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• Anthropic Reportedly Wants to Make Its Own AI Chips for Claude

  Anthropic tells Business Insider it will 'co-design' the hardware and models.

  1 month By Jon Martindale
• Here's How AMD Zen 6 Could Help Eliminate Gaming Frame Rate Stutters

  Maximizing core performance could ensure that the ones being used get the full power budget.

  1 month By Jon Martindale
• When Will It End?! Qualcomm Price Hike Confirmed, May Drive Gadgets Higher

  New processor pricing changes will likely impact smartphones, wearables, laptops, and more.

  1 month, 1 week By James Peckham
• AMD Spills Details on Next-Gen Epyc CPUs

  AMD is splitting Zen 6 Epyc into four classes: Venice SP7, Venice SP8, Venice-X, and Verano. These high-powered Zen 6 CPUs offer different core count configurations and power limits.

  1 month, 1 week By Jon Martindale
• Geekbench 7 Is Here to Improve Benchmarking for Your Favorite Gadgets

  The go-to testing tool for performance statistics is being overhauled for the first time in three years with improved multi-core benchmark testing.

  1 month, 1 week By James Peckham
• AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs. Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus: The Winner of This CPU Face-Off Shocked Me

  AMD's flagship 3D V-Cache desktop processor is still the current PC-gaming champ, but Intel's surprisingly affordable challenger mixes up the whole buying equation.

  1 month, 2 weeks By Michael Justin Allen Sexton
• AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs. Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus: AMD Wins Games, Intel Wins Everything Else

  One CPU tops the gaming charts. The other crushes it in productivity, integrated graphics, and overall value. Here's why Intel's Core Ultra 5 250K Plus is the smarter buy for most PCs—and when the popular Ryzen 7 9850X3D makes sense.

  1 month, 2 weeks By Michael Justin Allen Sexton
• I Tested a New Intel 'Wildcat Lake' CPU. Should Laptop Shoppers on a Budget Get Excited?

  Intel's Wildcat Lake Core 3 Series chip family is all about low-cost laptops. The first numbers show just where it shines and struggles versus the field: Apple's A18 Pro in the MacBook Neo, Intel's own Panther Lake, and more.

  2 months By Matthew Buzzi
• I Tested 'Wildcat Lake,' Intel's New CPUs for Budget Laptops. Here's the Early Verdict

  Intel says its new Wildcat Lake Core 3 Series chip family is built for affordable laptops. My first wave of tests shows exactly where it shines and struggles—and who should consider it.

  2 months, 1 week By Matthew Buzzi
• Qualcomm Darts Into the Data Center Business With Dragonfly

  CEO Cristiano Amon says the company is moving to become a 'full-stack player,' which includes partnerships with Microsoft, Meta, and AI-software firm Hugging Face.

  2 months, 1 week By Rob Pegoraro
• Intel Arc G3 Extreme Tested: This Is the PC Gaming Handheld Chip to Beat

  With its "Panther Lake" Xe graphics cores, Intel's new G3 Series processors are purpose-built for PC gaming handhelds. I tested the flagship G3 Extreme chip inside MSI's spendy Claw 8 EX AI+. What type of frame rates can you expect?

  2 months, 2 weeks By Matthew Buzzi
• AMD to Revive Memory Encryption Protections on Non-Pro Ryzen CPUs

  'We will reinstate this option in an upcoming BIOS release in July,' AMD says.

  2 months, 2 weeks By Jon Martindale
• The Best CPUs for 2026

  Whether you're upgrading your desktop PC or building a new one, choosing the right processor is the most crucial and complex choice you will make. Let's simplify it! Here's how to make sense of AMD's and Intel's lines, backed by dozens of our deep-dive reviews.

  2 months, 2 weeks By Michael Justin Allen Sexton, John Burek
• Intel May Launch Another Raptor Lake 'Next' Refresh in 2027

  Considering DDR5 pricing, this could be surprisingly welcome news.

  2 months, 3 weeks By Jon Martindale
• AMD: Our Next Server Chips Will Trounce Nvidia's Vera

  AMD claims the per-rack performance of its new chips could be more than three times higher than Vera's. This just gets me more excited for Zen 6 consumer chips.

  2 months, 3 weeks By Jon Martindale