MSI posts record motherboard shipments
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 28 July 2025 10:39

MSI posts record motherboard shipments


Eyes AI server push and US expansion

MSI has smashed past the 10 million mark in motherboard shipments for the first time, closing in on rival Gigabyte and hitting a major milestone in the consumer PC space.

AMD claws back half the server CPU market while Intel stumbles
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Epyc chips fuel AMD’s stunning datacenter comeback

AMD has pulled off a massive comeback in the server CPU market, snatching half the pie from Intel in just a few quarters.

TSMC's US fabs cost Big Tech more
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Thursday, 24 July 2025 10:21

TSMC's US fabs cost Big Tech more


AMD and Nvida forced to swallow higher prices

Getting cutting-edge chips out of TSMC’s US fabs is proving far pricier than sticking with its tried-and-tested Taiwan plants, but big tech doesn’t have much choice right now.

AMD's triple-slot RX 7000 cooler leaks
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Wednesday, 23 July 2025 11:17

AMD's triple-slot RX 7000 cooler leaks


Three 8-pins, three slots, and three years too late

Sometimes cancelled products often reveal more than those that launch. A leaked Radeon RX 7000-series cooler, unknowingly bought on a Chinese marketplace, has dwarfed an RX 7900 XTX when compared.

AMD’s RDNA 5 “UDNA” takes on the high-end again
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Navi 5X aims to undo the damage RDNA 4 did to AMD’s reputation

It looks like AMD has remembered it used to compete in the high-end GPU space and will reintroduce a proper halo-tier card after RDNA 4 meekly surrendered the enthusiast market to Nvidia.

Sixunited gives AMD’s Strix Halo ‘Ryzen AI MAX’ to DIY PC builders
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Thin Mini-ITX MoDT board crams in a laptop-class monster APU

Chinese PC maker Sixunited has just released a new toy for tinkerers. It is a Thin Mini-ITX motherboard packed with AMD’s Strix Halo “Ryzen AI MAX” APU, a chip previously only found in laptops and mini PCs.

AMD rolls out bargain-basement Ryzen AI chip
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Entry-level CPU with copilot+ pc support

AMD has lobbed another Ryzen AI 300-series processor into the mix, and this one is squarely aimed at the budget-conscious.

Intel slashes prices on Core ultra 5 CPUs
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Arrow Lake chips get cheaper

Troubled Chipzilla is knocking down prices on its budget-tier Core Ultra 5 processors, with the Ultra 5 225 and Ultra 5 225F seeing hefty discounts across US and EU retailers.

Intel's 18A process creeps forward
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Thursday, 17 July 2025 11:28

Intel's 18A process creeps forward


Rumoured to be 55 per cent

Analysts at KeyBanc reckon Intel’s 18A yields have inched up to 55 per cent which is a modest five per cent improvement quarter-on-quarter.

AMD sneaks out ultra-low-power Zen 5 chip for entry-level laptops
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Release the krackan Point 2

AMD has launched the Ryzen AI 5 330, the first chip in its new Krackan Point 2 family, aimed at ultra-efficient entry-level laptops and mini PCs.