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ASRock has confirmed that its existing consumer LGA1700 motherboards—including popular Z790 models—will not receive BIOS ...

Raptor Lake carbon-copy or just wonky BIOS settings?

AheadComputing Inc., a company pioneering breakthrough central processing unit microarchitecture to deliver next generation ...

CISPA researchers have published technical details on “StackWarp,” a vulnerability that undermines integrity guarantees for ...

StackWarp is a hardware flaw affecting AMD Zen 1–5 CPUs that allows privileged hosts to execute code inside SEV-SNP ...

Continuing his reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087, [Ken Shirriff] covers the conditional tests that are implemented in the microcode of this floating point processing unit (FPU). This microcode ...

It’s been more than four years since we reviewed Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs, and the chipmaker has confirmed the End-of-Life (EOL) process for the generation. As it is, the ...

If your PC doesn’t deliver the desired performance in a particular game, it’s usually—but not always—due to two limiting factors. Either your processor (CPU) or your graphics card (GPU) is ...

In one of the least well-kept secrets of recent PC tech times, today marks the official unveiling of what is effectively a nailed-on guarantee of being the new fastest gaming CPU in the world, the AMD ...

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is already the best gaming processor out right now, but AMD is following up with a mid-generation refresh at CES 2026, with the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. This new gaming processor is ...

The 9850X3D has higher boost clocks that should improve frame rates in many esports titles. The 9850X3D has higher boost clocks that should improve frame rates in many esports titles. is a senior ...