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AMD engineer discusses AMD's 'Layoff Bug'
By Christopher Harper published
Phil Park, an AMD memory and Fabric performance engineer, discusses a critical Windows Vista-era AMD CPU bug that struck Barcelona CPUs.
Alleged Ryzen 9 9900X result puts AMD on top as single-threaded CPU champ in Geekbench
By Mark Tyson published
Excitement builds for the arrival of Zen 5 CPUs later this month.
CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2024: CPU Rankings
By Paul Alcorn last updated
All of today's desktop CPU benchmarks compared, including Intel's 13th-Gen Core series and AMD's Ryzen Zen 4 and Threadripper.
CPU Price Index 2023
By Stewart Bendle last updated
In our CPU price index, we find the lowest prices on the most popular CPUs so you don't have to.
New AMD firmware brings performance optimizations for Ryzen 9000 CPUs
By Aaron Klotz last updated
Gigabyte has released new BIOS updates that support AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000 series processors running AMD's latest AGESA 1.2.0.0a firmware.
Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360 exposed in new benchmark
By Aaron Klotz published
CrossMark benchmark results for a new Ryzen 7 variant, dubbed the Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360, have emerged. However, its performance was underwhelming in this specific benchmark.
Semiconductor analyst theorizes that China might want to destroy TSMC instead of capturing it
By Jowi Morales published
The current prevailing thought is that TSMC's existence and the threat of its destruction are among the things holding back China from invading Taiwan. But what if we're wrong?
Amazon Prime Day Best CPU Deals 2024: Save on AMD and Intel
By Stewart Bendle last updated
We're rounding up the best Amazon Prime Day deals on CPUs.
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