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Intel’s Robert Hallock says he hopes enthusiasts “do the math” compared to AMD, highlighting that the company’s new core architecture will release in consumer processors before the data center.

45 years ago, in August 1981, the PC age began in earnest with the launch of the IBM PC Model 5150. At its heart was the Intel 8088 microprocessor.

Intel VP Robert Hallock suggests the PC industry is going to see a split between mainstream and enthusiast sockets if current market conditions don’t let up.

Intel has seen a “sudden inrush” of demand for Raptor Lake CPUs, and it says they’ll remain a part of the company’s lineup for desktop builders “for years to come.”

Premium Enthusiast PCs ain't dead yet.

In a surprising move, AMD announces plans to raise $4.75 billion and does not give a clue how it plans to spend them.

Qualcomm has detailed the specs for its Snapdragon C processor, with 8 cores and claimed "all-day" battery life.

Intel's Lip-Bu Ran reportedly buys $12 million worth of Intel stock as analysts believe that the management is increasingly convinced about landing external customers.

A new leak from Jaykihn says some Nova Lake SKUs, including mobile counterparts, will retain the cache config of their fully-enabled variants despite having reduced E-cores.

AMD's marketing director shared a screenshot of the Amazon CPU best sellers list, but the four-year-old, $80 Ryzen 5 5500 was at the top of the charts.

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