Intel Arc B580 / B570 graphics cards are faster than NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti — company announces release date, ASRock reveals specifications
According to insider information, Intel Arc B580 and B570, as well as the new AMD Navi 44 outperform NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti in synthetic benchmarks. Intel announced that its new video cards will be released shortly.
Qualcomm «has lost interest in taking over Intel due to the company’s huge debts, — Bloomberg
Qualcomm has reconsidered buying Intel amid the company’s financial troubles and potential regulatory hurdles.
Amazon «has revealed» Intel Arc B580 graphics cards — the first on the new Battlemage architecture
The Amazon marketplace has shown Intel Arc B580 video cards — the first in a new generation with Xe2-HPG (Battlemage) architecture. It is likely that a launch is set for this year.
MacOS vulnerabilities could lead to cryptocurrency theft
Former Binance CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) drew attention to vulnerabilities of the macOS operating system. They put users of laptops based on Intel chips at risk of cryptocurrency theft.
«Red Threat»: AMD pushes Intel out of the top 10 desktop processors on Amazon
For a long time, consumers have been favoring Intel desktop processors. But the release of not very successful recent models has tipped the consumer’s scales in the other direction. And now the top ten most popular CPUs on Amazon consist exclusively of AMD chips.
Intel postpones Arc Battlemage GPU announcement until December, but wants to be in time for CES 2025 to get ahead of the competition
It seems that Intel has decided to postpone the presentation of its new products. The chipmaker is approaching the release of new discrete GPUs, but recent reports suggest that this event will take place later than planned.
«Not for desktops»: Intel has no plans for 3D V-Cache in gaming processors
Intel’s technical communications manager Florian Meislinger says the company has no plans to implement AMD’s 3D V-Cache analog in custom processors.
AMD gained almost 30% of the desktop processor market — up to 10% year-on-year
Intel has dominated the PC processor market for many years. Over the past year, the ratio has been rapidly changing in favor of AMD, as evidenced by new statistics.
«A humiliating lesson»: Intel admits Core Ultra 200S bugs, promises fixes by December
Intel’s vice president confirms that the launch of Core Ultra 200S processors did not go as planned. The company promises to fix the performance by early December
Intel brings free coffee back to offices for «moral» support — after laying off 15,000 workers
Free coffee in Intel’s offices was canceled as part of cost-cutting efforts (which included layoffs of thousands) — but now the bonus is being returned to «morale» support employees.
Intel faces class action lawsuit over unstable 13th and 14th generation processors
The lawsuit accuses Intel of intentionally selling defective Raptor Lake processors. It is based on a filing by the owner of a Core i7-13700K.
Intel postpones construction of a plant in Germany until 2030 with a 50% chance of failure
It took the German government some time to find €10 billion to fund Intel Fab 29 near Magdeburg. However, the company is now postponing the project to 2029-2030.
AMD overtakes Intel in the data center market for the first time — but NVIDIA earns many times more
For the first time in history, AMD has earned more from data center processors than Intel. However, NVIDIA earned almost 4 times more in this market than both processor giants combined.
Intel is disappointed with the CHIPS law: «Invested $30 billion in two years and got zero»
Intel’s CEO is disappointed with payments under the US CHIPS law. Since its adoption, the company has invested $30 billion in factories in the United States and has not received direct investment from the state.
Intel Lunar Lake will be the last — no more integrated memory
Built-in RAM is one of the factors that made Apple M processors efficient. Intel tried to do this with Lunar Lake, but it will no longer be — expensive.
Apple and Samsung also want to buy Intel, — rumors
It seems that Qualcomm is not the only company that wants to buy Intel. Samsung and Apple are also rumored to be interested in acquiring the tech giant with its own production facilities.
TSMC deprived Intel of 40% discount due to careless comments by Pat Helsinger
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger’s comments on TSMC’s presence in China have damaged relations between the companies and deprived Intel of huge discounts.
Nvidia «has picked up» of Intel’s laid-off employees — and some will receive 30% higher salaries
Intel is currently experiencing one of the biggest crises in its 50-year history, forcing the company to announce the layoffs of thousands of employees — some of them along the way intercepted Nvidia.
Windows 11 24H2 «bugs» with new Intel processors on Z890 boards
New «hardware» — new troubles. The newly released Core Ultra 200 desktop processors have encountered crashes under Windows 11 24H2. It is recommended to disable the built-in graphics.
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, 7 265K and 5 245K processors are available — game performance tests
Intel’s Arrow Lake-S desktop processors are on sale, and reviewers have prepared the first tests of Core Ultra 9 285K, Ultra 7 265K, and Ultra 5 245K chips.
Intel’s boss wanted to buy Nvidia for $20 billion in 2005, but the board was afraid of «losing money»
Currently, Nvidia’s value has exceeded $3 trillion.
Intel CEO unexpectedly showed Lenovo CEO… Panther Lake processor
At the Lenovo Tech World presentation, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger showed Lenovo President Yuanqing Yang a sample of a new laptop chip.
Intel and AMD set up the «x86» — Advisory Group with computer and software manufacturers
In an unexpected collaboration, Intel and AMD created the «x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group (x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group), which includes CEOs of many related companies.
Intel unveils Core Ultra 200S Arrow Lake — desktop processors with Xe graphics and improved power efficiency
Intel has announced Arrow Lake desktop processors in the Core Ultra 200K series, also known as Core Ultra 200S. The company promises up to 15% higher performance with a significant reduction in power consumption
Jensen Huang earned $109 billion from Nvidia — enough to buy Intel (with a balance)
Currently, Nvidia’s CEO’s personal wealth is estimated at $109 billion, which is more than Intel’s market capitalization of $96 billion, writes Tom’s Hardware. In fact, if Huang had suddenly decided to acquire a company «blue», he would have received at least $13 billion in change.
Intel has completely fixed the instability of the 13th and 14th generation Core — but not the operation of already damaged processors
Intel has released the final patch instability of processors Core of the 13th and 14th generations (Raptor Lake). The company commented on the reasons for the unsatisfactory performance of the chips.
First real-world tests of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V Lunar Lake in ASUS Zenbook S14 laptop — better battery life, average performance
The first reviews and tests of laptops with the new Intel Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake processors have appeared. Almost everyone studied the new platform on the example of ASUS Zenbook S14.
AMD processors are the best-selling on Amazon, Intel chips are only in 12th place
AMD is gaining momentum in the PC processor market. Currently, Ryzen «chips have occupied» ten best-selling chips on the Amazon marketplace.
Qualcomm wants to buy Intel — the company is now worth $90 billion
In recent days, mobile processor manufacturer Qualcomm has expressed its intention to acquire Intel. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to knowledgeable sources.
Intel spins off loss-making chipmaking unit into a subsidiary
Intel is trying to improve its financial position by restructuring. To this end, it is transforming its chip manufacturing business into an independent subsidiary.
Intel loses Sony PlayStation 6 contract — due to cost and backward compatibility
According to Reuters, In 2022, Intel lost a contract to design and manufacture a chip for the Sony PlayStation 6. This was a significant blow to the company’s contract manufacturing.
Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 laptop: Intel Core Ultra 200, touchscreen and 25 hours of operation
Samsung unveils Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 laptop with Copilot+ certified processors Intel Core Ultra 200.
Intel introduces Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake processors — energy efficient, with LPDDR5X-8533 and 16% faster in games than AMD HX 370
Intel has officially launched Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake laptop processors. The company promises energy efficiency, a 30% performance advantage over competitors, and AI.
Khadas modular mini-PC — the first device with Intel Core Ultra 200V, NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti and battery
The modular mini-PC with battery backup and discrete graphics is a surprise in itself. Khadas also adds processors Intel Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake.
The history of Apple Silicon: how Apple’s ARM processors changed the computer industry
In 2020, Apple made a successful, correct and, without exaggeration, revolutionary step by announcing the transition to its Apple Silicon processors for Mac computers. This moment was the culmination of the company’s many years of work in the hardware industry, which began with the first attempts to create its own chips for the iPhone. The…
Processor, graphics card, or game engine? Looking for «narrow throat» in gaming systems
Which computer component is to blame for poor gaming performance? What is a «throat» or bottleneck in the PC world, who is to blame in the first place, and what should every PC gaming fan know? Or maybe it’s not the hardware at all? Let’s take this phenomenon one step at a time. What is […]
Intel vs AMD: «red» succeed in the battle for the processor market
Despite facing a difficult financial situation, Intel still holds the lion’s share of the global processor market. Its products for desktops, mobile devices, and data centers account for more than 70% of the market share. However, AMD is gradually eroding this dominance like warm water dripping onto a huge glacier.
Golden parachute: Intel gives up to €500,000 in severance pay for voluntary departures
In Ireland, Intel has offered employees from the Leixlip team a severance package of up to €500 thousand for voluntary resignation. Recently, Intel announced that it would lay off 15% of its employees to cut costs.
Second-generation Intel graphics card — Battlemage cores, more memory, better ray tracing
Specifications for Intel’s new second-generation Battlemage architecture graphics card have been leaked ahead of its likely launch. The GPU has 24 Xe2 cores and 12 GB of memory
Intel postpones Innovation 2024 event to 2025, fate of Arrow Lake processors in doubt
Intel has announced that it will postpone its Intel Innovation 2024 event to next year. This event has been held annually since Pat Helsinger took over the company.
PC of the month (August 2024)
Over the past few months, Ukrainians have been increasingly interested in laptops rather than desktops. As a result, prices in stores are changing in favor of PCs, so in this edition of the PC of the Month, we’ll take a look at classic configurations again, but with a focus on energy efficiency. We’ll select the […]
AMD processors fail twice as often as Intel 13th and 14th generations, — computer manufacturer
Puget Systems, a high-end computer manufacturer, has released statistics according to which failures of 13th and 14th generation Intel processors is just over 2%, while AMD Ryzen 5000 and 7000 systems have more than 4% failure rate.
Intel lays off more than 15,000 employees — the company’s shares plummeted by 20% on the news
Intel has fallen on hard times. In the second quarter of 2024, the chipmaker suffered a loss of $1.6 billion. This is significantly more than the company lost in the previous quarter – $437 million.
«Crashed» game — Intel processor to blame. Path of Titans warns users
Following complaints about Intel processors, game developers have taken notice. A message in Path of Titans names the Intel chip as a possible cause of the failure.
MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI motherboard review: almost a flagship with a low price
Cool motherboards have always cost inadequate money, but MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI breaks this stereotype. Despite the strong power supply, a generous set of modern interfaces, and a flagship chipset, the hero of the review has serious drawbacks, which we will discuss in more detail in this review. Technical specifications of MSI MAG…
Intel unveils Core i9-14901KE and eight more processors without energy-efficient cores — but not for everyone
Very soon after the rumors about Intel processors for the socket appeared LGA-1700 without energy efficient cores The company presented them. However, in a slightly different format, as part of the current 14th generation.
Not now, Intel! Processor maker launches poll about «favorite computer era» in the midst of a major IT outage
As the world tries to overcome the consequences of a disruption caused by a bug in the CrowdStrike antivirus update, Intel launches a poll about its favorite computer era.
«Intel sells defective processors»: Raptor Lake on laptops also «buggy»
Intel 13th and 14th generation processors (Raptor Lake) are affected by the failure of laptops. After information about problems with data center servers there was a report about Intel’s «sale of defective processors» for portable PCs.
Intel Bartlett Lake-S processors for LGA-1700 with a strange configuration will be released in 2025, — unofficially
According to the leak, Intel’s Bartlett Lake-S desktop processors will be released in 2025. These are hybrid processors with new Bartlett Lake (BTL) cores, as well as Alder Lake (ADL) and Raptor Lake (RPL).
Asus unveils ExpertBook P5 — its first laptop powered by Intel Lunar Lake processors
Asus has published a detailed review of its upcoming ExpertBook P5 laptop with the latest Intel Lunar Lake processors. However, the company steadfastly avoids mentioning Intel Lunar Lake or any specific chip. Instead, the processor is described as «next-generation Intel Core Ultra» with 45+ TOPS NPU.
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