Tag: Processors

The radiance of a thousand suns: Overclockers set a new world record of 9

The radiance of a…

Echoing George Mallory’s apparent response of “Because it’s there” when asked why he wanted to climb Everest, super-serious overclockers…
Further details of Nvidia’s GB10 ‘superchip’ shine light on the complex collaboration with MediaTek

Further details of Nvidia’s…

Earlier this year, Nvidia launched its DGX Spark “supercomputer on your desk”, packing an all-in-one APU codenamed GB10. While…
Intel warns its deal with the US government may be bad for business, while reports claim it won’t prevent the fabs being sold off and the whole thing might not be legal, anyway

Intel warns its deal…

From the bizarre to the arguably ridiculous, the US government’s “deal” to acquire a 10% stake in Intel is…
AMD blames toasted AM5 sockets on motherboard makers pushing their luck with CPU settings

AMD blames toasted AM5…

We’ve been reporting on toasted AMD AM5 CPU sockets for a while now. Back in April, a Reddit thread…
Intel’s new Nova Lake CPU claimed to have superior IPC performance to AMD’s next-gen Zen 6 as rumour mill goes into overdrive with talk of higher core counts and an APU with a massive iGPU

Intel’s new Nova Lake…

Rumours around Intel’s next-gen Nova Lake CPUs have multiplied rapidly in recent days. Highlights include an IPC performance advantage…
It’s not just Arrow Lake that’s been refreshed: Intel’s whole approach to the consumer market seems like a new direction

It’s not just Arrow…

Nick Evanson, Hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This month I have been: mostly testing Intel’s new Arrow Lake Refresh…
AMD says Intel’s ‘interesting choices’ around multithreading could help Epyc CPUs gain server market share

AMD says Intel’s ‘interesting…

AMD compute and enterprise AI VP Madhu Rangarajan told tech news site CRN that they are expecting next-gen AMD…
Softbank announces it’s buying a $2 billion stake in Intel as the Trump administration reportedly considers a 10% slice of the bright blue chipmaking pie

Softbank announces it’s buying…

What a difference a few days makes. After reports indicated that the US government was in talks to take…
Intel engineer reassures gamers the company is ‘still 100% vested in APO and in growing the capabilities of the technology’ though not on older chips

Intel engineer reassures gamers…

Those of us running Intel CPUs have had a bit to worry about in recent years. The company has…
AMD made major gains on Intel in the desktop CPU market over the last year, but still lags significantly behind in mobile, according to a Mercury Research report

AMD made major gains…

According to a report provided by Mercury Research, AMD has made some seriously impressive gains in the desktop CPU…