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Intel unveiled its iconic Core 2 Duo family 20 years ago

By Mark Tyson Published

Today marks 20 years since the first raft of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, codename Conroe, was launched.

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AMD splits Zen 7 into three EPYC families for 2028 and starts selling server CPUs by the agent

By Luke James Published

Premium The company named Florence, Ferrara, and Fidenza in its launch release, extended its annual CPU, GPU, networking, and rack cadence out to 2030.

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3D-printed F-14 Tomcat uses an FPGA recreation of the ‘world’s first microprocessor'

By Mark Tyson Published

An FPGA and embedded systems expert has recreated the US Navy’s F-14 Tomcat’s Central Air Data Computer (CADC) in an FPGA. It is demonstrated in a scale 3D printed model aircraft

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Intel commits to 14A mass production in 2028 as its sales rise 25% year-over-year

By Anton Shilov Published

Intel posts 25% higher year-over-year sales and above-the-guidance earnings, and confirms that its 14A technology is on-track to start high volume ramp in 2028.

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AMD working on new X3D V-cache mobile chip for gaming laptops, leaker claims

By Kunal Khullar Published

A fresh leak suggests AMD is preparing an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 5 mobile processor with 96MB of L3 cache, potentially bringing the desktop Ryzen 7 9800X3D experience to gaming laptops.

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AMD exec was ‘very happy’ to see Nvidia‘s Vera performance results

By Jake Roach Published

Nvidia took the first stab with its Vera results earlier this week, and now AMD is biting back with SPEC results for its Zen 6 ‘Venice’ CPUs, as well.

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AMD reveals CPU architecture roadmap through 2028, following Zen 6 'Venice' launch

By Anton Shilov Published

AMD's Lisa Su shows off the company's roadmap through 2030, including teases of Zen 7 and Zen 8 CPUs.

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AMD’s new X100 chip lineup puts Strix Halo into robots

By Jake Roach Published

AMD takes on Intel (and Nvidia) in the robot wars.

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AMD Venice

AMD’s 256-core Epyc 9996 ‘Venice’ claims up to a 3.4x jump over Intel Xeon competition, 20% over Nvidia Vera

By Jake Roach Published

After over a year of teases, AMD has finally provided details on its 256-core Venice CPU with the Zen 6 architecture, now known as the Epyc 9996.

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AMD’s Venice-X CPU launches in 2027 with 1152 MB of 3D V-Cache, 96 cores, and 5.15 GHz boost clock

By Jake Roach Published

AMD is returning to 3D V-Cache in its data center range of CPUs with Venice-X, which it has confirmed will launch in the second half of 2027, with 1152 MB of L3 and clock speeds up to 5.15 GHz.

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