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By Darren Allan There’s more good news for AMD with the firm’s latest financial results (for Q1 2018) showing that its processors are continuing to sell at an impressive pace – as has been indicated elsewhere this week – with the Computing and Graphics division almost doubling its revenue year-on-year. Computing and Graphics means processors…

By Darren Allan Fresh figures have come to light which show that AMD’s Ryzen processors are continuing to sell at quite some speed, with one particular model making excellent headway, and worrying Intel’s most popular CPUs. These statistics come from Mindfactory.de (as spotted by Wccftech.com), a German retailer which has spilled the beans on processor…

By Kevin Lee Samsung must have felt its ears were burning, with competitors left and right announcing solid-state drives with speeds and prices designed to outdo its 960 Pro and 960 Evo lines. Well now Samsung has struck back by introducing a new series of 970 Pro and 970 Evo SSDs that once again set…

By Kevin Lee The AMD Ryzen 7 2800X was suspiciously absent in the Ryzen 2nd Generation launch lineup, and now the chipmaker has teased that it has saved its best for last. Speaking to Tech Power Up, AMD Senior Vice President Jim Anderson hinted that we might see a Ryzen 7 2800X processor released at…

By Darren Allan According to a fresh leak, AMD is planning to sell a new product called the Combat Crate, which is an all-in-one bundle consisting of a Ryzen processor plus motherboard and Radeon graphics card. As spotted by Videocardz, the first Combat Crate has been produced in conjunction with MSI, but there may be…

By Darren Allan AMD has unleashed its Ryzen 2nd Generation processors to much acclaim, and overclockers have already been pushing the new flagship model, with the 6GHz barrier now having been broken (following a 5.884GHz overclock earlier this week). Expert overclockers Der8auer and Neo took the Ryzen 7 2700X, which has a base clock of…

By TechRadar Pro By the time you will read this article, the deadline for the European General Data Protection Regulation (otherwise known as GDPR) to kick in will be just over five weeks away and for companies all over the land, that means making sure personal information and data that they have collected is not…

By Joe Osborne Facebook is reportedly designing its very own processor hardware so as to reduce reliance on partners like Intel and Qualcomm in its device efforts. The news comes via anonymous sources speaking to Bloomberg and apparent job listings. The outlet reports that Facebook is currently in the early stages of building a team…

By Matt Hanson Getting the best all-in-one printer that can handle photocopying, scanning and faxing as well can save you both time and space, making them an excellent choice for many small and medium sized businesses – and even home users. Not having to buy three or four different devices for each individual task is…

By Darren Allan AMD has taken Nvidia to task over the latter’s partner program for GeForce graphics cards, using a blog post to state that AMD is on the gamers’ side – and that it’s all for promoting freedom of choice in PC gaming – inferring that Nvidia isn’t. In case you missed the controversy…

By Kevin Lee Intel could soon have eight-core processors to rival AMD’s Ryzen 2nd generation CPU lineup. Redditor Dayman56 sniffed out three internal documents referencing ‘Coffee Lake S 8+2′ parts that could point to the company’s first eight-core mainstream processors. The ‘8+2′ naming likely refers to eight-cores paired with two-integrated GPU cores given that the…

By Darren Allan Intel has announced new technology for its processors to help combat malware more effectively, and to improve the performance of a PC while doing so by offloading virus scanning duties to the integrated GPU. Intel explains that its new Threat Detection Technology (TDT) uses functionality built-in at the silicon-level to help defeat…

By Kevin Lee AMD Ryzen 2nd generation is due to release imminently, but it appears the chip is already breaking overclocking records. A PC enthusiast named TSAIK posted two CPU-Z reports detailing the overclocking potential of the Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X with liquid-nitrogen. Out of the box, the Ryzen 7 2700X should…

By Joe Osborne While it’s had a spotty track record, generally Microsoft has been known to develop some excellent mouse and keyboard peripherals. One of its best mice – an Amazon’s Choice, even – is available now for 36% off in the US and 25% off in the UK. Known simply as the Microsoft Classic…

By Kevin Lee AMD has announced preorders on Ryzen 2nd generation processors are officially live now and the chips are due to arrive on April 19. AMD’s newest processor family includes four processors: the Ryzen 7 2700X, Ryzen 7 2700, Ryzen 5 2600X and Ryzen 5 2600. Both the Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 2700…