SAN MATEO, Calif. — Bolting cache memory directly onto a processor core is a time-tested way to boost performance, but some microprocessor vendors will drop hints at this week's Embedded Processor ...

In the early days of computing, everything ran quite a bit slower than what we see today. This was not only because the computers' central processing units – CPUs – were slow, but also because ...

To understand the design decisions behind the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, you must understand cache and how it works inside of a processor. Cache is an often underappreciated, yet vitally important, piece of any ...

At the International Solid State Circuits Conference, IBM will present details on its new Embedded DRAM, or eDRAM. Designed for on-die use with CPUs, eDRAM is nearly as fast as the SRAM currently used ...

TL;DR: AMD is set to launch the Ryzen 5 9600X3D, a mid-range gaming CPU featuring 6 cores, 12 threads, and 96MB of L3 cache with 3D V-Cache technology. Expected in late Q3 or early Q4 2025, it offers ...

Buying a CPU is often much more than a necessary upgrade — it can determine the platform you'll stay on for the foreseeable future, and the features you'll have access to. This is why it's important ...

I have been interested in science and technology for as long as I can remember, spurred on by a fondness for video games. I learned to work in Windows and manipulate files to get buggy games to work, ...

Saying that it has been a busy launch season for AMD is an incredible understatement. Not only did we see the release of the high powered, high performing Ryzen 7000X Series, but we also got a full ...

TL;DR: A recent rumor about a high-end 16-core AMD Ryzen 9000 3D V-Cache CPU with dual cache - X3D atop both chiplets - has been debunked by a trusted leaker (although we should still take this latest ...

It's 2026, but AMD got me excited for a 2024 CPU ...