In the early 2010s, Arm's 32-bit cores had established themselves in cell phones and tablets. But rising memory capacities in those devices meant Arm would have to go 64-bit sooner or later. On top of that, Arm had server ambitions - and 64-bit support was essential for the server market. That brings us to the…
CPU-Z is a hardware information tool from a company called CPUID, not to be confused with the CPUID instruction. Besides showing basic CPU, motherboard, and memory information, CPU-Z features a built-in benchmark. While the benchmark isn't its primary function, it has made its way into some reviews, as well as AMD's slides. Its free, accessible…
Arm has traditionally targeted the low end of the power and performance curve, but just as Intel has been looking to expand into the low power market, ARM is looking to expand into higher power and performance segments. The Cortex X series is at the forefront of this effort. Delivers ultimate peak performance within an…
A YouTuber called Moore's Law is Dead recently leaked a couple AMD slides about Zen 5. I typically find leaks uninteresting as they are impossible to verify and often don't correspond to reality. One example is leakers expecting RDNA 3 to one-up Nvidia's Ada architecture. AMD is fighting two larger competitors on two fronts and…