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AMD's Zen 6 CPUs could fix microstutters and improve 1% lows in games via per-core optimizations
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Intel licenses Atom-class x86 cores to startup
Intel reportedly licenses Atom-class x86 cores to a startup led by Lip-Bu Tan's co-investor and incorporated in May.
