CPUs
Qualcomm this morning is taking the wraps off of a new smartphone SoC for the mid-range market, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. The second of Qualcomm’s down-market ‘S’ tier Snapdragon 7 parts, the 7s series is functionally the entry-level tier for the Snapdragon 7 family – and really, most Qualcomm-powered handsets in North America. With three tiers of Snapdragon 7 chips, the 7s can easily be lost in the noise that comes with more powerful chips. But the latest iteration of the 7s is a bit more interesting than usual, as rather than reusing an existing die, Qualcomm has seemingly minted a whole new die for this part. As a result, the company has upgraded the 7s family to use Arm’s current Armv9 CPU cores...
Retailers Begin to Sell Pre-Binned AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs
For many PC enthusiasts, overclocking means a lot of fun, both in terms of process and the end result. To a large degree overclocking is a lottery that is...
40 by Anton Shilov on 8/14/2019
The Biostar A10N-8800E Motherboard Review: Carrizo in 2019?!
The Biostar A10N-8800 motherboard is a mini-ITX SoC option with an integrated AMD FX-8800P processor. Also featured is support for up to 32 GB of DDR4-2133 memory, a single...
75 by Dr. Ian Cutress & Gavin Bonshor on 8/14/2019
AMD Rome Second Generation EPYC Review: 2x 64-core Benchmarked
If you examine the CPU industry and ask where the big money is, you have to look at the server and datacenter market. Ever since the Opteron days, AMD's...
184 by Johan De Gelas on 8/7/2019
The AMD 2nd Gen EPYC "Rome" Launch Live Blog
The second – and arguably largest – shoe in the Zen 2 launch is dropping today: AMD’s EPYC 7002-series “Rome” processor. Based on all the things that made 3rd...
30 by Ryan Smith on 8/7/2019
Rick Bergman Returns to AMD to Lead Computing & Graphics Business
AMD has announced that Rick Bergman had rejoined the company and will lead its Computing and Graphics business. Mr. Bergman’s focus will be high-performance PCs, gaming and semi-custom businesses...
39 by Anton Shilov on 8/6/2019
Intel to Offer Socketed 56-core Cooper Lake Xeon Scalable in new Socket Compatible with Ice Lake
Today Intel is announcing some of its plans for its future Xeon Scalable platform. The company has already announced that after the Cascade Lake series of processors launched this...
50 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/6/2019
The Ice Lake Benchmark Preview: Inside Intel's 10nm
Intel's new Ice Lake platform is the company's second attempt at producing a 10nm chip for the mass market, and follows on from the Cannon Lake platform. Using 'the...
261 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/1/2019
AMD Quarterly Earnings Report Q2 FY 2019
AMD announced their second quarter earnings for the 2019 fiscal year, and the company’s revenue was $1.53 billion for the quarter. This is down 13% from the same quarter...
114 by Brett Howse on 7/31/2019
AMD Releases New Chipset Drivers For Ryzen 3000: More Relaxed CPPC2 Upscaling
It’s been nearly three weeks since AMD’s launch of the new Ryzen 3000 series CPUs and our extensive coverage of the new parts. Among one of the things that...
39 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/30/2019
Honor Set to Enter TV Market with New Honghu 8K CPU
Not being shy to take some gambles, this one appears to be its biggest yet: Honor is going to be developing both TVs and display scalers for the consumer...
23 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/30/2019
Examining Intel's Ice Lake Processors: Taking a Bite of the Sunny Cove Microarchitecture
Intel has been building up this year to its eventual release of its first widely available consumer 10nm Core processor, codenamed "Ice Lake". The new SoC has an improved...
107 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/30/2019
Intel's Xeon Cascade Lake vs. NVIDIA Turing: An Analysis in AI
It seems like the new motto for Silicon Valley for the last few years has been “Data is the new oil,” and for good reason. The number of companies...
56 by Johan De Gelas on 7/29/2019
Intel Begins Commercial Shipments of 10nm Ice Lake CPUs to OEMs
Intel has begun shipments of its 10th generation Core "Ice Lake" processors as of the second quarter, according to the company in an earnings call this week. Made using...
115 by Anton Shilov on 7/26/2019
Intel Q2 FY 2019 Earnings Report: Datacenter Drop
Intel announced their earnings for the second quarter of their 2019 fiscal year. Overall, revenue dropped 3% year-over-year to $16.5 billion, with gross margins still below the 60% that...
16 by Brett Howse on 7/26/2019
Talking TDP, Turbo and Overclocking: An Interview with Intel Fellow Guy Therien
One of the most misunderstood basic technical points over the past decade is related to power consumption and how different CPUs react differently to load. The basic premise is...
53 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/25/2019
Intel’s Xeon Platinum 8284 CPU: When 300 MHz Cost $5,500
Besides Xeon processors that are officially mentioned on its website and price list, Intel has tens of ‘off roadmap’ server CPUs only available to select customers that have special...
82 by Anton Shilov on 7/18/2019
Arm Flexible Access: Design the SoC Before Spending Money
One of the critical ways in which the Arm licensing model works relates to how its customers acquires Arm’s IP, the architecture licenses, or access, along with royalty payments...
27 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/16/2019
AMD’s Eight-Core Ryzen 7 2700X Now Available for $200
As a part of Prime Day deals at Amazon, AMD’s eight-core Ryzen 7 2700X processor is now available for $199.99, which is $129 off its original MSRP. This is...
36 by Anton Shilov on 7/15/2019
Next Generation Intel Atom Tremont: Potential L3 Cache
Intel has already disclosed that it will have a next generation Atom core, code named Tremont, which is to appear in products such as the Foveros-based hybrid Lakefield, as...
67 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/15/2019
AMD Ryzen 3000 Post-Review BIOS Update Recap: Larger ST Gains, Some Gains, Some Losses
It’s been a long two weeks following our AMD-review-athon weekend, culminating 7/7 with our extensive coverage of the new Ryzen 3000 series CPUs, the new Radeon RX 5700 series...
75 by Andrei Frumusanu on 7/11/2019
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