CPUs

Intel’s x86 CPU market share drops to 31-year low

Intel's overall x86 CPU market share has fallen below 70 percent for the first time since 1995, dropping to 69.3 percent in the second quarter of 2026, according to a new report from Mercury Research. AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.…

AMD launches 256-core EPYC Venice CPUs on 2nm process

AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. used its Advancing AI 2026 keynote on Wednesday to formally launch the EPYC 9006 "Venice" server processor family, its first CPU built on TSMC's Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2nm process node and the debut…

Nvidia showcases Vera CPU architecture at SIGGRAPH 2026

Nvidia is using SIGGRAPH 2026 in Los Angeles to expand on the technical underpinnings of its Vera CPU, the company's first fully custom data center processor and its most direct challenge yet to AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. and Intel…

Perplexity to use Nvidia’s new Vera CPU for AI agents

AI startup Perplexity confirmed on Tuesday that it plans to deploy Nvidia's new Vera central processing units, lending further momentum to the chipmaker's push into a server-processor market long dominated by Intel and Advanced Micro Devices.