Just five years ago, debating the merits of a 6-core CPU versus an 8-core model wasn’t possible. We were all stuck with 4-core chips at a consumer level—to break past that barrier, you had to pay ...

OWC swaps in an 8-core Intel CPU on the Mac Pro in place of the stock 6-core chip and cites up to a 30 percent performance boost. Brooke Crothers Former CNET contributor Brooke Crothers writes about ...

Qualcomm has launched the Snapdragon X Plus 8-core processor for Windows PCs. This is the company’s least capable Snapdragon X processor. PCs powered by this chip will be available from $799. The ...

Qualcomm Technologies (NASDAQ:QCOM) on Wednesday introduced the Snapdragon X Plus 8-core processor as the U.S. chip giant broadens its push into the AI PC space, currently reined by Intel (INTC) and ...

AMD will launch its next-gen Zen 5 CPU architecture later this year, which will be used in Kraken Point, Granite Ridge, Strix Point, and Strix Halo APU and CPU designs... with Granite Rapids desktop ...

The next-gen Intel Lunar Lake CPUs will be for ultra-low mobile power systems, which will succeed the current-gen Core Ultra 100U "Meteor Lake" CPUs that we've seen deployed since CES 2024 earlier ...

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Book 4 Edge, which features the newly announced Snapdragon X Plus 8-core processor and a 15-inch display. Pricing has not been announced, but we expect it to be cheaper ...