Tag: Processors

AMD’s Zen 5 APUs are mighty on paper but could’ve been made mightier and AI is partly to blame

AMD’s Zen 5 APUs…

Nick Evanson, Hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This month I've been testing: Gaming mice and Elden Ring. Two things which…
The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is so good at gaming, AMD might give more juice to the Ryzen 7 9700X in order to beat it

The Ryzen 7 7800X3D…

When AMD announced the Ryzen 9000-series CPUs at Computex, one particular little nugget caught my attention. The 8-core Ryzen…
Intel denies Lunar Lake laptop chip delay but reports say Arrow Lake could actually go on sale first

Intel denies Lunar Lake…

Last week, reports emerged that Intel's Lunar Lake had been delayed. Now Intel has responded, claiming that the new…
The first technical deep dive of the Zen 5 architecture is here, with preliminary benchmarks supporting AMD’s IPC claims

The first technical deep…

It's been almost a month since AMD unveiled its Zen 5 processor architecture and new range of Ryzen CPUs…
Intel clarifies what BIOS settings 13th/14th Gen CPUs should be used for power and current

Intel clarifies what BIOS…

In response to the recent news that a microcode bug had been discovered affecting how some of its CPUs…
Forget all the AI fluff—some serious next-gen CPUs are on their way, praise the sun

Forget all the AI…

Andy Edser, Hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This month I've been testing: The limits of my patience on long…
Intel found a bug in its high-end CPU microcode is ‘potentially contributing to instability’ though ‘is not the root cause’ of those long-reported game crashes

Intel found a bug…

It's been months since the first reports of Intel's Core i9 processors being unstable in Unreal Engine games, but…
Pay no attention to AMD’s horribly misleading benchmarks for its ‘new’ Ryzen 5000 XT CPUs

Pay no attention to…

Remember those “new” Ryzen 5000 chips AMD launched last week alongside its actually new Ryzen 9000 CPUs? Turns out…
‘The CPU is the weakest link in computing’—Flow says it can boost CPU performance up to 100x with its proprietary companion chip

‘The CPU is the…

CPU design has been undergoing something of a shake-up recently, what with the addition of NPUs into the mix…
The battle for the heart of next-gen handheld gaming PCs: AMD’s Strix Point versus Intel’s Lunar Lake

The battle for the…

Verily, the dust has settled on the orgy of silicon, frenzied capitalism and silly AI marketing straplines that was…