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AMD's budget Ryzen 5 7500X3D leaks out in early benchmarks, scores hint at performance on par with existing 7600X3D
The cheapest X3D chip on the AM5 platform.
$5,000 Corsair pre-built keeps on frying Intel CPUs due to lack of BIOS update, tech alleges
Corsair still hasn't released the latest 0x12F Vmin instability fix for its pre-built computers, leading to multiple, repeated failures for some of its customers.
AMD prepping new X3D chip with higher clock speeds
AMD’s unreleased Ryzen 7 9700X3D appears on PassMark, hinting at a lower-cost alternative to the 9800X3D for gamers.
AMD confirms security vulnerability on Zen 5-based CPUs that generates potentially predictable keys
RDSEED failures are incorrectly being flagged as correct, leading to potentially predictable encryption keys being generated by the random number generator.
Producer of stinky thermal paste that corrodes copper has known about the issue since 2024
Stinks, corrodes, does not improve?
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Intel Core i9-14900K Faceoff — Intel's old-school flagship chip versus AMD's bleeding-edge tech
AMD Zen 5 vs Raptor Lake Clash!
Intel opens pop-up stores across five cities featuring AI PCs from laptop manufacturers
Intel opens pop-up stores in New York City, London, Munich, Paris, and Seoul to show off some of its latest laptop tech.
CPU collector exposes microscopic insides of Intel's revolutionary 4004 chip
A CPU collector/enthusiast has taken the top off of an Intel 4004 processor and taken pictures of the chip's insides, showing the 10,000nm chip in all its glory.
