Category: Processors

Skymont architecture analysed: Intel little core outgrows the big?

Analysis, News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Intel unveiled their next-gen Lunar Lake mobile processor at Computex 2024. It will power Copilot+ PCs with its NPU and is supposed to be very power efficient, but it’s extremely interesting mainly because of the new CPU architectures, which will power future Arrow Lake desktop CPUs. Ironically, the star of this generation might actually be the little efficient E-Core accompanying the big P-Cores. Its architecture seems to have taken a giant leap. Read more “Skymont architecture analysed: Intel little core outgrows the big?” »

Intel’s new P-Core: Lion Cove is the biggest change since Nehalem

Analysis, News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Intel revealed its next-gen Lunar Lake mobile processor at Computex 2024, to be released this summer. It will power Copilot+ PCs with its fast NPU and is supposed to be highly power efficient, but it’s also extremely interesting because its new CPU architectures are also coming to future Arrow Lake desktop CPUs. First up, we’ll take a look at the big P-Core architecture, which represents the biggest changes in many years. Read more “Intel’s new P-Core: Lion Cove is the biggest change since Nehalem” »

Ryzen 9000 is here. Zen 5 architecture, IPC and model specs

News, Processors | | Ľubomír Samák

After a long wait, it’s here. During its presentation at Computex 2024, AMD unveiled the Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs, the first of the generation of CPUs based on the Zen 5 architecture. We now have confirmed specifications and also the IPC of this architecture (the officially stated value, at least). According to AMD, these are the fastest “consumer PC” processors of today, and the company has already shown the first performance claims. Read more “Ryzen 9000 is here. Zen 5 architecture, IPC and model specs” »

Epyc 4004: AMD introduces server processors for AM5 socket

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Some time ago we reported that AMD is preparing a low-cost server processor platform based on the AM5 desktop socket, derived from Ryzen CPUs. This  has now been confirmed, the company has officially launched these processors as Epyc 4004. They can have up to 16 cores as well as V-Cache, but there is even a quad-core model, which you won’t normally find in a desktop. Otherwise, though, these the specs closely match Ryzen SKUs for PC. Read more “Epyc 4004: AMD introduces server processors for AM5 socket” »

Ryzen Zen 5 APUs will no longer have drivers for Windows 10

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Many people are reluctant to upgrade to newer versions of Windows, be it due to hardware requirements or changes in behavior and look. This is currently the case with Windows 11, but it seems that staying on Windows 10 will soon start to run into obstacles. From AMD, for example. This company is apparently starting to drop support for this OS. The company’s upcoming hardware will probably no longer have any drivers for Windows 10. Read more “Ryzen Zen 5 APUs will no longer have drivers for Windows 10” »

Intel Arrow Lake desktop CPUs: core counts, 35W TDP on most SKUs

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

This year should be very fruitful for processors. First AMD’s  Zen 5 in the coming months, said to be the biggest leap since the first Zen. But Intel should have a breakthrough, too: The new Arrow Lake processors with their new LGA 1851 platform and a completely changed chiplet concept. There are also new CPU cores and GPU architecture derived from Alchemist graphics as well. But will the core and thread counts somehow change as well? Read more “Intel Arrow Lake desktop CPUs: core counts, 35W TDP on most SKUs” »

AMD rebrands CPUs too, mimics Intel’s Core Ultra with Ryzen AI

News, Notebooks, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Last summer, Intel announced a transition to a new era of processors, symbolized by the rebranding to Core Ultra for Meteor Lake and the upcoming Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake processors. AMD has often copied Intel’s branding methods in the past, and it seens it’s going to do it again. The upcoming Zen 5 processors will get their own version of the Ultra gimmick, and ironically, Intel might actually be jealous of the idea, this time. Read more “AMD rebrands CPUs too, mimics Intel’s Core Ultra with Ryzen AI” »

TSMC has cheaper 4nm node, making low-end CPUs, GPUs viable

News, Processors, Technology | | Jan Olšan

State-of-the-art process nodes are getting more expensive, and even the cost per transistor isn’t dropping anymore, so we’ll increasingly see cheap CPUs and GPUs being unable to use the latest processes. Fortunately, TSMC is also preparing lower-cost versions alongside the high-end nodes. Right now, 6nm node serves the role, but cheaper 4nm manufacturing should soon be available instead, which could help a lot especially for GPUs. Read more “TSMC has cheaper 4nm node, making low-end CPUs, GPUs viable” »

Cheap Arrow Lakes: Core Ultra 5 240F to have two versions again

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Intel is preparing a new generation of desktop CPUs for the second half of the year. After three Alder/Raptor Lake generations on LGA 1700, it will be an all-new Arrow Lake architecture, with Core Ultra CPUs and an all-new LGA 1851 socket. Information about the first models is starting to appear, beginning with the cheaper SKUs: the Core Ultra 5 240F, which should be the next-gen successor to the popular cheap Core i5 ships. Read more “Cheap Arrow Lakes: Core Ultra 5 240F to have two versions again” »

Windows 11 stops working on more processors, requires SSE4.2

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

This year, the vague uncertainty about Windows 11 not supporting older computers turned into reality, as the OS began using the POPCNT instruction, causing it to stop working on many processors. However, this was not all and the requirements may increase further. In fact, now Windows 11 is starting to require additional instruction set extensions that will shut down more processor families, including Phenoms and the first APUs. Read more “Windows 11 stops working on more processors, requires SSE4.2” »

Next-gen Xeon 6 has 128 Meteor Lake P-Cores and 500W TDP

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

We recently mused that Intel could catch up, if not overtake AMD in iGPU performance, but now there’s information suggesting upcoming Intel Xeon processors could close the gap with AMD in servers. In fact, the “Granite Rapids” processors appear to eliminate AMD Epyc processors’ long-standing lead in core count and will bring as many as 128 cores. However, these will probably use the not-so-successful Meteor Lake microarchitecture… Read more “Next-gen Xeon 6 has 128 Meteor Lake P-Cores and 500W TDP” »

Unstable Raptor Lake CPUs on the rise, Intel analyzes the issue

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

We recently reported on Intel Raptor Lake processors stability issues in games. Reports of crashes often accompanied by misleading messages about lack of video memory don’t seem to be subsiding, but rather multiplying, as do the number of games in which these problems are reported. Intel has not yet taken an official position on the matter, but is analyzing the problem. It is perhaps the biggest such issue with Intel processors in recent times. Read more “Unstable Raptor Lake CPUs on the rise, Intel analyzes the issue” »

AMD to produce lowend CPUs and GPUs using Samsung’s 4nm node

Graphics, News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Back when the groundbreaking Ryzen processors launched, AMD was still manufacturing almost all of its products at GlobalFoundries, with the exception of chipsets designed by ASMedia. But now, by contrast, it is almost fully tied to the fortunes of TSMC. However, it looks like there could soon be some diversification in place. Samsung-made chips are coming to low-cost processors and they’ll also appear in Radeon graphics cards later. Read more “AMD to produce lowend CPUs and GPUs using Samsung’s 4nm node” »

AMD’s Zen 5 is said to be 40% faster over Zen 4. Can that be real?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

The day when AMD releases processors with the new Zen 5 core, allegedly the biggest upgrade since the first Zen, is closing in. Their performance remains quite unclear though – on the one hand AMD’s materials talk about a 10–15% or a little bit more performance increase per 1 MHz, but at the same time there are rumors talking about 30% or now even 40% performance increase. So what to believe and what to watch out for? Read more “AMD’s Zen 5 is said to be 40% faster over Zen 4. Can that be real?” »

Breaking records on an Asus mobo: 9.1 GHz with a Core i9-14900KS

Motherboards, News, Processors | | Ľubomír Samák

An experienced group of extreme overclockers gathered around Intel’s latest and most powerful desktop processor (Core i9-14900KS) and managed to do unprecedented things. Namely, to reach over 9 GHz on the cores of this processor. That’s a high enough clock speed to break several world records in terms of speed measurements. In this short report, you will find what exactly was achieved. Read more “Breaking records on an Asus mobo: 9.1 GHz with a Core i9-14900KS” »

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