GlobalFoundries acquires ARC and RISC-V IP from Synopsys — company gains critical CPU IP as it grows beyond being a mere chipmaker

GlobalFoundries acquires more CPU IP as it is reshaping its role in the semiconductor supply chain and becomes an IP and manufacturing partner rather than just a chipmaker.
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AMD’s upcoming Ryzen AI Max+ 392 hot on the heels of 9800X3D in early benchmarks — New Strix Halo APU almost matches Ryzen 7 beast in multi-core performance

The new Ryzen AI Max+ 392 has popped up on Geekbench with a single-core score of 2,917 points and a multi-core score of 18,071 points, posting impressive results across the board that match high-end desktop SKUs. The test …

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Intel’s comeback weapon to fight AMD reportedly drops this spring — Core Ultra 200K Plus and 200HX Plus CPUs set for March or April launch

Hardware insider shares launch and embargo information for Intel’s upcoming Arrow Lake Refresh and Panther Lake processors.
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AMD’s next-gen Ryzen AI 400 laptops could launch on January 22, five days ahead of Panther Lake — Gorgon Point release date leaks through early Asus listing in China

AMD announced the Ryzen AI 400 series at CES with a Q1 2026 launch window, but apparently the first laptops in China to feature Gorgon Point are coming as soon as January 22, 2026. An official Asus listing in the region ha…

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Milk-V Titan Mini-IX board with UR-DP1000 processor shows RISC-V ecosystem taking shape — M.2, DDR4, and PCIe card support form a kit that you can use out of the box

The Milk-V Titan motherboard includes the UR-DP1000 processor, and it’s ready to use with Ubuntu out of the box.

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Nvidia’s elusive N1X SoC leaks out again — shipping manifest reveals Dell may have explored putting it on next-gen XPS laptops

Even though the N1 SoCs have never actually been officially unveiled, we do know they exist, as confirmed by even Nvidia’s own CEO. However, beyond powering the DGX Spark, we’ve never seen this silicon make it to market, a…

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Intel showed up for consumers at the ‘Consumer Electronics Show;’ AMD didn’t

At this year’s CES, AMD felt like a dominant force, too focused on AI potential to talk about (or to) consumers. Intel looked more like a laser-focused startup, confidently pitching its Panther Lake chips to gamers, laptop…

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Intel Panther Lake press Q&A transcript — EVO is still alive, and the company ditches prior-generation naming scheme

Following Intel’s keynote at CES 2026, we attended a press Q&A at CES in Las Vegas, featuring some of the senior staff behind Intel’s Panther Lake architecture, with some illuminating commentary about the new products.
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AMD claims Panther Lake has ‘too much baggage’ for handheld PC use — fights back after Intel jabs AMD for using ‘ancient silicon’ in its Z2 series APUs

AMD jabs Intel for calling its Z2 chips “ancient”. Claims its Panther Lake mobile chips carry too much “baggage” for handheld gaming use.
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Senior AMD executive suggests consumers buy cheap CPUs to combat memory pricing squeeze — says ‘consumers have a wide assortment of choice available for all kinds of price points’

An AMD executive says that they’re not too concerned about the memory shortage, points out that AMD has a wide range of CPUs available “for all kinds of price points.”
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