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AMD downgrades certain Ryzen CPUs to lesser stock coolers
Some CPUs will now no longer have a bundled cooler
Leaked Intel Nova Lake-S shipping manifest hints at 28-core CPU
Yesterday what appears to be a Nova Lake-S entry tagged as a pre-qualification sample with a surprising 28-core configuration was posted via a shipping manifest
Core i9-14900KF overclocked to 9.13 GHz to become the highest clocked CPU of all time
Chinese overclocker wytiwx has pushed Intel's Core i9-14900KF to 9130.33 MHz, establishing a new world record.
Intel warns shareholders that the US government's 10% stake could hurt company's international sales
Money can hurt?
AMD mobile CPU roadmap leak claims Zen 6 arrives in 2027
As Zen 6 arrives to high-end, Zen 2 dominates low-end laptops.
AMD's unreleased Ryzen 5 5500X3D is reportedly 12% faster in multicore performance in Geekbench
New benchmarks suggest that the 5500X3D offers respectable performance in productivity workloads.
AMD comments on burning AM5 sockets
AMD provides an official response to the latest AM5 burnout/failure issues primarily affecting ASRock motherboards.
Retailers quietly slash prices of AMD's and Intel's latest EPYC and Xeon CPUs by up to 50%
Despite soaring demand for server chips, AMD’s EPYC 9005 and Intel’s Xeon 6 CPUs are selling at U.S. retailers for up to 50% below their official list prices.
