Intel's next budget laptop chip may have no performance cores at all
Intel Moon Lake leak points to four efficiency cores, no performance cores, and a 6 W to 15 W TDP
Intel's leaked 28-core Nova Lake CPU beats the Core Ultra 9 285K and Ryzen 9 9950X3D in single-thread testing
Intel's upcoming desktop CPU makes a strong first impression
Windows is preparing for Intel's biggest x86 change in years, but only Xeon chips will use it at first
APX doubles x86-64's general-purpose registers from 16 to 32, so compilers can keep more values close to the CPU
Amazon return scammers may be delidding CPUs, a suspected fake Ryzen suggests
Fake graphics cards, RAM, and SSDs are well known, but a swapped CPU inside a sealed box is a new variation
Intel's Nova Lake lineup leaks with a cache-heavy Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC at the top
BFC: Intel's answer to AMD's X3D chips may finally have a name
Is the Radeon RX 9070 XT Really Faster Than the RTX 5090?
Can a Radeon RX 9070 XT really beat Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090? We tested 11 games at 1440p and 4K to see when driver overhead matters, and when an ordinary CPU bottleneck is actually to blame.
AMD vows to massively increase chip supply in 2027 as AI demand keeps growing
AI demand continues to outpace supply, driving prices through the roof
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D drops to $429 with a free $70 MSI AIO cooler and Onimusha game
That's $140 worth of extras on top of the gaming CPU king
Which AMD CPUs were famously unlocked for overclocking using the "pencil trick"?
Fun fact: The "pencil trick" involved drawing over tiny laser-cut L1 bridges with graphite to re-enable locked multipliers on certain CPUs.
AMD's new Zen 6 Epyc Venice lineup starts at $700 and scales all the way to 256 cores for $14,900
The Zen 6 Venice family spans 31 processors across SP7 and SP8 sockets
Microsoft says it loves AMD, just not enough to put it in a new Surface device
Latest Surface models are powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Plus SoC
AMD launches $99 Ryzen 5 5500F for AM4 and new Ryzen 5 7500 for AM5
The Ryzen 5 5500F targets budget upgrades while the Ryzen 5 7500 adds integrated graphics to Zen 4
Intel's CPUs could get 10% more expensive next month
Intel could cut another 5% to 10% of staff as CEO Lip-Bu Tan continues restructuring push
AMD documents confirm Zen 6 desktop and APU chips will support AM5 socket
Zen 6 CPUs are expected to debut in late 2026 or early 2027
Qualcomm details next-gen Oryon CPU, targets 5GHz with heterogeneous cache design
The chip pairs two 5GHz Prime Cores with six Performance Cores for AI-heavy tasks
IBM is building a dual-architecture mainframe chip that will run Arm and Z software on the same cores
The chip will use 11 IBM Z cores built on a 2-nanometer process, running above 5.7 GHz
Intel re-enters Amazon's top-10 best-selling CPUs after over a year, but AMD still dominates
High DDR5 prices are driving buyers toward Intel's DDR4-compatible CPUs
The takeaway: AMD's domination in the desktop CPU market has been so remarkable that all 10 top-selling processors on Amazon throughout 2025 were from Team Red. Now, though, two Intel processors have secured a spot on the top-10 list for the first time in over a year.
CPU-Z version 3 adds PC health checks to the classic system information tool
CPU-Z remains a favorite for checking processor, memory, and motherboard details, but version 3.01 makes it more useful for troubleshooting. The new Validator V3 can quickly scan for more than 100 potential issues, including overheating, outdated drivers, hardware problems, and bloatware.
AMD now ships more than 30% of x86 PC CPUs as Intel's long-held lead keeps shrinking
Team Red's share has jumped 6.4% in a year despite the memory crisis weighing on PC sales
Intel's next flagship CPU could be the 28-core Core Ultra 9 4950K
Nova Lake desktop chips are expected to launch in late 2026 or early 2027
Intel says Nova Lake, its next major CPU architecture, is coming to desktop PCs before servers
Nova Lake will bring a new core design to consumers before it reaches the data center
Intel may refresh Raptor Lake for a third time as high DDR5 prices push buyers toward older hardware
Intel is joining AMD and Nvidia in reviving four-year-old hardware
Another Ryzen 7 7800X3D reportedly burns out despite AMD's voltage fix
AMD has yet to respond to the complaint
Qualcomm's Snapdragon C wants to be the Arm chip for $300 laptops
Qualcomm claims up to 44% faster performance and 106% better efficiency than Intel's N250
First look: Qualcomm has released more details about Snapdragon C, the Arm-based chip it is preparing for low-cost laptops. The company is betting that a combination of modest CPU performance, integrated graphics, and low power consumption can give manufacturers another option in a segment of the market typically dominated by entry-level Intel systems starting around $300.
A four-year-old budget CPU is outselling AMD's best gaming chip in some markets
AMD marketing director's tweet inadvertently shows how distorted the CPU market is