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AMD Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 show up at retail with pricing above MSRP — budget CPUs are $20 more expensive than list price, even from first-party sellers (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-21 | by Jake Roach | get AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU → | tags: ryzen 5 5500f, ryzen 5 7500, amd

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NEC V20 CPU: A bit of pep for an XT (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-21 | tags: nec v20, cpu, intel 8088

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Enthusiast digs into CPU substrate for surgery to replace ripped-off data pin — resurrected chip boots and hits 33% overclock (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Mark Tyson | get Hakko FX888D soldering station → | tags: intel celeron 1200, tualatin, cpu repair

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Enthusiast digs into CPU substrate to replace ripped-off data pin — resurrected chip boots and hits 33% overclock (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Mark Tyson | get Hakko FX888D soldering iron station → | tags: intel celeron 1200, tualatin, cpu repair

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Apple M6 Pro Achieves the Highest Single-Core CPU Score in Geekbench 7 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-19 | get Apple MacBook Pro M-series 14 inch laptop → | tags: apple m6 pro, geekbench 7, single-core cpu

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AMD targets Nvidia with first official benchmarks for EPYC 'Venice' CPUs — company claims 256-core chip is more than twice as fast as Nvidia Vera, 96-core model 20% faster per-core (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Jake Roach | tags: amd epyc venice, nvidia vera, spec cpu 2026

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AMD shares first official benchmarks for EPYC 'Venice' CPUs, targets Nvidia — company claims 256-core chip is more than twice as fast as Nvidia Vera, 96-core model 20% faster per-core (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Jake Roach | tags: amd epyc venice, nvidia vera, spec cpu 2026

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Details about Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs keep leaking — an attempt to establish a timeline based on what we know so far (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Jake Roach | get Intel Core i9-14900K desktop processor → | tags: nova lake, intel, z990 motherboards

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AI developer vibe codes DLSS 5 onto Intel CPU's integrated graphics — Intel Arc 140T runs neural rendering in 360p at 10 frames per second (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Zak Killian | get Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra laptop Arc 140V → | tags: dlss 5, neural rendering, intel arc 140v

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Bend – A language that blocks AI mistakes via proof, on CPU and GPU (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card → | tags: bend language, cuda parallelism, lean proofs

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Get an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for only $320 — 2-item Newegg combo saves $149 and nets one of the fastest gaming CPUs and a quality MSI X870E motherboard for only $578 (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-17 | by Joe Shields | get AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D → | tags: amd ryzen 7 9800x3d, newegg, msi x870e gaming max wifi

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Arm CEO says he's more confident its new AI chip can meet a loftier $2B revenue goal (cnbc.com)

2026-09-16 | by Alexa Lomonaco | tags: arm holdings, agi cpu, rene haas

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Firefox Touts Lower CPU Use for Large JPEGs, Faster PDF Viewer Startup (and AI Controls) (slashdot.org)

2026-09-16 | by Posted | tags: firefox 156, libjpeg-turbo, pdf.js

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Save $270 on this solid 1080p gaming PC with an RTX 5060 from MSI, now under $1,430 — Codex R2 rig packs 32GB DDR5 RAM, a 2TB SSD, and a 10-core Intel CPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Ben Stockton | get MSI Codex R2 RTX 5060 gaming PC → | tags: msi codex r2, rtx 5060, ddr5 ram

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A software thing I built: GPS on a 25MHz 486-SX (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | get Garmin GPSMAP 66i handheld GPS → | tags: 486-sx cpu, gps mapping, hipparchus library

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Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: fujitsu, fujitsu-monaka, cpu

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Doing Everyone Else's Job (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: intel, microsoft compiler, 32-bit cpu

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Dropping eBPF CPU Cost by About 90% with Memoization (Not AI Gen) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: ebpf, policy caching, lsm hook

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AMD’s best gaming CPU drops below launch price and includes free 240mm AIO cooler and Onimusha: Way of the Sword — grab the Ryzen 7 9850X3D for $484 (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-13 | by Kunal Khullar | get AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D → | tags: ryzen 7 9850x3d, amd, 3d v-cache

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US Customs supervisor busted for stealing Core i7 CPUs, RAM, and hard drives from Homeland Security PCs, damage estimated at $105,800 — stolen tech swapped with inferior hardware and cashed out on Newegg (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-12 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: newegg, customs and border protection, raptor lake refresh

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Nvidia App adds CPU temperature and power monitoring to its overlay (techspot.com)

2026-09-11 | get Noctua NH-D15 CPU cooler → | tags: nvidia app, geforce experience, nvidia control panel

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AMD releases new Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 for budget PC builders — new budget Zen 3 and Zen 4 CPUs soften the blow from high RAM prices (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-10 | by Zhiye Liu | get AMD Ryzen 5 7600 processor → | tags: amd, ryzen 5 5500f, ryzen 5 7500

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AMD releases new Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 to save budget PC building — new budget Zen 3 and Zen 4 CPUs to soften the blow from high RAM prices (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-10 | by Zhiye Liu | get AMD Ryzen 5 7600 processor → | tags: amd, ryzen 5 5500f, ryzen 5 7500

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Apple’s new A20 Pro smartphone chip around 25% faster than its predecessor in leaked benchmark — the 2nm CPU in the iPhone Duo and 18 Pro hits nearly 5 GHz clocks (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-10 | by Mark Tyson | get Apple iPhone 17 Pro → | tags: apple a20 pro, iphone 18 pro, geekbench 6

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Positron Valued at $5 Billion in New Funding as CPU Demand Surges (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-10 | tags: positron, nea, atreides

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Save $250 on this 1080p-ready gaming laptop with an RTX 5060, now just $1049 — MSI Cyborg 15 rig ships with a 15.6-inch 144Hz display, 16GB DDR5 RAM, and an eight-core Intel CPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-10 | by Ben Stockton | get MSI Cyborg 15 RTX 5060 gaming laptop → | tags: msi cyborg 15, rtx 5060, gaming laptop

27.

iPhone 18 Pro offers three times the cooling performance (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-09 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Razer Phone Cooler Chroma → | tags: iphone 18 pro, apple, vapor chamber

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Intel reportedly set to hike CPU prices by 10% ahead of 'major annual product' launch in March 2027 — report says AMD will follow up between June and July (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-08 | by Jake Roach | get AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D → | tags: intel, amd, cpu prices

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HWiNFO lets you see exactly what your PC hardware is doing (techspot.com)

2026-09-08 | get Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut thermal paste → | tags: hwinfo64, cpu temperature, vrm temperatures

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Get a 32GB DDR5 gaming PC for just $1,379 at Newegg — $420 discount includes 20-core Intel CPU and RTX 5060 (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-08 | by Stephen Warwick | get ABS Cyclone gaming desktop RTX 5060 → | tags: newegg, abs cyclone, rtx 5060