Budget 6-core/12-thread Zen 4 CPU with 64MB of 3D V-Cache for $269

AMD has finally made the new Ryzen 5 7500X3D official by listing its full specifications and its own benchmark results. This budget-oriented Zen 4-based 6-core/12-thread SKU with 64MB of 3D V-Cache will launch at $269.

Blame AI

Reports from China suggest that Troubled Chipzilla and AMD have hiked CPU prices across multiple product lines this month, catching retailers and distributors flat-footed.

Pure Rock Slim 3 CPU cooler as well

be quiet! kicked off this day with a double announcement of the new Dark Power 14 PSU series and the new Pure Rock Slim 3 CPU cooler. The Dark Power 14 PSU series will be coming in 850W, 1,000W, and 1,200W versions with 80 Plus Titanium rating, while the Pure Rock Slim 3 CPU cooler continues the legacy of the Pure Rock Slim series with a compact design suitable for compact systems.

Coming in 240 and 360 mm versions and two popular color options

Montech has announced its new LightFlow ARGB AIO liquid CPU cooler that will be available in 240 and 360 mm sizes and black and white finishes. Interestingly, it will go on sale at $64 and $70 for 240 mm and 360 mm versions.

Another AM4 chip

It appears that the Ryzen 5 5600F is not the only new AM4 CPU that could be coming from AMD, as yet another has been spotted in China, a quad-core Ryzen 3 5100.

Panic buying boosts shipments 

Thanks to tariff jitters in the second quarter, CPU shipments jumped 7.9 per cent quarter-on-quarter, with Client CPU sales leaping from nearly 62 million units in the first quarter to just over 67 million.

Ancient Family 6 gets binned 

Intel is finally ditching its ancient Family 6 CPU designation after more than two decades of clinging to it like a legacy BIOS.

Epyc chips fuel AMD’s stunning datacenter comeback

AMD has pulled off a massive comeback in the server CPU market, snatching half the pie from Intel in just a few quarters.

Valve survey shows open-source crowd still keen on Deck-powered setups

Valve's latest Steam survey dropped a bit later than usual, but the Linux numbers are finally in and while there’s a tiny dip in overall share, the AMD crowd has reason to cheer.

Startup dares to outgun Chipzilla with RISC-V tech

A group of former top Chipzilla engineers have ditched the corporate safety net to build what they claim will be "the biggest, baddest CPU in the world."