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Chinese government shifts focus from x86 and Arm CPUs, gov't promoting RISC-V chips heavily
By Anton Shilov published
Chinese government will encourage domestic chip developers to design processors based on the RISC-V ISA.

Alibaba launches RISC-V-based XuanTie C930 server CPU
By Dallin Grimm published
Alibaba announces its new XuanTie C930 HPC CPU, built on RISC-V to boost China's domestic CPU market.

Next-gen Snapdragon X2 chips for PCs to boost core count from 12 to 18, says report
By Mark Tyson published
Significant new details of a next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 processor for Windows PCs have emerged from import-export documentation.

The ultra-rare Ryzen 7 9800X3D now available delidded for $599 with two-year warranty
By Hassam Nasir published
Thermal Grizzly sells delidded Ryzen 7 9800X3Ds with warranty coverage, starting at $599 without VAT and shipping.

Intel launches Xeon 6500/6700 processors with performance cores
By Anton Shilov published
Intel unveils Xeon 6500 and Xeon 6700 processors with P cores for AI, content delivery, networking, and storage applications.

Jim Keller joins ex-Intel chip designers in RISC-V startup focused on breakthrough CPUs
By Anton Shilov published
AheadComputing aims to build high-performance RISC-V cores for AI and general-purpose workloads.

AMD's latest hardware bundle includes Monster Hunter Wilds with select CPUs, GPUs, and laptops
By Christopher Harper published
Monster Hunter Wilds is the latest game to be bundled with AMD's hardware.

Chinese CPU maker Zhaoxin rolls out DeepSeek support to all processors
By Dallin Grimm published
Zhaoxin, a Chinese CPU OEM, has announced that its full processor family fully supports DeepSeek models with parameters ranging from 1.5B to 671B.

ASRock issues BIOS update to address Ryzen 9 9800X3D failures, warns of 'misinformation' about failures
By Sayem Ahmed published
The beta BIOS claims to improve 'CPU boot' issues.

AMD 9800X3D 'failures/deaths' Reddit megathread indicates the vast majority may be happening on ASRock motherboards
By Aaron Klotz published
Ryzen 7 9800X3D's are allegedly dying at an abnormally high rate on ASRock motherboards. An ASRock Reddit moderator has created a megathread detailing the issues.
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