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Like RAM and storage, AI data centers are also buying CPUs to handle increasing workloads.

First RAM and storage, now CPUs: Why AI is making laptops 40% more expensive in 2026

March 12, 2026 9:23 am

With demand for high-performance CPUs rising for handling AI workloads, laptop prices are expected to skyrocket in the coming months.

‘India’s bet on smaller AI models may overlook CPUs’: Ziroh Labs CEO Hrishikesh Dewan

February 11, 2026 9:02 am

The Economic Survey 2026-27 argues in favour of developing small language models that can cater to specific sectors such as healthcare, raising questions on the need for expensive GPUs.

Intel revealed a redesigned AI engine and the company's efficiency and performance processor cores, which were redesigned for the 18A manufacturing process. (Image Source: Reuters)

Intel's new patent aims to increase CPU performance with software

September 03, 2025 9:56 am

Intel has patented a new technology called "Software Defined Supercore", which aims to combine two or more cores into a large virtual core.

Hardware based malwares are not uncommon.

Forget software, researcher develops proof of concept ransomware that infects CPU

May 15, 2025 8:31 am

While hardware based rootkits and malwares aren't uncommon, this is the first time someone has managed to infect the CPU with a ransomware.

Breaking down cache memory: Why need it when RAM exists?

April 05, 2024 6:31 pm

CPU cache is a weird one. We decode the multiple levels, how data flows between them, and why it's a huge deal for squeezing out performance.

Intel 14th Gen processors | Intel 14th Gen CPU | Intel 14th gen CPU models

Intel announces 14th Gen desktop CPUs with up to 24 cores and 6GHz clock speed

October 17, 2023 9:45 am

Intel claims that the 14th Gen Core i9-14600K is the first processor in the world to offer a boost clock speed of 6GHz out of the box. The top-of-the-line desktop processor comes with 24 cores and 32 threads.