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We're rounding up the best deals on CPUs.
Lisa Su announces AMD is on the path to a 100x power efficiency improvement by 2027
By Paul Alcorn published
AMD CEO Lisa Su took to the stage after winning the imec Innovation Award to explain how the company is on the path to a more than 100x power efficiency improvement by 2027.
Dell hints at Nvidia-made chips for Windows AI PCs as soon as next year
By Anton Shilov published
Dell and Nvidia chief executives imply that Nvidia's processors for AI PCs will be ready next year.
Snapdragon X Elite Dev Kit is an $899 mini PC — meant to develop for Windows on Arm
By Jowi Morales published
The Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows comes with a Snapdragon X Elite SoC, 32GB of RAM, and a 512GB NVMe SSD.
Early Snapdragon X Elite benchmarks seemingly confirm the chip's incredible performance and battery life potential
By Aaron Klotz published
A third party has finally gotten its hands on a production laptop with the Snapdragon X Elite. Early test results suggest its performance is virtually as good as advertised.
AMD unveils EPYC 4004 CPUs: AM5 gets server-grade processors
By Anton Shilov published
AMD takes aim at dedicated hosting and small businesses with the new EPYC 4004-series CPUs for socket AM5 packaging.
Intel next-generation Lunar Lake CPUs launching in Q3, Arrow Lake in Q4 — mobile chips claimed to be 1.4x faster than Qualcomm's X Elite processors
By Paul Alcorn published
AI marketing reaches a fever pitch.
RISC-V adoption predicted to get AI boost
By Dallin Grimm published
Industrial and automotive industry demands seem likely to turn to RISC-V over Arm, says Omdia
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