Security Intel bets the farm on AI inference to drag CPU back to the top table Chipzilla hopes agents, robots, and edge devices make CPUs cool again... now it has to build the chips
Systems Meta Arms itself to the teeth by signing for 'tens of millions' of AWS Graviton cores After flubbing the Metaverse, Zuck embraces the Neoverse
OSes Task Manager's CPU meter is an obituary for the recent past, says the engineer who built it Spoiler: There's no magic value. Just a timer, some kernel calls, and too much coffee
OSes Patch to end i486 support hits Linux kernel merge queue After a year of patchwork, maintainers look ready to start retiring 486-class CPUs
Systems Arm says agentic AI needs a new kind of CPU. Intel's DC chief isn't buying it Cores it's got what agents crave
Personal Tech AMD's new desktop CPU oozes cache out of all 16 cores Turns out massive caches are good for more than games. House of Zen boasts 5-13% perf boost over prior-gen part
Systems AI-pilled Arm CEO teases mystery products that will turn it into a money machine Breaking free of its IP licensing shackles
Systems Arm rolls its own 136-core AGI CPU to chase AI hype train Turns out artificial general intelligence was a CPU this whole time
Personal Tech We tested Intel's new chips for cash-strapped hardcore PC users and they're impressive More cores, higher clocks, lower prices
Systems It's not a binary choice. Independent boffin builds a ternary CPU on an FPGA Three is the magic number as first off-the-shelf general-purpose ternary hardware since c 1965 lands
Nvidia GTC Nvidia powers further into the CPU market with new rack systems packing 256 Vera processors The cubicals of the agentic AI age are cores
Systems Fujitsu taps Broadcom's 3D chip tech for 144-core Monaka CPU Processor is one of roughly half a dozen designs based on Broadcom's XDSiP platform
Personal Tech Nvidia superchip infusion finally coming to Windows PCs, report says Nv-based integrated graphics for Wintel box also in the works
Systems GPU who? Meta to deploy Nvidia CPUs at large scale CPU adoption is part of deeper partnership between the Social Network and Nvidia which will see millions of GPUs deployed over next few years
Systems Oxide plans new rack attack, packing in Zen 5 CPUs and DDR5 RAM Oxide says AMD’s Turin EPYCs are coming, switch revamp under review, more open hardware in the works
Systems AMD climbs in desktop and server CPUs while Intel battles supply squeeze Q4 figures reveal shifting market share across PCs and cloud infrastructure
Systems Server CPUs join memory in the supply shortage, pushing up prices Silicon manufacturing issues to blame
Systems Intel welcomes memory apocalypse with Xeon workstation refresh Chipzilla touts 4 TB of DDR5 and 128 lanes of PCIe 5 for less than the House of Zen just in time for memory winter
Systems Open ISA champ SiFive leaps aboard Nvidia's proprietary interconnect bandwagon You might call it a RISC-V/NVLink Fusion ... or a bad day for UALink
Systems AMD threatens to go medieval on Nvidia with Epyc and Instinct: What we know so far AMD boasts 1000x higher AI perf by 2027 and pulls the lid off Helios compute tray ahead of 2H 2026 launch
Systems AMD clocks in with higher CPU speeds, leaves architecture untouched New chips same as the old chips
Systems India unveils a homegrown dual-core 1GHz RISC-V processor, the DHRUV64 No details on power consumption, lots of patriotic pride
AWS Re:invent Amazon keeps the pressure on Intel, AMD with 192-core Graviton5 CPU The homegrown chips now account for half of all new CPUs added to AWS over the past three years
On-Prem AMD grabs more x86 share as Intel stumbles in entry-level chips Mercury Research blames stockpiling and low-end shortages for unusually flat CPU market
AWS Re:invent Atlassian twice shunned AWS Graviton CPUs, but now runs Jira and Confluence on them Bills fell 10 percent after granular tests suggested JVM tweaks that improved performance
Systems Panther Lake sets stage for Intel's 2 nm comeback, but many details still TBD Notebook chip promises 8 to 16 cores and up to 180 TOPS of total AI performance when it hits shelves in January
Systems X2 Elite is Qualcomm’s latest attempt to bring Apple’s M-series magic to the PC Plus the Snapdragon 8 Elite turns 5
Systems Intel talent bleed continues as Xeon chip architect heads for the escape hatch Ronak Singhal will be moving onto better and brighter opportunities at the end of the month
Systems Arm wrestles away 25% share of server market thanks to Nvidia's home-grown CPUs Still far short of the 50% market share Arm infra chief was hoping for
Systems Arm bets on CPU-based AI with Lumex chips for smartphones Four-tier core design debuts amid NPU debate
AI + ML Chip designer SiFive aims to cram more RISC-V cores into AI chips Why reinvent the CPU wheel when you can spend your time engineering a way out of your dependence on Nvidia?
AI + ML Nvidia details its itty bitty GB10 superchip for local AI development Starting at $2,999, tiny doesn't mean cheap
Systems Qualcomm working on datacenter CPU and in ‘advanced discussions’ with hyperscaler But may face competition in its core smartphone segment as Samsung says it’s found a premium handset-maker who wants its Exynos SoCs
Systems Nvidia extends CUDA support to RISC-V just in time for next wave of Chinese CPUs The prime beneficiary of the AI boom has global ambitions
Security AMD warns of new Meltdown, Spectre-like bugs affecting CPUs Low-severity bugs but infosec pros claim they are a 'critical' overall threat – patch accordingly
Systems IBM boasts new Power11 chips are stingy on power usage More efficient cores plus an optional energy saver mode in Big Blue's latest CPUs
Systems China claims breakthroughs in classical and quantum computers Chipmaker Loongson says server CPUs on par with 2021’s Ice Lake, as local press tout kit to manage 1,024-qubit systems
Systems Nvidia ain't done with x86 as it taps Intel Xeons to babysit GPUs AI-optimized CPUs promise 4.6GHz clocks, at least for one in eight cores
OSes Windows reports two CPU speeds because one would be too simple Every hardware claim is equal, but some are more equal than others
AI Infrastructure Month AMD puts Intel in rear view mirror with Threadripper Pro 9000 high-end desktop chips RDNA 4 makes workstation debut with 32GB R9700
AI Infrastructure Month Qualcomm confirms it's dipping into datacenter world again, probably for AI CEO Cristiano Amon teases plans for high-speed-low-power inferencing products
AI + ML Nvidia opens up speedy NVLink interconnect to custom CPUs, ASICs One of the two just needs to be made by Nv
Systems Intel needs external foundry customers to make 14A process node pay off Ailing chip giant targets 2027 break-even as costly EUV tools raise stakes
AI Infrastructure Month AMD is Ryzen to the SMB occasion with a bundle of baby Epycs The House of Zen’s low-end enterprise strategy is badge engineering at its best
Systems 808 lines of BBC BASIC and a dream: Arm architecture turns 40 'We thought it was a really obvious way to build a processor and everybody would be doing it'
Systems Intel cranks up accelerators in Xeon 6 blitz to outgun AMD But you're probably not cool enough for Chipzilla's 288-core monster
Systems Intel rakes in €515M from EU after ancient antitrust fine nixed A glimmer of light in an otherwise gloomy year for troubled chipmaker
On-Prem Intel sinks $19B into the red, kills Falcon Shores GPUs, delays Clearwater Forest Xeons Imagine burning through $72B in one year. Did it make Sam Altman the CEO already?
Systems Cost of Gelsinger's ambition proves too much for Intel At least he'll have company as he joins 15K colleagues headed for the door
Systems AMD grabs a quarter of x86 market with desktop gains, but server growth slows Arm-powered PCs are still nowhere
Software GCC 15 to keep Itanium support for now, after all Now, can someone come up with an emulator for the things, please?
Personal Tech Apple throws shade on pokey AI PCs, claims its maxed out M4 chips are 4x faster Busy week for Cupertino sees shrunken Mac minis, updated lappies, and new SoCs
Systems The troublesome economics of CPU-only AI At the end of the day, it all boils down to tokens per dollar
Systems A closer look at Intel and AMD's different approaches to gluing together CPUs Epycs or Xeons, more cores = more silicon, and it only gets more complex from here
Systems It's about time Intel, AMD dropped x86 games and turned to the real threat Have recent troubles finally humbled Chipzilla?
Systems Intel, AMD team with tech titans for x86 ISA overhaul Linus Torvalds, Broadcom, Dell, HPE, and Lenovo on the list
Systems AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut Just not on the same chip, of course
Systems Bending the rules with flexible non-silicon 32-bit RISC-V chip It won't smash any benchmarks, but it will go where most others can't
Systems Oracle owns nearly a third of Arm chip house Ampere, could take control in 2027 Appears to be prioritizing GPUs, not manycore CPUs
Systems Intel thinks it's got a final microcode fix for recalcitrant Raptor Lake processors Root cause identified, but it's taken the better part of a year
Systems With Granite Rapids, Intel is back to trading blows with AMD And they didn't even need a bunch of skimpy E-cores to do it
On-Prem Datacenters bleed watts and cash – all because they're afraid to flip a switch Activate OS-level governors and power profiles, cut energy use by '25 – 50 percent'
AI + ML Intel's 120 TOPS Lunar Lake AI PC chips have landed And all it took was some good old fashioned outsourcing to TSMC
Systems AMD reverses course: Ryzen 3000 CPUs will get SinkClose patch after all Still no love for 1000- or 2000-series
Systems SiFive offers potential Neoverse N2 rival – the P870-D RISC-V core for datacenters Chip upstart takes aim at Arm with design that can scale up to 256 cores
Systems Akeana debuts RISC-V CPU designs on $100M budget, longs for an Arm wrestle Whatever happened to the team behind Marvell’s ThunderX2 chips? Oh, hello
Patches AMD won’t patch Sinkclose security bug on older Zen CPUs Kernel mode not good enough for you? Maybe you'll like SMM of this
Systems Intel's microcode fix to save Raptor Lake chips may only work with default power settings All those BIOS options that promise better performance? Enabling them might kill your processor
Personal Tech Raptor Lake microcode limits Intel chips to a mere 1.55 volts to prevent CPU destruction Is that a lot? Depends on the context. GHz, no. Voltage, yes
Systems Raptor Lake microcode patch arrives for Intel motherboards this month, ASUS and MSI say MSI even claims all of its LGA 1700 motherboards will get updated before month end
On-Prem Rickety Raptor Lake CPUs won't lose Turbo-boosted speeds after microcode medicine, Intel claims Chipzilla still has ways to stop these processors cooking in their own juices
Personal Tech AMD’s latest desktop CPUs feature lower prices yet again as Intel readies a fightback Brand-new Ryzen 9000 processors are about 10% cheaper than their Ryzen 7000 counterparts
Systems Another law firm piles on Intel for Raptor Lake CPU failures as complaints grow louder Meanwhile, a boutique PC builder says Intel didn’t even need to chase high clock speeds
Personal Tech Intel tacks two years onto Raptor Lake CPU warranty after voltage crash fiasco It’s starting to sink in for Chipzilla that it’s losing some credibility
Systems Intel to shed at least 15% of staff, will outsource more to TSMC, slash $10B in costs Share price in meltdown as Pat hopes buyers, investors, board can wait for 2026 turnaround
Systems Legal eagles target Intel for class action over cooked Raptor Lake CPUs If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with elevated voltage, you may be entitled to compensation
Systems UK court rules in Intel's favor in R2 Semi power patent case Legal woes are still ongoing in Italy, France, and Germany
Systems Arm's lackluster Q2 outlook overshadows strong Q1 revenue growth Execs blame gap in licensing revenues for lost momentum, while hawking AI
Personal Tech AMD stalls Ryzen 9000 launch over poor chip quality Oh, actual QA? In 2024? In this economy?
Systems AMD claims Nvidia's Grace CPU Superchip, Arm are no match for its Epyc Zen 4 cores But does it matter when all Grace needs to is to babysit GPUs?
Systems AMD spills the beans on Zen 5's 16% IPC gains Fatter front end and execution engine meets a higher bandwidth backend and a true AVX-512 implementation
Systems Game dev accuses Intel of selling ‘defective’ Raptor Lake CPUs High-end processor instability headaches, failures pushed one studio to switch to AMD
Systems Intel flashes 4 Tbps optical chiplet to supercharge datacenters Likens tech to going from horse-drawn carriages to trucks
Virtualization Lenovo brings virtualization, cloud stack to Chinese chip designer Loongson's CPU arch NAS slingers, healthcare software makers, government buyers join the march to silicon sovereignty
Systems Hong Kong authorities halt alleged smuggler shifting 596 'high-end' CPUs to China Images suggest they could be recent Intel Xeons – perhaps even the sort of kit subject to sanctions
Systems AMD says datacenter still king for profit margins amid AI buzz CFO talks GPU development, strategy and market dynamics at Nasdaq Investor Conference
Systems Arm chief exec scored $70M in New York IPO bonanza Brit chip design outfit sets sights on dominating AI market
AI + ML Arm is so, so over this AI accelerator unit craze As it offers 3nm shake-and-bake Cortex-X925, A725 processor designs for phones, PCs
Systems AMD's CFO Jean Hu talks CPUs, GPUs and the road ahead Surging demand, the AI plan, and spinning FPGAs into gold
Personal Tech Qualcomm signals its PC push will coincide with back to school sales and be tied to a Windows launch
Black Hat and DEF CON Say hello to Downfall, another data-leaking security hole in several years of Intel chips
Systems Intel offers desktop chip that can hit 6GHz if everything goes right, you can keep it cool, stars align, pigs fly
