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 ...

Even if you ignore $5,000 CPUs, a $500 Ryzen 9 9950X is a beast for basically every home server setup. You no longer need to ...

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 ...

Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab have designed a system where programs can have access to ad hoc optimally allocated cache memory. In a simulation test system with ...

Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor kicks up the clocks and packs the same extra-fast cache in an effort to outpace the well-regarded ...

The CPU’s cache reduces memory latency when data is accessed from the main system memory. Developers can and should take advantage of CPU cache to improve application performance. Modern CPUs ...

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 ...

AMD has revealed its first mobile gaming processor with 3D V-Cache. As the name suggests, 3D V-Cache enables AMD to stack more cache on top of the CPU. The tech arrived on desktop processors last year ...

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 ...

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, ...