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Intel's 12th-gen 'HX' chips bring 16 cores to laptops
Intel's 12th-gen HX chips are the first notebook 16-core notebook processors, and they're also completely unlocked and overclockable.
Chromebooks are finally getting AMD Ryzen 5000 C-series CPUs
Acer and HP are among the first manufacturers to use the chips.
Intel says its new 5.5GHz i9-12900KS is the world's fastest desktop processor
Intel has unveiled the Core i9-12900KS "Special Edition" CPU it claims is "the world's fastest desktop processor."
NVIDIA says its new H100 datacenter GPU is up to six times faster than its last
At GTC 2022, CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the Grace CPU Superchip, the first discrete CPU NVIDIA plans to release as part of its Grace lineup.
AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU will be available April 20th for $449
AMD will make its long-teased Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor available on April 20th.
AMD Ryzen 5000 processors fall to all-time lows at Amazon
Amazon is selling AMD's Ryzen 5000 chips at new all-time low prices, making them good values if you're building a speedy PC.
Intel claims its 12th-gen ultraportable chips are a huge step forward
After unveiling its beefy H-series 12th-gen laptop chips during CES, Intel is finally ready to shed more light on its new U and P-series CPUs for ultraportables.
AMD's Ryzen 6000 mobile chips could push ultraportables to new gaming heights
AMD finally gives us more details about its U-series Ryzen 6000 mobile chips for ultraportables, as well as RDNA2 graphics performance for its new chip line.
White House reportedly discouraged Intel from boosting chip production in China
The Biden administration is said to have 'strongly discouraged' Intel from ramping up chip production in China over security concerns.
AMD's first Zen 4 CPUs include a 128-core chip built for the cloud
AMD has unveiled its first Zen 4 processors, and they're Epyc chips built for heavy-duty computing — including a 128-core cloud model.
Apple is the first public partner to join sustainable chip initiative
With the Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems program, Imec wants to help chipmakers reduce their carbon footprint.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 695 brings faster 5G to low-cost phones
Qualcomm has unveiled Snapdragon chips that promise faster performance for budget 5G phones, including the 695.
AMD and Microsoft issue fixes for Ryzen CPU slowdowns on Windows 11
The patches should resolve processor slowdowns.
Microsoft and AMD will give away a 'Halo Infinite' Radeon RX 6900 XT GPU
The companies are working together to eventually bring ray-tracing to the game too.
Is Apple’s M1 Max really the fastest laptop chip ever?
Apple's new processors double the core count of the already impressive M1, and quadruple the GPU power. All that power will cost you, though, with the new Macbook Pros running as much as $4,300 for a fully-loaded machine.
Apple's new MacBook Pro chips may be called the M1 Pro and M1 Max
Apple's new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro may use speedier M1 Pro and M1 Max chips.
Google is reportedly making its own ARM-based Chromebook processors
Google's future Chromebooks may be powered by CPUs the tech giant itself developed.
Intel Arc, the company's first gaming GPUs, will debut in 2022
It's taking on AMD and NVIDIA with discrete and integrated models.
Intel has a plan to go beyond 3nm chips
Intel revealed a rebrand of their node names, and an aggressive new roadmap that ends with inconceivably tiny 18-angstrom transistors.
Google’s own mobile chip is called Tensor
Google's head of hardware Rick Osterloh explains how the company's first custom designed chip, Tensor, is all about AI.