HN Atlas
← All topics

CPU processors

CPU products, architectures, benchmarks, and processor-vendor competition.

6,235 stories · 86 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

The pace of conversation

Posts per month

2020-01: 105 posts2020-02: 88 posts2020-03: 109 posts2020-04: 103 posts2020-05: 142 posts2020-06: 109 posts2020-07: 91 posts2020-08: 90 posts2020-09: 100 posts2020-10: 65 posts2020-11: 115 posts2020-12: 73 posts2021-01: 79 posts2021-02: 60 posts2021-03: 77 posts2021-04: 52 posts2021-05: 62 posts2021-06: 68 posts2021-07: 64 posts2021-08: 78 posts2021-09: 64 posts2021-10: 94 posts2021-11: 98 posts2021-12: 71 posts2022-01: 108 posts2022-02: 47 posts2022-03: 75 posts2022-04: 76 posts2022-05: 91 posts2022-06: 76 posts2022-07: 57 posts2022-08: 64 posts2022-09: 71 posts2022-10: 68 posts2022-11: 82 posts2022-12: 51 posts2023-01: 107 posts2023-02: 45 posts2023-03: 78 posts2023-04: 66 posts2023-05: 93 posts2023-06: 95 posts2023-07: 96 posts2023-08: 67 posts2023-09: 86 posts2023-10: 88 posts2023-11: 102 posts2023-12: 86 posts2024-01: 80 posts2024-02: 87 posts2024-03: 75 posts2024-04: 75 posts2024-05: 84 posts2024-06: 97 posts2024-07: 104 posts2024-08: 104 posts2024-09: 84 posts2024-10: 111 posts2024-11: 64 posts2024-12: 63 posts2025-01: 68 posts2025-02: 65 posts2025-03: 67 posts2025-04: 44 posts2025-05: 80 posts2025-06: 64 posts2025-07: 61 posts2025-08: 64 posts2025-09: 56 posts2025-10: 66 posts2025-11: 46 posts2025-12: 40 posts2026-01: 46 posts2026-02: 40 posts2026-03: 72 posts2026-04: 39 posts2026-05: 36 posts2026-06: 75 posts2026-07: 66 posts2026-08: 97 posts2026-09: 83 posts
2020-012026-09

Posts per month · first and latest months may be partial.

01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026554 stories
How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years?↗ lemire.me · HN · 206 comments · 487 points · Sep 18, 2026
Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA↗ global.fujitsu · HN · 253 comments · 633 points · Sep 15, 2026
Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded↗ twitter.com · HN · 736 comments · 1003 points · Aug 24, 2026
A 10 year old Xeon is all you need↗ point.free · HN · 290 comments · 740 points · Jun 01, 2026
Qwen3.5 122B and 35B models offer Sonnet 4.5 performance on local computers↗ venturebeat.com · HN · 272 comments · 461 points · Feb 28, 2026
2025721 stories
Same-day upstream Linux support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5↗ qualcomm.com · HN · 236 comments · 451 points · Nov 27, 2025
Ask HN: Why hasn't x86 caught up with Apple M series?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 620 comments · 452 points · Aug 25, 2025
Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip↗ jeffgeerling.com · HN · 251 comments · 454 points · Jul 04, 2025
How to Run DeepSeek R1 671B Locally on a $2000 EPYC Server↗ digitalspaceport.com · HN · 283 comments · 463 points · Feb 01, 2025
Hard numbers in the Wayland vs. X11 input latency discussion↗ mort.coffee · HN · 488 comments · 610 points · Jan 26, 2025
20241,028 stories
Intel announces Arc B-series "Battlemage" discrete graphics with Linux support↗ phoronix.com · HN · 702 comments · 474 points · Dec 03, 2024
Ollama now supports AMD graphics cards↗ ollama.com · HN · 224 comments · 633 points · Mar 15, 2024
HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought by AMD↗ phoronix.com · HN · 235 comments · 394 points · Feb 28, 2024
Asahi Linux project's OpenGL support on Apple Silicon officially surpasses Apple↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 151 comments · 399 points · Feb 15, 2024
Framework Laptop 16 Review↗ phoronix.com · HN · 390 comments · 424 points · Jan 23, 2024
20231,009 stories
7 watts idle – building a low powered server/NAS on Intel 12th/13th gen↗ mattgadient.com · HN · 183 comments · 332 points · Dec 31, 2023
Ubuntu: ~20% More Performance Than Windows 11 on New AMD Zen 4 Threadripper↗ phoronix.com · HN · 20 comments · 51 points · Nov 22, 2023
Zen 5's Leaked Slides↗ chipsandcheese.com · HN · 13 comments · 65 points · Oct 08, 2023
System76's Coreboot Open Firmware Manages to Disable Intel Me for Raptor Lake↗ phoronix.com · HN · 6 comments · 45 points · Jun 02, 2023
Framework announces AMD, new Intel gen, 16“ laptop and more↗ frame.work · HN · 45 comments · 114 points · Mar 23, 2023
2022866 stories
How fast is 12th Gen Intel Core?↗ frame.work · HN · 436 comments · 370 points · Aug 09, 2022
4th Gen KDE Slimbook – Linux Ultrabook with an AMD Ryzen 7 5700U↗ kde.slimbook.es · HN · 257 comments · 341 points · Jul 07, 2022
The Intel Split↗ stratechery.com · HN · 179 comments · 322 points · Jan 18, 2022
Why can’t I play Ultra HD Blu-ray movies on my new Intel CPU platform?↗ cyberlink.com:443 · HN · 407 comments · 618 points · Jan 14, 2022
Intel completely disables AVX-512 on Alder Lake after all↗ igorslab.de · HN · 307 comments · 379 points · Jan 07, 2022
2021867 stories
System76 Pangolin Linux-first laptop with AMD internals now in stock↗ system76.com · HN · 437 comments · 553 points · Aug 31, 2021
The Framework Laptop is now shipping↗ frame.work · HN · 761 comments · 1502 points · Jul 23, 2021
Your CPU may have slowed down on Wednesday↗ travisdowns.github.io · HN · 469 comments · 735 points · Jun 22, 2021
Pangolin – Mobile AMD laptop with Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics↗ system76.com · HN · 457 comments · 500 points · Mar 16, 2021
Intel Problems↗ stratechery.com · HN · 426 comments · 569 points · Jan 19, 2021
20201,190 stories
AMD Zen 3 Ryzen Deep Dive Review↗ anandtech.com · HN · 252 comments · 434 points · Nov 05, 2020
AMD Reveals the Radeon RX 6000 Series, Coming November 18th↗ anandtech.com · HN · 412 comments · 462 points · Oct 28, 2020
AMD Zen 3/Ryzen 5000 announcement [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 674 comments · 761 points · Oct 08, 2020
Intel's “cripple AMD” function (2019)↗ agner.org · HN · 104 comments · 500 points · Aug 28, 2020
AMD Claims World’s Fastest Per-Core Performance with New EPYC Rome 7Fx2 CPUs↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 246 comments · 523 points · Apr 14, 2020
Scroll through time ↕

02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA↗ global.fujitsu · HN · 253 comments · 633 points · Sep 15, 2026
How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years?↗ lemire.me · HN · 206 comments · 487 points · Sep 18, 2026
Claude Opus 5.5 Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis (Max)↗ artificialanalysis.ai · HN · 106 comments · 333 points · Sep 22, 2026
MiMo-v2.6-Pro: Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis↗ artificialanalysis.ai · HN · 68 comments · 166 points · Sep 22, 2026
Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded↗ twitter.com · HN · 736 comments · 1003 points · Aug 24, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA↗ global.fujitsu · HN · 253 comments · 633 points · Sep 15, 2026
How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years?↗ lemire.me · HN · 206 comments · 487 points · Sep 18, 2026
The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)↗ devquasar.com · HN · 115 comments · 379 points · Sep 05, 2026
Claude Opus 5.5 Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis (Max)↗ artificialanalysis.ai · HN · 106 comments · 333 points · Sep 22, 2026
MiMo-v2.6-Pro: Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis↗ artificialanalysis.ai · HN · 68 comments · 166 points · Sep 22, 2026
Delidded Intel I9-14900KS CT Scan↗ lttlabs.com · HN · 14 comments · 124 points · Sep 02, 2026
Apple M6 Pro achieves the highest single-core CPU score in Geekbench 7↗ browser.geekbench.com · HN · 145 comments · 118 points · Sep 19, 2026
Accurate Models of AMD Matrix Cores↗ arxiv.org · HN · 11 comments · 80 points · Sep 16, 2026
Xcena and Samsung's Near Memory Compute CXL Device↗ chipsandcheese.com · HN · 7 comments · 59 points · Aug 30, 2026
HP ZGX Fury Is Now Orderable: GB300 Superchip, 748GB Unified Memory↗ storagereview.com · HN · 54 comments · 41 points · Sep 14, 2026

10 stories shown.

Help shape Hacker Atlas

Useful, confusing, or missing something? I’d love to hear.

Your feedback is private. Your email is only used to reply, never to sign you up for a newsletter.