Items tagged with Processors
As is customary whenever a company like AMD or Intel launches a new processor lineup, someone is going to rip off the integrated heatspreader (IHS) to expose the die area. That's precisely what has happened with a purported Intel Arrow Lake (Core Ultra 200S) processor, and what makes this especially interesting is...
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Lenovo held its 2024 Tech World event this week and about midway through, Intel chief executive officer (CEO) Pat Gelsinger hopped on stage to discuss the artificial intelligence (AI) era, which he likened to being as disruptive as when the internet first burst onto the scene. He also touched on Intel's collaboration...
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In case you missed it, Intel last week officially launched its Core Ultra 200S series processors, otherwise known as Arrow Lake, for the desktop platform. The initial launch comprises five CPU SKUs in total, including three main "K" models and two "KF" variants, but could there be a faster sixth SKU waiting in the...
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Intel Xeon 6 6900P Series Processors Intel is launching its most powerful Xeon processors yet with the Xeon 6 6900P Series, featuring up to 128 P-cores and a massive 504MB of L3 cache for HPC and AI data center applications. All High-Performance P-Cores Larger Performance Uplift Massive Memory Bandwidth Large...
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Extreme overclocker Roman Hartung, who you may recognize better as 'der8auer', has been around the block a time or two, delidded his fair share of CPUs over the years, and has seen things. Lots of things. However, the close-up examination and dissection of a fake AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor blew his mind, a phrase he used no less than three
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AMD recently launched its Ryzen 9000 lineup of Zen 5 CPUs, including the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X. If you have a tighter budget and wish to remain focused on gaming performance, there is another CPU potentially coming soon. No, it is not the anticipated 3D V-Cache versions of the Ryzen 9000 series, which are likely to...
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AMD's Ryzen 9000 series has finally released with its new Zen 5 architecture. After experiencing an unusual delay (over a packaging typo) from its initial targeted launch date in late July, chips are finally starting to find their into the hands of consumers. Not only that, but retailers in Germany have already begun...
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Some early (very early) sales data seemingly reveals that AMD's brand-spanking-new Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X processors are not exactly flying off store shelves. This could be due to a number of factors, including the 65W TDP on these mainstream chips. Should AMD be concerned with the early numbers, though?...
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It's been nearly nine months since we first heard rumors of AMD expanding its AM4 lineup with a couple of more budget-friend Ryzen 5000X3D models with 3D V-Cache. One of those was the Ryzen 7 5700X3D, which AMD did end up launching, and the other was the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Can we still expect that model? We can't say for sure, but it seems a
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Motherboard makers are starting to dish out BIOS updates based on new microcode from Intel to address stability issues affecting a wide range of 14th Gen and 13th Gen Core processor models. ASUS and MSI are the first to start rolling out fixes at the firmware level, and we imagine that Gigabyte and others will not be...
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AMD Ryzen 7 9700X - $359, Ryzen 5 9600X - $279 These chips drop into the same Socket AM5 as AMD's previous generation, but bring higher performance and better power efficiency along with a slight price reduction that sweetens the deal. Here's a full suite of benchmarks and performance analysis. Strong...
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In the ongoing CPU saga related to stability issues with Intel's 13th Gen and 14th Gen Core processors, the Santa Clara chip maker has posted additional guidance on its warranty extension for affected models. One of the key details of the new guidance is that the two-year extension now explicitly covers OEM and tray...
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While Intel is standing firm on not recalling its 14th and 13th Gen Core processors amid a rash of crashing complaints, it has decided to offer an additional two years of warranty coverage. The extended warranty applies to retail boxed processors that already come with a three-year warranty, so the additional coverage...
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It is probably just a matter of time before Intel is hit with a class-action lawsuit over unfortunate stability issues affecting a barrage of 14th Gen and 13th Gen Core processors. That likely inevitability is one step closer to becoming a reality, with law firm Abington Cole + Ellery investigating the situation and...
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It's been a couple of months since Intel introduced its upcoming Lunar Lake chip architecture at Computex in Taiwan, and at the time the chip maker said the first round of chips based on Lunar Lake would arrive sometime in the third quarter. As we approach the midway point of Q3, Intel is putting the word out that...
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Intel saying it discovered the root cause of instability issues on its 14th Gen and 13th Gen Core processors and promising a firmware fix came as good news to affected owners last week. That said, the issue could affect more than just the top processor models. Intel said as much in an interview with The Verge, in...
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AMD raised a few eyebrows last week when it announced a short delay to its desktop Ryzen 9000 series processors based on Zen 5, a decision the company said it made "out of an abundance of caution." This was followed by AMD SVP and GM Jack Huynh somewhat clarifying on X/Twitter that the unnamed cause of the delay was...
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In case you missed it, Intel earlier this week issued a statement saying it finally discovered the root cause of widely reported instability on its 14th Gen and 13the Gen Core processors. Intel also said it would be delivering a microcode patch to address the issue, and that it was targeting mid-August for a roll out...
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All of the major chip makers are hitching their silicon wagons to the AI craze that's sweeping the industry, and to that end, AMD has introduced a new flagship entry as part of its Ryzen AI 300 series lineup (otherwise known as Strix Point). It's the Ryzen 9 HX 375 and it sits atop a short but growing stack of mobile...
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AMD Ryzen AI 3000 (Mobile) And Ryzen 9000 (Desktop) AMD has revealed some new architectural information regarding its Zen 5-based Ryzen AI 3000 and Ryzen 9000 series processors, RDNA 3.5 iGPU, and XDNA 2 AI engine, and we've got the details. Big IPC Uplift Improved Efficiency XDNA 2 & RDNA 3.5 (Mobile Chips)...
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There's evidence to suggest that Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs are out in the wild in engineering sample form (early ES chips recently showed up for sale in China for $14 a pop), which is to be expected at this stage. Purportedly, someone has posted a couple of benchmarks with mixed results from one of those chips, with...
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AMD's first crop of desktop Ryzen 9000 series processors based on its Zen 5 architecture are right around the corning, after having already been formally introduced earlier this month during Computex Taipei. Retail availability is likely just weeks away at this point. While we know what SKUs and specs are on tap...
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