Price pressures in building PCs ‘aren’t going away anytime soon’ warns AMD exec — but new budget CPU could be in the works

‘We know the pressures that are there in building systems aren’t going away anytime soon’: AMD exec hints at possible relief with new budget Ryzen CPU.

‘I think it’s a good thing’: Intel seemingly ‘welcomes the competition’ from Nvidia RTX Spark CPU — but I doubt that’s the case behind closed doors

Intel is playing it cool about Nvidia’s new CPU, but I suspect that in reality it’s worried that this could be bad news for its laptop dominance.

AMD has been the king of CPU socket longevity for a decade — and I’m relieved to see that the AM5 socket isn’t going anywhere fast

AMD has promised to extend its AM5 CPU socket support through 2029, and it’s no surprise based on AM4’s longevity.

AMD is reportedly prepping Zen 7 processors on 14A node to match Intel at its game

AMD’s future Zen 7 processors could use TSMC’s A14 node, setting up a fresh CPU rivalry with Intel’s own 14A plans.

Intel leak predicts upcoming Nova Lake Edge processors with an odd core layout

Intel’s Nova Lake Edge is reportedly skipping P-cores entirely in favour of eight E-cores and 12 Xe graphics cores.

As RAM crisis grips the gaming industry, Nvidia could revive an old RTX 3000 series GPU

Nvidia may relaunch the RTX 3060 as VRAM shortages impact gaming GPUs, offering a practical solution with higher memory despite its older architecture.

Intel reportedly selling ‘scrap or low-expectation’ chips is an ominous sign that CPU price hikes might get worse

‘Turning what may have been scrap or low-expectation output into revenue’: Intel’s seemingly found a new way to turn a profit on CPUs, and it’s an ominous sign for pricing.

In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs

Meta has commandeered a big chunk of Amazon’s homegrown CPUs (not GPUs) for AI agentic workloads, signaling that a new kind of chip race has begun.