We've reported about AMD's next-gen Zen CPU that will outperform Intel's high-end Core i7-5960X, but it looks like the 8-core Summit Ridge SR7 flagship processor will be priced at $499. AMD will launch 3 different Summit Ridge product tiers, with the high ...

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Plus SoC is poised to be a huge boon for budget PCs, offering better performance and energy efficiency.

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon X2 Plus chipset for Copilot+ PCs on Monday, right before the start of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026. The newest entrant in the Snapdragon X series processors for artificial intelligence (AI)-powered PCs comes with several upgrades in performance and power efficiency,

Qualcomm Inc. has just announced its newest flagship smartphone chipset with what it says is the fastest mobile central processing unit ever seen on a mobile device. The Snapdragon Elite 8 is the company’s first chipset to feature the second-generation ...

Despite all the heated debate on whether an Intel or AMD CPU and chipset is better for gaming, or whether 6-cores are enough for modern gaming, there's one major factor these debates overlook. It doesn't matter which chipset architecture you use, how many ...

On Monday, chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) unveiled its latest high-end smartphone SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which boasts a new Oryon CPU and enhanced AI capabilitie. What Happened: The Snapdragon 8 Elite replaces the Kryo CPUs previously used ...

As smartphones integrate advanced imaging, on-device AI processing, and high performance gaming, mobile chipsets are required to handle higher data

Computers are getting smaller and functions that once required multiple chips will increasingly be combined or move to the processor. But Intel Corp. said one component is going to survive these changes: the chipset. If a processor is the brain of a ...

For years, Intel and AMD have been battling for predominance in the processor/chipset market. AMD’s latest plan seems to be to push back on economic grounds — to offer high-value budget chipsets targeted at the soon-to-be-released Windows 7 systems ...

Have you ever wondered what those confusing letters and numbers at the end of the CPU mean? Every year, Intel and AMD release new generations of their CPUs with updated specifications and sometimes new branding. The entire naming of the CPU consists of ...

TSMC is reportedly increasing the development of its upcoming 10nm process so that it can better prepare itself against Samsung, which has reportedly received an order from Qualcomm to build 14nm FinFET chips, reports DigiTimes. DigiTimes writes: "TSMC and ...