Probably the most important processor in PC history was introduced on this day 48 years ago. June 8, 1978, marked the birth of the x86 architecture with the arrival of the 16-bit Intel 8086 CPU. This lineage continues to the majority of PCs today, almost half a century later.

Bartlett Lake is one of Intel's most unique CPU lineups to date, featuring a P-core-only design based on Raptor Cove. But what caught everyone's attention was the flagship's 12 P-core configuration, featuring four more P-cores than any hybrid Intel CPU Intel has made so far.

The old must give way to the new, but in the world of hardware, gaming legends don't fade away easily. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D, once celebrated as the gaming king and one of the best CPUs for gaming of its generation, is reportedly making a comeback.

Arm's introduction of its AGI CPU last week was an expected yet, still a milestone event that marked the transformation of Arm from a technology IP licensor into a supplier of standard CPUs competing directly with AMD, Ampere, and Intel.

SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won told reporters at Nvidia's GTC conference in San Jose on Monday that the global memory chip shortage is likely to persist for another four to five years, with industry-wide wafer supply lagging demand by more than 20%

Intel has finally introduced its long-rumored Bartlett Lake CPUs, which use a P-core-only design with up to 12 cores and are compatible with the LGA 1700 socket used on 12th- to 14th-Gen Intel chips.

Intel expects its Core Ultra series 4 processors, codenamed Nova Lake, to change its fortunes on the desktop and laptop markets and finally offer performance that is higher compared to direct competitors from AMD.

Amidst the dire and ongoing RAM shortage, there's a tiny sliver of hope stemming from Germany, where DDR5 prices have "come to a complete halt," according to 3DCenter.org's recent analysis.

A few days ago, AMD added two new SKUs to its Strix Halo lineup at CES 2026. One of those was the Ryzen AI Max+ 392, serving as a cut-down version of the top-end AI Max+ 395 but with fewer CPU cores — 12 instead of 16.

After rolling out Snapdragon X2 Elite chips last year, Qualcomm is expectedly expanding its lineup of Windows offerings with the Snapdragon X2 Plus range. Although we’re likely to see more variants in the future, Qualcomm made two SKUs official at CES 2026.

The outlook for the DRAM market is looking grim, at least for PC enthusiasts; not so much for Micron, which announced record revenues in DRAM and NAND in its first earnings call since killing its Crucial consumer brand.