Chipzilla finds two high-severity vulnerabilities
Published in PC Hardware


Wide range of processor families

Intel has disclosed two high-severity vulnerabilities that affect a wide range of Intel processor families, allowing threat actors and malware to gain higher privilege levels on the device.

Intel rolls out new graphics driver for Alder Lake
Published in News


For early adopters 

Intel is rolling out a new version of the graphics driver for its processors with integrated graphics and discrete Iris Xe GPU.

Alder Lake incompatible with some games
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 08 November 2021 12:17

Alder Lake incompatible with some games


DRM software breaks Valhalla

Intel has posted a release that the hybrid CPU core architecture on Alder Lake can be incompatible with certain games, specifically some protected by the anti-piracy DRM software from Denuvo.

Intel stretched the truth in its AMD comparison
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 04 November 2021 13:03

Intel stretched the truth in its AMD comparison


Fancy that

The US tech press which loves telling positive stories about everyone appears to be somewhat shocked that Intel might have not being telling the full truth when it compared its Core i9-12900K and Ryzen 9 5950X.

Intel promises to outrun Moore’s Law
Published in News
Friday, 29 October 2021 12:50

Intel promises to outrun Moore’s Law


Others wonder what Moore's Law was

Intel's CEO Kicking Pat Gelsinger promises that Intel will keep pace with – and even outrun – Moore's Law.

G.Skill Trident Z5 hits DDR5-6800 on Intel Z690 motherboard
Published in PC Hardware


Running at 6800MHz with tight CL38 latency

Following the announcement of Intel's 12th gen Core Alder Lake CPUs and Z690 motherboards, coming on November 4th, G.Skill has revealed what its new Trident Z5 DDR5 memory is capable of achieving on that platform, hitting DDR5-6800 at CL38.

Intel says Aurora on the way
Published in News
Thursday, 28 October 2021 11:26

Intel says Aurora on the way


And bigger than planned... even if it is late 

After Chipzilla has released its Alder Lake family into the world and is shipping 28 versions of the chip to PC makers, with "broad availability" starting on 4 November, the outfit says that its new supercomputer Aurora is on the way.

Intel officially announces 12th gen Core Alder Lake CPUs
Published in PC Hardware


Six SKUs, launching on November 4th

Intel has officially announced its new 12th gen Core CPUs, codenamed Alder Lake, which will officially launch on November 4th. Intel will have a total of six SKUs ready on launch day, including the Core i9-12900, Core i7-12700, and Core i5-12600, all coming in K and KF versions.

Even Intel can beat Apple's M1 Max
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 13:10

Even Intel can beat Apple's M1 Max


Apple’s new chip is not going to be the top of the heap

While we have been saying that Apple M1 SoC Max has been hyped beyond all reason, it appears that even the Tame Apple Press is being forced to admit that it is getting its clock cleaned by Intel's 12th-generation Alder Lake mobile processors.

Intel open sources bug checker
Published in AI
Monday, 25 October 2021 14:48

Intel open sources bug checker


AI based

Intel has open-sourced ControlFlag , a tool that uses machine learning to detect problems in computer code -- ideally to reduce the time required to debug apps and software.