As promised, AMD said Tuesday that it will deliver a new BIOS update to solve the company’s Ryzen boost bug, promising about 25MHz to 50MHz in additional boost clock speed under specific workloads.

AMD has discovered an issue in its Ryzen 3000 firmware which reduces its processors' boost frequency "in some situations." It has just now released a statement about its findings after recent ...

INTC debuts Xeon 600 processors with major core, AI and connectivity upgrades as it targets growth in high-end workstation and AI computing.

One ongoing question reviewers have been digging into for the past few weeks is the expected behavior of AMD 7nm Ryzen CPUs at high boost clock versus the actual, measured behavior. AMD promised to ...

When I first got into PC gaming, I used to take CPU boost clocks at face value and even prioritized them over base clocks. Seeing my old Ryzen 9 5900X advertised as "up to 4.8GHz" made me believe that ...

Intel Corp. will build glass into its most advanced processors to make them faster and more power-efficient. The chipmaker detailed the plan today ahead of its annual Intel Innovation event, which is ...

If you think that overclocking is solely for performance-obsessed geeks armed with bottles of liquid nitrogen, it’s time to reconsider! Even a small bump in PC performance can delay the need to ...

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HP is bringing out two new CPU upgrade options for its Pavilion dv2 laptop. The dv2 has a 12 inch display and weighs less than 4 pounds, making it a bit bigger and heavier than most netbooks. But the ...

In some cases, switching the processor performance setting in the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences to "Highest" rather than "Automatic" can result in an unexpectedly dramatic speed boost for ...