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Intel Core i7-10700K made it into the Top 10 Mindfactory processors, slightly weakening Ryzen’s total superiority

The latest statistics from the largest German online store Mindfactory revealed an interesting moment in the face of the Core i7-10700K. Sales of this model started quite briskly – so much so that it broke into the Top 10 models, moving the Core i7-9700K and slightly diluting the total superiority of the AMD Ryzen CPU.

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The new vulnerability “hits” AMD processors, but does not affect Intel CPUs. But there is nothing to worry about

Over the past couple of years, we are accustomed to the fact that if any vulnerabilities are found in processors, they often concern Intel processors more. However, a new vulnerability called SMM Callout Privilege Escalation (CVE-2020-12890) is an exception, as it was discovered in AMD processors.

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AMD Ryzen 3000XT Processors Introduced

As expected, AMD introduced three new models of third-generation Ryzen processors for desktop systems. They are called AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT, AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT and AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT, that is, a common feature in their designations is the presence of XT characters. According to the manufacturer, they indicate increased productivity. The fact is that Ryzen 3000XT processors operate at higher frequencies when compared with similar models without the XT letters. According to AMD, this provided an increase of “up to 4%.” The frequencies, like all other technical data published a few hours ago, were confirmed.

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Velociraptor is a hackintosh based on Ryzen processors for at least $ 2,200. But there are doubts about the project

There are many people who consider macOS to be better than Windows, but are not ready or unwilling to buy Apple computers. And some of these people resort to the construction of the so-called “hackintosh” – ordinary PCs (not Macs) with macOS installed.

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Qualcomm is again the leader, and AMD has shown the greatest growth. Statistics of leaders among semiconductor developers appeared

TrendForce analysts evaluated the semiconductor giants market in the first quarter of this year. According to their data, a dozen market leaders for the reporting period totaled $ 17.81 billion, which corresponds to an increase of 13.1% in annual terms.

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