AMD has just revealed an updated Zen roadmap for its CPUs at Financial Analyst Day, labeled “Leadership CPU Core Roadmap.” While it doesn’t delve into details — or even show any new ones — we do get explicit confirmations for a bunch of previously-rumored (albeit obvious) tech. AMD also made Zen 7 official for the first time in a roadmap, teasing a release date beyond 2026. Let’s break it all down.

SOCAMM2 is on track to become the definitive version of the SOCAMM standard very soon. JEDEC has announced that SOCAMM2’s design is nearing completion and will take advantage of the same LPDDR5X memory type as its predecessor. Two upgrades will be added to SOCAMM2: an SPD profile (what most might refer to as a “JEDEC profile”) and improved LPDDR5X transfer rates of up to 9600 MT/s.

It appears that Intel is experiencing a sense of nostalgia, as the chipmaker (via momomo_us) has introduced the Core i5-110 processor, based on Comet Lake. Comet Lake is a stroll down memory lane for many of us, as these 14nm+++ chips were introduced around half a...

In a quiet Cornell University lab, researchers have taken a hammer to decades of digital circuit convention. The result is a silicon chip that thinks less like a clock-driven processor and more like a living brain—only instead of neurons, it uses controlled bursts of...

As AMD’s 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX approaches its launch, unofficial benchmark results have been posted to the Geekbench database, revealing some details about its performance. While the CPU clearly shines in AMD-conducted benchmarks showing its potential for professional workstation workloads, when it comes to the drag race-style Geekbench benchmark, it is not all that clear-cut.

Micron has begun sampling of its first LPDDR5X memory devices produced using its new 1γ (1-gamma) fabrication process that uses EUV lithography with customers, the company announced at its conference call with investors and financial analysts this week. The new...

You won’t typically find a Hygon processor among the list of best CPUs for gaming or other applications. Nevertheless, Hygon stands as one of China’s most important fabless semiconductor companies. Hardware investigator HXL recently shared an ambitious roadmap detailing Hygon’s forthcoming initiatives, including a flagship 128-core, 512-thread processor.

Arrow Lake might have some fuel left in the tank, as Intel’s latest IPO (Intel Performance Optimizations) tech is reportedly hitting pre-builts in China, per UNIKO’s Hardware at X. Intel recently unveiled the IPO program in China. It is supposedly a suite of tuned settings or profiles that balance overclocking and stock settings. It is important to note that Intel has not detailed or announced an IPO for the global market.

AMD’s Zen 5 architecture has officially entered the embedded market with the introduction of the EPYC Embedded 9005 series. The new chips take advantage of AMD’s compact Zen 5c architecture, which is optimized for density-focused computing and edge tasks. AMD is offering a wide gamut of SKUs to serve as many customers as possible, similar to previous generations. Core counts range from “entry-level” models offering just 8 CPU cores, all the way to its flagship Embedded 9965, offering 192 cores.

Preliminary benchmarks at PassMark put Intel’s new Arrow Lake-based Core Ultra 9 275HX 7% ahead of AMD’s Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor in CPU Mark. Moreover, despite a 400 MHz clock deficit, the 275HX manages to land 34% faster than last generation’s i9-14900HX, with a solid 9% lead when looking at single-threaded performance.