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Intel demos running Panther Lake systems, touts performance and power efficiency improvements
Intel demoed working Panther Lake silicon for laptops, its first chips based on its crucial 18A process node, here at Computex 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Nvidia announces NVLink Fusion to allow custom CPUs and AI Accelerators to work with its products
Nvidia's NVLink Fusion program allows customers to use the company’s key NVLink tech for their own custom rack-scale designs with non-Nvidia CPUs or accelerators in tandem with Nvidia’s products.
Xiaomi's in-house XRing 01 SoC leaked — melds 10-core Arm Cortex CPU plus 16-core Mali G925 GPU
Xiaomi's custom XRing 01 chip is allegedly a 10-core powerhouse, rivaling the likes of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite and MediaTek's Dimsensity 9400.
Intel's Lunar Lake intricacies revealed in new high-resolution die shots
Fritzchens Fritz has captured the first detailed and high-resolution die shots of Intel's golden child.
AMD's next-generation Zen 6 "Medusa Point" APUs could feature as many as 22 cores, claims leaker
AMD might construct its high-end Medusa Point APUs with an MCM design, placing a desktop-grade CCD with up to 12 Zen 6 cores next to standard 10-core mobile silicon.
Qualcomm CPUs to feature in Saudi AI data centers
Qualcomm and HUMAIN have signed a deal that will see Qualcomm's AI and CPU tech used in Saudi Arabia's AI cloud project.
AMD is allegedly working on Arm-based "Sound Wave" APUs for Microsoft's Surface laptops next year
AMD is reportedly planning to integrate Arm-based cores in its Sound Wave APUs, in a bid to secure design wins for Microsoft's Surface laptops next year.
The world's first CPU-level ransomware is here
Rapid7's Christiaan Beek has taken CPU ransomware to proof of concept.
