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It looks like there will be no new Intel desktop CPUs until 2026 now that next-gen Nova Lake is officially a 2026 product
By Jeremy Laird published
News Intel might give Arrow Lake a polish in the meantime, but that'll be it.

Intel says next-gen Panther Lake laptop chips on its new 18A silicon are still on track for later this year but things are more complicated on the desktop
By Jeremy Laird published
News Intel's next-gen desktop CPU Nova Lake won't be pure 18A, it seems... but at least it'll have some 18A compute.

Arrow Lake's had three months of Windows and BIOS updates to fix its performance, and my testing shows in some games, it's worse
By Nick Evanson published
Wayward arrow I thought fixes were supposed to improve things.

Intel's next-gen desktop CPU Nova Lake allegedly spotted and can't come soon enough
By Jeremy Laird published
news Successor to the underwhelming Arrow Lake CPU spotted.

AMD says it took four goes to get its new Strix Halo uber APU right and that included designing new CPU dies that 'put Threadripper in the palm of your hands'
By Jeremy Laird published
News It's not just a couple of Zen 5 CCDs thrown together with a new GPU die.

Core i9 14900KF CPU hits a world record 9.12 GHz and proves Intel chips are still good at something
By Jeremy Laird published
News Or an untimely reminder that Intel's new Arrow Lake chips are still second best?

If you're a content creator and gamer looking for a CPU upgrade, this Ryzen 9 9900X deal will get you $90 off
By James Bentley published
Deal This is a much more fitting price.

AMD accuses Intel's Arrow Lake of being a 'horrible' product and implies a lack of options for consumers has caused the Ryzen 7 9800X3D shortage
By James Bentley published
News AMD is taking its victory lap a little early.
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