Review roundup: Reviews are now live and performance is all over the place

Intel's Arrow Lake-S desktop processors have become available, bringing a total of five SKUs, including the current flagship, Core Ultra 9 285K. In addition, Intel Z890-based motherboards have also started selling, and reviews have gone online.

Kingston still king for now

Chinese SSD manufacturers are making significant strides in the SSD market, driven by strong local demand and support.

After 20 years

The EU Court of Justice, the pinnacle of Europe’s judicial system, has brought to a close a legal tussle that has spanned nearly two decades between Chipzilla and EU regulators. The court upheld the General Court’s decision, dismissing the European Commission’s appeal.

Similar problems as Raptor Lake

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Intel’s Arrow Lake AKA Core Ultra 200-S, may have some instability issues.

Fight off the TSMC empire

Intel Foundry has reportedly reached out to Samsung to propose a "foundry alliance," aiming to create a strategic collaboration to challenge the growing influence of TSMC.

Theoretical attacks

The IT industry’s Mr Sweary Linus Torvalds is finding himself vexed by hardware vendors with poor security and the plethora of actual and theoretical attacks.

US will lose its competitive edge

According to the Wall Street Journal, Chipzilla’s woes pose a significant risk to shareholder wealth and US national security.

For the latest Intel Core Ultra series-2 CPUs

Biostar has announced its newest Z890A-SILVER motherboard, the latest addition to the Z890 lineup which supports Intel's Core Ultra series-2 CPUs.

Patches falling short

Six years after disclosing the Spectre transient execution processor design flaws, boffins still voice concerns about incomplete fixes.

Additional LPE cores for all SKUs

An Intel leak has tipped up showing a complete spec sheet of Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200H processors.