You could almost take it for a joke, but AMD is obviously serious: with the “new” Ryzen 10 and Ryzen 100 series, the manufacturer is taking the final step towards total disorientation in the CPU jungle. Anyone who previously thought that the Ryzen nomenclature was confusing can now look forward to a new level of confusion, including [...]
With the integration of the 6th generation of its Neural Processing Unit (NPU6) into the upcoming Nova Lake processor family, Intel has laid a further building block for its AI strategy in the client area. An inconspicuous Linux kernel patch, just 15 lines of code, reveals more than it seems at first glance: In addition to a new PCI device ID [...]
Intel seems to have hit a strategic nerve with its 18A process. Although, according to official statements, the node is primarily intended for in-house use, for platforms such as Panther Lake and Clearwater Forest, there are increasing indications of growing interest from major external customers. According to SemiAccurate, Microsoft is said to be [...]
With Panther Lake, Intel is consolidating the development of several previously separate technology areas into a uniform platform architecture. In addition to the already known advances in CPU efficiency and the new Xe3 graphics generation, the system receives a deeper integration of NPU and IPU components, which are specially designed for AI and [...]
With Panther Lake, Intel is defining the next generation of its client and mobile processors, which are based on the 18A process and are positioned as the successor to Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake. The platform is designed to offer higher performance, lower energy consumption and more flexible system integration. Intel is relying on a combination [...]
You could call it a cautious restart or a desperate attempt to make up ground: With the upcoming Panther Lake series, Intel wants to prove once again that it has not completely lost its technological footing. A recent leak on Chiphell now shows the presumed SKUs of the first wave and reveals more questions than answers. According to the leak, a [...]
The next CPU generation from Santa Clara casts its shadow ahead, and as is so often the case, the real confusion does not start with the transistors, but with the naming. Intel seems to be tweaking the names again – this time with an “Ultra X” branding to accompany Panther Lake-H. A new naming scheme: Ultra X5, X7, X9 According [...]
The rumors are intensifying: Intel is apparently planning to raise prices for its Raptor Lake processors by more than 10 percent in the fourth quarter. This corresponds to a surcharge of around 20 US dollars on models that are currently priced at around 150 to 160 US dollars. This comes at an inopportune time for PC manufacturers: they are already [...]
With the Ryzen™ 5 5600F, AMD is launching another offshoot of the now well-established Zen 3 platform on September 16, 2025 as a new edition of the well-known 5600, but with one decisive limitation: the integrated graphics are missing. The model thus joins the group of “F” variants that, like Intel, do without a dedicated GPU module [...]
The Intel Core Ultra 3 205 is something of a Trojan horse among the new entry-level CPUs: innocuously packaged, but with more power under the hood than you would expect at first glance. It costs as much as a solid mid-range cooler, but delivers performance that until recently would only have been expected in the upper mid-range. A double-edged [...]
Shortly before the official launch of its new Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” processors, Intel is working hard to make the integrated Xe3 graphics unit fit for the Linux world. As has now become known, the developers have incorporated a total of 14 patches into the Mesa 3D graphics driver, which are intended to rectify a whole [...]
With the official launch of the Ryzen 5 9500F, AMD is once again entering the low-end market – or at least what can still be described as “budget-friendly” in 2025. The new CPU based on the Zen 5 architecture will be available from September 16 and, according to AMD’s own statements, is set to cause a stir in the gaming [...]
The Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX is Intel’s latest mid-range offering in the mobile high-performance processor segment – embedded in the HX series, the very platform on which Intel usually unloads its brute notebook behemoths. But anyone expecting a tiger here is more likely to get a hefty hangover – at least in terms of overall [...]
Our colleagues at Wccftech report that it is neither a coincidence nor an everyday occurrence when a processor is clocked up to 9,130.33 MHz. It is a borderline experience, for the silicon, for the cooling and for the ego of the overclocker. The Chinese “wytiwx” has done it again: On an ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Apex, with Corsair [...]
AMD has done it again, report our colleagues at Wccftech, quietly, quietly and almost with demonstrative ignorance of its own marketing: the Ryzen 5 5500X3D is here. No big stage, no launch fireworks, just a “still alive” nod to the leftover AM4 platform. Latin America got it first – presumably because they haven’t [...]
Intel has launched a new PR push that at first glance sounds like a glossy campaign, but is actually a desperate bid for liberation in a geopolitical power play, report our colleagues at Wccftech: USAI – a patriotically packaged narrative that Intel is America’s only true option for high-end chip manufacturing. Behind the facade of [...]
Intel’s Application Optimization (APO) has been surprisingly quiet in recent months, too quiet if you consider the grandiose promises made at the launch. The tool, originally introduced together with the Raptor Lake refresh generation (14th gen), is supposed to ensure that games run specifically on the powerful performance cores (P-cores) [...]
AMD’s Ryzen 7 5700X3D was the last big consolation for all those who wanted to give their aging AM4 system a proper performance upgrade without immediately ditching the motherboard, RAM and power supply. An eight-core with 3D V-Cache, which once again showed that even old platforms don’t necessarily belong in the scrap heap, especially [...]
Microsoft plans to power its next-generation Xbox with a unified AMD SoC, reports Wccftech ‘s Hassan Mujtaba , from the living room to the handheld and across to the PC. Sounds like console comfort with PC captivity. What is being forged in secret between AMD and Microsoft could finally pulverize the boundaries between console, PC and [...]
Welcome to the era of pin panic: AMD’s next desktop socket goes by the name AM6, reports our colleague Sarfraz Khan from Wccftech, and, according to leaked information, accommodates no fewer than 2100 pins – on the exact same footprint as the previous AM5 socket. A feat of engineering skill? Perhaps. A technological gamble? Most [...]
