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Intel statement blames CPU crashes on mobo makers
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh published
Intel issues a state regarding stability issues concerning 13th and 14th Generation CPUs on 600-and 700-series motherboards made by respective manufacturers.
Homegrown Chinese CPUs are catching up to AMD and Intel
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh published
Loongson revealed two domestically made CPUs for China's mainstream market due to independent research and development, having its IPC matching with Zen 3 and Intel Comet Lake CPUs.
AMD's China-exclusive Ryzen CPUs come to the retail market
By Christopher Harper published
Listings of Ryzen 8000F Series CPUs with their iGPUs and NPUs disabled appear on Funtech and PC-Canada, with some pricing, ahead of a confirmed global release.
Huawei's next-gen CPU could rival Apple's current best
By Anton Shilov published
According to a leak, Huawei's upcoming Kirin processor for PCs will feature next-generation Taishan V130 cores and next-generation graphics.
AMD's server CPUs arrive on mainstream PC motherboards
By Anton Shilov published
AMD's Zen 4-based entry-level EPYC 4004-series processors for the AM5 socket have surfaced on eBay.
Huawei launches another 7nm processor built by sanctioned China fab SMIC
By Anton Shilov published
Despite efforts of U.S. government, HiSilicon continues to develop high-end SoCs and SMIC continues to make them.
Intel's revenues are up year-over-year, but foundry unit loses $2.5 billion
By Anton Shilov published
Almost all of Intel's business units were profitable in Q1, except manufacturing unit that made record $2.5 billion loss.
Gigabyte, MSI are tackling Core i9 crashing issues with BIOS updates and user guides
By Aaron Klotz published
Gigabyte follows in Asus' footsteps providing new beta BIOS updates with an "Intel Baseline" profile
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