Category: CPUs and Processors

Deep within your computer is a blueprint that specifies a certain “language” of machine instructions it can understand and execute. This blueprint (called the “instruction set architecture”) sits between your computer’s software…

No doubt about it, AMD had a very good year. Our recap of AMD’s highs, lows, and head-scratching moments of 2024 doesn’t reveal too many mistakes. At times, Intel stumbled through 2024…

The good news for Intel? 2024’s almost over. Our collection of the highs and lows of Intel’s 2024 will have you reaching for the brandy. They weren’t good. I mean, aside from…

Want to go down a tech rabbit hole that’ll leave you utterly confused? Try understanding what processor you’re getting in a Windows laptop. In their zeal to push AI as a selling…

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D is the new hotness around the gaming PC picnic table. The CPU is so in demand and hard to find that it’s going for hundreds of dollars over…

Intel’s latest “Arrow Lake” processor wasn’t up to snuff. On Friday, a key executive promised to outline went wrong, and to fix it. On a podcast with Hot Hardware, Intel vice president…

AMD’s desktop CPU market share jumped nearly 10 percent in the last year, an analyst reported Thursday, on the heels of AMD’s strong rollout of its latest desktop gaming CPU. But overall…

Intel’s issues with 13th- and 14th-gen CPU crashes are well-documented at this point. To make a long story short: High-end chips have been crashing and failing with apparently irreversible damage, and Intel…

When the first Ryzen 9000X chips launched, received tepid reviews, and then proceeded to stick around on retailer shelves even with immediate discounts, a lot of us thought buyers might be holding…