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Intel found a bug in its high-end CPU microcode is 'potentially contributing to instability' though 'is not the root cause' of those long-reported game crashes
By Nick Evanson published
news Our advice is to stick to using the default power and current settings until a complete fix is found.

Pay no attention to AMD's horribly misleading benchmarks for its 'new' Ryzen 5000 XT CPUs
By Jeremy Laird published
news And really pretty naughty.

'The CPU is the weakest link in computing'—Flow says it can boost CPU performance up to 100x with its proprietary companion chip
By Andy Edser published
news Bold claims, although it'd take a serious shift in priorities to bring a major chip maker on board.

AMD's greatest gaming CPU won't be beaten by AMD's latest gaming CPU, and that's according to AMD
By Jeremy Laird published
news But upcoming X3D versions of Ryzen 9000-series chips will be even better.

The battle for the heart of next-gen handheld gaming PCs: AMD's Strix Point versus Intel's Lunar Lake
By Jeremy Laird published
AMD v Intel Frame rates or battery life, take your choice...

Could Arm's legal battle with Qualcomm over technology licences stop Copilot+ PCs from really taking off?
By Nick Evanson published
news Nearly two years on and there's still no sign of the two companies coming to an agreement.

MediaTek is aiming to do a Qualcomm and make Arm chips for Copilot+ PCs, targeting a 2025 release
By Nick Evanson published
news But does this mean the Nvidia collaboration is still on or has that gone the way of the dodo?

AMD's new Ryzen AI laptop chips aren't officially supported on Windows 10, thanks to its NPU and Copilot+
By Nick Evanson published
news But don't worry, Ryzen AI laptops should still run that operating system perfectly fine.
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