CPUs / processors Latest news (4)

Bart Swiatek, 08 August 2019, 17:57

BitDefender experts have found another CPU security gap, dubbed as SWAPGS. The problem is likely to be limited to Intel CPUs of Ivy Bridge generation or later, although some researchers suggest that AMD products may also be susceptible to the exploit.

Conrad Hazi, 01 August 2019, 15:39

Today, Intel officially announced the specs of eleven new CPUs for notebooks. The new tenth generation chips will be manufactured in the 10 nm process and equipped with Intel Iris Plus (Gen11) graphics chips.

Bart Swiatek, 29 July 2019, 11:11

New Ryzen 3000 series processors from AMD have appeared in the database of the Euroasian Economic Commission for Europe (EEC). There is no certainty whether they will be available for retail customers.

Bart Swiatek, 19 July 2019, 11:51

Bob Swan, President of Intel, announced that in 2021 the company's first 7nm litography processors are expected to be available. We also learned more details about the reasons behind the problems with the development of the 10nm technological process.

Conrad Hazi, 16 July 2019, 12:39

Although not even ten days have passed since the launch of the new Ryzen 3000 series processors, the sales of AMD products have already managed to go through the roof and overtake the demand for Intel products in several important Asian markets.

Bart Swiatek, 12 July 2019, 17:18

Users of the new AMD CPU - Ryzen 3000 series - report numerous problems with their operation. Complications include the functioning of Boost mode and graphics cards support. There are also some blue screens.

Conrad Hazi, 10 July 2019, 23:50

A list of all tenth generation Intel Core CPUs has been published on a certain Chinese tech forum. The most powerful model is the Core i9-10900KF, which looks like a very strong competitor to the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X.

Conrad Hazi, 08 July 2019, 23:48

Testers at techpowerup.com decided to check how DDR4 memory clocking affects the performance of the new AMD Ryzen 9 3900X CPU, and whether Infinity Fabric Zen 2-based GPUs are still severely limiting RAM overclocking.

Conrad Hazi, 04 July 2019, 18:15

The first results of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 9 3900X CPUs have appeared and on the 3DMark benchmark website. Both chipsets are scheduled to go on sale on July 7. The weaker model of the two matches the performance of Intel Core i9-9900K and the stronger that of the Threadripper 2950X, which has 4 cores more.

Arkadiusz Dziermanski, 01 July 2019, 16:51

Intel has another reason to fear competition from AMD. Ryzen 5 3600 beat Intel's flagship i9-9900KF in a single thread performance benchmark. This is all the more surprising because Intel chipsets usually dominate this test, and Ryzen 5 3600 is a middle class CPU.

Conrad Hazi, 27 June 2019, 23:07

An internal memo from Intel leaked to the Internet, concernning how the company perceives the competition from AMD and what actions it plans to take in the nearest future. It caused a lot of commotion on the Internet and an avalanche of negative comments from Intel's employees.

Conrad Hazi, 25 June 2019, 19:33

Despite the fact that new processors from AMD will hit the shelves only on July 7, the results of the first tests of the Ryzen 5 3600 chipset have appeared on the Internet. The new model is very promising in benchmarks and can compete with more expensive Intel models.

Agnes Adamus, 21 June 2019, 23:34

All indications are that Intel is gearing up to lower the prices of all its eighth and ninth generation processors. This is to be a response to the latest Ryzen 3000 series from AMD, which will appear on the market on July 7 this year.

Bart Swiatek, 17 June 2019, 20:34

Wccftech reports, citing a post on a Chinese hardware forum, that in single-thread performance tests, Intel processor based on 3.7 GHz Sunny Cove architecture achieves a slightly better result than the Ryzen 7 3800X, whose core operates at 4.7 GHz.

Bart Swiatek, 17 June 2019, 15:54

Danish online store Komplett.dk has placed on its website product cards of motherboards based on X570 chipset, dedicated to Ryzen 3000 CPU, and... these things will be pricey, to say the least.

Bart Swiatek, 14 June 2019, 14:55

AMD boasted that the improvements made to Windows 10 in the May update made it work faster with the Ryzen series of processors. In the company's opinion, the efficiency gains are expected to reach as much as 15% in some cases.

Bart Swiatek, 10 June 2019, 11:30

Intel's Jon Carvill decided to challenge the competitive AMD corporation - he believes that the Ryzen 3000 series CPU will not be able to receive the crown of the „best gaming processor”.

Bart Swiatek, 10 June 2019, 11:01

The slide from the planned AMD presentation on E3 2019, which was received by VideoCardz, revealed the existence of another Ryzen 3000 series processor - the powerful 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X.

Sin, 29 May 2019, 11:00

New architecture and improved performance are the features of the 10th generation Intel Core Ice Lake processors. Will the great promises of the company be fulfilled? We'll find out soon enough.

Bart Swiatek, 28 May 2019, 14:10

Well-known mobile processor manufacturer Qualcomm has announced that its new laptop CPU is performing better than Intel's Core i5-8250U in benchmarks. The chip will be introduced to the market in 2020 on computers manufactured by Lenovo.

Conrad Hazi, 27 May 2019, 14:06

Intel surprised everyone and introduced the new powerful Core i9-9900KS processor at the beginning of this year's Computex. In addition, the company boasted the performance of their 10 nm Ice Lake processors.

Bart Swiatek, 27 May 2019, 12:41

During its presentation at Computex 2019, AMD presented five Ryzen 3000 series processors. The strongest unit has 12 cores and the weakest one only half of that. We also know the prices and release date.

Bart Swiatek, 24 May 2019, 14:47

The leaks acquired by AdoredTV channel suggest that the 12-core processor from the Ryzen 3000 series will boast a 5 GHz clock in Turbo mode. On the other hand, the 16-core unit, after overclocking, achieves a very good result in the Cinebench R15 benchmark.

Bart Swiatek, 22 May 2019, 11:15

Phoronix editors tested the performance of processors after installing updates to fix security vulnerabilities detected so far, including the recently released MDS exploits. The results are not satisfactory.

Bart Swiatek, 16 May 2019, 13:50

During the recent investor call, AMD confirmed that its new products - Navi graphics cards and Ryzen 3000 processors - will be launched in the third quarter of this year.

Bart Swiatek, 13 May 2019, 11:26

ASUS and ASRock have confirmed that they are preparing BIOS updates for older AM4 motherboards to work with the new AMD processors Ryzen 3000.

Conrad Hazi, 10 May 2019, 14:00

New leaks concerning the specs of the new AMD Ryzen 3000 have surfaced on the web. TUM_APISAK, a user known for revealing rumors that have a tendency to turn out to be true, reports that the engineering samples of the new chips have a base clock speed of 3.3-GHz, and 4.2-GHz in boost mode.

ElMundo, 09 May 2019, 14:43

During the meeting with investors, Intel shared the plans on the development of its processor line and other products. They show that the first CPU produced in 10 nm will be launched later this year, and in 2021 the company will start manufacturing CPUs in the 7 nm process.

Konrad Serafinski, 05 May 2019, 14:26

The specification of new CPUs from AMD has leaked to the web. Ryzen 9 3800X, Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 3600X have appeared in the Turkish online store's offer (and have already disappeared from it).

Bart Swiatek, 30 April 2019, 22:36

AMD announced special versions of two of its products - the Radeon VII graphics card and the Ryzen 7 2700X CPU. Both will be anniversary models and will be launch in connection with the company's 50th birthday. In addition, buyers will also receive two free games as a gift.

Bart Swiatek, 29 April 2019, 14:22

During a conference, Intel CEO Robert Swan admitted that the problems with the supply of Intel's CPUs will continue until the third quarter of this year.

Bart Swiatek, 29 April 2019, 13:11

TechSpot reports that motherboard manufacturers have received test copies of Ryzen 3000 processors. The units are to be clocked at 4.5 GHz and have about 15% better performance than the previous generation. We also have leaks about the X570 chipset.

ElMundo, 25 April 2019, 13:42

Infographics presenting Intel's plans for the upcoming generations of CPUs have appeared on the web. They show that desktop CPUs produced in a 10-nanometer technological process can appear no earlier than 2022.

ElMundo, 17 April 2019, 15:11

AMD will soon release a special version of the Ryzen 7 2700X processor to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary.

Christian Pieniazek, 17 April 2019, 13:23

PlayStation 5 is going to be equipped with AMD hardware. Sony revealed that console is capable of running games in 8K resolution and even use the Ray Tracing technology.

ElMundo, 08 April 2019, 15:59

The world's largest manufacturer of semiconductors and integrated circuits - TSMC - has announced that next year, the company will be ready to introduce a new, 5-nm production process.

ElMundo, 03 April 2019, 22:28

During Intel Data Center Innovation Day 2019, Intel has revealed new CPUs from the server-dedicated Intel Xeon Platinum family. The top model, marked as 9282, offers as much as 56 cores.

Bart Swiatek, 02 April 2019, 16:40

AMD's Ryzen 3000 CPU will most likely be revealed during this year's Computex fair in Taiwan. According to rumors, another thing to be presented during the event will be the Navi series GPUs.

Bart Swiatek, 18 March 2019, 16:31

AMD informed that its CPUs are resistant to the recently-discovered dangerous exploit known as Spoiler, which makes it possible to steal sensitive data from the CPU's cache.

Bart Swiatek, 12 March 2019, 15:06

According to a report by Digitimes, Q2 2019 will not see any improvement in terms of Intel CPU availability. Supply problems may affect not only the popular i5 series but also i3 models.

Bart Swiatek, 04 March 2019, 16:38

One of the Singaporean stores has accidentally revealed the possible prices of Ryzen 3000 series CPUs. While the info is not confirmed, it does match the data that leaked last December.

ElMundo, 20 February 2019, 17:02

In recent years, Pentium became the synonym for affordable desktop and laptop CPUs, exhibiting passable performance. The latest model, the G5620, appears to be an interesting marriage of good price and relevant performance.

ElMundo, 21 January 2019, 19:07

In the face of Intel's problems and the uncertain commercial situation due to the conflict between the USA and China, the high-tech industry has recently experienced a number of turbulences.

ElMundo, 18 January 2019, 23:56

A few days ago, Intel introduced a new set of ninth generation processors and most of those is devoid of integrated graphics. Unfortunately, their prices are not lower.

ElMundo, 18 January 2019, 23:48

AMD has launched the latest promotion in which buyers of selected Ryzen processors will receive a free copy of The Division 2.

Conrad Hazi, 09 January 2019, 22:52

At CES 2019, AMD unveiled a new processor model called Ryzen 3000. The chip has a new architecture similar to last year's Zen 2, and its computing cores will be produced using a 7-nanometer process.

ElMundo, 08 January 2019, 13:40

Intel has announced seven new 9th Gen CPUs, most without an integrated GPU but with an unlocked multiplier.

ElMundo, 03 January 2019, 14:16

A huge leak reveals the specs of new Ryzen 3000 series CPUs, an official presentation may take place during CES 2019.

luckie, 14 April 2017, 19:17

Do you own an Intel Kaby Lake or AMD Ryzen processor? If so, you should also be using Windows 10. Otherwise, your OS is no longer going to receive important security updates.