its chips was found in a Huawei processor

TSMC might have to…

TSMC, the world’s biggest chip maker, could potentially be on the hook for $1 billion or more according to…
Trump gave global chipmaking leader TSMC an offer it could not refuse: ‘All I did is say if you don’t build your plant here you’re gonna pay a big tax..

Trump gave global chipmaking…

Say what you will about Trump’s tariffs, they certainly make for, let’s say, ‘interesting’ times. And in case you…
AMD is reportedly plotting an NPU-enabled ‘Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme’ chip for handhelds and we still can’t figure out what it’ll do for us aside from drain more the battery juice

AMD is reportedly plotting…

AMD is reportedly planning to release a new version of its Strix Point APU for handhelds with a fully…
So, it’s the mirrors

So, it’s the mirrors.…

Profiteering, the AI boom, latterly the looming threat of tariffs—there are a lot of reasons why computer chips have…
The Intel-TSMC unholy chip factory alliance rumour re-emerges and this time a ‘preliminary’ deal is said to have been done

The Intel-TSMC unholy chip…

It’s the ‘shipping story that just won’t die, so here’s the latest twist in the almost fanfic pairing of…
AMD says the problem with Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips failing to boot is down to memory compatibility issues and not actually dead CPUs

AMD says the problem…

Day 97 (or something like that), the saga of the imploding AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs continues. Yesterday, we…
Same plan, different CEO: Intel’s Lip-Bu Tan laments ‘past mistakes’ while promising a brighter ‘engineering focused’ future

Same plan, different CEO:…

Intel’s new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, leant heavily into the company’s failures in his debut keynote performance at the Intel…