Tag: Processors

New fear dropped: Amazon scammer seems to have delidded an $889 AMD chip, transplanted it on old Intel chip, and got it through return inspection

New fear dropped: Amazon…

watercooling from r/watercooling/comments/1x724mr/two_different_versions_of_amd_9950x3d2_dual I’ve never been stung by Amazon, but I’ve heard enough stories for it to be a worry. Amazon…
New fear dropped: Amazon scammer seems to have delidded an $889 AMD chip, transplanted it on old Intel chip, and got it through return inspection

New fear dropped: Amazon…

watercooling from r/watercooling/comments/1x724mr/two_different_versions_of_amd_9950x3d2_dual I’ve never been stung by Amazon, but I’ve heard enough stories for it to be a worry. Amazon…
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…
It’s taken its sweet time, but Intel’s response to AMD’s X3D chips is starting to look tasty

It’s taken its sweet…

With little sign of new and exciting GPUs, and with rising memory prices affecting just about everything in a…
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…
Gigabyte deletes blog post on Intel LGA1700 chips in early 2027, but it can’t put the cat back in the bag

Gigabyte deletes blog post…

Last week, Gigabyte suggested Intel was working on a new wave of LGA1700 processors—likely a Raptor Lake refresh for…
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…