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AMD debuts China-only Ryzens at AI summit — Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F ditch the iGPU
By Mark Tyson published
Yesterday at the AMD Beijing AI PC Innovation Summit, the Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F iGPU-less processors were quietly revealed.
Great CPU Deals for Budget Builds: Intel Core i7-12700KF is now just $199, Core i5-12600KF a mere $149
By Avram Piltch published
These Alder Lake chips are a couple of generations old, but they offer plenty of pop.
New chip flaw hits Apple Silicon and steals cryptographic keys from system cache
By Aaron Klotz published
Researchers have discovered a serious security vulnerability in all current Apple silicon that puts sensitive cryptographic keys at risk of being stolen while being housed inside the CPU cache.
A new generation of Ryzen processors codenamed 'Strix Point' will be released in 2024
By Mark Tyson published
At an event in China earlier today AMD shared its AI PC ecosystem plans confirming 'Strix Point' chips will combine the charms of Zen 5, RDNA 3+, and XDNA 2 processing.
AMD's Zen 2 FPU for PlayStation 5 is 35% smaller than a Ryzen 7 3800X but sacrifices nothing in terms of gaming performance
By Aaron Klotz published
It has been discovered that AMD was able to shrink Sony's custom PS5 Zen 2 FPU by 35% compared to normal Ryzen CPUs by chopping off parts of the CPU that aren't needed for gaming.
Alibaba claims it will launch a server-grade RISC-V processor this year
By Anton Shilov published
Alibaba continues to flex its RISC-V muscle, expects to roll-out datacenter-grade RISC-V CPU this year.
Intel awarded $8.5 billion in funding for building chipmaking fabs - CHIPS Act funding to boost US semiconductor manufacturing
By Paul Alcorn, Andrew E. Freedman published
Intel also gets a 25% tax credit for up to $100 billion.
Nvidia's generative AI tool delivers a radical 60X performance boost for chipmakers - TSMC and Synopsys are now using the cuLitho software in production
By Paul Alcorn published
Nvidia announced that TSMC and Synopsys have begun using the performance-boosting cuLitho software in production.
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