AMD's new Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 are available for sale, though the prices are higher than AMD originally suggested. On Amazon, the Ryzen 5 5500F is available for $120, while the Ryzen 5 7500 is listed at $210, both $20 more expensive than AMD's suggested retail pricing. Both are sold directly by Amazon, suggesting we'll see slightly higher prices for these two chips than AMD originally suggested. AMD revealed the budget CPUs nearly two weeks ago, and despite launching on that date, the chips haven't been available for sale in the U.S. until now.

Intel is reportedly set to hike CPU prices by 10%, according to a new Digitimes report. Citing supply chain sources, the outlet says the increase follows two others, one in the first quarter of 2026 and another in July, among some server and client CPUs. Notably, the sources didn't say which products the price increase applies to, though presumably, the increases would come through Intel's mobile and server businesses before desktop client. Citing industry sources, DigiTimes also reports that Intel is set to launch "major annual products" in March 2027, with AMD following up with launches of its own between June and July.

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's largest maker of dynamic random access memory (DRAM), planned to obtain Samsung's IP related to its memory process technologies in a bid to develop its own production nodes, according to testimony given in a South Korean criminal case involving leaked Samsung technology, reports Maeil Business. The company's managers allegedly had no intention to develop an in-house process technology from scratch, so obtaining IP from Samsung was a strategic decision.

Intel's upcoming Nova Lake CPUs have been a part of the rumor mill for months as excitement builds up for a potential CES 2027 announcement. The latest leak comes from reliable tipster Jaykihn, who's actually updating an older report that said SKUs with cut-down E-cores would also have reduced cache. Now, his new leak claims Intel will keep the L3 cache unaltered, even on chips with partially disabled E-core clusters. Previously, it was rumored that some Nova Lake configs, such as the 8+12+4 silicon, would only have 33MB of L3 cache since the 12 E-cores are cut down from the 16 we expect on the full-fat variant of this SKU.

AMD is bringing its Strix Halo APUs into the world of physical AI. The new X100 series of processors come with similar specs as the various Ryzen AI Max models floating around in client devices, but they’re tailored for 24/7 operation, with a 10-year lifecycle in embedded applications like robotics. There are three SKUs that align with the three original Strix Halo models (not the updated versions with 40 CUs). The top-end X199 comes with 16 Zen 5 cores and 40 RDNA 3.5 CUs. The X188 steps down to 12 cores and 32 CUs, while the X168 comes with eight cores and the same 32 CUs.

AMD is expected to announce its next-gen mobile CPUs at CES 2027, but leaks have already started to pour in, giving us a decent idea of the performance we can expect. Codenamed "Medusa Point," the Red Team's upcoming lineup will likely be based on the Zen 6 microarchitecture, and one of the SKUs has just popped up on Geekbench. It scored much better than the previous leak, beating most of its contemporaries. The part showed up as "AMD Eng Sample 100-000001713-33_N" and was marked under "AMD Plum-MDS1," which we know is the platform associated with Medusa Point.

Loongson Technology has announced the Loongson 3C3000, a new 16-core server processor aimed at low-cost general-purpose server systems. Unveiled on June 26, 2026, via a public corporate release, the chip is based on Loongson’s in-house architecture and is designed for small- and medium-sized business workloads, including file, database, web, and business process servers. Loongson says the 3C3000’s general-purpose computing performance matches that of the company’s earlier 3C5000 server processor.

AMD is bringing a new automatic memory overclocking feature out, dubbed EXPO Ultra Low Latency (ULL). The new tool promises a 13% uplift in average performance across over 30 games compared to JEDEC standard speeds for DDR5, as well as a 4% uplift compared to standard EXPO, at least according to AMD’s internal benchmarks. The company hasn’t said when ULL will be available, but it has several memory partners lined up to support the feature. We don’t know much about how EXPO ULL works, and more specifically, where AMD is finding improvements compared to standard EXPO. Despite that, AMD shared some broad benchmarks looking at EXPO ULL performance on a Ryzen 7 9700X CPU in over 30 games.

Intel canned the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus from the Arrow Lake refresh lineup announced a few months ago, despite a swirling of leaks and rumors confirming its existence. The chip ultimately never came out, but a Chinese reviewer just got their hands on an engineering sample and put it through the wringer — the underwhelming results in games and professional apps show why Intel likely chose to keep it in the archives.

AMD has just launched six new Ryzen PRO series CPUs as part of its Ryzen 9000 family, bringing 3D V-Cache for the first time to this lineup, along with unlocking higher TDPs. The Ryzen PRO series is intended for workstation users who prioritize security and stability, even though they otherwise use identical silicon to mainstream desktop parts.