Tag: Computing Components
AMD mulls dedicated NPUs for desktop PCs – like graphics cards, but for AI tasks – and this could be excellent news for PC gamers
AMD’s head of client CPUs says it’s looking into dedicated NPU accelerators These would be the equivalent of a discrete GPU, but for AI tasks Such boards would lessen demand on higher-end GPUs, as they’d no longer be bought for AI work, as they are in some cases AMD is…
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Nvidia’s N1X consumer chip pops up in benchmark equalling core count of RTX 5070 GPU – cue excited gasps, but let’s not get carried away
Nvidia’s N1X chip has been spotted in a Geekbench result The specs show the integrated GPU has 6,144 CUDA cores That equals the RTX 5070 for pure core count, but there’s much more to factor in when it comes to performance Remember Nvidia’s rumored CPU that caused quite a buzz…
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AMD isn’t giving up on high-end GPUs – a new leak hints at a new Radeon GPU challenging Nvidia’s next-gen flagship graphics card
AMD reportedly has a high-end RDNA 5 GPU ready to challenge Nvidia’s next-gen flagship graphics card The leak shows a placeholder name for the GPU, as the ‘Radeon RX 10090 XT’ It comes after AMD’s shift away from high-end offerings this generation AMD and Nvidia‘s fierce GPU battle this generation…
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Is Intel set for a great CPU comeback? Nova Lake in 2026 could copy AMD’s playbook for a key gaming boost
Intel might be planning a big change with Nova Lake CPUs in 2026 Rumor has it that they will benefit from additional cache for faster gaming This is in a similar vein to AMD’s existing 3D V-Cache chips, like the popular 9800X3D Intel‘s Nova Lake processors – which could be…
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Firefox engineer warns Intel Raptor Lake CPUs are ‘crashing more often because of the summer heat,’ and it’s making me worry about the future of these chips
A Firefox engineer has flagged up an apparent issue with Intel Raptor Lake These CPUs are reportedly crashing more in the summer heat in Europe There’s a greater prevalence of crashes in places where temperatures have spiked due to heatwaves, and the 14700K CPU is suffering in particular Intel‘s Raptor…
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Intel CEO reportedly admits ‘it is too late for us’ to catch AI leaders like Nvidia, but here’s how it could still recover
Intel’s CEO has reportedly addressed staff members worldwide Lip-Bu Tan seemingly laid out some very frank observations and clear goals All this indicates a focus on streamlining and also breaking into the AI arena – though not to catch Nvidia directly, but with so-called edge AI Intel‘s (relatively) new CEO…
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