CPUs
Qualcomm this morning is taking the wraps off of a new smartphone SoC for the mid-range market, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. The second of Qualcomm’s down-market ‘S’ tier Snapdragon 7 parts, the 7s series is functionally the entry-level tier for the Snapdragon 7 family – and really, most Qualcomm-powered handsets in North America. With three tiers of Snapdragon 7 chips, the 7s can easily be lost in the noise that comes with more powerful chips. But the latest iteration of the 7s is a bit more interesting than usual, as rather than reusing an existing die, Qualcomm has seemingly minted a whole new die for this part. As a result, the company has upgraded the 7s family to use Arm’s current Armv9 CPU cores...
Intel Announces Q3 FY 2018 Earnings: Record Quarter
This afternoon, Intel announced their earnings for the third quarter of their 2018 fiscal year. Revenue was at a record level compared to any previous quarter, coming in at...
36 by Brett Howse on 10/25/2018
The Quiz on CPU 0: Playing Scheduler Wars with AMD’s Threadripper 2990WX
One of the telling conclusions from our original 32-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX review was that because of the arrangement of cores and memory, performance in most applications did...
74 by Ian Cutress on 10/25/2018
AMD Announces Q3 FY 2018 Earnings: Improving Margins, But Dogged By Crypto Decline
This afternoon, AMD announced their third quarter earnings for the 2018 fiscal year, and while there are a couple of issues they’ll have to work through, this quarter was...
50 by Brett Howse on 10/24/2018
Best CPUs for Gaming: Holiday 2018
Sometimes choosing a CPU is hard. So we've got you covered. In our CPU Guides, we give you our pick of some of the best processors available, supplying data...
0 by Ian Cutress on 10/24/2018
Oracle puts AMD EPYC in the Cloud
The process of AMD ramping up its EPYC efforts involves a lot of ‘first-step’ vendor interaction. Having been a very minor player for so long, all the big guns...
27 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/23/2018
Intel Coffee Lake Refresh: Global Price Check on 9900K, 9700K, 9600K
Intel has now started sales of its 9th Gen Core unlocked processors for mainstream desktop platforms featuring the company’s Socket H4 v2 for 1151-pin CPUs. The new products feature...
26 by Anton Shilov on 10/23/2018
The Intel 9th Gen Review: Core i9-9900K, Core i7-9700K and Core i5-9600K Tested
Intel’s newest line of desktop processors bring with them a number of changes designed to sway favor with performance enthusiasts. These new parts bring Intel’s consumer processors up to...
277 by Ian Cutress on 10/19/2018
Intel to Split Manufacturing Group into Three Segments
News today from OregonLive, a reputable source on news out of Intel, has posted that Intel is set to reorganize its manufacturing group. Spurred by the retirement of Sohail...
42 by Ian Cutress on 10/17/2018
Arm TechCon 2018 Keynote Live Blog (Starts at 1pm ET)
We're here at the San Jose Convention Center for Arm's annual developer conference and tech showcase, TechCon. Arm of course needs no introduction, and while the company is an...
0 by Ryan Smith on 10/16/2018
Intel to Support 128GB of DDR4 on Core 9th Gen Desktop Processors
One of today’s announcements threw up an interesting footnote worthy of further investigation. With its latest products, HP announced that their mainstream desktop platforms would be shipped with up...
24 by Ian Cutress on 10/15/2018
Intel’s Push to Enthusiasts: Soldered CPUs and 6.9 GHz Overclocks
One of the prominent parts of Intel’s announcement this week for the new 9th Generation core processors was that both the overclockable consumer processors and the new high-end desktop...
55 by Ian Cutress on 10/11/2018
A Sneak Peek at our Core i9-9900K Sample
Before I had even landed back home from Intel's 9th Gen announcement event in New York, the Core i9-9900K sample from Intel had arrived. We still have some time...
28 by Ian Cutress on 10/11/2018
Intel’s New Core and Xeon W-3175X Processors: Spectre and Meltdown Security Update
Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities made quite a splash earlier this year forcing makers of hardware and software to release updates in order to tackle them. There are several ways...
11 by Anton Shilov on 10/8/2018
Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs: Core i9-9900K (8-Core), i7-9700K, & i5-9600K
Among many of Intel’s announcements today, a key one for a lot of users will be the launch of Intel’s 9th Generation Core desktop processors, offering up to 8-cores...
166 by Ian Cutress on 10/8/2018
Intel Announces Xeon W-3175X: 28-Core Processor for Extreme Workstations
Intel on Monday officially introduced its 28-core processor for extreme workstations that it teased first back in June. The new chip comes with unlocked multiplier and can run at...
32 by Anton Shilov on 10/8/2018
Intel's Basin Falls Skylake-X Refresh: Core i9-9980XE with up to 15% Better Power Efficiency
One of the interesting things about Intel’s latest generation of high-end desktop parts was the jump from ten cores at the peak to eighteen, as Intel moved its high...
31 by Ian Cutress on 10/8/2018
Intel Fall PC Desktop Event Live Blog (Starts at 10am ET/14:00 UTC)
We're here in New York for an event that Intel is calling their "Fall Desktop Launch Event". In theory we should know very little about what Intel is announcing...
26 by Ian Cutress on 10/8/2018
Intel to Hold PC Desktop Event on Monday, October 8th
If the early motherboard announcements haven’t already made it clear, then Intel’s own announcement will: the CPU giant is about to release a new wave of PC desktop hardware. This...
34 by Ryan Smith on 10/6/2018
AMD 12 and 24-Core Threadripper 2 CPUs: 2970WX and 2920X on 29th October
AMD has now disclosed the availability date for the two additional members of its 2nd Generation Ryzen Threadripper family. The AMD Threadripper 2970WX for extreme workstations as well as...
29 by Anton Shilov on 10/5/2018
Intel's Customized SoC for HP: Amber Lake-Y with On-Package LTE Modem
Announced earlier this week, HP’s Spectre Folio convertible notebook already looks remarkable due to its leather exterior. As it appears, the system is as impressive inside as it is...
13 by Anton Shilov on 10/4/2018
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