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Intel rumoured to be working on a Nova Lake-based CPU with a mega iGPU to take on AMD's Strix Halo
By Jeremy Laird published
News Lots and lots of XE3 compute units.

Intel job losses mount as 4,000 layoffs are reported across multiple sites in California, Oregon, Texas and Arizona
By Jeremy Laird published
News But there could be much worse to come.

Finally, a good use for crashing Intel Raptor Lake CPUs: You can track Europe's record-breaking heatwaves as they fall over, according a Firefox browser dev
By Jeremy Laird published
News Bugs apparently don't like the heat.

AMD partner retailer leaks Threadripper 9000-series preorder details: they start next week with prices looking between $1,600 and $13,000
By Hope Corrigan published
news According to the leaks, preorders will start at 9:00am ET, Wednesday on July 23.

Intel's new Nova Lake CPU is reportedly being made on TSMC N2 right now, pointing to a hybrid 18A node and late 2026 launch
By Hope Corrigan published
news "Sorry, no hints this time."

Get a cracking deal this Amazon Prime Day on the best of the best from our techie tier list
By Jess Kinghorn published
Prime Day The cream of the crop is all the sweeter at a cut price.

New Arrow Lake refresh rumours confirm addition of NPU to bring Microsoft's Copilot+ AI features to desktop machines
By Hope Corrigan published
news But with no other improvements, these still aren't looking like a gamer CPU of choice.

The latest and greatest games are more core-hungry than ever, so here are the cheapest 8-core CPUs you can drop into your gaming rig
By Nick Evanson published
Prime Day Don't let some cheapo console beat your lovely gaming PC on core count.
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