AMD's Ryzen puts pressure on Intel
Published in News
Tuesday, 30 March 2021 11:48

AMD's Ryzen puts pressure on Intel

 
Alienware has an AMD option

Dell's next Alienware M15 will ship with an AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU, in a move which is rather bad news for Intel.

Raptor Lake in the pipeline
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 29 March 2021 10:15

Raptor Lake in the pipeline


13th generation tech details spotted

Intel's 13th-gen model, Raptor Lake processors, have been mentioned in official documentation, indicating that they are indeed in the pipeline.

Intel 7nm is on schedule, Meteor Lake CPU in 2023
Published in PC Hardware


Keeping the fabs, IFS, and more

During its presentation, Intel's new CEO, Pat Gelsinger, shared his vision of Intel in the future, including details about the 7nm manufacturing process and next-generation Meteor Lake CPUs.

Rocket Lake might be slower than Ryzen 5000
Published in PC Hardware


So much for new architecture 

 New benchmarks which have tipped up online have shown some embarrassing facts for Intel's new Rocket Lake-S architecture.

Intel Alder Lake-S could bring 20 percent single-thread IPC improvement
Published in PC Hardware


10nm SuperFin, DDR5, and PCIe 5.0

While Rocket Lake-S has just been announced, we now have new rumors about Intel's 12th gen Core Alder Lake-S CPUs, which could bring as high as 20 percent higher single-thread IPC improvement, support for both PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 5.0, as well as DDR5 memory support.

Intel teases Xe-HPG architecture
Published in Graphics
Friday, 19 March 2021 15:56

Intel teases Xe-HPG architecture


Hidden message points to a scavenger hunt

During its GDC 2021 Showcase, Intel has released a teased its upcoming Xe-HPG DG2, a gaming-oriented discrete graphics card that is based on its Xe architecture. Spotted inside the teaser is a hidden message that points to a scavenger hunt which will kick off on March 26th.

I’m a Mac guy mocks Macs
Published in News
Thursday, 18 March 2021 09:58

I’m a Mac guy mocks Macs


Intel shows Justin Long has converted

Intel has hired Apple’s former “I’m a Mac” actor Justin Long to create new ads praising PCs.

New Intel Core CPUs here
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 10:49

New Intel Core CPUs here


With a core so ancient the plan was found on a wall in Pompei

The new generation of Intel Core CPUs is here with Chipzilla showing off its new architecture on its ancient 14nm process to power the 11th-generation Rocket Lake-S processors. Atrthat process, Intel's chips are less Space X rocket and more something built by Stephenson.

2022 might be the year of Intel’s Thunderbolt
Published in PC Hardware


Should be on half of PCs

Outside Apple, Intel’s Thunderbolt super-speedy connection technology isn't widely used but that is about to change.

Intel wants to create homomorphic encryption
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Holy Grail for Darpa

Chipzilla has signed an agreement with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, to find the holy grail of encryption.