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Next-gen Snapdragon X2 chip rumoured to pack 18 cores and a new CPU architecture, but we're still waiting for gaming to really be a goer on the original Snapdragon X
By Jeremy Laird published
news A new chip is all very well, but how about making the first one work properly.

Broadcom and Nvidia are claimed to be testing manufacturing on Intel's 18A process node, and even AMD is reportedly interested
By Nick Evanson published
news Intel 18A is said to be as good as forthcoming TSMC N2.

Nvidia's long-awaited Arm-based chip for PCs reportedly spotted running Geekbench very badly
By Jeremy Laird published
news The numbers looks horrible but it doesn't mean much, for now.

AMD's 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X is the cheapest it's ever been, apart from yesterday, when it was four cents cheaper
By Nick Evanson published
Deal I mean, really? Was there any need to bump up the price by four little pennies?

Reddit reports of 9800X3D CPUs dying in ASRock motherboards are racking up fast, but a new BIOS update seemingly only addresses boot problems
By Jeremy Laird published
News There's surely more to come from this story...

One eager beaver PC builder has decided it can't wait any longer and has spilt the beans on AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D mega chip, two weeks before all the reviews
By Nick Evanson published
news And the results are entirely unsurprising.

Newsflash: Intel's all-important 18A node is officially 'ready' but what exactly happened to the 'five nodes in four years' thing?
By Jeremy Laird published
News Ready for customers, but what about the PC?

'This is not unlocking shareholder value, it's a fire sale': Jim Keller weighs in on a possible 'careless' Intel chip and fab spin-off
By Jacob Fox published
News Can Intel be made great again?
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