Shopping for a new laptop can be a confusing experience. I find the best place to start is with size. Do you want a featherlight ultraportable or a larger model that has a bigger screen but is more of ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. AMD made its high-end Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series "Shimada Peak" CPUs official today at Computex 2025, maxing out at a holy-crap 96 cores and 192 ...

What just happened? AMD has unveiled its Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series "Shimada Peak" processors, featuring up to 96 Zen 5 cores and 192 threads. Targeted at the workstation and high-end desktop ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. AMD's next-gen Zen 6 processors are rumored to feature 12-core, 24-thread Zen 6 chiplet that means with dual-chiplet CPU designs we'll see 24 cores and 48 ...

For creators and power users, few CPUs come close to the performance offered by the AMD Ryzen Threadripper line. The new AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series—most notably the 9980X and 9970X—brings the ...

After a controversial launch on the desktop, Intel is debuting its Arrow Lake processor for laptops here at CES 2025, hoping that the chip’s emphasis on low power has a more welcome reception. It’s ...

For as long as I’ve been building PCs, there’s been one number that always gets enthusiasts buzzing – core count. In most cases, every leap forward in desktop processors has been measured in how many ...

Just as we thought the number of cores in your average gaming CPU had hit a plateau, it looks as though next-generation Intel Core and AMD Ryzen desktop CPUs could feature many more cores than the ...

There's Intel and AMD on the x86 side, with Apple and Qualcomm making Arm-based processors on the other. We break down the advantages and drawbacks of each to help you pick the right chip for your ...

Now, compare that with one of AMD's more popular laptop CPUs, the Ryzen AI 7 350. Like the Core Ultra 258V, it's an eight-core chip, but AMD doesn't use a mix of performance and efficient cores -- ...