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Intel and Google announce multi-year chip deal

By Anton Shilov published

Although Google now has its own Arm-based Axion CPUs, Intel's Xeon processors with custom IPUs will continue to be used for AI and other demanding workloads in Google's data centers for years.

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Intel 12th Generation Alder Lake CPU

Intel developing two-lever retention mechanism for LGA 1954 socket, according to new leak

By Hassam Nasir published

Previously, the LGA 2011 socket used a dual-lever design.

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AMD reveals $899 price tag for Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

By Jake Roach published

AMD revealed its upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 will launch for $899 on April 22, which marks a $200 price increase over the previous Ryzen 9 9950X3D.

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Raptor Lake CPU

Intel's OEM-only Core 9 273QPE 'Bartlett Lake' CPU beats Ryzen 9 9900X3D in Cinebench

By Hassam Nasir published

The motherboard has a modified BIOS to accept the CPU.

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The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition desktop chip

AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 listed around $1,000 at several retailers across Canada and the UK

By Hassam Nasir published

What are you willing to pay for 208 MB of cache?

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Advantech's MIO-5356 SBC

Intel's upcoming Wildcat Lake CPUs listed in first retail product, confirms specs for three SKUs

By Hassam Nasir published

All SKUs featuring 15W TDPs with 2P+4LPE cores.

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Hobbyist builds a homebrew Intel 8086 ISA accelerator card

By Mark Tyson published

Computer scientist showcases their hardware multiplication ISA card accelerator for Intel 8086 and Intel 8088 PC systems.

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Alder Lake

Intel's upcoming 42-core Nova Lake SKU allegedly upgraded to 44 cores

By Hassam Nasir published

A non-K series Nova Lake chip with bLLC is looking possible now.

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Modder uses Claude AI to rewrite BIOS so they can boot unsupported 12 P-core Bartlett Lake CPU in Windows on a Z790 motherboard

By Aaron Klotz published

A modder has successfully booted a 12-core Bartlett Lake-S CPU into Windows using a modified BIOS on an Asus Z790 motherboard.

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A photo showing the Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus in a motherboard socket.

Intel's potent 18-core Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus CPU lands at retail for under $200

By Zak Killian published

Intel's chip matches similarly-priced AMD parts in gaming and mercilessly wallops them in multi-threaded work.

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