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New Chinese Loongsoon chip matches Intel's 14600K in IPC tests, overclocked to 3 GHz with liquid nitrogen
By Mark Tyson published
Loongson’s 3A6000 CPU is ready for prime time, and it has announced PC partners including a new Asus motherboard. The Chinese chip’s performance is similar to Intel’s Core i3-10100 CPU.

AMD's previous-gen Ryzen 9 5900X is now 50% off for Cyber Monday
By Aaron Klotz published
AMD's Ryzen 9 5900X has one of the best discounts we've ever seen, with a price of just $289, making it a super attractive mid-range offering for productivity-focused users.

AMD 3D V-Cache enables RAM disk to hit 182 GB/s speeds
By Zhiye Liu last updated
Enthusiast demonstrates that running a RAM disk on AMD's Ryzen 3D V-Cache processors is possible.

Intel's unreleased Emerald Rapids CPU impresses in leaked benchmarks
By Matthew Connatser published
Leaked benchmarks of the upcoming Xeon Platinum 8551C and 8558P (Emerald Rapids) processors have emerged.

AMD's Zen 4-Based Ryzen 8000 CPUs Listed, Hawk Point breaks cover
By Anton Shilov published
Hardware leaker finds a list of Zen 4-based Ryzen 8000 CPUs for laptops with 28W and 45W TDP.

Intel's Core i5-14400F is basically the same as the last gen in leaked benchmark
By Anton Shilov published
Intel's new mainstream Core i5-14400F is just a tad faster than its direct predecessor, Core i5-13400F.

Unreleased Intel 14th-Gen CPUs widely available at Chinese etailers before the official launch, and they're almost identical to 13th-Gen
By Matthew Connatser published
All of Intel's remaining 14th-Gen CPUs are identical to their 13th-Gen predecessors, save for having slightly higher frequencies.

Ubuntu runs 20% faster than Windows 11 on AMD's 96-core Threadripper Pro 7995WX
By Aaron Klotz published
Phoronix benchmarked AMD's new 96-core Threadripper Pro 7995WX in Windows 11 and Ubuntu and found that the chip performed 20% better on the Linux OS.
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