Category: CPUs and Processors

I’ve reviewed lots of laptops powered by Intel CPUs over the last year, and I’ve had gripes. The Core Ultra Series 2 generation was a branding mess with its mix of Lunar…

AMD’s push into socketed desktop PCs that use the Ryzen AI 400 may yield an extraordinary bonus: the ability to buy a mobile Ryzen processor at a retailer like Newegg, install it,…

AMD may own the handheld PC gaming market, but Intel has plans to steal it back with its Core Ultra Series 3 chip, or Panther Lake. Intel plans to launch a version…

With the Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” laptop chips, Intel says it’s largely eliminating the “alphabet soup” of obtuse product suffixes that only nerds truly enjoyed — with one twist. Now,…

AMD is using CES 2026 as a launch vehicle to add several of its popular Ryzen AI Max+ and Ryzen 9000 X3D processors to its stack, but the real story might be…

AMD is launching the Ryzen AI 400 at CES 2026 as the next chip in the company’s CPU roadmap, with what appears to be a similar goal as the current Ryzen AI…

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Plus processor has the same goal as its predecessor: to provide a slightly stripped-down, leaner alternative processor for midrange Windows on Arm laptops. But there’s a slight difference. While…

When you think of overclockers, you probably imagine some obsessive tech nerd coming up with an elaborate contraption to boost CPU or graphics card speed. And that’s absolutely true… but sometimes said…

AMD’s roadmap marches on: the company confirmed the presence of its next-generation Zen 7 architecture, its “Gorgon” and “Medusa” 2026 and 2027 processors, and talked briefly about the company’s next-generation PC graphics…

If you’ve been tracking AMD’s market share in the PC CPU market, you know that it’s continually climbed over the past year or so. Chief executive Dr. Lisa Su told Wall Street…