Category - CPU

Everything Super at Intel’s Ponte Vecchio – Supercomputer GPU with Super Power Consumption Needs a Super Cooler | Exclusive Leak

Intel had unveiled one of the world’s biggest chips not too long ago and the picture that emerges after all the releases so far is quite overwhelming. Intel’s Xe HPC 2-Tile (PVC) GPU uses a mix of Intel’s 7nm, Intel’s 10nm ESF and TSMC’s 7nm (or 5nm) process technology for this, which is brought together in Foveros 3D [...]


Temporary stop for Thunderbolt 4 and USB 4 on Intel’s Tiger Lake? What the new chip shortage really means | Exclusive

Sometimes it’s the really small things that fail and even such a small, quite unknown cog in the gearbox can stop a whole machine in its tracks. The chip shortage is not a new topic, but now the whole notebook manufacturers are threatened by new trouble from a quite unexpected corner. Intel had not only launched a new notebook CPU with Tiger [...]


Computex 2021: AMD Keynote with Dr. Lisa Su (Recording)

"Hope you enjoyed all the new technologies we announced at #computex 2021. We are so proud of our @AMD Ryzen desktop APUs, @Radeon mobile GPUs, FidelityFX Super Resolution, and our brand new 3D chiplet technology – the best in high-performance computing!!!" (Dr. Lisa Su on Twitter)


Courage to be edgy? Package mockup for AMD’s Zen 4 Ryzen CPU ‘Raphael’ for Socket AM5 surfaced: square, practical, good?

The next generation of Zen 4-based Ryzen desktop CPUs will be codenamed Raphael and will replace the Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 desktop CPUs, which are codenamed Vermeer. According to the information currently available, the Raphael CPUs will be based on the 5nm Zen 4 core architecture and feature 6nm I/O dies in a chiplet design. After all, AMD had [...]


Details leaked on AMD’s upcoming AM5 desktop platform – Zen 4 Ryzen CPUs, Socket LGA 1718, dual-channel DDR5 memory and 600 series chipset

Meanwhile, more details on AMD’s upcoming AM5 desktop platform supporting future Ryzen CPUs and APUs have been released by leaker ExecutableFix. The AMD AM5 platform will compete directly with Intel’s new 600 platform, as both will be the first platforms to also offer consumer DDR5 memory support. According to this leak, the next [...]


Exclusive: Is Intel’s Arctic Sound already dead? – Two existing models with specs, pictures and some questions

Intel had already announced the Xe (a.k.a. Gen12) graphics architecture in 2020, and step by step it was also concretized. The portfolio here ranges from integrated ultrabook chips and dedicated cards to genuine workstation and server cards. The one I want to show you today is factually currently at the top end of Intel’s graphics food chain [...]


Intel Core i9-11900K, Core i7-11700K, Core i5-11600K and Core i9-10900K vs. Zen3 – Last man standing in silicon

Now the time has finally come and the other CPUs of the 11th generation may also tested and the results published. I also deliberately decided against an early release of the Core i7-11700K, which is already available in stores, because only in direct comparison and with the micro code for a new BIOS, which was only added a few days ago, will it [...]