AMD CEO downplays PC memory crunch, saying ‘our focus areas are enterprise’ — company wants to focus on growing ‘higher-end of the market’

AMD’s CEO doesn’t seem concerned with current memory prices, suggesting the company is focusing its efforts on the enterprise.
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AMD reveals next-gen Xbox could launch in 2027 — CEO says semi-custom SoC ready to ‘support launch in 2027’

AMD’s CEO Dr. Lisa Su let out a hint about the next-gen Xbox, which will sport a semi-custom SoC that should be ready next year.
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Purported Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs might bring extra performance with no price premium — early retailer listings show practically no price hike for some Core Ultra 200K Plus chips

An overseas retailer has listed Intel’s forthcoming Core Ultra 200K Plus (codenamed Arrow Lake Refresh) processors along with pricing, suggesting that the refreshed family will carry practically no premium over existing pr…

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China-made Loongson 12-core chip is approximately three times slower than six-core Ryzen 5 9600X — 3B6000 hampered by low clock speeds in Linux benchmarks

One of Loongson’s 12-core CPUs has been benchmarked by Phoronix. The Linux outlet discovered the chip is three times slower on average than AMD’s latest six-core CPU the Ryzen 5 9600X.
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Intel returns to boxed workstation CPUs with Xeon 600 — Granite Rapids WS delivers up to 86 cores, 4TB of memory, and 128 PCIe 5 lanes

Intel is returning to desktop workstations with Xeon 600. Granite Rapids WS CPUs deliver up to 61% better multi-threaded performance, according to Intel, sporting up to 86 cores and 4TB of memory.
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Intel mandates at least 7,467 MT/s RAM speed for Panther Lake — Slower memory will relabel the Arc B370 & B390 iGPUs as generic “Intel Graphics” in Task Manager

Panther Lake chips with Arc B370 and Arc B390 iGPUs will require RAM running at 7,467 MT/s or higher since integrated graphics rely on shared system memory. If the RAM config is any slower, those impressive iGPUs will be r…

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Binning results from 13 Ryzen 7 9850X3Ds prove that the CPU is purely an overclocked 9800X3D from the factory — 9850X3D looks similar to 9800X3D, just with higher voltages

Binning data from 13 Ryzen 7 9850X3D samples was published online, showing the average required voltage the 9850X3D needs to achieve its peak single-core clock speed.
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Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 9 290K Plus appears on Geekbench with chart-topping scores — Arrow Lake refresh beats the 285K by ~10% across single- and multithreaded tests

As Intel gears to launch its Arrow Lake refresh, leaks for the lineup keep pouring in left and right — the latest one being a Geekbench spotting for the flagship Core Ultra 9 290K Plus. The chip scored 10.5% higher in sing…

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AMD adopts FRED together with Intel for Zen 6 architecture — replacement for decades-old IDT can improve performance and stability

AMD adopts FRED together with Intel for Zen 6 architecture

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Intel ties AMD for most reliable CPUs in 2025 system builder report — Nvidia’s Founders Edition GPUs dominate with the lowest failure rates

Puget System just released its annual reliability report for 2025, noting which computer components suffered the least number of failures in testing and deployment.
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