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L2 Streaming Prefetch from The Tech ARP BIOS Guide
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L2 Streaming Prefetch from The Tech ARP BIOS Guide
L2 Streaming Prefetch Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review of L2 Streaming Prefetch Int ...
L2 Streaming Prefetch Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review of L2 Streaming Prefetch Intel Core processors have a hardware streaming prefetch mechanism that automatically fetches an e ...
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Complete List Of CPUs Vulnerable To Meltdown / Spectre Rev. 8.0
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Complete List Of CPUs Vulnerable To Meltdown / Spectre Rev. 8.0
The speculative execution CPU bug that literally kneecapped Intel, also affects many AMD and ARM processo ...
The speculative execution CPU bug that literally kneecapped Intel, also affects many AMD and ARM processors. This means BILLIONS of CPUs around the world, including those powering smartphones, are aff ...
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The Intel Spectre Reboot Issue – Everything You Need To Know! Rev. 3.0
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The Intel Spectre Reboot Issue – Everything You Need To Know! Rev. 3.0
The efforts to mitigate the threat of the Meltdown and Spectre exploits is officially WORSE than the thre ...
The efforts to mitigate the threat of the Meltdown and Spectre exploits is officially WORSE than the threat itself. Many Intel systems are randomly and spontaneously rebooting after installing Intel S ...
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The Complete AMD Spectre Mitigation Strategy Guide Rev. 2.0
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The Complete AMD Spectre Mitigation Strategy Guide Rev. 2.0
Intel have been rushing out their Meltdown and Spectre patches (with some unfortunate side effects), but ...
Intel have been rushing out their Meltdown and Spectre patches (with some unfortunate side effects), but what about AMD? We present to you - The AMD Spectre Mitigation Strategy Guide! Article Update H ...
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The Intel Cannon Lake Processor Details Leaked!
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The Intel Cannon Lake Processor Details Leaked!
During our continuing coverage of Meltdown and Spectre, we noticed that Intel accidentally leaked details ...
During our continuing coverage of Meltdown and Spectre, we noticed that Intel accidentally leaked details of their upcoming 10 nm Cannon Lake processors. Let's take a look at what we found! The ...
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Everything On The Meltdown + Spectre CPU Flaws! Rev. 3.0
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Everything On The Meltdown + Spectre CPU Flaws! Rev. 3.0
The Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws that the Google Project Zero team discovered are arguably the worst we ...
The Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws that the Google Project Zero team discovered are arguably the worst we have ever known. These vulnerabilities were built into BILLIONS of CPUs that we have been usin ...
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Intel Bug Bounty Program : How You Can Earn $250,000 Hunting Bugs!
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Intel Bug Bounty Program : How You Can Earn $250,000 Hunting Bugs!
The Intel Bug Bounty Program was launched in March 2017, but after Meltdown and Spectre, Intel kicked it ...
The Intel Bug Bounty Program was launched in March 2017, but after Meltdown and Spectre, Intel kicked it up a notch. Find out how you can earn up to $250,000 hunting bugs! The New Intel Bug Bou ...
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The AMD Raven Ridge Desktop APU Tech Report Rev. 3.0
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The AMD Raven Ridge Desktop APU Tech Report Rev. 3.0
At CES 2018, AMD announced the AMD Raven Ridge desktop processors - the long-awaited AMD Ryzen APUs. They ...
At CES 2018, AMD announced the AMD Raven Ridge desktop processors - the long-awaited AMD Ryzen APUs. They are basically AMD Ryzen processors with AMD Radeon Vega graphics built-in. We can now share wi ...
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AMD Ryzen 3 2200G With Radeon Vega 8 Graphics Review
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AMD Ryzen 3 2200G With Radeon Vega 8 Graphics Review
AMD announced the AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega 8 Graphics at CES 2018, and now it is finally here!. ...
AMD announced the AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega 8 Graphics at CES 2018, and now it is finally here!. Today, we will share with you our review of the AMD Ryzen 3 2200G APU, and its integrated Rade ...
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Confirmed : Intel Penryn CPUs Also Vulnerable To Meltdown + Spectre
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Confirmed : Intel Penryn CPUs Also Vulnerable To Meltdown + Spectre
Intel has always maintained that Meltdown and Spectre only affected their processors from Nehalem onwards ...
Intel has always maintained that Meltdown and Spectre only affected their processors from Nehalem onwards. Every list they released publicly has backed that up. However, we can now confirm that even t ...
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Confirmed : AMD K10 And K8 Processors Also Vulnerable To Spectre
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Confirmed : AMD K10 And K8 Processors Also Vulnerable To Spectre
It is common knowledge that the latest AMD Ryzen 7, Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 are vulnerable to the Spectre exp ...
It is common knowledge that the latest AMD Ryzen 7, Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 are vulnerable to the Spectre exploits, and so are the older AMD processors based on their Bulldozer microarchitecture. But what ...
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These Windows 10 Updates Are Bricking AMD PCs! Rev. 4.0
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These Windows 10 Updates Are Bricking AMD PCs! Rev. 4.0
Microsoft has stopped pushing a number of Windows 10 updates, including the Meltdown and Spectre mitigati ...
Microsoft has stopped pushing a number of Windows 10 updates, including the Meltdown and Spectre mitigation patches, because they were bricking some AMD PCs. Frustrated users were left with their AMD ...
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AMD CPUs Are Also Vulnerable To Spectre 2 Exploit Rev. 2.0
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AMD CPUs Are Also Vulnerable To Spectre 2 Exploit Rev. 2.0
AMD updated their security advisory, confirming that their CPUs are also vulnerable to the Spectre 2 expl ...
AMD updated their security advisory, confirming that their CPUs are also vulnerable to the Spectre 2 exploit. We updated our article Everything On The Intel, AMD & ARM CPU Bug, but it looks like m ...
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Pre-2016 Intel CPUs Hit Worst By Meltdown + Spectre Fix
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Pre-2016 Intel CPUs Hit Worst By Meltdown + Spectre Fix
Microsoft just revealed that pre-2016 Intel CPUs will be hit worst by the Meltdown and Spectre patches. T ...
Microsoft just revealed that pre-2016 Intel CPUs will be hit worst by the Meltdown and Spectre patches. They also pointed out that the performance impact detailed in benchmarks published so far did no ...
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AMD CES 2018 Updates – Ryzen APU, Ryzen PRO, Vega Mobile & More!
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AMD CES 2018 Updates – Ryzen APU, Ryzen PRO, Vega Mobile & More!
Las Vegas – 2018 CES – January 7, 2018 — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today detailed its forthcoming roll-out plan f ...
Las Vegas – 2018 CES – January 7, 2018 — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today detailed its forthcoming roll-out plan for its new and next generation of high-performance computing and graphics products during the A ...
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Asynclat (Asynchronous Latency) – The Tech ARP BIOS Guide
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Asynclat (Asynchronous Latency) – The Tech ARP BIOS Guide
Asynclat Common Options : 0 to 15 ns Quick Review of Asynclat Asynclat is an AMD processor-specifi ...
Asynclat Common Options : 0 to 15 ns Quick Review of Asynclat Asynclat is an AMD processor-specific BIOS feature. It controls the amount of asynchronous latency, which depends on the time it ta ...
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Everything On The Intel CPU With Radeon Graphics! Rev. 2.0
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Everything On The Intel CPU With Radeon Graphics! Rev. 2.0
Intel just dropped a bombshell with the announcement that they will be introducing the 8th Gen Intel CPU ...
Intel just dropped a bombshell with the announcement that they will be introducing the 8th Gen Intel CPU with Radeon graphics! This article will cover everything we can find on the upcoming 8th Gen In ...
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Intel Dynamic Acceleration – The Tech ARP BIOS Guide
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Intel Dynamic Acceleration – The Tech ARP BIOS Guide
Intel Dynamic Acceleration Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review of Intel Dynamic Accele ...
Intel Dynamic Acceleration Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review of Intel Dynamic Acceleration The Intel Dynamic Acceleration BIOS feature is specific to the Intel Core 2 Duo mobile p ...
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AMD Ryzen Mobile APUs – Everything You Need To Know!
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AMD Ryzen Mobile APUs – Everything You Need To Know!
AMD has officially announced the Ryzen Mobile APUs!. Formerly codenamed Raven Ridge, they combine the AMD ...
AMD has officially announced the Ryzen Mobile APUs!. Formerly codenamed Raven Ridge, they combine the AMD Zen CPU cores with AMD Vega graphics to deliver new heights in CPU and graphics performance fo ...
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In-Order Queue Depth – The BIOS Optimization Guide
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In-Order Queue Depth – The BIOS Optimization Guide
In-Order Queue Depth Common Options : 1, 4, 8, 12 Quick Review of In-Order Queue Depth The In-Orde ...
In-Order Queue Depth Common Options : 1, 4, 8, 12 Quick Review of In-Order Queue Depth The In-Order Queue Depth BIOS feature controls the use of the processor bus' command queue. Normally, ther ...
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The AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Quad-Core Processor Review
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The AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Quad-Core Processor Review
The AMD Ryzen 7 may have upended the CPU industry and wowed the socks of reviewers and fans alike, but no ...
The AMD Ryzen 7 may have upended the CPU industry and wowed the socks of reviewers and fans alike, but not everyone can afford them. Not everyone needs eight processor cores either. Ordinary users and ...
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The Intel Core i7-8700K Hexa-Core Processor Review
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The Intel Core i7-8700K Hexa-Core Processor Review
The 8th Generation Intel Core processors, codenamed Coffee Lake, are the first Intel processor family to ...
The 8th Generation Intel Core processors, codenamed Coffee Lake, are the first Intel processor family to garner so much interest in recent history. Thanks to the Ryzen Effect, Intel is finally increas ...
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The AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Quad-Core Processor Review
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The AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Quad-Core Processor Review
The AMD Ryzen is, no doubt, the most anticipated CPU to be introduced in 2017. It is the processor that A ...
The AMD Ryzen is, no doubt, the most anticipated CPU to be introduced in 2017. It is the processor that AMD fans have always wanted, but AMD did not quite deliver... until now. The AMD Ryzen 7 1800X l ...
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Thank The Ryzen Effect For Better Intel Processors!
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Thank The Ryzen Effect For Better Intel Processors!
Intel has been in doldrums for years, literally stagnating in the lack of competition. Their dominance of ...
Intel has been in doldrums for years, literally stagnating in the lack of competition. Their dominance of the desktop and mobile processor market led them into a vicious cycle of uninspiring products ...
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The 8th Gen Intel Core Desktop CPU Tech Report
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The 8th Gen Intel Core Desktop CPU Tech Report
Intel fans have been waiting A LONG TIME for the 8th Gen Intel Core desktop CPUs, codenamed Coffee Lake. ...
Intel fans have been waiting A LONG TIME for the 8th Gen Intel Core desktop CPUs, codenamed Coffee Lake. Thanks to the Ryzen Effect, they promise a new level of performance unseen in recent years from ...
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HPET Support – The BIOS Optimization Guide
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HPET Support – The BIOS Optimization Guide
HPET Support Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review of HPET Support The HPET, short for H ...
HPET Support Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review of HPET Support The HPET, short for High Precision Event Timer, is a new system timer developed by Intel and Microsoft to replace th ...
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Confirmed : The Threadripper Is An EPYC CPU In Disguise!
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Confirmed : The Threadripper Is An EPYC CPU In Disguise!
Veteran German overclocker der8auer is back at it again! This time, he set out to prove that the two non- ...
Veteran German overclocker der8auer is back at it again! This time, he set out to prove that the two non-functional dies of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPU are not blanks, as some pundits have claimed. ...
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HPET Mode – The BIOS Optimization Guide
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HPET Mode – The BIOS Optimization Guide
HPET Mode Common Options : 64-Bit Mode, 32-Bit Mode Quick Review of HPET Mode The HPET Mode BIOS o ...
HPET Mode Common Options : 64-Bit Mode, 32-Bit Mode Quick Review of HPET Mode The HPET Mode BIOS option is linked to the HPET Support BIOS option. HPET Support must be enabled for this BIOS opt ...
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All You Need To Know About AMD Ryzen Threadripper! Rev. 7
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All You Need To Know About AMD Ryzen Threadripper! Rev. 7
AMD has finally announced the specifications, pricing and availability for the AMD Ryzen Threadripper pro ...
AMD has finally announced the specifications, pricing and availability for the AMD Ryzen Threadripper processor! This follows their AMD Computex 2017 press conference, where they showed off the massiv ...
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The AMD Ryzen PRO Desktop CPU Tech Report
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The AMD Ryzen PRO Desktop CPU Tech Report
Right on the heels of the big reveal of the AMD EPYC 7000 Series (formerly known as AMD Naples) of enterp ...
Right on the heels of the big reveal of the AMD EPYC 7000 Series (formerly known as AMD Naples) of enterprise server processors, AMD just announced the AMD Ryzen PRO family of desktop processors. Here ...
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