Latest about Skylake
Ambitious gamer turns fanless Subway menu PCs into gaming rigs
An intrepid TechTuber has tested a trio of passive digital signage mini PCs from the Subway sandwich chain to check if they can be repurposed for gaming fun.
CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2026: CPU Rankings
All of today's desktop CPU benchmarks compared, including Intel's 13th-Gen Core series and AMD's Ryzen Zen 4 and Threadripper.
China's dual 16-core Hygon CPU server rack barely outperforms a quad-core Skylake Core i7-6700HQ mobile CPU in Geekbench AI
A server rack consisting of two Hygon 16 core server processors was tested in Geekbench AI and could barely outperform a 10 year old mobile Core i7 quad-core CPU.
Linux 6.13-rc3 fixes expensive CPUID handling on Sapphire Rapids CPUs
The Linux team has published an intermediate Linux 6.13-rc3 to fix a "hilarious" bug in the kernel-based Virtual Machine code
Firmware flaw affects numerous generations of Intel CPUs
Eclypsium Automata uncovers Phoenix as the latest to fall to a significant Arbitrary Code Execution exploit impacting Lenovo, AMI, Insyde, and Intel motherboard firmware.
AMD Zen 1 Vulnerability Not Properly Fixed, Second Pass Issued
The original solution still left data for attackers to grab.
Intel's Downfall Mitigations Drop Performance Up to 39%, Tests Show
Linux publication Phoronix evaluates the performance impact of Downfall mitigations on different Intel processors.
AMD Zen 1 Vulnerability Emerges, Dividing by 0 Can Leak Sensitive Data
Apparently, this week is "vulnerability week" in the world of microchip processors.
