Latest CPUs News
The week in chip news: Intel gets a new CEO, China chip smuggling, AMD dominates
We cover the biggest stories of the week.
Intel appoints Lip-Bu Tan as permanent CEO
Industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan becomes Intel's permanent CEO, rejoins the company's board-of-directors.
Chinese university designed world's first silicon-free 2D GAAFET transistor
Peking University has published its findings on a wafer-scale 2D GAAFET in Nature, pointing a new path into the Angstrom era
AMD unveils Zen 5c embedded processors, 9005 EPYC series optimized for edge computing
AMD introduces EPYC Embedded 9005 series CPUs sporting its Zen 5c architecture with up to 192 cores. The new chips have an improved 7-year warranty.
Fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D bought from Amazon was actually an old AMD FX chip disguised by IHS sticker
A TechTuber and hardware reviewer has shared images of a counterfeit AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and its packaging - bought new and direct from Amazon.
AMD's Zen 6-based desktop processors may feature up to 24 cores
AMD's Zen 6-based CPUs will feature 12-core CCDs, therefore up to 24 cores in AM5 configurations.
AMD's 16-core 9950X3D chip allegedly lands 14% faster than last-gen in PassMark
A few Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPUs have been tested in PassMark, delivering 14% higher performance than the last-generation Ryzen 9 7950X3D.
'You can now jailbreak your AMD CPU'
A team of Google researchers has discovered an exploit allowing users to write and insert their own microcode on AMD chips and is now distributing the instructions for free.
