CPU

Atlassian twice shunned AWS Graviton CPUs, but now runs Jira and Confluence on them

Bills fell 10 percent after granular tests suggested JVM tweaks that improved performance

AWS Re:invent13 Nov 2025 | 15

Panther Lake sets stage for Intel's 2 nm comeback, but many details still TBD

Notebook chip promises 8 to 16 cores and up to 180 TOPS of total AI performance when it hits shelves in January

Systems09 Oct 2025 | 7

X2 Elite is Qualcomm’s latest attempt to bring Apple’s M-series magic to the PC

Plus the Snapdragon 8 Elite turns 5

Systems25 Sep 2025 | 8

Intel talent bleed continues as Xeon chip architect heads for the escape hatch

Ronak Singhal will be moving onto better and brighter opportunities at the end of the month

Systems11 Sep 2025 | 16

Arm wrestles away 25% share of server market thanks to Nvidia's home-grown CPUs

Still far short of the 50% market share Arm infra chief was hoping for

Systems11 Sep 2025 |

Arm bets on CPU-based AI with Lumex chips for smartphones

Four-tier core design debuts amid NPU debate

Systems10 Sep 2025 | 7

Chip designer SiFive aims to cram more RISC-V cores into AI chips

Why reinvent the CPU wheel when you can spend your time engineering a way out of your dependence on Nvidia?

AI + ML08 Sep 2025 | 1

Nvidia details its itty bitty GB10 superchip for local AI development

Hot Chips Starting at $2,999, tiny doesn't mean cheap

AI + ML27 Aug 2025 | 3

Qualcomm working on datacenter CPU and in ‘advanced discussions’ with hyperscaler

But may face competition in its core smartphone segment as Samsung says it’s found a premium handset-maker who wants its Exynos SoCs

Systems31 Jul 2025 | 3

Nvidia extends CUDA support to RISC-V just in time for next wave of Chinese CPUs

Updated The prime beneficiary of the AI boom has global ambitions

Systems21 Jul 2025 | 2

AMD warns of new Meltdown, Spectre-like bugs affecting CPUs

Low-severity bugs but infosec pros claim they are a 'critical' overall threat – patch accordingly

Security09 Jul 2025 | 27

IBM boasts new Power11 chips are stingy on power usage

More efficient cores plus an optional energy saver mode in Big Blue's latest CPUs

Systems08 Jul 2025 | 8

China claims breakthroughs in classical and quantum computers

Chipmaker Loongson says server CPUs on par with 2021’s Ice Lake, as local press tout kit to manage 1,024-qubit systems

Systems30 Jun 2025 | 8

Nvidia ain't done with x86 as it taps Intel Xeons to babysit GPUs

Computex AI-optimized CPUs promise 4.6GHz clocks, at least for one in eight cores

Systems23 May 2025 | 4

Windows reports two CPU speeds because one would be too simple

Every hardware claim is equal, but some are more equal than others

OSes21 May 2025 | 20

AMD puts Intel in rear view mirror with Threadripper Pro 9000 high-end desktop chips

Computex RDNA 4 makes workstation debut with 32GB R9700

AI Infrastructure Month21 May 2025 | 36

Qualcomm confirms it's dipping into datacenter world again, probably for AI

Computex CEO Cristiano Amon teases plans for high-speed-low-power inferencing products

AI Infrastructure Month19 May 2025 | 2

Nvidia opens up speedy NVLink interconnect to custom CPUs, ASICs

Computex One of the two just needs to be made by Nv

AI + ML19 May 2025 |

Intel needs external foundry customers to make 14A process node pay off

Ailing chip giant targets 2027 break-even as costly EUV tools raise stakes

Systems14 May 2025 | 8

AMD is Ryzen to the SMB occasion with a bundle of baby Epycs

The House of Zen’s low-end enterprise strategy is badge engineering at its best

AI Infrastructure Month13 May 2025 | 13

808 lines of BBC BASIC and a dream: Arm architecture turns 40

'We thought it was a really obvious way to build a processor and everybody would be doing it'

Systems29 Apr 2025 | 70

Arm reckons it'll own 50% of the datacenter by year's end

Optimistic much?

On-Prem01 Apr 2025 | 13

Intel cranks up accelerators in Xeon 6 blitz to outgun AMD

But you're probably not cool enough for Chipzilla's 288-core monster

Systems24 Feb 2025 | 3

Intel rakes in €515M from EU after ancient antitrust fine nixed

A glimmer of light in an otherwise gloomy year for troubled chipmaker

Systems03 Feb 2025 | 14

Intel sinks $19B into the red, kills Falcon Shores GPUs, delays Clearwater Forest Xeons

Imagine burning through $72B in one year. Did it make Sam Altman the CEO already?

On-Prem31 Jan 2025 | 52

Cost of Gelsinger's ambition proves too much for Intel

Comment At least he'll have company as he joins 15K colleagues headed for the door

Systems02 Dec 2024 | 46

AMD grabs a quarter of x86 market with desktop gains, but server growth slows

Arm-powered PCs are still nowhere

Systems12 Nov 2024 | 22

GCC 15 to keep Itanium support for now, after all

Now, can someone come up with an emulator for the things, please?

Software01 Nov 2024 | 37

Apple throws shade on pokey AI PCs, claims its maxed out M4 chips are 4x faster

Busy week for Cupertino sees shrunken Mac minis, updated lappies, and new SoCs

Personal Tech31 Oct 2024 | 54

The troublesome economics of CPU-only AI

Analysis At the end of the day, it all boils down to tokens per dollar

Systems29 Oct 2024 | 4

A closer look at Intel and AMD's different approaches to gluing together CPUs

Analysis Epycs or Xeons, more cores = more silicon, and it only gets more complex from here

Systems24 Oct 2024 | 25

It's about time Intel, AMD dropped x86 games and turned to the real threat

Opinion Have recent troubles finally humbled Chipzilla?

Systems22 Oct 2024 | 92

Intel, AMD team with tech titans for x86 ISA overhaul

Linus Torvalds, Broadcom, Dell, HPE, and Lenovo on the list

Systems15 Oct 2024 | 23

AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut

Just not on the same chip, of course

Systems10 Oct 2024 | 18

A working Turing Machine hits Lego Ideas

It now seeks 10K supporters for Expert Review

Offbeat05 Oct 2024 | 43

Bending the rules with flexible non-silicon 32-bit RISC-V chip

It won't smash any benchmarks, but it will go where most others can't

Systems29 Sep 2024 | 27

Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027

Appears to be prioritizing GPUs, not manycore CPUs

Systems26 Sep 2024 | 5

Intel thinks it's got a final microcode fix for recalcitrant Raptor Lake processors

Root cause identified, but it's taken the better part of a year

Systems26 Sep 2024 | 25

With Granite Rapids, Intel is back to trading blows with AMD

And they didn't even need a bunch of skimpy E-cores to do it

Systems24 Sep 2024 | 21

Datacenters bleed watts and cash – all because they're afraid to flip a switch

Activate OS-level governors and power profiles, cut energy use by '25 – 50 percent'

On-Prem20 Sep 2024 | 19

Intel's 120 TOPS Lunar Lake AI PC chips have landed

And all it took was some good old fashioned outsourcing to TSMC

AI + ML03 Sep 2024 | 12

AMD reverses course: Ryzen 3000 CPUs will get SinkClose patch after all

Still no love for 1000- or 2000-series

Systems20 Aug 2024 | 21

SiFive offers potential Neoverse N2 rival – the P870-D RISC-V core for datacenters

Chip upstart takes aim at Arm with design that can scale up to 256 cores

Systems14 Aug 2024 | 3

Akeana debuts RISC-V CPU designs on $100M budget, longs for an Arm wrestle

Whatever happened to the team behind Marvell’s ThunderX2 chips? Oh, hello

Systems13 Aug 2024 | 2

AMD won’t patch Sinkclose security bug on older Zen CPUs

Updated Kernel mode not good enough for you? Maybe you'll like SMM of this

Patches13 Aug 2024 | 14

Intel's microcode fix to save Raptor Lake chips may only work with default power settings

All those BIOS options that promise better performance? Enabling them might kill your processor

Systems12 Aug 2024 | 27

Raptor Lake microcode limits Intel chips to a mere 1.55 volts to prevent CPU destruction

Is that a lot? Depends on the context. GHz, no. Voltage, yes

Personal Tech09 Aug 2024 | 28

Raptor Lake microcode patch arrives for Intel motherboards this month, ASUS and MSI say

Updated MSI even claims all of its LGA 1700 motherboards will get updated before month end

Systems08 Aug 2024 | 2

Rickety Raptor Lake CPUs won't lose Turbo-boosted speeds after microcode medicine, Intel claims

Chipzilla still has ways to stop these processors cooking in their own juices

On-Prem08 Aug 2024 | 8

AMD’s latest desktop CPUs feature lower prices yet again as Intel readies a fightback

Brand-new Ryzen 9000 processors are about 10% cheaper than their Ryzen 7000 counterparts

Personal Tech07 Aug 2024 | 5

Another law firm piles on Intel for Raptor Lake CPU failures as complaints grow louder

Meanwhile, a boutique PC builder says Intel didn’t even need to chase high clock speeds

Systems05 Aug 2024 | 12

Intel tacks two years onto Raptor Lake CPU warranty after voltage crash fiasco

It’s starting to sink in for Chipzilla that it’s losing some credibility

Personal Tech02 Aug 2024 | 8

Intel to shed at least 15% of staff, will outsource more to TSMC, slash $10B in costs

Analysis Share price in meltdown as Pat hopes buyers, investors, board can wait for 2026 turnaround

Systems01 Aug 2024 | 44

Legal eagles target Intel for class action over cooked Raptor Lake CPUs

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with elevated voltage, you may be entitled to compensation

Systems01 Aug 2024 | 10

UK court rules in Intel's favor in R2 Semi power patent case

Legal woes are still ongoing in Italy, France, and Germany

Systems01 Aug 2024 | 11

Arm's lackluster Q2 outlook overshadows strong Q1 revenue growth

Execs blame gap in licensing revenues for lost momentum, while hawking AI

Systems01 Aug 2024 |