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Qualcomm has detailed the specs for its Snapdragon C processor, with 8 cores and claimed "all-day" battery life.
Nova Lake CPUs with cut-down E-core clusters may still retain full cache pool, says new leak
A new leak from Jaykihn says some Nova Lake SKUs, including mobile counterparts, will retain the cache config of their fully-enabled variants despite having reduced E-cores.
AMD highlights Ryzen 5 5500 briefly topping Amazon CPU best sellers, beating 9800X3D
AMD's marketing director shared a screenshot of the Amazon CPU best sellers list, but the four-year-old, $80 Ryzen 5 5500 was at the top of the charts.
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Intel's Core Ultra 5 250K Plus is down to its lowest price ever at $154
Deals Intel's 18-core Core Ultra 5 250K Plus is down to its lowest price ever on Amazon, selling for just $154 on sale.
Two variants of Nvidia's RTX Spark show up on Geekbench with impressive multi-core scores
N1X is finally taking shape.
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D faceoff — battle of the upper mid-range CPUs
AMD's 3D V-Cache takes on Intel's latest Core Ultra architecture as we compare the two across various metrics including gaming, productivity, power consumption, and value.
Owner of original Intel 8080 pre-production layout seeks restorer
The owner of 'the original engineering copy of the Intel 8080 rubylith mask' is looking for a skilled restorer.
