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Apple A20 Pro powers iPhone Duo, 18 Pro — the company's first 2-nanometer smartphone chip
By Andrew E. Freedman Published
Apple's new A20 Pro SOC will power the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo as its first 2 nm smartphone chip.

Intel-backed auto-overclocking tool Hypertune optimizes individual systems, not test profiles
By Jake Roach Published
Hypertune is an automated overclocking tool built on top of Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) SDK and built in collaboration with engineers at Intel.

Intel reportedly set to hike CPU prices by 10% ahead of 'major annual product' launch in March 2027
By Jake Roach Published
Intel is reportedly set to raise CPU prices by 10%, following two other price increases, as it prepares for a major product launch in March 2027.

Arm debuts next-gen semi-custom Neoverse CSS N4 ‘Falcon' platform — compute subsystem packs up to 128 cores per die on TSMC N3P
By Jake Roach Published
Arm’s new Neoverse CSS N4 platform can pack up to 128 cores per die and 256 MB of L3 cache, representing a large increase in support over the previous Neoverse CSS N2 platform.

AMD reportedly prepping Ryzen 5 7500 CPU with identical specs to 7500F but at double the price
By Hassam Nasir Published
No release date tipped off.

AMD unveils Threadripper Halo Station, an AI workstation packing 96 cores and dual liquid-cooled MI350P accelerators
By Jake Roach Published
AMD's Threadripper Halo Station packs a 96-core Zen 5 Threadripper, dual MI350P accelerators with support for four, and 2TB of DDR5.

Intel's Core Ultra 400 'Nova Lake' launch schedule leaks out
By Anton Shilov Published
Intel's Core Ultra 400-series 'Nova Lake-S' CPUs are on track for mass production next quarter, but they will only launch in Q1 2027 with 28-core models coming first.

Benchmarking 31 different CPUs in Onimusha: Way of the Sword
By Jake Roach Published
Onimusha: Way of the Sword closes out an excellent year for Capcom. We put the RE Engine to the test once again, benchmarking 31 different CPUs to see how they scale in the game.
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