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Michael Kulakowski, 30 March 2021, 21:03

Taiwan-based company TSMC, a leading global microprocessor manufacturer that works with major tech giants, is said to be gearing up for big price hikes of up to 25 percent on its products.

Jacob Blazewicz, 26 March 2021, 16:45

Some interesting CPU test results have appeared on Passmark's website. The Apple M1, known mostly from Mac laptops, won against the i7-11700K in single-core performance.

Bart Swiatek, 08 March 2021, 14:50

Editors of AnandTech tested Intel's latest CPU, Core i7-11700K, which will debut on the market on March 30. It seems that in video games the processor performs worse than Intel's last year's CPU.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 21 February 2021, 15:30

Graphene is one of the materials that could replace silicon in CPU manufacturing. Scientists have discovered a way to use the one-atom-thick carbon structure to create electronic components.

Adrian Piotrowski, 15 February 2021, 15:09

PC building company PowerGPU tweeted stat figures showing that the failure rate of AMD's latest CPUs can reach almost 20 percent. The tweet has now been deleted, but not before it made big waves on the web.

Bart Swiatek, 28 January 2021, 15:16

According to the information presented by Intel, the dedicated Iris Xe DG1 GPU will work only with motherboards based on a specific chipset. This means that the GPU will not work with AMD processors.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 27 January 2021, 20:22

AMD reported strong revenue increase in 2020. The emphasis on remote working and the resulting high demand for electronics are the effects of the on-going coronavirus pandemic.

Bartlomiej Sagan, 18 January 2021, 21:13

Considering the high prices of the Ryzen 5000 series, expectations are high for the upcoming Rocket Lake family processors from Intel. However, the latest reports raise some concerns.

Bart Swiatek, 11 January 2021, 18:01

A handful of reports on several AMD processors - Ryzen 7 5700G, Ryzen 9 5900 and Ryzen 7 5800 - appeared on the web.

Adrian Werner, 06 January 2021, 12:33

This year we will pay even more for PC components. The reasons include customs and problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Asus was the first company to introduce price increases.

Bart Swiatek, 04 January 2021, 20:17

Thanks to leaks from several sources, we learned some details about the performance of Intel's new processors - Core i9-11900K and Core i7-11700K.

Bart Swiatek, 15 December 2020, 14:06

A video summarizing the performance of individual CPUs in CD Projekt RED's latest game has appeared on YouTube.

Bart Woldanski, 14 December 2020, 19:36

In recent years, we exerienced Intel's dominantion in gaming, but with the release of AMD's Ryzen 5000 CPU, the leader's position has been challenged. Now, performance and specs of the upcoming Rocket Lake series CPUs leaked to the web.

Bart Swiatek, 07 December 2020, 12:33

Twitter published Intel Core i9-11900K's results in the Ashes of the Singularity benchmark. This is the first leak on the performance of Intel's new CPU. The unit has fared worse than Ryzen 9 5950X.

Bart Swiatek, 03 November 2020, 17:58

Several internet users have published leaks revealing AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU performance on Cinebench 15 and Cinebench 20 benchmarks. AMD's new six-core CPU does much better than the competition and has no trouble going up against an eight-core CPU.

Bart Woldanski, 23 October 2020, 18:15

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (Zen 3) CPU has been included in the PassMark benchmark database, taking a spot ahead of Intel Core i9-10900K, the much more expensive performance king to date.

Bartlomiej Sagan, 16 October 2020, 14:20

AMD is preparing an interesting special offer for those planning to purchase a new processor from the Ryzen family. The next game after AC: Valhalla to be added to CPUs is Far Cry 6.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 14 October 2020, 15:09

During the presentation of AMD's new processors, we learned about the prices of the X versions. Meanwhile, standard Ryzen models remain the most popular choice. We don't know how much they will cost, although there was a leak in the case of the R5 5600.

Bartlomiej Sagan, 08 October 2020, 22:54

After many weeks of waiting, AMD presented its new series of processors, the Ryzen 5000. Based on Zen 3 architecture, these chips are to beat Intel in every possible application.

Bart Woldanski, 08 October 2020, 15:01

As announced, AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs based on the Zen 3 architecture will be officially revealed today. Simultaneously, Intel has confirmed the release of Rocket Lake-S chips.

Bart Swiatek, 05 October 2020, 11:59

Another edition of the usual hardware survey appeared on Steam. It shows that AMD already controls over 25% of the CPU market. The data also indicates stagnation in VR goggle sector.

Bartlomiej Sagan, 30 September 2020, 13:30

There are new reports on the web about upcoming the Zen 3-based AMD processors. We definitely have a performance increase, but will it be enough to take over Intel in gaming?

Paul Musiolik, 16 September 2020, 12:33

Nvidia, after purchasing the British chipset manufacturer AMR, is thinking about entering the market for data center processors.

Bartlomiej Sagan, 11 September 2020, 13:28

Valve has released the results of its monthly hardware survey among Steam users. What are the results just before the launch of the GeForce RTX 3000 family GPUs?

Paul Musiolik, 10 September 2020, 14:11

AMD has announced the dates of two conferences to showcase new hardware. On October 8 we will see the processors and 20 days later the GPUs.

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz, 10 August 2020, 14:20

Vulnerabilities found in Qualcomm processors are putting more than one billion Android devices at risk.

Bart Swiatek, 07 August 2020, 11:33

There has been a major leak of classified data at Intel. A 20-gigabyte package containing, among other things, CPU blueprints and tools used by the company's employees has surfaced online.

Bart Woldanski, 24 July 2020, 22:47

Intel has announced a delay in the release of 7-nanometer CPUs. Thus, plans to introduce the new lithography may be delayed by at least one year. We also learned about the release date of Intel Alder Lake-S processors.

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz, 21 July 2020, 23:17

As of today, AMD Ryzen 4000G and PRO 4000G series CPUs will be launched, which may strengthen AMD's already strong market position.

Bart Swiatek, 16 July 2020, 17:20

One Twitter user checked how additional cores and threads affect performance in the PC version of Death Stranding. It turns out that performance gains are noticeable even when changing from 16-thread model.

Bart Swiatek, 08 July 2020, 16:48

New AMD processors, the so-called Ryzen 3000XT series, offer only slightly better performance than the basic variants, but cost considerably more (they are priced just like the 3000 line CPU on the day of release). Most reviewers are of the opinion that it's better to wait for Ryzen 4000 series - especially since AMD has just confirmed that it will appear later this year.

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz, 30 June 2020, 15:05

AMD is reaping the fruits of its CPU development and has just won numerous awards at The European Hardware Awards for 2020.

Bart Woldanski, 28 June 2020, 18:44

We learned unofficially that AMD will soon announce another special offer that will include a video game gift added to the Ryzen 3000 CPUs. The title in question will be Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, the upcoming installment of Ubisoft's popular series.

Bart Woldanski, 25 June 2020, 13:47

The official presentation of AMD Ryzen 3000XT CPUs, a refreshment of the Matisse series, is behind us. Now, even before their launch in stores, the CPUs have appeared, including the top-shelf Ryzen R9 3900XT, in the Geekbench benchmark database, so we got to know their performance. What increase can we expect?

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz, 24 June 2020, 17:59

Slides have leaked into the web, where Intel compares with AMD and claims that its laptop CPUs are more efficient in video games. However, Internet users do not fully agree with this.

Jacob Blazewicz, 18 June 2020, 10:47

AMD has denied the rumors of postponing the release of AMD Ryzen 4000 family CPUs, and the new Zen 3-based chipsets will be released on schedule.

Bart Woldanski, 16 June 2020, 21:41

AMD has officially revealed the Matisse Refresh Series CPUs, specifically its three models: Ryzen 5 3600XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT and Ryzen 9 3900XT. We learned the specs, price and launch date of the new chipsets.

Bart Swiatek, 16 June 2020, 15:29

According to Taiwanese website DigiTimes, AMD may decide to postpone the launch of Ryzen 4000 until early next year. The main reason is the excellent sales of Ryzen 3000 and lack of competition from Intel.

Bart Swiatek, 10 June 2020, 11:14

According to reports from Bloomberg, Apple is working on its own desktop CPU. It seems that after fifteen years, the company may soon end its cooperation with Intel.

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz, 01 June 2020, 14:41

We've learned the prices of AMD Ryzen CPU from the „Matisse Refresh” line. They were revealed by one of the largest French computer parts stores.

Bart Swiatek, 27 May 2020, 12:14

According to rumors, AMD is planning to release updated models of the Ryzen 3000 CPU series. The units would be marked „XT” and have higher clock speeds, resulting in better performance for single-core applications.

Bart Swiatek, 25 May 2020, 10:44

Linus Torvalds, the creator of the well-known Linux operating system, decided to use an AMD processor for the first time in 15 years. He chose Threadripper 3970X.

Bart Swiatek, 21 May 2020, 18:06

Numerous reviews of new desktop processors developed by Intel - the so-called Comet Lake series - have appeared online. Is the tenth generation of Intel CPU worthy of attention?

Mateusz Popielak, 20 May 2020, 16:15

AMD has decided to add support of Ryzen 4000 Zen 3 processors to older chipsets - B450 and X470.

Mateusz Popielak, 19 May 2020, 16:59

Comparisons of Intel Core i9-10900K and Ryzen 9 3950X have appeared on the web, showing that the difference in performance is not as significant as we had expected.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 14 May 2020, 14:08

Intel is extending its Performance Tuning Protection Plan CPU insurance to the 10th generation K-Series (Comet Lake). The service includes one replacement of a damaged CPU with a new one.

Mateusz Popielak, 08 May 2020, 13:54

The upcoming Zen 3-based Ryzen 4000 processors may not be a very budgetary solution. Only the X570, B550 and newer mainboard models will support them.

Michael Kulakowski, 05 May 2020, 21:06

The upcoming Intel Comet Lake-S and Rocket Lake-S CPU will become completely obsolete after only a dozen or so months on the market. In 2021 the company intends to introduce a new, incompatible with its predecessors, socket LGA 1700, which will appear together with the 12th generation Alder Lake-S chips.

Mateusz Popielak, 05 May 2020, 12:45

Intel Core i3 10100 vs AMD Ryzen 3 3100. Which is the best low-cost processor? Available benchmarks herald the advantage of AMD.

Adrian Werner, 02 May 2020, 17:07

AMD's CEO has boasted that in many major stores, more than 50 percent of available premium CPUs are made by his company. According to The European Hardware Association, gaming enthusiasts also prefer Ryzen's manufacturer.