AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D possible launch date tips up
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October 25th announcement with availability in early November

The latest rumor coming from Chinese forums have revealed a possible announcement and availability date for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU. The announcement could happen on October 25th, with availability in early November.

Intel officially launches Core Ultra 200S “Arrow Lake” desktop CPUs
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Five SKUs, all available for pre-order

Intel has officially launched the new Core Ultra 200S "Arrow Lake" desktop CPUs, with five SKUs that are now available for pre-order and will ship out on October 24th. The new Arrow Lake architecture brings Lion Cove P-cores, Skymont E-cores, Xe-LPG GPU, and NPU3, all neatly stacked in tiles. In addition, Intel's Z890 motherboards are also launched and these are available as well.

China’s x86 CPU a long way behind US
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8-core Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-7000 processor close but no cigar

Chinese tech magazine PC Watch has acquired the 8-core Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-7000 processor, China’s latest entry into the x86 CPU market.

Samsung starts mass production of PM9E1 SSD
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Claims industry's most powerful PC SSD for AI

Samsung has announced that it has started the mass production of the PM9E1, a PCIe 5.0 SSD. Based on 5nm controller and 8th Gen V-NAND, Samsung is promising industry's highest performance and largest capacity.

Project Glymur might feature two chips
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Qualcomm’s SoC family might be better than thought

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn, claiming that Qualcomm’s plans to expand upon its SoC family for Windows notebooks might mean Project Glymur is a family of two chips instead of one.