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AMD Zen 6 server CPUs are launching this month, which has me hopeful for a desktop release this year
By James Bentley Published
News Here's hoping the swap to 2 nm is huge.

Rumour suggests Intel is cooking up a 12 Xe desktop Nova Lake CPU
By Jess Kinghorn Published
News 'Decent discrete graphics? In my desktop processor?'

Intel quietly bumps the price up of the best CPUs it's made in years to 'reflect current market dynamics'
By Nick Evanson Published
News Fortunately, the Arrow Lake Refresh chips are still worth the extra money.

Rumours suggest Intel may be planning to join the club of hardware manufacturers reviving old product lines, all the way back to Comet Lake
By Jess Kinghorn Published
News What a throwback.

Intel's mega-core Nova Lake desktop processors look all but confirmed to have sustained full boost power limits at least 220 W higher than Arrow Lake
By Nick Evanson Published
News There's no other reason why a Z990 motherboard would have three CPU power connectors, after all.

Intel's 18A-P chipmaking process has started risk production and promises 9% improved CPU performance for the same power
By Jacob Fox Published
News Or 18% less power consumption for the same performance.

Five things I always tell people before they buy a new gaming PC
By Jacob Fox Last updated
New PC Guide I bought my first gaming PC almost two decades ago, and here are the things I've learnt since then that I think you should know.

The BBC quizzed chip maker TSMC on the possibility of increased prices and you're really not going to like the answer
By Jeremy Laird Published
News Inflation and TSMC's "value" looks set to push prices ever higher.
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