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'Hardcore PC enthusiasts are significantly underestimating the importance of software to the PC experience, like really, really seriously,' says Intel Enthusiast VP
By Jacob Fox published
News Robert Hallock suggests up to 30% of gaming performance can be "hidden" behind CPU optimisations.

'Overclocking should not be a feature that is exclusively reserved for the people paying the most amount of money,' says VP of Intel's enthusiast chip business
By Jess Kinghorn published
News The future looks bright—just not in this hardware generation.

TSMC reportedly plots ultra-advanced sub-1 nm chips with 'trial' production starting in 2029 [Updated]
By Jeremy Laird published
News Meanwhile, TSMC's A14 node is supposedly go for 2028.

'A performance tool that requires a graduate seminar before breakfast has already lost the room': Why Windows Task Manager looks like it's getting CPU usage wrong
By Jacob Fox published
News There's more to CPU utilisation calculations than at first meet the eye.

Report claims the global CPU shortage is 'more acute for processors than memory' as industry waits for Intel's 18A chips to plug the gap
By Andy Edser published
News Yes, it's caused by AI demand. What else?

Intel launches Wildcat Lake Core Series 3 processors: Kitten-sized chips for the business and budget markets only
By Nick Evanson published
News Wildcat Lake has all of Panther Lake's goodies, except for its big iGPU.

AMD could be releasing a special version of the classic Ryzen 7 5800X3D to celebrate 10 years of the AM4 socket
By Nick Evanson published
News The only problem is that there doesn't seem to be anything special about it.

'In 10 years of tracking retail CPU sales, I have never seen such a steep decline,' says one tech channel after staring at the grim figures
By Nick Evanson published
News You don't need to be a data expert to know why CPU sales have tanked.
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