Snapdragon X Plus: Qualcomm says its slowest CPU still beats Intel
Laptops using Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon chips have yet to ship. But PC makers — and you — will now have another option: the Snapdragon X Plus. Think of the Snapdragon X Plus […]
Tag: CPU
Intel blames aggressive motherboards for high-end CPU crashes
There’s an ongoing saga around some of the latest Intel Core desktop CPUs, and how they’re crashing when running 3D games and other resource-intense programs. Intel has previously stated that it’s aware […]
Intel’s unreleased Lunar Lake CPU appears in gaming handheld listing
Earlier this year, Intel told the world that its next-gen Core Ultra Series 2 “Lunar Lake” chips would be out before the end of the year. And that appears to be true, […]
CPU Showdown: Snapdragon X vs Intel Core vs M3
By now you’ve probably heard that Qualcomm is pushing hard to get its Arm-based processors into Windows machines, including the new Surface devices revealed in May. Without getting them into our lab, […]
Lunar Lake deep-dive: Intel’s new AI laptop CPU is utterly different
Intel launches Lunar Lake, its next entrant into its Core Ultra series of laptop processors, today at Computex, ushering in a new generation of AI-infused Copilot+ PCs that have been initially overshadowed […]
Intel denies root cause for CPU instability, still investigating
Intel has denied a recent news report that it has gotten to the bottom of instability issues with some 13th and 14th Gen desktop CPUs, and continues to search for the “root […]
Noctua updates its flagship NH-D15 CPU cooler
Noctua—a darling of the home PC builder community for its high-quality cooling parts and understated brown aesthetics—has a new flagship CPU cooler. The Austrian company revised its dual-fan NH-D15 design with a […]
AMD’s new Ryzen 9950X CPU is 40% faster than the Intel Core i9-14900K
AMD fans have been salivating today as the company officially announced the launch date for its next-gen desktop CPU lineup. The Ryzen 9000 series is headlined by the 9950X, an absolute CPUnit […]
Intel blames CPU crashes on voltage and microcode, fix due soon
Intel has apparently finally gotten to the bottom of its long-running CPU instability issues and will deliver a fix in August, company officials said on Monday. The company said “elevated operating voltage” […]
AMD delays Ryzen 9000 launch until August to ensure CPU quality
There’s a lot of enthusiasm surrounding AMD’s next-gen desktop CPUs, which were announced for a release at the end of this month. I’m sorry to report that you’ll need to curb it, […]
