CPU

It has been just over a year since CPU vulnerabilities like Spectre and Meltdown last dominated the news cycle. Efforts have been made to fix these flaws and newer CPUs have extra protections in place. Unfortunately for Intel, a new issue has now popped up, known as ‘Zombieload’, which has …

AMD has been making a habit of showing up at E3 for a few years now. Back in 2015, we saw Lisa Su arrive to launch the Radeon R9 Fury. One year later, AMD returned to the gaming-focused event to show off DOOM running on Ryzen, while also announcing the …

There is no doubt that so far, Ryzen has been a huge success for AMD. Not only has competition been restored to the mainstream and high-end gaming segments of the CPU market, but Threadripper also posed a huge challenge to Intel’s HEDT line up. We are closing in on the …

AMD has been doing extremely well in the CPU market over the last couple of years, as the launch of the Zen architecture brought some much needed competition back to the forefront. We are currently awaiting the launch of Zen 2, which will push AMD CPUs over to the 7nm …

Intel’s struggles to get 10nm off the ground are well documented at this point but it looks like 2019 will finally be the year. This week, Intel revealed its latest CPU roadmap, which says that the first Intel 10nm processor will begin shipping in June, with multiple new products coming …

AMD’s next generation Ryzen processors are just around the corner and motherboard makers are busy preparing for the launch. Since launching Ryzen, AMD has been committed to maintaining motherboard compatibility across generations and that will be continuing. We’ve already seen MSI issue BIOS updates to add 3rd-gen Ryzen support to …

AMD seems to be on track to launch the first Zen 2 processors and Navi graphics cards in Q3.

This year, AMD is celebrating its 50th year in business. To celebrate the milestone, AMD is releasing ‘Gold Edition’ versions of the Ryzen 7 2700x CPU and Radeon VII graphics card. These Gold Edition releases don’t appear to come with any particular performance benefits like higher clock speeds. Instead, AMD …

Following on from CES earlier this year, we saw many new gaming laptops launch with new RTX graphics but the downside at the time was that they were packing Intel 8th Gen CPUs, with 9th Gen just around the corner. Now just a few short months later, Intel has updated …

Earlier this week, there was some buzz surrounding MSI and its plans for next-gen AMD CPU support on 300 series motherboards. MSI customer support had told some customers that AMD’s upcoming 3rd Gen Ryzen processors won’t be supported on X370 motherboards. Since then, MSI has clarified the situation, stating that …

AMD has officially begun rolling out its next generation laptop processors, with 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO and AMD Athlon PRO hitting the market, complete with Radeon Vega graphics on board

Back in January, Intel quietly launched the Xeon W-3175X, a 28-core, 56-thread monster of a processor. Now, Intel is ready to kick things up a notch once again with the Xeon Platinum 9200 series. This new range will see a flagship 56C/112T Xeon come to market. Of course, gamers aren’t …

It has been several years since Skylake was at the forefront of the CPU market. In the lead up to Coffee Lake’s desktop launch, Intel announced that the Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K would be discontinued in 2018. Now, the rest of the Skylake 6th Gen lineup is being put …

Some of Noctua’s most popular CPU coolers are finally getting compatibility for AMD’s AM4 socket for Ryzen processors. Free upgrade kits are being offered to current owners of one of the supported coolers, meanwhile all new stock will come with AM4 mounting hardware in the box. Noctua has offered AMD-specific …

A traditional watercooling set up can take up quite a bit of space after fitting a pump, reservoir, radiator and blocks. Over time, companies have been making water cooling more accessible with various all-in-one units but there are still plenty of people that prefer custom water cooling. If you are …

We are currently at Distree EMEA in France to get a sneak peek at some upcoming tech ahead of Computex later this year. While roaming around this afternoon we had the chance to catch up with Arctic, where we were shown two upcoming CPU coolers. The Arctic Liquid Freezer II …

While we’ve been hearing whispers about Intel’s 28-core Xeon processor since 2017, the W-3175X was only announced in October last year. The initial December launch date was missed but today, Intel announced that the chip is ready for prime time. The Intel Xeon W-3175X comes unlocked, with a base speed …

ARCTIC had a great run with the Freezer 33 air cooler but it is time for an upgraded version to enter the spotlight. This month, Arctic launched the new Freezer 34 air cooler series, consisting of the Freezer 34 CO, Freezer 34 eSports and the Freezer 34 eSports DUO. The …

At CES earlier this month, Intel finally demonstrated its first 10nm processor for desktops. The Ice Lake CPU is supposed to arrive by the end of 2019 after plenty of delays. Unfortunately, there may still be unforeseen complications, as industry rumours claim that Intel is struggling with implementing PCIe 4.0 support in the chipset.

Last year, Intel unveiled its Core+ line of processors, bundling i7+8700, i5+8400 and i5+8500 models with 16GB of Optane memory. It seems as though a lack of demand has since led to their discontinuation, as Intel has filed a ‘product change notification’ earlier this week. Intel spent a good portion …

There were plenty of Ryzen 3000 and Zen 2 rumours floating around prior to AMD’s CES keynote today. Those that were hoping for a full unveiling will be disappointed but we did at least get some details on AMD’s next-gen processors for desktop. 3rd Gen Ryzen will be launching in …

For the past three months, Intel has focused on flagship desktop and workstation variants of its 9th generation line-up, leaving little to compete on the budget end of the market. Taking to CES 2019, Intel’s Gregory Bryant revealed a much-needed expansion to the family, from Core i3 to i9 and …

After numerous delays, Intel has finally demonstrated its 10nm Ice Lake desktop processor at CES 2019. Based on the Sunny Cove microarchitecture and integrated with the latest Thunderbolt 3, Wi-Fi 6, and DL Boost, Intel promises that manufacturers will finally have access to the 10nm line by the end of …

We’ve known for some time now that AMD has been working on its next-gen ‘Zen 2’ architecture, which will be built on the 7nm process. At the moment, we are expecting this new architecture to debut at some point in 2019, but a recent retail listing has already got the …

Intel has updated its range of Core X processors - but this will set you back £2270

Last week, Samsung unveiled its next-generation Exynos 9 silicon, built to power its upcoming line of smartphones and tablets. Rather than following 7nm fabrication like its competitors, Samsung instead seems to have perfected its 8nm process, set to debut with the Exynos 9810 and 9820. While the former is set …

Leo is back again this week and he decides to focus on INTEL, with a little update on AMD as well for good measure.

Intel attempted to get ahead of the curve earlier this week, unveiling its 14nm 48-core Cascade Lake-AP Xeon processor for datacentres. Just one day later durings its Next Horizon event, AMD not only lifted the lid on its 7nm 64-core EPYC CPU within the Zen 2 family, but revealed that …

In an attempt to gain back market share taken by AMD’s EPYC line, Intel has unveiled its latest Xeon series of server-based chips. Codenamed Cascade Lake-AP, standing for Advanced Performance, the new line sports a whopping 48 cores and is due for release next year. Intel has made a number …

AMD’s “Next Horizon” event is scheduled for tomorrow, with signs pointing towards an EPYC 7nm unveiling.