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 slightly better version: meet the Ryzen 7 9850X3D.

AMD has officially launched its high-end Ryzen 9000 CPUs: the Ryzen 9 9950X, 9900X, 9700X, and 9600X. They offer the pinnacle of performance for the AM5 platform, aside from gaming, where the Zen 4 V-Cache CPUs still rule the roost. As part of the Ryzen ...

Qualcomm is expanding its latest-generation Snapdragon chip line for Windows laptops with the Snapdragon X2 Plus, and with the new addition comes the promise of a 'legendary leap in performance.'

Although Moore’s Law has slowed at bit as chip makers reach the physical limits of transistor size, researchers are having to look to other things other than cramming more transistors on a chip to increase CPU performance. ARM is having a bit of a moment ...

The AMD Ryzen AI Max range gets two more entries, one of which looks perfect for the ultimate in handheld PC gaming PC gaming on Arm chips didn't quite happen in 2025, but the die is cast for an epic battle with x86 CPUs in the next few years Intel's new top-end Core Ultra Series 3 mobile chips promise up to 77% faster iGPU gaming performance than Lunar Lake,

Big quote: Finnish state-owned startup Flow Computing claims that its new hardware can boost any processor's speed by orders of magnitude through parallel processing. The technology is supposedly scalable across most devices, architectures, and software.

Sony's new PS5 Pro is expected to deliver surprising upgrades including a beefy 45% GPU performance increase, but the CPU hasn't been adjusted much. New PlayStation 5 Pro spec leaks paint an interesting picture for Sony's new mid-gen upgrade. The PS5 Pro ...

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 Computing, however, has an even more radical suggestion.