advanced micro devices
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AMD Just Got Serious About Chromebooks, And That’s Great News for Consumers
Whenever new processors arrive, the narrative is always about what they’ll do for PCs or Macs. Rarely do we consider the impact on Chromebooks, which are becoming increasingly popular and capable. Reacting to the growth of Google’s desktop platform, chipmaker AMD announced today a series of powerful Ryzen 5000 C-series processors made exclusively for Chromebooks.
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Apple Supplier Expected to Start 2nm Chip Production in 2025, and That’s Kind of a Big Deal
When it comes to chip-making, smaller is better. Intel, Samsung, and TSMC fight an endless race to reduce the size of their chip nodes, increasing transistor density, which results in faster and more efficient processors. Right now, TSMC’s customers are lining up to be the first to get a taste of its latest breakthrough.
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How to Prevent Your AMD Processor From Automatically Overclocking
If you’re rocking AMD components in your desktop PC, take a moment to make sure your CPU isn’t unintentionally overclocking itself. A bug in a recent AMD graphics card driver update is automatically triggering the “Auto Overclocking” option on AMD CPUs, even if users don’t explicitly turn it on themselves.
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Intel’s First-Gen Discrete Laptop GPUs Are Just Weeks Away
Intel just announced that its first discrete graphics cards in over a decade will start shipping soon. We didn’t get a specific release date, but the long-awaited Intel Arc graphics for laptops will be ready in Q1, so no later than April. That’s right around the time 12th-gen Intel H-series notebooks are slated to be…