
AMD ready to counter-attack in Intel war
Picked the right day to start it
On August 5, the anniversary of the German assaultt of Liege which kicked off WW1, AMD looks set to unveil its next-generation Ryzen 7000 processors.

Apple liberates last of the Intel gear in its M2 MacBook Air
Free at last, thank god I am free at last
Intel gear which controls the USB and Thunderbolt ports has been removed from the M2 MacBook Air.

Credit card board can run a Intel Core Tiger Lake or AMD Ryzen V2000 processor
AAEON comes up with a rather cool micro machine
AAEON has released a Raspberry-type card which can run an Intel Tiger Lake processor up to a Core i7-1185G7E, or an AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 SoC up to Ryzen Embedded V2516.

Intel 100 times slower in Ray Tracing
Trace a little faster Ray
Intel Linux GPU driver developers have released an update that results in a massive 100X boost in ray tracing performance.

Intel and Mediatek team up
Form foundry partnership
Intel and MediaTek today announced a strategic partnership to manufacture chips using Intel Foundry Services’ (IFS) advanced process technologies.

Intel confirms Arc A780 graphics card was never planned
A770 remains top
Intel’s Ryan Shrout, part of the Intel marketing group, used his Twitter to confirm that the Arc A780 card never existed.

Intel plans price hikes
Expect it to get pricey after autumn
Chipzilla has decided that its chips are too cheap and it is going to jack up the prices, according to Nikkei Asia.

Intel and AMD processors vulnerable to a new speculative execution attack
Retbleed leaks password data
Intel and AMD are vulnerable to a newly discovered speculative execution attack that can covertly leak password data and other sensitive material.

AMD might not have the upper hand in coming war
At least if a rumoured feature turns up
The battle ground between Core i9-13900 and AMD Ryzen 7000 has been levelled and some reviews suggest that Intel is set to lose. However, another rumour has suggested that Intel has a secret weapon – a Raptor Lake feature which has been overlooked.

Ryzen CPUs still dominate in Germany
Plenty of living space
Intel Alder Lake CPUs have boosted their market share globally but AMD Ryzen CPUs dominate the DIY segment in Germany.