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Elon Musk claims Tesla could build a silicon foundry and make its own chips, but says 'I sure hope we don’t have to'
By Nick Evanson published
news Oh, just do it Elon. I'm sure you'd make more money from it than you have from Twitter.
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AMD's new budget APU with the graphics switched off gives you less cache for less cash
By Jeremy Laird published
News So, it's a CPU then, just a bit slower.
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One of the biggest CS2 tournaments in the world has completely switched over to AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D chips 'to ensure a smooth esports experience'
By Dave James published
news The first Counter-Strike 2 Major is getting big system upgrade ahead of its kick-off this month.
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Intel is still top dog: ships 3x more CPUs than AMD and Apple combined
By Andy Edser published
News Intel continues to dominate the CPU market, despite AMD and Apple's best efforts.
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Intel's new Core i9 14900KS CPU cracks 9.1GHz but still isn't remotely relevant
By Jeremy Laird published
News It's the end of an era for Intel. Hopefully.
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Demand for AMD CPUs surges as crypto mining rises from the ashes
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Mining some coins became profitable again.
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Intel's chief financial officer admits the company is 'heavier than we want to be in terms of external wafer manufacturing'
By Nick Evanson published
news Intel's outsourcing more silicon manufacturing that it would want, but the customer-competitor relationship with TSMC will continue in the future.
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Intel's Pat Gelsinger will deliver a keynote at Computex 2024 introducing 'next-generation client computing products', so maybe we'll finally get an official look at Arrow Lake
By Andy Edser published
news News of the next-generation Intel desktop chips has been relatively quiet of late, but here's hoping we might finally get a proper look at some shiny new silicon.
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