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A promotional image from Nvidia showing two RTX 50-series gaming laptops in front of a green and black background
Nvidia's still-yet-to-be-announced N1X Arm chip is referenced on a Lenovo login page, so make of that what you will

By Andy Edser Published

News Sneaky little fella.

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A photo of an Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor, resting on an Intel-branded box with a colorful pattern
Intel's freshly leaked roadmap for desktop and laptop CPUs is so complicated that it's given me a headache, but at least it all looks very promising on the Core Ultra processor front

By Nick Evanson Published

News Unified cores, the return of HyperThreading, and one socket across three generations.

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AMD Venice 2 nm server CPU
AMD announces production ramp of first 2 nm CPUs as Intel teases 10A and 7A chip roadmap

By Jeremy Laird Published

News Moore's Law alive and kinda kicking…

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor
Rebooted AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU for the 10th anniversary of the AM4 socket spotted online for $310, keeping DDR4 and your hopes of a PC upgrade alive

By Jeremy Laird Published

News Can it really be 10 years since AM4 appeared?

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A close-up photo of an AMD Zen 4 CCD chiplet resting on top of an unidentifiable Ryzen 7000-series X3D processor, as shot by Fritzchens Fritz
Tech leaker suggests that AMD has a Ryzen 7 7700X3D lined up in the wings but if the specs are correct, it'll need to be genuinely cheap to sell well

By Nick Evanson Published

News Who's upgrading to AM5 these days when DDR5 is so stupidly expensive?

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A photo of an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor
Intel is reportedly forcing PC builders to buy its latest, most expensive 18A CPUs and I'm wondering what that means for Arrow Lake desktop chips

By Jeremy Laird Published

News There are no Intel 18A desktop CPUs, so what are we meant to buy?

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A screenshot of a Bilibili video showing the CPU world record overclock attempt in May 2026 by wytiwx
Overclockers squeeze a record-topping 9.2 GHz out of a 14900KF, just 800 MHz shy of the ten gigs that Intel promised us all those years ago

By Nick Evanson Published

News But since it's just 1% faster than the previous record, that lofty goal remains just as elusive as ever.

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Forza Horizon 6: Three sports cars racing past the finish line towards the camera, nearly crashing into each other.
Advanced Shader Delivery banishes long loads and shader stutter on first time launch, but only for certain games and there are a number of other caveats too

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News I don't have this problem on PS5, I'm just saying.

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US President Donald Trump speaks during a photo opportunity with autoracing officials and champions on the South Portico of the White House on April 9, 2025, in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump abruptly backed down Wednesday in his global trade war with a 90 day tariff pause for most countries -- but slapped even more levies against China in what has become a brutal duel between the world's two largest economies. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Despite Donald Trump and Jensen Huang flying out to the country, China has not yet approved the sale of Nvidia AI chips

By James Bentley Published

News This is after Trump turned up in China to increase AI trade.

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An image of a delidded and sanded Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor, as sold by Thermal Grizzly, against a yellow/orange background
Intel's 270K Plus is worthy of being picked by Thermal Grizzly as a delidded option, and it's even cheaper than a stock 285K

By Nick Evanson Published

News One for the serious clockers only but I still kinda want one.

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