Ever since the release of Intel’s Alder Lake-S processors late last year, there has been a low but fairly consistent level of concern over a key part of the new CPU design. The issue is a little ...

TL;DR: Increasing reports reveal counterfeit AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors sold online, with detailed investigations exposing fake chips lacking genuine components like chiplets and solder points.

AMD's Ryzen 7000 series processors based on its Zen 4 architecture have a very unusual design to their integrated heatspreaders (IHS). If you're not careful, the notches on the sides of the IHS can ...

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Pretty fascinating read by SPCR and their heatsink test platform, and how deformation due to convex-base heatsinks affected test results. Lots of unknowns as they acknowledge-- and a very important ...

AMD’s new Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 CPUs look undeniably cool with their spider-leg-like integrated heat spreader (IHS). But, it pains me to say it: In my time with these chips, I’ve developed a real dislike ...