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December 16, 2016 AMD Zen Is Now Ryzen, Desktop CPUs Clocked at 3.4GHz+ Coming Q1 2017
HIGHLIGHTS AMD’s new high-end desktop CPU line will be called Ryzen Server and notebook chips will follow later in 2017 AMD is aiming to take Intel on at the high end of the CPU market Last week at the AMD Tech Summit in Sonoma, California, AMD provided an update on its upcoming Zen CPU architecture […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 19, 2016 Intel Officially Kills Overclocking of Locked CPUs With Microcode Update
Intel has officially pulled the plug on third-party motherboard BIOS tweaks which, for a brief time, allowed people to circumvent the multiplier locks on its less expensive CPUs. Intel has reserved overclocking for its premium 6th-generation ‘Skylake’ Core i5 and i7 processors, but enterprising third parties found ways to push even locked models beyond their […]
