Intel's next-generation desktop CPU family, codenamed Nova Lake, is officially slated for a 2026 launch. Renowned leaker Jaykihn has weighed in at X, alleging Nova Lake could scale up to 52 cores.

Chinese memory makers are slowly but surely adopting the production of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI and HPC processors. This week, Nikkei reported that a third China-based producer, Tongfu Microelectronics, began sampling its HBM products with select customers. Such action indicates that the ecosystem required to make this type of memory is developing. Interestingly, AMD is a major client and shareholder of Tongfu.

AMD announced its Ryzen 9000HX series of laptop chips here at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, including its flagship model that it bills as the world’s best mobile processor for gaming and content creation.

It's almost time for CES and as is tradition, Intel and AMD are anticipated to unveil their budget non-K / non-X family of processors in conjunction with affordable motherboards. Hardware data aggregator, momomo_us on X, has shared the box packaging of Intel's Arrow Lake non-K processors, expected to launch next month.

New e-mails from Huawei engineers regarding Linux kernel development suggest that HiSilicon - Huawei's chip subsidiary - is prepping a new Kunpeng SoC with HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) technology - as highlighted by Phoronix. This will likely be the the first significant release from HiSilicon in a while but don't get your hopes up as it could also just be a rebranded older model with a slight pinch of HBM.

Chinese DRAM makers Changxin Memory (CXMT) and Fujian Jinhua are aggressively expanding production and cutting prices, reports DigiTimes. Right now, the two manufacturers sell their DDR4 components with a 50% discount compared to similar ICs made by South Korean makers

AMD recently launched the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, one of the best CPUs. However, a benchmark result for the Ryzen 9950X3D, AMD’s not-yet-announced 3D V-Cache flagship, has appeared in a Factorio benchmark database (via VideoCardz).

Intel's Core Ultra 200S series, codenamed Arrow Lake, has launched after a long wait. However, initial reviews have been disappointing. Arrow Lake shows generational regressions in gaming performance, as mentioned in our Core Ultra 9 285K review.

The Intel Core Ultra 200S (codenamed Arrow Lake) chip spec sheets note that their maximum JEDEC DRAM speed is DDR5-6400, allowing users to use faster memory speeds without overclocking. However, hardware leaker @harukaze5710 shared some documentation on X that showed that the chips supported the faster standard when using more expensive CUDIMM.

Golden Pig Upgrade Pack, a well-known leaker, has published preliminary details about the potential configurations of AMD's Ryzen AI Max 300 (codenamed Strix Halo) processors, which are expected to be released in early 2025. In addition, the leaker revealed the official name of these CPUs with an ultra-high-end integrated Radeon GPU.