Intel quietly confirms Raptor Lake Next CPUs through internal driver publication

An internal driver and a shipping manifest reveal that Intel’s desktop Raptor Lake Next parts may be on the way right now.

Leaked 256-core Zen 6c EPYC CPU destroys Zen 5 in early single-threaded benchmarks hints at 24% IPC gain
Leaked 256-core Zen 6c EPYC CPU destroys Zen 5 in early single-threaded benchmarks hints at 24% IPC gain

A benchmark leak and a direct clock-matched comparison from an enthusiast seed the idea that Zen 6 may come with a decent IPC bump as well as increased clocks.

AMD CEO Lisa Su proposed bringing back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, set plan in motion before DDR5 shortages
AMD CEO Lisa Su proposed bringing back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, set plan in motion before DDR5 shortages

AMD Director Travis Kirsch confirmed the rationale for relaunching the first X3D chip and explained why the company no longer offers many Ryzen 3 SKUs.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500F review: Vermeer rides again for budget gaming PCs
AMD Ryzen 5 5500F review: Vermeer rides again for budget gaming PCs

After years with the Cezanne-based 5500, AMD has finally updated its $100 CPU to the 5500F in the Vermeer family, adding a 200 MHz boost in clock speed and a PCIe 4.0 upgrade.

AMD and Intel will work together to create a single PyTorch code path for AI inference on CPUs
AMD and Intel will work together to create a single PyTorch code path for AI inference on CPUs

AMD and Intel are working together to bring CPU inference optimizations for PyTorch under the unified oneDNN library.

Mysterious AMD Zen 6 APU with 24GB of LPDDR5 memory appears in benchmarks — chip may be for next-gen Steam Deck or gaming handhelds
Mysterious AMD Zen 6 APU with 24GB of LPDDR5 memory appears in benchmarks — chip may be for next-gen Steam Deck or gaming handhelds

The engineering sample features six CPU cores, 24GB of LPDDR5 memory running at 9,600 MT/s, and an integrated GPU clocked at 2.4 GHz, although its connection to a future Steam Deck remains unconfirmed.

Mysterious AMD Zen 6 APU with 24GB of LPDDR5 memory appears in benchmarks
Mysterious AMD Zen 6 APU with 24GB of LPDDR5 memory appears in benchmarks

The engineering sample features six CPU cores, 24GB of LPDDR5 memory running at 9,600 MT/s, and an integrated GPU clocked at 2.4 GHz, although its connection to a future Steam Deck remains unconfirmed.

Modal taps Nvidia Vera CPUs after firm’s internal tests show 2x throughput over Intel and AMD chips
Modal taps Nvidia Vera CPUs after firm’s internal tests show 2x throughput over Intel and AMD chips

Nvidia’s Vera CPU delivers twice the performance of Intel and AMD chips in AI agent workloads, Modal claims.

Arm says its AGI CPU delivers nearly 2X the performance per rack of AMD EPYC 9755 in new agentic AI CPU tests

Arm claims its AGI CPU delivers nearly 2X the modeled rack performance of AMD’s EPYC 9755 across seven agentic AI workloads, using a new evaluation methodology developed with Fujitsu, Meta, and OpenAI

Qualcomm wins architecture breach verdict against Arm but gets just $2

A federal jury sides with Arm on select issues, rules in favor of Qualcomm in other cases. The legal battle set to continue.