CPUs and Processors

Razer and Qualcomm show off a Snapdragon-powered Steam Deck clone AMD’s semi-custom chips power both the Xbox and PlayStation, as well as Valve’s hotly anticipated Steam Deck. Qualcomm’s processors can be found inside many phones, including those designed for gaming. Now Qualcomm is muscling its way into the middle ground too, announcing a chip for […]

Qualcomm’s next Snapdragon promises always-on smartphone cameras Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile processor for smartphones at the Qualcomm Tech Summit in Hawaii late on Tuesday, adding substantially more performance and AI-powered features to 2022 smartphones. However, one of those may be controversial. While you may be used to your phone always listening

Qualcomm prophesizes 2023 as the rebirth of PC Snapdragon chips Qualcomm processors for PCs enhanced by the company’s Nuvia design team will sample in 2022 for devices shipping in 2023, Qualcomm executives said Tuesday. The company also boldly pledged to offer Adreno graphics that could compete with desktop PCs. At the company’s 2021 investor day

The Full Nerd. ep. 196: Intel 12th gen Alder Lake In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Dr. Ian Cuttress of Tech Tech Potato and Anandtech.com, and Adam Patrick Murray go over Intel’s 12th-gen Alder Lake CPU performance and a secret feature. After years of absence from desktop competition, Intel’s hybrid 12th-gen Alder

Where to buy Intel’s 12th-gen ‘Alder Lake’ CPUs Retailers are beginning to reveal their street prices and availability for Intel’s new 12th-gen Core “Alder Lake” processors, and while they’re not outlandish, they’re not especially pretty either. Intel’s next-gen CPUs are slated to officially hit the streets on November 4, though several sites already have them

Where to preorder Intel’s 12th-gen ‘Alder Lake’ CPUs Retailers are beginning to reveal their street prices and availability for Intel’s new 12th-gen “Alder Lake” processors, and while they’re not outlandish, they’re not especially pretty either. Intel’s next-gen CPUs are slated to officially hit the streets on November 4, though several sites already have them available

Intel CEO pledges to beat Moore’s Law over the next decade Intel chief executive Pat Gelsinger said Wednesday that he expects Intel to maintain or even supersede Moore’s Law for the next decade, revving up the pace of Intel’s manufacturing, despite having slowed down just a few years ago. Gelsinger also said he believes the

Intel unveils pricier Alder Lake CPUs, the ‘world’s best gaming processor’ Intel opened its Intel Innovation conference Tuesday by finally unveiling what everyone has been waiting for: how fast its new 12th-gen “Alder Lake” desktop Core chips will be, and how much they’ll cost. The flagship, the Intel Core i9-12900K, will be the “world’s best