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AMD announces Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D release date
By Dallin Grimm published
AMD will release its anticipated Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D chips on March 12th, making a play for the absolute top-dog seat in gaming performance.

Apple M3 Ultra benchmark seen on Geekbench — beats M4 Max in multi-core, but not single-core
By Jowi Morales published
An early benchmark result of the Apple M3 Ultra shows the CPU beating every other Apple silicon in the multi-score result.

Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D hit retail on March 12, according to official AMD outlet in China
By Hassam Nasir published
AMD's official store at JD.com has put up listings for the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D, set to retail starting March 12.

Firm says AI-assisted security analyzer found 16 bugs in OpenRISC CPU core in under 60 seconds
By Mark Tyson published
Caspia Technologies has shared performance details of its CODAx AI-assisted security linter, designed to smartly check processor designs for security violations.

Chinese government shifts focus from x86 and Arm CPUs, gov't promoting RISC-V chips heavily
By Anton Shilov published
Chinese government will encourage domestic chip developers to design processors based on the RISC-V ISA.

AMD's Ryzen 7 9700X on sale for $289, plus Monster Hunter Wilds for free
By Dallin Grimm published
One of AMD's best CPUs is on sale for only $289, the cheapest it's been since holiday flash sales.

Alibaba launches RISC-V-based XuanTie C930 server CPU
By Dallin Grimm published
Alibaba announces its new XuanTie C930 HPC CPU, built on RISC-V to boost China's domestic CPU market.

Next-gen Snapdragon X2 chips for PCs to boost core count from 12 to 18, says report
By Mark Tyson published
Significant new details of a next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 processor for Windows PCs have emerged from import-export documentation.
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