Forget all the AI fluff—some serious next-gen CPUs are on their way, praise the sun

Image of an AMD Ryzen 9000 series processor, with the headspreader removed, held in a hand.

Andy Edser, Hardware writer

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This month I've been testing: The limits of my patience on long haul flights. Also, headsets, flight sticks, and the odd set of speakers. Just call me Mr Eclectic. I'll be over here, underneath the pile of cables. 

Let me start off by saying: if you're down on all the AI PC stuff that's been dominating your newsfeeds over the Computex period, I get it. You could be forgiven for thinking that most PC hardware news has forever been swallowed by TOPS figures, NPUs, Copilot, and a load of software that wishes it was Copilot.