Serious PC gamers agree: AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been one of AMD’s most successful processors in recent years, thanks to its game-boosting 3D V-Cache technology that layers in high-speed cache to ...

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AMD’s 2026 mobile processor lineup looks… a lot like the company’s 2025 lineup. The chip maker is nominally introducing a whole bunch of new chips for laptops, tablets, and small desktop computers.

With half as many CPU cores as its flagship cousin, AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 9970X ($2,499) is a lower-priced, lower-capacity processor than the leading Threadripper 9980X that still delivers extreme ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has rolled out a new version of its high-end Athlon microprocessor, which it claims is as fast as archrival Intel Corp.'s best Pentium 4 chips. But ...

Advanced Micro Devices' latest 3D chip is designed for PC game enthusiasts who need speed and have bank accounts large enough to pay for it. The chipmaker's new Athlon 64 FX-57, released Monday, is ...

Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday offered more details about its forthcoming Fusion processor, including the speed, power consumption and plans to begin shipping samples in the first half of this year ...

Competition in the market for low-cost PCs will soon intensify as Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. ready faster versions of their value microprocessors. Intel will spearhead its attack by ...

A recent test found that Windows 11 affects the performance of the AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU. This results in users experiencing slower speeds, especially when gaming. AMD Ryzen 7000 Users Affected When ...

AMD's new-for-2026 Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor kicks up the clocks and packs the same extra-fast cache in an effort to outpace the well-regarded Ryzen 7 9800X3D. I have been interested in science and ...