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AMD's next-generation Zen 5 CPU architecture will be launched at Computex 2024 next week, with name changes all over the place... now we've got the Ryzen AI 300 series.

Why the Ryzen AI 300 series? Intel's next-generation Core Ultra 200 series "Arrow Lake" CPUs will be launching, so AMD can't have the previously rumored Ryzen AI 100 series names, with Chinese leaker Golden Pig Upgrade giving us the update on what he's hearing regarding AMD's next-gen desktop-focused Zen 5 processors.

Golden Pig Upgrade explains: "Strix Point was renamed again: Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, Ryzen AI 9 365, those who are familiar with DIY must be familiar with this practice. After all, the Core Ultra 200 series will be released soon. If AMD starts from 100 again, it will suffer a numerical loss, so they will start directly from the 300 series. If you want to make up for it, you can also say this is the third generation with NPU".

Thanks to AVerMedia, we have two amazing AVerMedia streamer and content creator packs to giveaway - including 1 x Live Gamer ULTRA 2.1 - GC553G2 capture card and 1 x Live Streamer MIC 350 - AM350. All you need to do is like, subscribe, and comment on the YouTube video for this week's TT Show and email us (details in the episode and below) with the subject 'AVerMedia Giveaway.'

You don't need to go into any special detail, but if you want, let us know what 4K games you'd love to capture footage from with the Live Gamer ULTRA 2.1 while still enjoying smooth and stunning 4K 144 Hz visuals with HDR.

This is a giveaway you don't want to miss out on, and it's open to all viewers and listeners across the globe. Earning our highest Editor's Choice award, the Live Game ULTRA 2.1 is "a simple and powerful USB streaming and capture solution for content creators, the HDMI 2.1 pass-through makes the AVerMedia Live Gamer ULTRA 2.1 brilliant for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X gamers."

Intel is ramping up into the release of its next-gen Xeon "Emerald Rapids" CPU family, with some new information teasing the flagship 64-core, 128-thread Xeon 8592+ processor.

The new Intel Xeon 8592+ processor was spotted in its engineering sample form, with a CPU base clock of 1.9GHz and a boost clock of 3.9GHz, but with this being an ES processor, we should expect higher clocks when the processor is in retail form. We have a base TDP of 350W, but it can be adjusted to 420W while peak power will reach 500W. The pre-release sample seems to have a 922W peak power, but I hope we don't see that number in retail form.

Intel's new Emerald Rapids-based Xeon 8592+ processor will have 448MB of combined cache (120MB L2 cache + 320MB of L3 cache), which is a near doubling over the 232MB of cache on the previous-gen flagship Xeon 8490H "Sapphire Rapids" CPU.

At Intel's big Innovation 2023 event, CEO Pat Gelsinger confirmed that the company would adopt a 3D Cache approach for CPUs in the future - though it won't be a part of the upcoming Meteor Lake roadmap. The confirmation came during a Q&A session where someone asked if Intel was considering adopting something similar to AMD's 3D V-Cache processors.

AMD 3D V-Cache powered Ryzen X3D processors have proved to be excellent performers for PC gaming. However, the 3D stacking of cache is a TSMC packaging technology for chips that AMD has taken advantage of - so it's not proprietary.

Intel confirming that it is planning to adopt a similar thing for upcoming CPUs is interesting stuff. Still, Pat Gelsinger added, "We're doing that differently in our composition," with the company looking to stack CPU compute on top of memory. And Intel will leverage its own process technology and foundries to deliver the technology.

Global entry! We have teamed up with Kingston to give away a couple of its awesome products to one very lucky winner.

The winner will take home a Kingston KC3000 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD and a Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 RGB 32GB memory kit.

Kingston KC3000 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD delivers next-level performance using the latest Gen 4x4 NVMe controller and 3D TLC NAND. Upgrade the storage and reliability of your system to keep up with demanding workloads and experience better performance with software applications such as 3D rendering and 4K+ content creation. With formidable speeds up to 7,000MB/s1 read/write, it ensures improved workflow in high-performance desktop and laptop PCs making it ideal for power users who require the fastest speeds on the market.

Global entry! We have teamed up with Patriot to give away some of its awesome new products this week. In total, there will be three winners who each have the opportunity of taking home one of the below three products.

"The Viper Xtreme 5 is designed to operate at higher speeds with lower voltages without generating as much heat. This lower power consumption is possible due to the integrated high-quality PMIC which creates more room for overclocking without exceeding safe voltages and temperature limits. (Overclocking requires more power, so a high-quality power supply with adequate wattage and stability can help ensure stable and reliable overclocking.)"

"The Viper Venom DDR5 was created with the desire to deliver premier speeds to blow the competition away. Built with Viper's groundbreaking technology, the Viper Venom DDR5 can far surpass the limits of DDR4 modules to deliver twice the speed and bandwidth. With Viper's innovative onboard power and thermal management technology, this module features efficient operation and lower power consumption for longer module lifespans.

Global entry! We have teamed up with Netac to give away two of its awesome Shadow Series RGB DDR5-4800 (16GB x 2) dual-channel memory kits.

Both winners will take home one of Netac's Shadow RGB DDR5-4800 (16GB x 2) dual-channel RAM kits, with these kits of RAM selling for $262 on Amazon currently.

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Global entry! We have teamed up with TEAMGROUP to give away two of its awesome T-Force VULCAN Z SATA III SLC 2TB SSDs to two lucky winners.

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Global entry! We have teamed up with Netac to give away one of its awesome new NV7000 1TB SSDs to one lucky winner.

In our very own review of the NV7000 1TB SSD from back at the end of August, Jon Coulter, our in-house SSD guru, said: "Netac is bringing value like none other with its NV7000 SSD, making it TweakTown Elite and worthy of our highest award."

And in his bottom line, he simply said: "Best value for a hyper-class SSD."

Global entry! We have teamed up with TEAMGROUP to give away one of its awesome new T-FORCE DELTA RGB 6400MHz 32GB DDR5 dual channel RAM kits to one lucky winner.

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