Items tagged with Processors
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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We've said it before and we'll say it again—if you're a thrifty shopper who also has a penchant for performance, one of the best times to buy hardware is when a new generation has been announced. So it goes with AMD's Ryzen 9000 series...
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The tech auditors at Jon Peddie Research have released the latest figures for both CPU and GPU shipments to start 2024 and they contain some surprises. Chief among them is the fact that PC processor shipments skyrocketed a "surprising 33%...
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Intel's Meteor Lake processors represented a major step forward for the company. As Intel's first step into chiplet (or "tile") fabrication for client chips, Meteor Lake brought big improvements in efficiency, graphics, and AI performance...
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Following a somewhat stealthy launch in China in earlier this year, AMD is bringing its Ryzen 8000F series processors to the US market to give budget gaming builds a kick in the pants, while being relatively easy on the wallet or purse...
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There have been some epic fights over the years, such as Sugar Ray Leonard clashing with Thomas Hearns, Muhammad Ali knocking out George Foreman, and Buster Douglas defeating Mike Tyson in a shocking upset, to name a few. One of the...
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It wasn't even three months ago when we brought to attention a price drop on AMD's Ryzen 9 7900X3D processor, which at the time had fallen to its lowest price ever at $409.99. If you decided to wait a little bit longer hoping for an even...
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We're as curious as the next person about how Intel's next-generation Arrow Lake processors will fare, both in comparison to the company's own Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs and AMD's competing Zen 4 (and eventually Zen 5) chips. But as curious...
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It took a minute or two, but x86 processor shipments appear to be recovering from a recent slump. According to data shared with us by Mercury Research, x86 chip shipments increased year-over-year for the first time in 24 months, with both...
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Series Processors: Starting At $1,499 ($4,999 For 7980X) The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X (64-cores) and 7970X (32-cores) are the company’s most-powerful High End Desktop, many-core processors ever...
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