Entry-level CPU lineup ditches ray tracing

Troubled Chipzilla is prepping its Wildcat Lake CPUs to replace the tired Alder Lake-N and Twin Lake offerings in the bargain-basement segment.

Rumoured to be 55 per cent

Analysts at KeyBanc reckon Intel’s 18A yields have inched up to 55 per cent which is a modest five per cent improvement quarter-on-quarter.

Tan tells staff that catching up to Nvidia is a lost cause

Troubled Chipzilla’s new chief Lip-Bu Tan has decided to pull off the sticking plaster and tell staff that Intel is no longer one of the leading semiconductor companies in the world.

Intel claws second place as Samsung stumbles over its yields

TSMC is still lording it over the global chip foundry racket, holding on to a 35 per cent grip on what is dubbed the "Foundry 2.0" which covers everything from photomask manufacturing to chip packaging alongside the usual silicon stamping.

 
25 per cent higher clock speeds and up to 36 per cent power savings

Troubled Chipzilla is trying to shift attention from looming layoffs to technical progress, unveiling more details about its next-gen 18A process node at the 2025 Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits.

Intel Foundry workers face the chop as up to one fifth of production staff could go

Troubled Chipzilla is sharpening the axe yet again, this time taking aim at its Intel Foundry division where more than 10,000 jobs could be on the chopping block.

Chip lands appearing in Nvidia systems and UK supercomputers 

Troubled Chipzilla’s latest Xeon 6 processor is getting noticed for powering AI-heavy workloads in cloud, edge and high-performance computing. It is a shame that the cocaine nose-jobs of Wall Street are not getting the memo.

Chipzilla gives up tying CPU and GPU together

Troubled Chipzilla has officially canned its Deep Link suite, quietly shelving one of its more ambitious attempts to get CPUs and GPUs working together.

Looks slick, plays slow, and still can't beat its own last-gen gear

Troubled Chipzilla has taken its trousers down to show off the innards of Arrow Lake, and while the chiplet-based design is a visual treat, it’s struggling to keep up where it matters in games.

Intel to slash 20 per cent of workforce in latest bloodbath

Troubled Chipzilla is back in the firing line, reportedly preparing to boot 20 per cent of its staff in what looks like the biggest cull since it last had a go in August.