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Nvidia gave us access to its Vera data center CPU for testing against Intel's Granite Rapids-AP and AMD's EPYC Turin.

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A two-week shutdown of Intel's Fab 28 in Israel will affect server CPU shipments for two consecutive quarters.

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Intel's next-gen Nova Lake desktop processors will be the first client product to use Intel's enhanced 18A-P node, CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed in the company's Q3 2026 earnings call.

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 prices hit $2,000, costing more than the RTX 5090 did at launch and with limited stock available

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It costs just as much to buy an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 right now as the launch price for the RTX 5090, with prices now at least two times higher for this high spec GPU.

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