Jim Keller blasts Intel sale rumours
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Thursday, 20 February 2025 11:43

Jim Keller blasts Intel sale rumours


It’s a fire sale

The troubled Chipzilla’s golden days might be behind it, but selling the company or its divisions isn’t the way forward—it’s a reckless fire sale, says legendary chip designer Jim Keller. 

Intel engineer blasts rumoured TSMC deal
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Wednesday, 19 February 2025 10:28

Intel engineer blasts rumoured TSMC deal


'Horrible, Demoralising Mistake'

A fiery backlash has erupted following rumours that Intel and TSMC could form a semiconductor joint venture.

Sparkle launches new Arc B580 Guardian graphics card
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Same design as the R570 Guardian

Sparkle has launched yet another Intel Arc B580 SKU, this time as a part of the Guardian series, coming with a dual-fan cooler and a standard GPU boost clock. It should launch at the MSRP of $249. 

Intel has a gamble on gaming
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Tuesday, 18 February 2025 11:57

Intel has a gamble on gaming


Making handhelds a priority

The troubled Chipzilla is making moves to muscle in on the booming handheld gaming market and take on AMD.

GloFo is the latest name  tipped to buy Intel
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Tuesday, 18 February 2025 10:08

GloFo is the latest name tipped to buy Intel


The story twists and turns like a twisty-turny thing

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that Intel could merge with GlobalFoundaries.

Trump unlikely to back TSMC running Intel’s US Fabs
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Discussions ongoing

Despite ongoing discussions about a potential deal between Intel and TSMC, the Trump administration is not keen on the idea of a foreign company taking control of Chipzilla’s chip-making facilities in the United States.

Intel and TSMC spill the beans on process technology
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Intel's 18A process could offer superior performance

Intel and TSMC have revealed some details about their forthcoming semiconductor manufacturing technologies and it looks like Chipzilla might have the edge in performance.

Intel shares get boost from Vance's comments
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Thursday, 13 February 2025 12:11

Intel shares get boost from Vance's comments


Further proof that Wall Street is clueless

In further proof that Wall Street is clueless about technology, Intel shares have risen after America’s sofa-loving Vice President JD Vance claimed that advanced AI chips would be made in the US.

AMD achieves record server market share
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Thursday, 13 February 2025 09:29

AMD achieves record server market share


Mercury Research data

According to the latest figures from Mercury Research, AMD has reached a record 35.5 per cent share of server revenue, alongside sizable gains in client processor market share.

CPU performance declines
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Wednesday, 12 February 2025 10:22

CPU performance declines


First time since 2004

For the first time since 2004, global benchmarking data from PassMark has shown a decline in average CPU performance, with laptop processors experiencing a 3.4 per cent drop year-on-year.