Based on Internet speculation, the range-topping parts will initially be available in two extreme hexa-core flavours; the top-of-the-line Core i7-3960X and the second-tier Core i7-3930K.
Both CPUs will be high on the Christmas shopping lists of many an enthusiast, but price tags of £850.79 and £477.59, respectively, suggest that you'd better start saving in earnest.
Last Friday, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger told CNBC he thinks the chip shortage will last into 2024.
The Radeon RX 6500M outperforms the Intel Arc A370M in AMD benchmarks. This week, Intel unveiled its Arc laptop GPUs, which featured the A370M from the Arc 3
AMD has a larger market cap than Intel for the first time in history. Since its initial Zen architecture in 2017, AMD's fortunes have improved dramatically.
