PCWorld reports that CPU shortages are intensifying as AI data centers compete with PC makers for limited chip supplies, extending lead times from weeks to months. Consumer PC prices may surge up to ...

A worsening supply constraint in central processing units made by Intel (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is impacting PC and server makers who are already affected by the memory chip shortage, ...

Rene Haas is half-prone on a couch in his office in San Jose, California. A basketball rests in his hand, partly obscuring his face. Haas had grimaced when WIRED’s photographer first asked him to ...

The Arm AGI CPU can have up to 136 cores per CPU, claiming it has double the performance per watt of x86 chips. The Arm AGI CPU can have up to 136 cores per CPU, claiming it has double the ...

Storied semiconductor and software company Arm Holdings is starting to make its own chips after nearly 36 years of licensing its designs to companies like Nvidia and Apple. At an event Tuesday in San ...

Alibaba designed the XuanTie C950 central processor unit (CPU) for agentic AI purposes. While much of the attention has focused on GPUs, an area Nvidia dominates, CPUs are seen as key for AI ...

Central processing units (CPUs) are having a renaissance, and Nvidia says they're "becoming the bottleneck" amid surging agentic AI workflows. Intel and AMD remain the leaders in data center CPUs, but ...

Every major computing era has been defined not by technology, but by a dominant workload—and by how well processor architectures adapted to it. The personal computer era rewarded general-purpose ...

Snapdragon X processors mark Qualcomm's leap into premium Windows laptops, combining ARM efficiency with multi-core performance rivaling Intel and AMD. Launched in 2024, X Elite and X Plus chips ...

Intel’s Core Ultra lineup of desktop and laptop processors has been frustrating to review. None of them has been across-the-board awful or totally without redeeming qualities. But Intel has struggled ...

AMD has released three distinct generations of its 3D V-Cache technology, which initially appeared in the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in 2022. The kernel of the idea has remained the same throughout AMD’s efforts ...