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![AMD Ryzen CPU](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UWqaYL9HkycVJ7TjAEpJzR-320-80.jpg)
Here's your reminder how close AMD came to financial collapse and just how much we owe to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
By Jacob Fox published
News Do you remember Bulldozer or have you blocked out those dark times, too?
![Intel Meteor Lake CPU](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k5GBTN8VpocH6CDhEaVMs7-320-80.jpg)
Intel's Arrow Lake chips could be using a brand new core layout for the first time in years
By Nick Evanson published
news The change could be about boosting multithreading performance. Great news for content creators but not necessarily for gaming, unfortunately.
![Render of AMD 3D V-Cache technology](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q2WXdWXfd8Q7FmiGW5g7pM-320-80.jpg)
AMD's Ryzen 9000X3D-series chips reportedly gain full overclocking support, meaning simple tweaks would make them the all-round chips we always wished for
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Cache AND clock speed.
![AMD Strix Point APU chip, held in a hand, with the reflected light showing the various processing blocks in the chip die](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MJ7bphMH9WHYqXXHgbZ8tb-320-80.jpg)
AMD's Zen 5 APUs are mighty on paper but could've been made mightier and AI is partly to blame
By Nick Evanson published
APU dreams It's a shame that we'll probably never get to see a truly massively capable APU but I'll never stop dreaming.
![Promotional image of an AMD Ryzen 9000 series processor](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TgPr2guS4j5nsqtiEcjMBV-320-80.jpg)
The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is so good at gaming, AMD might give more juice to the Ryzen 7 9700X in order to beat it
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Scotty, we need more power.
![Intel Lunar Lake](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4WXf5z3SZ657wbzMadBm4g-320-80.jpg)
Intel denies Lunar Lake laptop chip delay but reports say Arrow Lake could actually go on sale first
By Jeremy Laird published
news Intel's seemingly intentional vagueness has the rumour mill in a tizz.
![AMD Strix Point APU chip, held in a hand, with the reflected light showing the various processing blocks in the chip die](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VCkwq2FV7M7bUiVenTvcmb-320-80.jpg)
The first technical deep dive of the Zen 5 architecture is here, with preliminary benchmarks supporting AMD's IPC claims
By Nick Evanson published
news It looks like AMD's new laptop cores are going to be quite a bit less capable than their desktop counterparts, though.
![A photograph of a silicon wafer from TSMC, showing multiple rows of individual dies](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dack3ubkkCLzGNpiVehom7-320-80.jpg)
Super-tiny capacitors could enable a 'whole new realm' of ultra-efficient devices, maybe even handheld gaming PCs with more than 15 minutes of battery life
By Jeremy Laird published
news Dare we hope for a gaming handheld with usable battery life?
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