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AMD unleashes up to 96 cores of Zen 5 with its new Threadripper 9000 Series chips
By Jacob Ridley published
Computex Coming June 2025.

Intel claims its next-gen 'Panther Lake' mobile chips will combine the power efficiency of Lunar Lake mobile with the performance of Arrow Lake-H desktop
By James Bentley published
Computex Hopefully, we'll see it in a handheld soon.

Intel's next batch of CPUs might still be called Core Ultra 200S, possibly because the Arrow Lake refresh won't be much of a boost
By Nick Evanson published
news Anybody want a bigger NPU? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Rumours of an Arm-based CPU from AMD just won't go away as analysts reckon Arm is eating into the PC processor market
By Jeremy Laird published
News Arm's CPU market share reportedly increases from 10.8% to 13.6% in just one quarter.

Best CPU for gaming in 2025: these are the chips I recommend for gaming, productivity, and peace of mind
By Jacob Ridley last updated
Happy Cores Fire up your rig with the best CPU for gaming. More cores, more clocks, more of everything that matters.

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.
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