Chinese Hygon 16-core chip trades blows with AMD Threadripper 1950X in Geekbench — Chinese chipmaker continues to leverage AMD's Zen 1 architecture

A new 16-core processor "Hygon C86-4G" has been tested in Geekbench but likely still uses AMD's aging Zen 1 architecture. Source

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Valve now sells refurbished Steam Deck OLED for 20% cheaper than brand new — 512GB model for $439 and 1TB model for $519

Valve has introduced the Steam Deck OLED model into its refurbishing service, bringing the price down by 20% for certified refurbished OLED models. Source

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Intel's latest Arrow Lake CPU firmware reportedly offers little to no performance gains — users test the microcode ahead of launch on the ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF

The 0x114 microcode for Arrow Lake has leaked online but initial performance numbers suggest minimal gains in performance. Source

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