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Intel commits to 14A mass production in 2028 as its sales rise 25% year-over-year
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.
AMD working on new X3D V-cache mobile chip for gaming laptops, leaker claims
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.
AMD exec was ‘very happy’ to see Nvidia‘s Vera performance results
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.
AMD reveals CPU architecture roadmap through 2028, following Zen 6 'Venice' launch
AMD's Lisa Su shows off the company's roadmap through 2030, including teases of Zen 7 and Zen 8 CPUs.
AMD’s new X100 chip lineup puts Strix Halo into robots
AMD takes on Intel (and Nvidia) in the robot wars.
AMD’s 256-core Epyc 9996 ‘Venice’ claims up to a 3.4x jump over Intel Xeon competition, 20% over Nvidia Vera
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.
AMD’s Venice-X CPU launches in 2027 with 1152 MB of 3D V-Cache, 96 cores, and 5.15 GHz boost clock
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.
Intel and AMD sign long-term server CPU deals with Chinese customers as prices jump over 40%, report claims
Some customers have discussed commitments running two years or longer, one source told Reuters.
