AMD has added three new chips to its Versal Prime series lineup, which is designed for space-constrained applications.
AMD began shipping the first production units of the Versal Prime Gen2 Series last year. Two devices have entered full production, and a third is currently sampling. These new devices are designed to provide an optimized footprint and processing subsystem compared to the earlier…
Desktop PC CPU shipments plunged more than expected during the first quarter of 2026, and darker clouds loom on the horizon.
In total, the total number of X86 processors sold into the PC market — mobile, PC, server, IoT — only fell about 6 percent from a year ago, a report issued Wednesday by Mercury Research found. However, Mercury noted that fourth-quarter sales had already weakened, and that…
The US government has awarded IBM $1 billion to help establish the first purpose-built quantum chip fabrication unit in the US. The Trump administration’s investment is being matched by IBM itself and will result in the establishment of a new company called Anderon. The new business will build its factory in Albany, New York.
IBM has pioneered quantum computing for decades. “Our work in silicon…
Desktop processors are among the few hardware components that are sold both in elaborate individual packaging (boxed) and in a plain cardboard box or plastic tray.
Tray CPUs are mass-produced goods that retailers and computer manufacturers purchase in large quantities at a volume discount. The packaging for CPUs usually holds 21 units per tray and can also be stored in a space-saving…
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A report released by Bloomberg on Tuesday states that Apple is in “exploratory talks” with Intel and Samsung to produce chips in the U.S. However, the talks have yet to result in an actual deal between the companies, and the possibility remains that Apple may decide to abandon the idea.
Last December, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported that Intel could serve as a secondary chip supplier to…
Desktop-Prozessoren gehören zu den seltenen Hardware-Komponenten, die sowohl in einer aufwendigen Einzelverpackung (Boxed) als auch in einer schnöden Pappbox oder Plastikhülle (Tray) verkauft werden.
Tray-CPUs sind Massenware, die Händler und Computerhersteller in größeren Stückzahlen mit einem Mengenrabatt einkaufen. Die Verpackungsgröße bei CPUs umfasst meist 21 Stück pro Träger und lässt sich…
“Everyday productivity.” “Value-orientated computing.” “Right-sized performance.” All of these are terms Intel is using to describe the Intel Core Series 3, Intel’s response to budget CPUs that are appearing in laptops like the Apple MacBook Neo.
Intel unexpectedly launched the Core Series 3, based on its excellent “Panther Lake” (Core Ultra Series 3) architecture and 18A manufacturing, for…
If you’re trying to build a PC in 2026, I feel bad for you, son. I’ve got 99 problems… and most of them tie back to the same “AI” bubble that’s making computers ridiculously expensive. Though some older parts are also going up in price, many are falling back on AMD’s perennial AM4 platform with cheaper processors, motherboards, and DDR4 RAM.
In a normal PC market, a manufacturer might celebrate…
Spannende Informationen zu Intels nächster Desktop-CPU-Generation, Codename Nova Lake, sind durchgesickert. Es sieht so aus, als würde uns ein richtig rechenstarkes Arbeitstier erwarten. Zudem soll Thunderbolt 5 sein Debüt mit Nova Lake feiern.
In den letzten Tagen scheinen sowohl WCCFtech als auch VideoCardz unabhängig voneinander Details zu Intels nächster Desktop-CPU erhalten zu haben, deren…
Intel’s next-generation desktop CPU, Nova Lake, has leaked — and boy, does it look like a workhorse, including what (fingers crossed!) looks like the debut of Thunderbolt 5 on the desktop.
Within the last few days, both WCCFtech as well as VideoCardz appear to have independently received details of Intel’s next desktop CPU, which Intel scheduled for the end of 2026 a year ago. That schedule…
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Over the past several weeks, you’ve probably heard the term “binned” when referring to the chips inside the iPhone 17e and MacBook Neo. But what does it mean? In simple terms, “binning” is the process of taking one whole group of something and separating it out by characteristics to be sold or used differently.
Its origins trace back to agriculture, where a single crop yield would be…
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Over the past several weeks, you’ve probably heard the term “binned” when referring to the chips inside the iPhone 17e and MacBook Neo. But what does it mean? In simple terms, “binning” is the process of taking one whole group of something and separating it out by characteristics to be sold or used differently.
Its origins trace back to agriculture, where a single crop yield would be…
RAM, storage, graphics cards. All of them are getting harder to find, and, of course, more expensive as the “AI” bubble gobbles up manufacturing capacity. According to a new industry report, processors are next in line. Lead times for CPUs are now stretching out to multiple months, making it harder for manufacturers to finish and sell consumer PCs.
Processors are incredibly expensive to produce…
A popular benchmark tool, Geekbench, says it will issue a warning when Intel’s new “Arrow Lake Refresh” desktop chips enable Intel’s new IBOT feature. Why? Because the benchmark vendor can’t be sure that scores reported with it can be considered trustworthy.
Intel’s new Core Ultra 200S Plus desktop processors (also known as the Arrow Lake Refresh generation) aren’t too different than their 2024…
The architect of many modern smartphones and some PCs, Arm Ltd., just put on a hard hat and picked up a hammer and a nail.
Arm, whose intellectual property formed the blueprints of smartphones designed by Apple, Qualcomm, and Samsung, said Tuesday afternoon that it has entered the chip market with help from Meta. However, its first effort will target the data center, rather than the PC or…
Is AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 on the cusp of launch? Numerous leaks have indicated that AMD’s Ryzen 9000X3D successor for desktop PCs should debut “soon,” but leaks have been saying that since last year.
The most recent leak is an actual ASRock press release, indicating that the company’s existing motherboards support the new Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. The problem, of course, is that AMD has yet to launch…
AMD’s Ryzen AI Pro 400 chip will be offered as a desktop processor, giving users another option for a low-power, efficient desktop or mini PC. But AMD is marketing both its desktop and mobile Ryzen AI 400s under its Pro brand for businesses, apparently conceding that consumers will pass them by.
Well, maybe that’s not entirely true. There’s nothing stopping a consumer buying one of the estimated…
If your Intel processor requires a warranty return or support, the first “person” you’ll probably be dealing with at Intel will be an AI.
Intel is rolling out “Ask Intel,” an addition to its Intel support site, that runs on Microsoft Copilot rather than on human intervention. Ask Intel will appear as part of support.intel.com, Intel sales executive Boji Tony announced on a LinkedIn post last…
Shipments of x86 processors dropped from the third to the fourth quarter of 2025, as Intel’s supply constraints reined in PC processor shipments and helped AMD, especially in the mobile market.
AMD itself released some of the shipment estimates from Mercury Research on Wednesday, but the research firm added additional details on Thursday, including Intel’s market share. It also confirmed that…
AMD said Wednesday that it continued to gain substantial increases in both desktop and mobile market share, owing to the success of its Ryzen CPUs.
Citing figures from Mercury Research, AMD said that its desktop unit market share grew about 10 points from a year ago, from 26.9 percent to 36.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025. In mobile, the gains were less pronounced but still significant,…
The first laptops with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite chip inside will begin rolling out in February and March, according to a new video featuring more tests of Qualcomm’s upcoming chip — some in which it even beats the Apple M5.
The video, released over the weekend by Hardware Canucks, also includes a handful of gaming benchmarks. Those don’t quite position the X2 Elite as a gaming processor,…