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While AMD and GlobalFoundries used to work hand in hand, in recent years there has been a shift over to TSMC for AMD's CPU and GPU fabrication needs. GlobalFoundries may end up with a big new contract though, with reports claiming that Intel might be looking to team up.  According …

While the Eurasian Economic Commission database submissions do not always prove to be accurate it is often a reliable source for little snippets of information from AMD, Intel and Nvidia board partners. One of the latest submission could be a sign of what’s to come soon. Although there is still …

Intel has announced its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results for 2019 and despite AMD's recent resurgence with Zen 2 architecture based processors, Intel’s annual revenue has increased to $72 billion, which is a record financial year for the company. Intel has recorded a record fourth-quarter financial result for 2019 with …

It's rumoured that Intel might continue to cut the prices of its CPUs this year to battle AMD's own aggressive product pricing...

AMD has announced a new deal with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) which will see the CPU giant supply 2nd generation EPYC processors to power one of the most advanced meteorological supercomputers in the world, in the Atos BullSequana XH2000. AMD had a successful year in 2019 …

A couple of weeks ago ASRock dropped specifications on its website of AMD’s new RX 5600 XT graphics cards a little earlier than expected. The company has now officially announced its Radeon RX 5600 XT GPU range which includes new Phantom Gaming and Challenger series cards. ASRock has unveiled its …

A screenshot purporting to show a 22-core Intel i9-10990XE HEDT CPU has appeared online...

Luke and Leo share their views on the Intel NUC 9 Extreme at CES 2020

we look at the NUC 9 Extreme with an EVGA RTX 2060 KO GPU crammed inside

Luke is at the Corsair booth taking a look at what new coolers the company is launching for 2020

Last night AMD revealed the final details for the 64-core Threadripper 3990X, including its release date and price tag...

At CES today, AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, proudly proclaimed that 2020 is going to be an even bigger year, with the company focused on delivering the very best, That battle is starting off in the laptop sector, with the brand new Ryzen 4000 mobile series processors, spearheaded by ‘the …

Just a few days ago, the potential specification of Intel’s 10th generation Core series desktop processors were leaked online and now an alleged internal Intel document appears to show the performance of the upcoming flagship ten-core Intel Core i9-10900K CPU...

AMD ended 2019 with the message that the company will push the envelope of high computing again in 2020, at the same time as announcing it will be holding its annual CES press conference on Monday 6th January at 2 pm. AMD finished off 2019 with a message on its …

Intel is set to fire back at AMD in the new year when the company launches its 10th generation desktop Core series processors. Exactly when this will be is still uncertain, however, the flagship Intel Core i9-10900K is expected to boast 10 cores to offer competition to current Ryzen 3000 …

Rumours suggest AMD Ryzen 4000 processor architecture could offer up to 20% performance increase over the previous generation

Good news for Intel fans, LGA1200 should support current LGA115x cooling solutions.

Just last week, EK Water Blocks launched a brand new monoblock for the Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master motherboard and the company has now announced it will extend its X570 Aorus motherboard support with a new monoblock being launched for the X570 Aorus Elite. Water cooling enthusiasts have been eagerly awaiting …

Nvidia has announced its new software-defined platform for autonomous vehicles and robots. Nvidia Drive AGX Orin is set to be powered by the company’s new Orin system-on-a-chip (SoC) which is the result of four years of R&D investment. The Nvidia Orin SoC consists of 17 billion transistors and integrates Nvidia’s …

Adata’s XPG range has provided gamers and enthusiasts with high-performance memory for recent generations of desktop PC systems. The excellent compatibility of Adata XPG memory is set to continue through support for the latest AMD Ryzen 3950X and Threadripper 3000 based systems. Adata has announced that it's XPG DDR4 memory …

Following yesterday's leak, a new listing of a Comet Lake processor has appeared in 3DMark's database. This listing shows a Core i5-10600, detailing some of its specifications, and new Z490 motherboard, the MSI Z490 Gaming Carbon. The entry of the new processor was reported by Twitter user momomo_us, who got …

A group of academics from different European universities have reported a new vulnerability for Intel processors, named Plundervolt. The report was made on June 7 2019, and Intel has already released firmware patches for this bug. Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) uses enclaves, an isolated area, to protect sensitive computations. …

EKWB is actively releasing new products featuring addressable D-RGB products recently. Over the last few weeks, we have seen a vast range of new GPU water blocks and other custom cooling products being launched. EKWB has now introduced another D-RGB enabled monoblock for Asus X299 socket-based motherboards. The new monoblock …

A new leak regarding the release date of Comet Lake-S CPUs and Z490 motherboards has been revealed. According to industry insiders, the upcoming Intel CPUs and respective motherboards will release in April 2020. Like any other rumour, this should be taken with a grain of salt. As usual, while the …

TSMC has been in the news a fair bit recently, with updates regarding its process nodes advancements and financial investments. As reported by ChinaTimes, TSMC has over 50% yields on 5nm process node, outperforming the 7nm process back when it was at this stage. AMD, Apple and Huawei are expected to be …

Qualcomm has officially detailed its latest Snapdragon 865 5G Mobile Platform that combines the world’s most advanced 5G Modem RF system and mobile platform, to deliver unrivalled performance for next-generation flagship smartphones and mobile devices. At the annual Snapdragon Summit this week, Qualcomm announced its new Snapdragon 865 platform and …

At the annual Snapdragon Tech Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm has unveiled its roadmap for the coming year and declared that 2020 will be the time for 5G multi-gigabit speed to become mainstream. Qualcomm says that 2020 will be the year that its 5G mobile platforms will define what is possible …

AMD has announced it will be deploying an open ecosystem to enable OEMs to create custom, high-performance Mini PCs powered by Ryzen Embedded V1000 and R1000 processors. The new ecosystem will deliver mini PCs for industrial, media and enterprise markets. ASRock Industrial, EEPD, OnLogic and Simply NUC will be the …

The next-generation X670 chipset from AMD will be produced by a third-party, according to insider sources. These same sources also revealed that X670 would release in late 2020, alongside the 7nm+ Ryzen 4000 CPUs. The current X570 platform is manufactured in-house, by AMD, unlike the previous 300-series and 400-series motherboards. …

Sharkbay, a user from the PTTWeb forum, has posted what appears to be a list of specifications for Intel's upcoming Rocket Lake-S CPU. The successor to Comet Lake is currently rumoured to cap out at eight cores while using the 14nm process node. As with any rumour though, all of …