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Deadly Intel Fab 28 explosion causes two-week shutdown, to cost $600 million and severely disrupt server chip manufacturing for six months

By Anton Shilov Published

A two-week shutdown of Intel's Fab 28 in Israel will affect server CPU shipments for two consecutive quarters.

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Intel to phase out SGX after Xeon Diamond Rapids in favor of TDX

By Anton Shilov Published

Intel set to discontinue SGX after Xeon 'Diamond Rapids' and focus on expanding TDX capabilities to meet emerging security requirements of cloud computing, enterprise workloads, and agentic AI.

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CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2026: CPU Rankings

By Jake Roach last updated

All of today's desktop CPU benchmarks compared, including Intel's 13th-Gen Core series and AMD's Ryzen Zen 4 and Threadripper.

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Micron announces 512GB DDR5-9200 memory modules with 16W power draw

By Anton Shilov Published

Already tested by AMD and Intel, but supply will depend on demand.

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Desktop CPU shipments crater 20% amid high component costs, but AMD gains record share despite 'ugly' desktop processor market

By Anton Shilov Published

As Intel boosts output of data center and notebook CPUs, AMD manages to outgrow it and keep capturing market share from its arch-rival.

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Intel's big $5 billion bet on Ireland aims to right the wrongs of the cancelled Magdeburg, Germany complex

By Luke James Published

Premium The announcement comes just shy of a year after CEO Lip-Bu Tan cancelled Intel's planned €30 billion fab complex in Germany and a €4.6 billion assembly and test plant in Poland.

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Nvidia touts Vera CPU's single-threaded performance as its agentic AI advantage

By Bruno Ferreira Published

Nvidia lifts the veil a little bit more on its Vera CPU and reveals a single-thread performance monster — company claims a 1.8x uplift versus x86 competition in agentic workloads and 1.5x in coding.

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Intel confirms price hikes on select consumer and server CPUs citing supply costs and demand

By Anton Shilov Published

Intel confirms price increases for Core Ultra 200S Plus, Xeon 6 processors, cites market dynamics, rising costs, soaring demand.

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AMD’s massive SP7 socket for EPYC Venice and Intel’s gargantuan 9,324-pin socket for Diamond Rapids appear at Computex

By Anton Shilov Published

Premium Next-generation data center processors from AMD and Intel with 16 DDR5 memory channels are even bigger than today’s designs.

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Intel Xeon 7 ‘Diamond Rapids’
Intel Xeon 7 ‘Diamond Rapids’ CPUs officially launching in 2027 on Intel 18A-P

By Jake Roach Published

(Un)officially delayed to 2027, Venice comes first.

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