AMD may be a distant second when it comes to making x86 processors for desktops and notebooks but the company has been making some exciting moves lately. This week it announced what it describes as ...

According to a recent press release, AMD unleashed the first ever processor clocked at up to 5GHz right from the factory. The AMD FX-9590, the new flagship part of the FX-9000 lineup is the latest ...

The product categories in the CPU marketplace are rapidly eroding. Intel and AMD have spent the last year and a half furiously releasing new products, and tweaking their lines to take on the ...

Want a CPU with the most gigahertz horsepower going? Chipmaker AMD has unveiled the world's first 5GHz, the AMD FX-9590. The FX-9590 is the latest addition to AMD's FX lineup and takes the clock speed ...

In a desperate ploy to stay relevant, AMD has announced the first commercially available CPU to hit 5GHz: the FX-9590. Like its flagship predecessor, the FX-8350, the new chip features four Piledriver ...

On Tuesday, Advanced Micro Devices announced the AMD FX-9590, the first 5GHz microprocessor for the PC—at a time, unfortunately, when even PC enthusiasts care little about the processor’s clock speed.

AMD introduces today its FX-9000 Series, a family of eight-core processors that are said to be the first in the world to have a clock speed of up to 5GHz. Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved ...

Targeting gaming and multimedia enthusiasts, AMD announced a 5GHz processor at E3 in Los Angeles. The AMD FX-9590 is an eight core CPU. Another new processor, the FX-9370, runs at 4.7 GHz. Both ...

Intel has caused a huge backlash from the PC enthusiast community with the way it revealed a surprise 28-core processor at the Computex trade show this week. The company was first to announce what ...

Enthusiasts get unbelievable PC performance with new AMD FX-9000 Series Processor Los Angeles - E3 - June 11, 2013 - AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled its most powerful member of the legendary AMD FX ...

Chances are you won’t be seeing this kind of action from your friend’s overclocked system, but the crew at Universal ABIT showed off a Core 2 Extreme X6800 CPU overclocked from 2.93GHz to 5GHz. The ...

Intel has confirmed that it will be launching its fastest ever processor - the Core i7-8086K. The 6-core CPU, which is similar to the current Core i7-8700K, will be the first Intel CPU to reach 5GHz ...