Intel put Optane drives in Ark
P5810X Series launched but no one saw it
Chipzilla released the new Intel Optane SSD DC P5810X Series without telling anyone and instead thought people would just "discover it" when they were reading through its Ark product database.
Intel moves to PCIe Gen5
Nvidia is no longer the only one
Intel has signed up for the new PCIe Gen5 or 16-pin or 12VHPWR power connector at least for its new Data Center GPU Max 1000 GPUs based on its Ponte Vecchio processor.
Intel unveils NUC 13 Extreme gaming PC
Not exactly compact any more
Chipzilla's new NUC 13 Extreme gaming PC is being demonstated and it appears that Intel has given up on the concept of NUCs being small.
Intel and AMD-based platforms can update Arc firmware
Linux not so much
Intel and AMD-based platforms can update Arc GPU firmware, and Intel's Management Engine is not required for firmware updates, according to the latest pronoucement from Chipzilla.
Intel talks up Software Defined Silicon
All very scaleable
Chipzilla has been talking about the Software Defined Silicon (SDSi) capability of its next-generation Xeon Scalable processors including the official brand name.
Sapphire Rapids gets a launch date
10 January 2023
Intel's Xeon Scalable processors, previously code-named Sapphire Rapids, have a launch date of 10 January 2023.
US chip restrictions on chip inevitable
Intel sees no way out
Intel Chief Executive [kicking] Pat Gelsinger (pictured) said that recently imposed US restrictions on semiconductor-industry exports to China were inevitable as America seeks to maintain technological leadership in competition with China.
Gigabyte also jumps on the Intel Arc train
Starts with custom Arc A380/A310 cards
Following the likes of ASRock, ASUS, MSI, and other partners, Gigabyte is now joining the Intel Arc party, and according to a few leaked EEC filings, we will see at least five SKUs, based on A380 and A310 GPUs.
Intel's Arc A750 and A770 GPUs glitches are annoying
Glitchy, no DirectX 12 or Vulkan graphics APIs
While Intel's Arc A750 and A770 GPUs have been finally released after so delays that even those waiting for Godot would have given up, there is some muttering amongst users about first-generation woes.
Intel boss announces glorious five year plan
Letter to staff contains a plan so cunning it used to be a professor of cunning at Oxford
Intel's Kicking CEO Pat Gelsinger has mapped out the next steps in his plan to get the company off life support and into rehab.