➀ Dell is offering the Alienware Aurora R16 gaming desktop with the 14th Gen Core i7 and RTX 4070 Ti Super for $1,399; ➁ The Aurora R16 features a new styling theme with a cleaner aesthetic and generous RGB lighting; ➂ It comes equipped with a Core i7-14700KF processor, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super GPU, 16GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD.

➀ Newegg offers a combo deal with Ryzen 5 7600X, Gigabyte B650M Gaming Plus WiFi, G.Skill RAM, and Kingston NV2 SSD for $329; ➁ Save $180 compared to buying components separately; ➂ Complete a midrange gaming PC with this bundle.

➀ AMD showcased its latest products in CPU, GPU, and UA interconnection at Computex 2024; ➁ The new Zen 5 core is called the most powerful and efficient processor core so far; ➂ The second generation XDNA NPU architecture introduces new Block FP16 (BF16) floating-point precision, with AI engine performance three times that of the second generation AMD Ryzen AI; ➃ AMD launched the Ryzen 9000 CPU, the fastest consumer-grade PC processor globally, featuring Zen5 core and AM5 platform; ➄ AMD's next-generation ultra-thin and high-end laptop processor 'Strix Point' is designed for the next generation AI PC/Copilot+PC; ➅ AMD's new Versal AI Edge Gen 2 series provides the first single-chip adaptive solution for preprocessing, inference, and post-processing; ➆ AMD plans to launch a faster, larger memory MI325X AI GPU this year, followed by the MI350 series with the new cDNA4 architecture in 2025, and the MI400 series with the new cDNA architecture in 2026; ➇ AMD is making significant progress in promoting the development of high-performance AI network infrastructure systems with the upcoming UA-Link 1.0 standard.

➀ The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor leads in single-thread performance in the PassMark benchmark; ➁ The CPU outperforms other high-end CPUs in the market; ➂ However, its multi-threaded performance is behind the Intel Core i9-14900KS.

➀ Intel's latest flagship 128-core Xeon CPU is priced at $17,800; ➁ The Granite Rapids series Xeon processors are significantly more expensive than AMD's offerings; ➂ Intel's Xeon 6980P processor is the most expensive standard CPU launched in recent years.

➀ Intel's Lunar Lake Ultra 9 CPU is slower than the Ultra 7 in the single laptop it's currently available in; ➁ The issue is related to the BIOS, which Intel and Asus are working to address; ➂ The Skymont E-cores run faster than the Lion Cove P-cores in heavily threaded workloads, an intended design.

➀ Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon X2 Elite processor is in testing; ➁ Codenamed Project Glymur, the processor is expected to be called SC8480XP; ➂ Qualcomm is also working on an eight-core Snapdragon X1 Plus processor for entry-level PCs.

➀ The vanilla version of Intel's Arrow Lake Core Ultra 9 part shows strong single-core performance in Geekbench but weak multi-core results. ➁ The chip matches the Core i9-14900K in single-core but falls behind in multi-core, even compared to the 13th Gen Core i7-13700. ➂ Suggests Intel might be lowering power limits for non-K variants of Arrow Lake processors.

➀ Geekbench 6 is not designed for large server CPUs, especially the latest generation; ➁ Geekbench 6 does not scale efficiently across multiple cores; ➂ Geekbench 6 results are not reliable for high-core-count CPUs due to low CPU utilization.

➀ AMD officially boosts the TDP of Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 processors to 105W; ➁ Fixes Ryzen 9000's core-to-core latency issue; ➂ Launches 800-series chipsets

➀ Intel's Clearwater Forest is set to be released in 2025, featuring new packaging technology and the Intel 18A process. The chip has been shown at an event in Oregon, where photos of the new Intel Xeon 6 parts and the high-core count next-generation E-core Xeon were taken. The CPU package is constructed differently from previous models, with a new layout for PCIe I/O and UPI links. ➁ The new chip is expected to kickstart the E-core CPU revolution on the x86 side, offering a significant improvement over the previous generation. ➂ The Clearwater Forest is still in development, with no launch date set yet, despite the fact that it is already booting.

➀ This video from ServeTheHome introduces the Intel Xeon 6900P Granite Rapids-AP processor, highlighting its core-for-core competitiveness with AMD's EPYC processors.➁ The video also covers the overall Intel Xeon 6 family and its performance aspects.➂ It includes B-roll footage of the system and other Intel Xeon 6 processors that are set to launch in Q1 2025.

➀ Ryzen Z2 Extreme is in development with an 8-core CPU design; ➁ The processor is expected to feature 64-bit memory and is speculated to be based on the Kraken or Strix Point architecture; ➂ AMD's decision hints at a focus on graphics performance within the mobile processor.

➀ The Intel Xeon 6900P series, with 128 cores and 12 memory channels, marks Intel's return to server CPU leadership after trailing AMD for seven years; ➁ The series features new process technology and accelerators, aiming to compete with AMD's top-end parts; ➂ Intel's design strategy includes integrating memory controllers into compute tiles for better performance.

➀ This guide provides a method to enable and disable SMT and Hyper-Threading on Ubuntu and Debian without rebooting the system; ➁ It explains the use of the 'smt control' command to manage these features; ➂ The guide also discusses the benefits and considerations of using SMT and Hyper-Threading in different applications.

➀ AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI 300 lineup may include the Max series with the Strix Halo platform; ➁ Three SKUs are expected with up to 16 Zen 5 cores and 40 CUs; ➂ The Strix Halo APU is speculated to include a single-core chiplet model.

➀ Beelink launches the SER9 mini-PC with AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor; ➁ Priced at $999 with 32GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM and 1TB SSD; ➂ Features 12 cores, four Zen 5 cores, eight Zen 5c cores, and 24 threads.

➀ AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs experience a 10% frequency drop when executing AVX-512 instructions, unlike Intel's CPUs which typically suffer from more substantial clock speed drops; ➁ AMD's implementation on the Zen 5 architecture is efficient but at the cost of die size; ➂ The mobile parts of AMD use a double-pumped AVX-256 approach to execute AVX-512 instructions, which allows for more cores in the processors.

➀ Leaked benchmark results show a significant multi-core performance boost for the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K; ➁ The CPU scores 850.6 points in single-core testing and 10,907.1 points in multi-core testing; ➂ Despite not having hyperthreading, the chip performs well in multi-core tests, reaching about 90% of the performance of the higher-tier Intel Core i7-14700K.

➀ Intel's upcoming Z890 motherboards are set to ship with the Intel Default Profile; ➁ This move aims to prevent the instability issues caused by faulty microcodes in Raptor Lake processors; ➂ Motherboard manufacturers can still offer alternative power profiles for users to select.