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AMD Zen 5 CPUs also affected by microcode vulnerability
By Hassam Nasir published
A vulnerability targeting AMD CPUs that can execute unsigned microcode on your processor also affects AMD's Zen 5.

Intel enforces strict tariff compliance for steel and aluminum shipments amid new U.S. tariffs
By Anton Shilov published
Intel is tightening supplier compliance policies to account for the significant amount of these metals used across its products and infrastructure.

Intel's market cap plummets to 16-year low as stock rout continues
By Anton Shilov published
U.S. gov't's tariffs and market uncertainties plunge Intel stock to 16-year low.

Retail Asus listing confirms AMD's Dragon Range Refresh CPU specs
By Dallin Grimm published
AMD's Dragon Range Refresh CPU family has had more details revealed thanks to a new Asus listing on a Chinese retailer.

AMD EPYC 9005 'Turin' CPUs see 14% higher performance on average with Ubuntu 25.04 beta release
By Hassam Nasir published
Ubuntu 25.04 brings several performance enhancements for AMD's EPYC Turin processors, providing 14% higher average performance and reaching up to 75% in some workloads.

Chinese chipmaker Loongson's new laptop and industrial chips have higher core counts, better GPU
By Hassam Nasir published
Loongson has successfully taped out its eight-core 2K3000 and 3B6000M chips, designed for mobile/industrial devices, including an iGPU capable of lightweight AI acceleration.

China’s push for chip independence continues with its first RISC-V server CPU
By Kunal Khullar published
China accelerates its shift from x86 and ARM with RiVAI’s high-performance RISC-V chip.

AMD pins Ryzen 9000 'failures' on compatibility issues — BIOS update recommended to avoid boot problems
By Jowi Morales published
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D issues on ASRock motherboards have been caused by a BIOS issue, which has since been rectified.
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