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Intel Expected to Reveal Only the Panther Lake Architecture on October 9
Recent rumors suggest that Intel will unveil Panther Lake on October 9, the date when the information embargo from the Intel Tech Tour 2025 will be lifted. However, as often happens with leaks, these remain just rumors. According to the well-known leaker Golden Pig Upgrade, there is now more reason…
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Class Action Lawsuit Launched Against AMD Over Bulldozer Core Count
AMD is set to face legal action over claims that it falsely advertised one of its previous generation CPU architectures. The Bulldozer CPU had a mixed response when released, due in part to its unique design which hampered the chip’s competition against Intel’s equivalent processor. Now, according to Legal Wire,…
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AMD Patch Reveals Highly Competitive Zen Architecture Details
All hopes at AMD are pinned on their new Zen CPU architecture performing well against Intel’s currently superior lineup. While we have seen some leaked block diagrams and claims of 40% IPC improvement come out, other details have been scant. We now have a patch that details pretty much what…
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Intel Skylake μArch Analysis from IDF 2015
Despite launching the i7 6700K and i5 6600K based off the Skylake μArch earlier this month, Intel has kept the wraps on the μArch till IDF [Intel Developer Forum] 2015 today. We finally know what improvement and tweaks Intel has done to make Skylake a tad bit faster than Haswell. While Intel…
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Intel Unlocked Skylake Launch Date Revealed
Hardwareluxx is reporting that Intel will be releasing its first Skylake processors sometime between August 6th and 9th. Intel is timing the release of the i7-6700K and i5-6600K to be in line with Gamescom which also falls on the previously mentioned dates. As unlocked processors, both the 6700K and the…
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Russia Debuts Homegrown x86 Compatible CPU
In pursuit of independence from American chip makers Intel and AMD, Russia has started selling computers equipped with the Elbrus-4C. Also known as the Elbrus-4S, the chip was announced just about a year ago and started production in late 2014. It’s made by MCST, also known as the Moscow Center for SPARC…
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AMD Challenges Intel with Zen Cores Featuring 40% IPC Boost
While AMD’s Financial Analyst Day has not quite yielded the announcements we were hoping for, a critical new CPU architecture has been confirmed. Called Zen, this new CPU architecture will debut in 2016’s high-end FX platform. Featuring Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) for the first time Zen will be a much more…
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Full AMD CPU Roadmap Leaks
AMD is either orchestrating a hype campaign or they really can’t keep their secrets. This time around, the CPU roadmaps for both desktop and mobility have been leaked out to 2016. These roadmaps clarify a number of rumors and leaks over the past while as well lay out AMD’s long-term…
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More AMD Zen Slides Leak Ahead of Financial Analyst Day
AMD has been leaking slides like a sieve before their 2015 Financial Analyst Day. This latest slide sheds even more light on how the Zen cores, detailed earlier, will all fit together to form a CPU. With some rumours pointing to as many as 16 cores, a 4 core unit is more…
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