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Chinese chipmaker Loongson's new laptop and industrial chips have higher core counts, better GPU
Loongson has successfully taped out its eight-core 2K3000 and 3B6000M chips, designed for mobile/industrial devices, including an iGPU capable of lightweight AI acceleration.
China’s push for chip independence continues with its first RISC-V server CPU
China accelerates its shift from x86 and ARM with RiVAI’s high-performance RISC-V chip.
AMD pins Ryzen 9000 'failures' on compatibility issues — BIOS update recommended to avoid boot problems
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D issues on ASRock motherboards have been caused by a BIOS issue, which has since been rectified.
Arm aims to capture 50% of data center CPU market in 2025
Arm Holdings aims to boost its data center CPU market share from 15% to 50% by the end of 2025, betting on AI-driven servers and growing support from major cloud service providers.
Intel announces 18A process node has entered risk production
Five nodes in four years is nearly accomplished.
Some Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs are allegedly failing prematurely — over 100 cases documented based on user feedback (Update)
A Redditor has compiled a list of all user-reported Ryzen 7 9800X3D failures on Reddit.
AMD Ryzen 9000G APUs rumored to launch in Q4 for AM5 motherboards
Ryzen 9000G can potentially be the first Microsoft Copilot+ certified APUs for desktops.
