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AMD's best gaming CPU just got a clock boost

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is widely regarded as the best gaming desktop processor available today, with its 3D V-Cache providing an extra performance boost in many games and applications. Now, there's a ...
TweakTown

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D announced, the world's fastest gaming CPU levels up

At CES 2026 AMD formally announced the new Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU for PC gamers, delivering even more performance than the Ryzen ...
PC Gamer

'The CPU is the weakest link in computing'—Flow says it can boost CPU performance up to 100x with its proprietary companion chip

CPU design has been undergoing something of a shake-up recently, what with the addition of NPUs into the mix and some radical configurations and chip construction techniques to optimise them. Flow ...
PCGamesN

How to overclock your AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: Make your gaming CPU faster for free

Believe it or not, you can make AMD's latest king of the gaming CPU world even faster, and it won't even cost you any money. In this guide, we'll show you how to overclock the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, ...
TweakTown

Intel Lunar Lake CPU teased: 8-core, 8-thread at 2.8GHz boost benchmarked

The next-gen Intel Lunar Lake CPUs will be for ultra-low mobile power systems, which will succeed the current-gen Core Ultra 100U "Meteor Lake" CPUs that we've seen deployed since CES 2024 earlier ...
ExtremeTech

Upcoming AMD UEFI Update Will Improve Ryzen Boost Clocks

One ongoing question reviewers have been digging into for the past few weeks is the expected behavior of AMD 7nm Ryzen CPUs at high boost clock versus the actual, measured behavior. AMD promised to ...
PCGamesN

AMD admits Ryzen has "an issue in our firmware that reduces boost frequency"

AMD has discovered an issue in its Ryzen 3000 firmware which reduces its processors' boost frequency "in some situations." It has just now released a statement about its findings after recent ...
InfoQ

Google Cloud Introduces Startup CPU Boost for Cloud Run and Cloud Functions 2nd Gen

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...
Android Authority

Future Android phone CPUs could finally beat the iPhone

Arm is reportedly aiming to launch an Apple-beating smartphone CPU this year. The CPU is codenamed Blackhawk and will ostensibly be called the Cortex-X5. We’d expect the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 ...
Liliputing

HP Pavilion dv2 getting a dual core CPU boost

HP is bringing out two new CPU upgrade options for its Pavilion dv2 laptop. The dv2 has a 12 inch display and weighs less than 4 pounds, making it a bit bigger and heavier than most netbooks. But ...