Optimal for Thermal Grizzly direct-die cooling solutions

Thermal Grizzly, a well-known name in the overclocking and hardware enthusiast crowd, has now started to offer delidded CPUs that even come with a warranty.

Tightens the screws on Windows 11

Software King of the World, Microsoft has updated its CPU compatibility list for Windows 11 24H2, officially cutting off pre-11th-generation Intel processors for OEMs building new PCs. 

First time since 2004

For the first time since 2004, global benchmarking data from PassMark has shown a decline in average CPU performance, with laptop processors experiencing a 3.4 per cent drop year-on-year.

New CEO pledges protection

Despite rumours that Intel was going to abandon its GPU plans, it appears Chipzilla is going to stick with them.

 
Oryon 2 will skip PCs

Qualcomm has provided insights into the third generation of its Oryon CPU cores. It appears that Oryon 2 will skip PCs and be exclusively used in the Snapdragon 8 Elite chips.

Taking on Intel and AMD

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that Nvidia is building a CPU for consumer PCs, marking a step into territory dominated by AMD and Chipzilla.

Loses in EPYC battle

Intel has lost its crown as the elite data centre CPU market leader.

Theoretical attacks

The IT industry’s Mr Sweary Linus Torvalds is finding himself vexed by hardware vendors with poor security and the plethora of actual and theoretical attacks.

Ryzen 5 5600XT and 5600T CPUs

AMD's aging AM4 platform is set to receive a couple of new updates, including the Ryzen 5 5600XT and Ryzen 5 5600T CPUs.

Additional LPE cores for all SKUs

An Intel leak has tipped up showing a complete spec sheet of Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200H processors.