• AMD's Zen 6 CPUs could be really fast and have lots of cache.  (Hot Hardware)
  
  Some of the rumours around Zen 6 - expected next year - appear to be solid: It will have 12 CPU cores per chiplet, up from 8 in all earlier models, and L3 cache will likewise scale by 50%.
  
  Speed is expected to pass the 6GHz mark, which seems reasonable.  Intel has already done that with its fastest models, and AMD is planning to move from TSMC's 4nm node to 2nm, which is notably faster.
  
  The one new rumour here is to do with the X3D models.  The X3D cache chips are also rumoured to be 50% larger, and it is possible to stack two of them on one CPU for up to 240MB of L3 cache on a single chiplet - up from 96MB currently.
  
  Also rumoured are the speeds for the smaller, slower Zen 6c cores: Up to 4.5GHz.  Since these have exactly the same performance per clock as full-size Zen 6, they will be quite respectable performers.
  
  Zen 6 will launch on the current-generation AM5 socket, so you can easily upgrade existing Zen 4 and Zen 5 systems.  Intel already abandoned Socket 1700 which supported its 12th, 13th, and 14th generation chips (which were basically all the same), and is expected to abandon its current Socket 1851 for yet another platform when it launches Nova Lake next year.  So forget any upgrades on that side.
  
  

Tech News

• Beeg cat means beeg error.  (arXiv)  (pdf)
  
  Adding useless cat facts when posing questions to so-called "reasoning" AIs instantly triples the error rate.
  
  
  
• Because it's Potemkin reasoning.  (The Register)
  
  And the peasants are revolting.
  
  
  
• The Playstation 5 Pro can't run AMD's latest FSR 4 upscaling.  (WCCFTech)
  
  Zero surprise there; neither can last year's AMD cards.  FSR 4 relies on eight-bit floating point hardware found only in the 9000-series cards.
  
  
  
• There is no safe amount of processed meat in your diet, according to idiots.  (CNN)
  
  Why, eating as little as one hot dog every single day could increase your risk of diabetes and cancer.
  
  At no point did CNN consider the possibility of eating more than zero but fewer than one hot dog per day.
  
  
  
• How Congress rejected King George, or, fascists are f***ing stupid.  (The Verge)  (archive site)
  
  These people.
  
  
  
• Why does Valve produce so few video games itself now that it has taken over the PC gaming market, everyone loves it, and it makes billions of dollars per year in profit for doing almost nothing?  (Financial Times)  (archive site)
  
  You know, guys, I think you may have answered your own question.
  
  
  
• Two Bitcoin wallets have woken up from a 14 year nap.  (MarketWatch)
  
  When they were last used in 2011 they were worth a total of $15,600.  They just became active again, now valued at more than two billion dollars.
  
  
  

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