As David Patterson observed in 1980, “A RISC potentially gains in speed merely from a simpler design.” Patterson’s principle of simplicity underpins a new alternative to speculation: A deterministic, ...

Ubuntu's new "architecture variants" let you download packages optimized for x86-64-v2 or v3 chips, etc. This brings a slight (like 1%) performance boost for some apps. Ubuntu 25.10 includes an early ...

The processor underdog seeks an AI moment while making steady progress in automotive, embedded, and networking verticals.

The collaboration between AMD and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) ...

AMD is on a mission: replace its proprietary AGESA firmware for its Ryzen and EPYC processors with openSIL, which stands for ...

Jensen Huang unveils a new interconnect that links quantum processors with Nvidia’s AI supercomputers to get the most out of ...

A CPU collector/enthusiast has taken the top off of an Intel 4004 processor and taken pictures of the chip's insides, showing ...

The Am9080 arrived in mass production in 1975 as AMD's version of Intel's 8080 – an instruction-set-compatible implementation built on AMD's own n-channel MOS process rather ...

The HP Zbook Ultra G1a is a classy mobile workstation, featuring a large display, a robust design, and plenty of graphics ...

Next, open Task Manager and go to the Performance tab. Here, you can find the number of cores and threads your CPU has. For example, if you are using an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor, it has 8 ...

OpenAI, Broadcom to deploy 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips Roll out to begin in second half of 2026 OpenAI's custom AI chip racks to use Broadcom networking gear Move follows OpenAI's chip deals with ...

Intel is touting a 50% gain in CPU and GPU performance, alongside a big jump in efficiency and an NPU ready for on-device AI ...