CPU

Intel accidentally leaked its 34-core Raptor Lake chip. What do the dies tell us?

Analysis Where we're going, we don't need efficiency cores. But we may need 1.21 jiggawatts

Systems29 Sep 2022 | 10

Intel's 13th-gen CPUs are hot, hungry, loaded with cores

X86 giant's 24-core i9 doubles as a space heater

Systems27 Sep 2022 | 47

Warning: That new AMD Ryzen 7000 laptop may not be as fresh as you think

The House of Zen is back to its tricks: Chips with three-year-old cores

Personal Tech20 Sep 2022 | 14

Arm sues Qualcomm over custom Nuvia CPU cores, wants designs destroyed

Updated British chip designer unhappy key customer is using lucrative blueprints

Systems31 Aug 2022 | 66

AMD refreshes desktop CPUs with 5nm Ryzen 7000s that can reach 5.7GHz with 16 cores

Prices start at $300, you'll also need a new motherboard, RAM, etc

Personal Tech30 Aug 2022 | 45

Intel shows how chiplets will form Meteor Lake CPUs

Hot Chips Different core counts, different cache sizes, and various cores possible in mix and match design, it says

Systems24 Aug 2022 | 10

AMD has a lot riding on its 5nm Ryzen 7000 CPUs. And so here begins the hype

You'll need a new motherboard, RAM, beefier PSU. But hey, at least GPUs are cheap again

Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 16

Too little, too late: Intel's legacy is eroding

Comment Can Pat stop the rot – or is the chip giant facing a Kodak moment?

Systems05 Aug 2022 | 90

Specs leak of 5.7GHz AMD Ryzen 7000 chips with double the L2 cache

These might be the 5nm Zen 4 desktop processors due to land this quarter

Personal Tech04 Aug 2022 | 16

Canonical adds instance tweaking to Multipass, Confidential VMs to Azure

The days of destroying and rebuilding to add another CPU core are numbered

Virtualization01 Aug 2022 |

Intel, other chipmakers boost lobbying spend to get CHIPS Act passed

How much did Intel fork out last quarter? Records were broken

Systems21 Jul 2022 | 4

Boffins release tool to decrypt Intel microcode. Have at it, x86 giant says

Peek behind the curtain to see SGX implemented, Spectre mitigated, and more

Research20 Jul 2022 | 18

You can liquid cool this Linux laptop to let the GPU soar

Or to make the fans shut up. Either way, you won’t be moving much with this setup

Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 36

Intel plans chip price hikes due to 'inflationary pressures'

Customers to start paying more for CPUs, chipsets and other products from October

Systems14 Jul 2022 | 12

Arm in the cloud definitely a trend now with Google Cloud’s embrace

Comment Six of the world’s largest cloud service providers head on out with Arm arch

PaaS + IaaS14 Jul 2022 |

The return of GPUs on sale may be tech world's monkey's paw of 2022

Comment Improved supply is welcome – too bad it may be the harbinger of a cooling economy

Personal Tech07 Jul 2022 | 14

One of the first RISC-V laptops may ship in September, has an NFT hook

A notebook with an RV SoC is cool enough. Did we really need the Web3 jargon?

Personal Tech01 Jul 2022 | 25

Arm says its Cortex-X3 CPU smokes this Intel laptop silicon

Chip design house reveals brains of what might be your next ultralight notebook

Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 18

AMD to end Threadripper Pro 5000 drought for non-Lenovo PCs

As the House of Zen kills off consumer-friendly non-Pro TR chips

Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 18

Nvidia wants to lure you to the Arm side with fresh server bait

Interview GPU giant promises big advancements with Arm-based Grace CPU, says the software is ready

Systems17 Jun 2022 | 10

AMD’s AI strategy comes into view with Xilinx, GPU, software plans

Analysis Chip designer hopes to have broad inference and training coverage from the edge to the cloud

Systems13 Jun 2022 | 2

Intel details advances to make upcoming chips faster, less costly

X86 giant says it’s on track to regaining manufacturing leadership after years of missteps

Systems13 Jun 2022 | 31

Apple’s M2 chip isn’t a slam dunk, but it does point to the future

Analysis The chip’s GPU and neural engine could overshadow Apple’s concession on CPU performance

Systems10 Jun 2022 | 49

AMD touts big datacenter, AI ambitions in CPU-GPU roadmap

Epyc future ahead, along with Instinct, Ryzen, Radeon and custom chip push

On-Prem10 Jun 2022 | 2

Intel says Sapphire Rapids CPU delay will help AMD catch up

Our window to have leading server chips again is narrowing, exec admits

Systems08 Jun 2022 | 6

Nvidia taps Intel’s Sapphire Rapids CPU for Hopper-powered DGX H100

A win against AMD as a much bigger war over AI compute plays out

AI + ML07 Jun 2022 |

Ampere: Cloud biz buy-ins prove our Arm server CPUs are the real deal

Interview Startup teases 128+ core chip, disses Xeon and Epyc, unsurprisingly

Systems04 Jun 2022 | 8

Intel’s Falcon Shores XPU to mix ‘n’ match CPUs, GPUs within processor package

x86 giant now has an HPC roadmap, which includes successor to Ponte Vecchio

Systems31 May 2022 | 1

Nvidia promises annual updates across CPU, GPU, DPU lines

Computex Arm one year, x86 the next, and always faster than a certain chip shop that still can't ship even one standalone GPU

Systems24 May 2022 | 1

Nvidia teases server designs for Grace-Hopper Superchips

Computex x86 still 'very important' we're told as lid lifted on Arm-based kit

Systems24 May 2022 |

AMD reveals 5nm Ryzen 7000 powered by Zen 4 cores

AM5 socket to bring desktop CPUs to life in late 2022, mid-range laptop CPU to follow

Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 15

Export bans prompt Russia to use Chinese x86 CPU replacement

With few options, Russia will look to half-fast chips from Chinese maker

Systems19 May 2022 | 87

Will this be one of the world's first RISC-V laptops?

Pic A sneak peek at a notebook that could be revealed this year

Personal Tech18 May 2022 | 55

Intel shareholders revolt against Pat Gelsinger's pay package

Investors want compensation-performance link, but manufacturing plan will dent bottom line

Systems17 May 2022 | 17

AMD approaches '30%' x86 CPU market share, thanks to servers 'n' laptops

Guess you could call this Mercury Ryzen

Systems13 May 2022 | 17

How Intel and AMD hope to win the cloud security game

Analysis Team Xeon reveals 'Trust-as-a-Service' while Google Cloud details deeper ties with Team Zen

PaaS + IaaS12 May 2022 | 5

Intel puts ‘desktop-caliber’ CPUs in laptops with 12th-gen Core HX

Intel Vision And puts the usual claims of world-beating performance in its marketing

Personal Tech10 May 2022 | 7

AMD to offer CPUs with Xilinx AI engine in 2023

And unlike Intel, Zen giant saw boom in PC land, thanks to focus on high-end parts

AI + ML04 May 2022 |

Ryzen Pro CPUs are better for work than Intel's, claims AMD

First business chips from AMD to include Microsoft's Pluton security processor, stock is available says chip biz

Systems19 Apr 2022 | 21

RISC-V takes steps to minimize fragmentation

Steering body calls for help to 'identify ISA gaps, build plans for future extensions'

Systems01 Apr 2022 | 23

Arm sees support path to heterogeneous compute

Toward making software development 'frictionless' over multiple processors, accelerators

Software29 Mar 2022 |

AMD unveils first CPU with 3D V-Cache tech, cheaper Ryzens

Sub-$299 Zen 3 desktop chips throw wrench into Intel wheelhouse

Systems15 Mar 2022 | 15

AMD confirms Ryzen chips' stuttering performance on Windows 10, 11

Workarounds today and fixes coming soon for fTPM tech

Personal Tech08 Mar 2022 | 53

Intel brings Evo thin, light laptop spec to vPro systems

Launches Alder Lake P, U-series processors – with muted claims about battery life

Personal Tech24 Feb 2022 | 2

Another Massive Display as AMD hails 'outstanding' 2021, teases Genoa and Bergamo chips

Semiconductor giant sees growth across the board

Systems02 Feb 2022 | 3

Intel fails to get Spectre, Meltdown chip flaw class-action super-suit tossed out

Cheesed-off customers have 'alleged enough facts at this stage' to allow legal battle to continue, says judge

Security28 Jan 2022 | 26

Intel rolls out new Alder Lake chips for laptops, desktops

CPUs will compete with AMD's Ryzen and Apple's Arm-based M1

Personal Tech04 Jan 2022 | 12

South Korea rounds up chipmakers and hyperscalers to build AI and server processors

Data center companies and chipmakers have signed an agreement as the government seeks to deglobalize their supply chain

On-Prem02 Jun 2021 | 4

Arm pulls the sheets off its latest Armv9 architecture with added AI support, Realms software isolation

CEO reckons this tech will be used in 300 billion chips

AI + ML30 Mar 2021 | 8

Linux developers get ready to wield the secateurs against elderly microprocessors

Use it or lose it

OSes11 Jan 2021 | 79

Who among you can resist an eight-core, 2.9GHz mini-PC or thin client that drives four displays?

AMD’s Ryzen to the challenge with new embedded CPUs

On-Prem12 Nov 2020 | 38

India shows off new home-grown CPU – but at 100MHz, 32-bit and 180nm, it’s a bit of a clunker

RISC-V design can play nice with Arduino and was totally home-spun so that’s something

On-Prem24 Sep 2020 | 54

By the beard of Zeus! Arm takes another tilt at serious servers with SVE-capable 96-core Neoverse V1

Also makes itself denser, in a good way, with 128-core N2 upgrade

Systems22 Sep 2020 | 2

Nvidia may be mulling lopping Arm off Softbank: GPU goliath said to have shown interest in acquiring CPU design house

Well, when the chips are down...

Science22 Jul 2020 | 59

Arm hopes AWS, FOSS, cloud-native combo will wrestle you onto its architecture

Interview Still cheap to run. Now also running the code you prefer, wherever you need it, and with cloudy sandboxes for tests

On-Prem22 Jul 2020 | 1

A match made in SEV-en: Google touts Confidential VMs using AMD's Epyc on-the-fly memory encryption

Updated A little something to keep determined snoopers out, in theory

SaaS14 Jul 2020 | 5