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Huawei brings sanctions-busting Kirin 9000C CPU to desktop PCs to replace banned Intel Alder Lake chips
By Aaron Klotz published
Huawei has announced a brand new pre-built OEM machine featuring China silicon. The latest change results from U.S. regulations preventing Huawei from using Intel hardware.
Grab the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D CPU for just $209 at Amazon
By Ash Hill published
Today at Amazon, you can find the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D CPU for $209 instead of its going rate of around $249.
Three-year-old CPU beats Intel's fastest current chip in RAM benchmark
By Zhiye Liu published
Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch sets a new PyPrime 32B world record with a Core i9-11900K overclocked to 7 GHz and DDR4-3914 memory.
Ampere announces 256-core 3nm CPU, unveils partnership with Qualcomm
By Anton Shilov published
Ampere plans to launch 256-core AmpereOne processors at 3nm next year.
12-core AMD Strix Point Zen 5 engineering sample shows up in early Blender benchmarks
By Jeff Butts published
Blender benchmarks of the upcoming mobile processor are interesting to read, but don't provide the context necessary to get too excited (or disappointed.)
Liquid nitrogen-cooled M4 iPad Pro flaunts remarkable single-core performance gains
By Zhiye Liu published
Hardware enthusiast team Geekerwan cools Apple's latest M4 iPad Pro with liquid nitrogen.
Intel's newest E-core-only "Twin Lake" CPUs are on the way, starting with Intel N250
By Christopher Harper published
The low-power quad core Intel N100 gets a successor.
The best CPU for budget gaming builds, AMD's Ryzen 7 5700X3D drops to an all-time low price of $209
By Stewart Bendle published
The cost of this amazing value gaming CPU has dropped even further to a new lowest-ever price of $209 on Amazon.
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