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It sounds like a six-word horror story, but 'Ransomware running directly from your CPU' is now a real thing
By Hope Corrigan published
News "Ransomware at the CPU level, microcode alteration, and if you are in the CPU or the firmware, you will bypass every freaking traditional technology we have out there."

Intel has announced a load of new bugs afflicting its chips and this time it's not just CPUs but also GPUs that are involved, hooray!
By Jeremy Laird published
News No need for Intel Arc graphics to feel left out...

The latest Nvidia driver lets you run ancient CPUs in Windows again without crashing
By Jacob Fox published
News Now you can get that cursed PC build up and running.

Intel admits it doesn't have any 'significant' commitments from customers to make advanced chips in its fabs
By Jeremy Laird published
News That all-important 18A node has yet to convince the likes of Nvidia or AMD to jump onboard.

Now it's AMD's Ryzen 9000-series processors alleged to be suffering from terminal voltage spikes and we're not sure if any CPUs are totally safe
By Jeremy Laird published
News First it was Intel, now it's claimed AMD CPUs are dying thanks to voltage spikes.

A year later and over six months since the last patch, Intel is STILL releasing updates to fix instability problems with its 13th and 14th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs
By Jeremy Laird published
News These bugs refuse to be squashed...

Intel slashes the price of its Core Ultra 265K CPU from $399 to $299, making it a killer deal for gamers despite all the early issues
By Jeremy Laird published
News Arrow Lake CPU, anyone?...Anyone?

AMD says it's set to lose out on $1.5B worth of AI GPU sales due to export restrictions, but Dr. Su hails its latest Ryzen chips as 'the CPU of choice for gamers' after huge rise in sales revenue
By Jeremy Laird published
News PC processor revenues up by nearly 70%.
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