Huawei learns how extreme ultraviolet lithography works
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China no longer depends on Dutch or US tech

Huawei is now able to create chips using extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) which means that it finally has a foot in the door of serious chip development.

Windows 11 is still not faster than Windows 10 on Intel
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Only better at handling some workloads 

When software King of the World Microsoft released Windows 11 it said that it would be faster than Windows 10 because it was optimised for more modern hardware, however, the latest figures show that they are still pretty much on par.

Intel squashes VLSI-based patent dispute
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Thursday, 29 December 2022 10:54

Intel squashes VLSI-based patent dispute


Total victory for Chipzilla

Intel and VLSI Technology have ended a $4 billion patent dispute after Chipzilla's might briefs appear to have trampled the patent licencing outfit.

MSI B760M Mortar Max motherboard pictures leaked
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Renesas RC26008 external clock generator

Leaker @g01d3nm4ng0 has been showing off images of the yet-to-be-released MSI B760M Mortar Max motherboard featuring a Renesas RC26008 external clock generator for overclocking unlocked and locked Intel processors.

Chipzilla might have abandoned Meteor Lake's desktop variants
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14th-generation Meteor Lake processors have had an Annus horribilis

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that the much troubled Intel 14th-generation Meteor Lake processors desktop variants might be canned.

AMD’s Ryzen 7040 Phoenix APUs could dominate Intel next year
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14th Gen Meteor Lake is no match

While most of the tech press is waxing lyrical about Chipzilla’s mighty onboard Meteor Lake graphics, it is starting to look like Intel is going to be stuffed into its locker by AMD’s  Ryzen 7040 Phoenix APUs.

Intel Raptor prices leaked
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Friday, 23 December 2022 10:15

Intel Raptor prices leaked


A few weeks early 

Some details of Intel's 13th Generation Core 'Raptor Lake' processors have been leaked a few weeks before they were supposed to be revealed at CES, in 5 January. 

Raja Koduri goes back to Intel Chief Architect job
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AXG business unit split in management shakeup 

Executive Vice President of Intel's  AXG business unit, Raja Koduri, will return to his previous role as an Intel Chief Architect after the unit has been divided in a surprise shakeup.

One, two, three, its Intel's second gen Larrabee
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Larrabee -- was ipso facto half not bee

Hardware collector YJFY via Tom's Hardware has posted images of what it claims is Intel's 2nd Generation Larrabee graphics card which never appeared in the shops and we officially declared "half not bee" in honour of the Monty Python song Cyril "the half a bee."

New Intel Processor branding gets its first dust off
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Entry level chips 

Since Chipzilla wants to kill off its Celeron and Pentium brands for entry-level notebook CPUs by the end of year, observers have been waiting to see what Intel will release under its new 'Intel Processor' branding.