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• Desktop CPU sales plunge 30% but AMD soars even higher

  AMD ends up even better than before, even as desktop CPUs fall by record levels.

• Intel warns of impending CPU shortages, but won't raise prices

  PC companies may not be charged higher prices for hard-to-find chips. But what about the DIY market?

• Further Spectre and Meltdown-like flaws found

  Reports have emerged that ​researchers have found eight new CPU flaws

• Intel's mobile future is in blazing modems as it buries Atom failure

  Intel's announcing new modems, and cool new uses for 5G in autonomous cars and VR at Mobile World Congress next week

• AMD sets Ryzen up for a strong start as chip battle with Intel looms

  AMD loyalists will grab the early Ryzen chips, and the following word-of-mouth will determine if Intel fans switch camps

• 5 burning questions about AMD's Zen chip

  AMD's much-awaited Zen chip is around the corner, and here are questions we have about the chip