CPUs / processors Latest news (3)

Conrad Hazi, 01 May 2020, 16:06

As Gigabyte suggests, motherboards built on the Z490 chipset and supporting PCIe 4.0 are expected to be compatible with both the latest Intel CPU from the Comet Lake-S family and the next generation, Rocket Lake-S. This also means that both chip families should be based on the LGA1200 socket.

Bart Swiatek, 29 April 2020, 14:33

A leak revealed the final specs and prices of the Intel Comet Lake-S line CPUs. The source of information is a presentation of the company published by a Spanish website.

Mateusz Popielak, 27 April 2020, 12:50

Info about the AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU series has appeared online. The leaks speak of an APU based on RDNA2 and Zen 3 architecture.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 24 April 2020, 16:21

Intel remains financially successful despite the crisis. Revenues increased by 23% compared to the same period last year.

Mateusz Popielak, 22 April 2020, 20:18

The Z490 chipset offers from Gigabyte and MSI have leaked into the web. If we believe the rumors, we can expect really big price increases.

Bart Swiatek, 22 April 2020, 19:09

AMD has officially announced two more Ryzen 3000 CPU and motherboards based on the new B550 chipset - the successor to the popular B450. Launch of the new hardware will take place soon - in May and June.

Bart Swiatek, 21 April 2020, 11:25

The representative of XMG, a company producing laptops using AMD processors, informed that mobile units from the Ryzen 4000 line are compatible with the AM4 socket and B450 chipset. The same should be true for desktop models and computers based on the same platform.

Bart Swiatek, 17 April 2020, 11:07

Data from the Chinese benchmark Master Lu shows a picture of the PC market in China. The Chinese are most likely to use Intel processors and graphics cards from Nvidia.

Bart Swiatek, 15 April 2020, 13:55

Intel's new desktop processor - Core i9-10900F - scored lower than the competitive AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS, a dedicated laptop CPU, in the Geekbench multi-core performance benchmark.

Bart Swiatek, 15 April 2020, 11:28

Journalists of Axios have found information suggesting that Google is working on its own CPU for mobile devices. The unit is to be called Whitechapel and next year it will be available in Pixel smartphones. Later on, the CPU will also be used in Chromebooks.

Laty, 14 April 2020, 14:12

A Canadian hardware store has added several 10th generation Intel Core processors to its offer, along with their prices. However, this is not verified information and the final price of the chips may be different.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 10 April 2020, 16:59

New 4th-gen Ryzen CPUs will be unveiled most likely in September. According to AMD's assurances, their release will coincide with the postponed date of Computex.

Bart Swiatek, 09 April 2020, 16:29

According to the latest rumors, the Comet Lake series CPUs will have an exceptionally big appetite for electricity. Under maximum load, the Core i9-10900F is expected to draw as much power as a GeForce RTX 2080 GPU, and the temperatures of the Intel processor could have been a bit lower as well.

Paul Wozniak, 31 March 2020, 19:57

Another leak surfaced on the web, presenting the benchmark of the latest Intel processor - i9-10900K. Once again, we can see how the chip performs compared against the i9-9900K.

Bart Swiatek, 31 March 2020, 19:11

Reviews of the first laptop to feature an AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS CPU - the ROG Zephyrus G14 - leave no doubt: this is a real breakthrough. For the first time ever, AMD has created a processor dedicated to portable computers that clearly beats competitive products in its class.

Bart Swiatek, 25 March 2020, 10:59

Benchmarks of Intel's Tiger Lake line of Tiger Lake GPUs with Xe chipse have appeared on the web. The unit performs better than competing AMD solutions with integrated Vega GPUs.

Bart Swiatek, 09 March 2020, 14:25

Uniko's Hardware journalists have reached the first images of Intel Core i5-10400, as well as a leak suggesting a possible release date. According to the reports, the Comet Lake-S CPU will debut between April and June this year.

Bart Swiatek, 03 March 2020, 16:24

Several leaks have appeared on the web, concerning new Intel flagships - Core i9-10900K and mobile Core i9-10980HK. It looks like the units will be able to challenge AMD's products.

Bart Swiatek, 20 February 2020, 13:55

Results of Core i7-10700F, - Intel's new Comet Lake line CPU - have appeared on the Internet in Cinebench R20 benchmark. The CPU achieved a result similar to Core i9-9900K and competitive Ryzen 3700X.

Bart Swiatek, 11 February 2020, 16:08

Experts from Linus Tech Tips channel checked whether the latest CPU from AMD - the powerful Threadripper 3990X - can handle the first part of the Crysis series without the help of a GPU. AMD's processor came out victorious.

Bart Swiatek, 10 February 2020, 13:14

Mentions in the source code of the latest beta version of the MacOS suggest that new computers from Apple may use AMD components. This applies to both graphics cards and CPUs.

Bart Swiatek, 06 February 2020, 21:13

According to a report by Mercury Research, AMD increased its share in the CPU market in 2019. The company ise doing great in almost all sectors, mainly thanks to the excellent sales of the Ryzen 3000 series CPU. The only reason to complain is the declining interest in game consoles.

Peter Doron, 08 January 2020, 12:23

According to the latest Steam hardware survey, the most popular language on Valve's platform in December was Chinese. After a few months of growth, AMD has lost some momentum - both in CPU and GPU categories.

Conrad Hazi, 07 January 2020, 14:09

During the presentation at CES 2020, Intel did not show too many products that may be of interest to gamers. However, some progress was made in the development of Xe graphics cards - we could see some of their capabilities.

Laty, 07 January 2020, 13:17

During the conference, which took place at CES 2020, AMD presented, among other things, new models of Ryzen 4000 and Radeon RX 5600 XT GPU. We also saw the world's first 64-core CPU from AMD, Ryzen Threadripper 3990X.

Peter Doron, 03 January 2020, 11:51

With the latest moves, AMD is quickly closing in on Intel. According to PassMark, the Ryzen manufacturer already has almost 40% of the CPU market share. There are many indications that the difference will be diminishing in the coming months, and many believe that AMD will eventually overtake the competition.

Bart Swiatek, 02 January 2020, 12:14

Slides from Intel's internal documentation, dedicated to the flagship CPU of the upcoming Comet Lake-S line - i9-10900K, have leaked into the web. Everything seems to indicate that the main advantage of this computing unit compared to its predecessor, i9-9900K, will be two additional cores. Performance gains in single-threaded applications are not impressive.

Bart Swiatek, 30 December 2019, 11:55

New information about Intel's Comet Lake-S series processors has been released online. We learned their specifics and the list of supported functions, including several novelties.

Bart Swiatek, 16 December 2019, 12:43

Venkata S.M. Renduchintala, Intel's chief engineer and president of the TSCG Group, said that the company does not intend to abandon the 10nm manufacturing process, which had been a source of considerable problems for years.

Laty, 15 November 2019, 14:51

Here are the results of pre-release testing of AMD Ryzen 9 3950X processors, which will be available on November 25. AMD tries to fill the gap in the desktop segment by presenting an extremely powerful chipset available to common mortals.

Bart Swiatek, 13 November 2019, 11:10

Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 owners can now download the new Windows 10 November 2019 Update. The patch is designed to improve several important features, such as a calendar or file browser, and also to improve performance - especially on some processors.

Bart Swiatek, 13 November 2019, 10:29

Researchers working for several European organisations and universities have revealed another variant of the Zombieload gap. An attack using it enables one to steal information after several dozen seconds of contact with the computer. Vulnerability to this type of hack was detected in Intel processors (also new units from the Cascade Lake line).

Laty, 08 November 2019, 23:27

AMD has announced the new CPU from Threadripper and Athlon family, as well as the long-awaited third-gen flagship, Ryzen 9 3950X. The new processors will be available for sale on November 25 (except for Athlon, which will be available on the market on November 19).

Paul Wozniak, 06 November 2019, 14:44

AMD CEO Lisa Su confirmed that the first versions of the new Ryzen 4000 series of CPU from AMD will be available in early 2020. Shortly after, new chipsets based on Zen 3 architecture will be released.

Laty, 05 November 2019, 13:38

Intel prepares a response to the successful AMD Ryzen 3000 Series CPU and develops its own 10th generation chipsets with more cores and threads. The new processors will use LGA 1200 socket and Intel 400 Series chipset.

Jacob Blazewicz, 29 October 2019, 17:36

AMD is doing better and better in the CPU market. Evidence comes in the form of a report from Korea, where the company for the first time topped Intel in the segment of ready-made computers. In Europe, on the other hand, AMD CPUs sell almost twice as good as last year.

Bart Swiatek, 23 October 2019, 09:33

All indications are that the ninth generation console from Sony - PlayStation 5 - will have a 3.2GHz processor. The editors of Digital Foundry have reached information that would suggest this.

Bart Woldanski, 14 October 2019, 21:52

It looks like Intel's cheaper 10th generation processors, including even Core i3, will finally support multithreading. Until now, Hyper-Threading (HT) technology has been reserved only for more expensive models. Is this another response to AMD's moves?

Bart Swiatek, 01 October 2019, 14:34

Another major update of Windows 10 - 19H2 - should speed up its operation on some CPUs. The software will be able to make better use of more efficient CPU cores.

Barth Faryna, 24 September 2019, 20:51

First tests and „unboxings” of Ryzen 3500X processor appeared on the web. It was compared with its direct competitor, Core i5-9400F from Intel, and AMD did quite well.

Barth Faryna, 18 September 2019, 21:36

AMD has announced that Epyc processors based on Zen 3 have already been designed, which means they will be available next year. The company also said that the new processors would outperform direct competition from Intel.

Barth Faryna, 11 September 2019, 17:03

We saw the continuation of a minor scandal related to AMD falsely advertizing the performance of the Ryzen 3000 series CPU. A large part of the units did not reach the declared speeds in Boost mode, which did not appeal to the customers. The story seems to be finally coming to an end.

Bart Swiatek, 06 September 2019, 21:16

Intel has prepared a marketing presentation in which it highlights the advantages of its processors in real-world applications. Slides were created on the basis of statistics that have very little relevance to the topic.

Barth Faryna, 04 September 2019, 13:03

AMD issued a statement on the latest Ryzen 3000 series processor scandal, which did not reach the declared Boost speeds. The case got so big that something had to be done about it.

Barth Faryna, 02 September 2019, 19:52

A well-known hardware reviewer and overclocking specialist, der8auer, conducted a survey which showed that a small fraction of Ryzen 9 3900X CPUs achieve the declared Boost speeds.

Bart Swiatek, 02 September 2019, 11:21

Sales statistics of the German online store Mindfactory.de show that AMD has completely dominated Intel in the local market. This situation persists for the second consecutive month.

Conrad Hazi, 30 August 2019, 18:04

In the recently published advertising spot of Ryzen PRO processors there is information that they reach frequencies up to 5 GHz. However, tests and measurements suggest something completely different.

Barth Faryna, 29 August 2019, 21:02

Finally, the four-year-old case against the AMD has come to an end. It concerned misleading customers when advertising the processors of the Bulldozer family. The court ordered a $12.1 million fine.

Michael Kulakowski, 27 August 2019, 21:20

Qualcomm intends to launch Snapdragon 875 mobile processors, which will be manufactured in 5nm technology, in 2021. A year earlier, the first smartphones with 865 chips will be launched on the market.

Conrad Hazi, 24 August 2019, 19:59

Intel decided to compare the performance of Core i9 9900K and i7 9700K processors with AMD Ryzen 9 3900X in daily use situations. The manufacturer claims that its CPU outperforms the competition in virtually every field and boasts the results.