Processors
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Processor Review: Worth the Wait
What could possibly be left to say about AMD's rise to the top of the desktop processor market? Just a few years ago the company's future looked bleak, and it felt like…
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How Time Flies, Two Years Since Spectre And Meltdown Were Officially Disclosed
As long as speculative execution exists on multi-core processors we are going to see exploits similar in nature to Spectre and Meltdown which means the focus needs to be on protecting your…
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CES 2020: Intel Touts Up to 2X Graphics Jump for Tiger Lake, DL Boost in Adobe Creative Apps
Following its performance workshop Sunday night, Intel held its CES 2020 keynote Monday afternoon. The company highlighted its strengths in the enterprise, AI, and “intelligent computing” in general, but...
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CES 2020: 64-Core Threadripper 3990X Arriving February at $3,990
To cap off its CES 2020 Keynote, AMD expanded its third-generation Threadripper lineup with the announcement of the 64-core Ryzen Threadripper 3990X. AMD previously launched the 24-core Threadripper 3960X...
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CES 2020: AMD Announces Zen 2 Ryzen 4000 Mobile Processors
As expected, AMD used its CES keynote Monday afternoon to announce updates to its Ryzen mobile lineup, including what AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su called “the best laptop processor ever.” The new Zen…
Read MoreInterview: Enterprise Tech – Emerging Trends & AMD’s Past, Present, and EPYC Future
Josh Walrath joins Dave Graham, Director of Global Messaging at Dell Technologies, to discuss the emerging and upcoming technologies that are pushing innovation, and how AMD has returned as...
Read MoreInterview: A Short History of AMD During K6 and K7 Days
Kevin Krewell, an industry analyst and former AMD employee, joins Josh Walrath to discuss their internal and external observations of the release of AMD's most important processor architecture, which cemented its place…
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Will Rome Burn Through Your HVAC Budget?
In their latest deep dive into the EPYC family of processors Phoronix took a look at how much it takes to cool the first Naples based EPYC 7351P, 7401P, 7551, and 7601…
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AMD’s Ryzen-Powered Mini PC Initiative: Small Form-Factor Infusion
AMD has announced something of interest to anyone who has been hoping for more Ryzen mini PC options, as they reveal the "open ecosystem for OEMs to create and customize high performance…
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Intel Core i9-10980XE Extreme Edition Processor Review
This review should be easy. On the surface the new Core X-Series launch seems like more of a price cut than anything, with some higher boost clocks and faster memory support (up…
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A Tale of Two Chips; AMD’s Story
Meet the two members of the third generation of Threadripper, the 3960X and 3970X. At $1400 and $2000 respectively, we are seeing a complete reversal of the CPU market, it is now…
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A Tale Of Two Chips; Intel’s Story
The Core i9-10980XE has arrived, with a change in price as well as performance. For many knocking around $1000 off the historic price for this level of processor is the biggest and…
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Centaur Announces SoC with New x86 CPU Core and Integrated AI Coprocessor
Austin, Texas based Centaur Technology (which is a subsidiary of VIA Technologies) has announced a new x86 processor that they claim to be "the industry’s first high-performance x86 SoC with...
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The Ryzen 9 3950X Marks The Spot
It has arrived and the wait was worth it. The R9 3950X offers the best of Ryzen and Threadripper both in a very attractively priced HEDT processor. There is no guarantee it…
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AMD Announces Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and 3970X Processors
AMD has officially unveiled their 3rd Gen Threadripper family with this morning's announcement of the 24-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and 32-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X, coming November 25. If...
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The Cadence Of AMD’s Releases Are Ryzen Fast!
It will be interesting to see if AMD's X570 chipset will handle four generations of Ryzen chips, for Dr. Su spilled the beans on the AMD RYZEN 4000 series in their…
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Intel Core i9-9900KS Review Part One: The 5 GHz Powerhouse Fights for the Desktop Crown
With the launch of the Core i9-9900KS Intel is vying for the desktop performance lead, creating as they have a special edition, specially-binned version of their 8-core, 16-thread Core i9-9900K...
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Just How Special Is The Intel i9-9900KS?
Today we get a look at the Core i9-9900KS, a special release of the best of the i9-9900K processors made all of which operate 300MHz higher than your usual top end Coffee…
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