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Intel and AMD will reveal Lunar Lake and Zen 5 processors at Hot Chips 2024 on August 26-27 - what we know about them now

The Hot Chips 2024 conference has published a detailed schedule of presentations by Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and all other participants that will take place at the event. Over three days, from August 25 to 27, physical and virtual visitors will be able to...

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Combining two eras: Windows XP ran on the Intel i486 processor

A retro-computer enthusiast managed to run Windows XP on a computer with an Intel i486 processor. Now, for many, the release times of both seem reminiscent of the past, but in reality, ten years have passed between the release of the processor and th...

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NVIDIA and MediaTek develop ARM processor for PCs - Apple M4 competitor will be released in 2025, official announcement will be in June

The Taiwanese edition of Economic News Daily claims that MediaTek will join forces with NVIDIA to develop a PC processor with artificial intelligence support. The new chip will compete with Apple's M4 processors. It is expected that the Arm-based arc...

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor will get up to 4.26GHz to beat Apple's A18 - insider

According to the insider, Qualcomm is increasing the clock speed of the mobile processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 to 4.26 GHz. This change will allow it to compete with the future A18 and A18 Pro chips for the iPhone, which can also operate at higher frequ...

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AMD processors with Zen 5 architecture won't support Windows 10 - Lenovo manager

One of the managers of Lenovo China noted that the AMD Zen 5 Strix Point processors will not receive Windows 10 drivers. The manufacturer prioritizes compatibility with the latest version of Windows 11 24H2, which aligns with AMD's trend towards AI c...

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Apple M4 processor beats Intel Core i9-14900KS by 16% in Geekbench single-core performance test

Apple M4 processors score around 3800 points in the single-core performance test Geekbench. Recently, several assessments comparing the M4 with the flagship Intel Core i9-14900KS processor have appeared in the test database. In single-threaded tests,...

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Intel: motherboard makers did it all wrong - first official public statement on CPU problems

Intel has released an official statement regarding the stability issues of processors that have been observed recently. Now the information is intended for users with corresponding processors and motherboards, not just for manufacturers. In short - d...

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Apple's new M4 processor in iPad Pro - 2x faster than M2, 4x faster graphics, AI performance 38 TOPS

The Apple M4 processor is featured in the new iPad Pro with an OLED screen. The chip is made on a 3nm process and consists of 4 performance and 6 energy-efficient cores. According to Apple, it is twice as powerful as the M2 processor in the previous ...

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Intel is asking motherboard manufacturers to implement a basic processor profile by May 31

Intel is once again privately demanding that motherboard manufacturers adhere to the recommended default profile for processors. This time, the company is asking to add a BIOS option with the name "Intel Default Settings" and make it enabled by defau...

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor got 192 MB of L3 cache - engineering sample or software bug

One of the most powerful processors for gaming, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, appears to be even more powerful. Typically, a 16-core chip has 128 MB of L3 cache, but one user posted a video and screenshot of the processor with 192 MB of fast memory on the...

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ASUS Vivobook S - the first announced laptop with Snapdragon X processors will be released on May 20

ASUS has announced that it will present the first laptop with Snapdragon X Elite on May 20. Speakers from Qualcomm and Microsoft will be presenting at the event. The event will be virtual, but there is no mention of a live stream. However, ASUS has c...

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TSMC's 120 x 120 mm chips will come from new CoWoS technology

The record for the largest chip size may sound dubious, but not in the case of TSMC. The company introduced the Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate (CoWoS) packaging technology, which will allow for System-in-Package (SiP) systems that are many times larger t...

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Intel said that motherboard manufacturers overclock processors by default and asked them not to do so

Intel officially responded to the compatibility issue of its processors with NVIDIA graphics cards. Igor Wallosek from Igor's Lab website published a message from Intel to motherboard developers, confirming a large part of their responsibility in the...

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NVIDIA graphics cards vs Intel processors: motherboard makers resolve hardware conflict

Manufacturers of motherboards offer solutions to the compatibility issue between NVIDIA graphics cards and Intel 13th and 14th generation K-series processors. As expected, they have changed the processor profiles and reduced the excessively high TDP ...

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Japan has launched a vending machine with Intel processors instead of toys - a working Core i7-8700 will cost $3.25 (but there's a nuance)

Similar vending machines usually sell small toys, but this one is loaded with Intel processors from previous generations. Japanese YouTuber Savara-San acquired an Intel Core i7-8700 processor after giving the vending machine 500 yen (about $3.25) and...

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