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Two variants of Nvidia's RTX Spark show up on Geekbench with impressive multi-core scores
By Hassam Nasir Published
N1X is finally taking shape.

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D faceoff — battle of the upper mid-range CPUs
By Kunal Khullar Published
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
By Mark Tyson Published
The owner of 'the original engineering copy of the Intel 8080 rubylith mask' is looking for a skilled restorer.

Hardware researcher spins up 'CPU deoptimization' project to find the slowest single x86 instruction, creates hall of shame
By Jake Roach Published
Ironically, new advanced instruction sets could make for even slower commands.

Amazon cracks down on 'CPU waste' among engineers to amid AI CPU crunch [Updated]
By Jake Roach Last updated
Amazon Web Services is telling engineers to slow down on EC2 usage as it struggles to meet CPU capacity demand for external customers.

AMD's Zen 6 CPUs could fix microstutters and improve 1% lows in games via per-core optimizations
By Hassam Nasir Published
A new report suggests AMD is cooking up a range of per-core optimizations for Zen 6 that might not seem huge on their own, but they could add up to make a world of difference in gaming performance.

30 years of CPUs at Tom’s Hardware — looking back on three decades of processors, from the Pentium II to Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
By Jake Roach Published
We’ve been covering CPUs for a long time. It’s time to zoom out for some perspective.

Intel licenses Atom-class x86 cores to startup
By Anton Shilov Published
Intel reportedly licenses Atom-class x86 cores to a startup led by Lip-Bu Tan's co-investor and incorporated in May.
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