
Sierra Forest will have 40 per cent better performance per watt
Intel says what's watt
Intel says its upcoming "Sierra Forest" data center chip due out next year will have 240 per cent better performance per watt than its current generation chip.

Ukrainian store reveals six Raptor Lake-S Refresh SKUs
Chipzilla might want to call in a special operation
An online retail store Telemart based in Ukraine has unveiled six upcoming Raptor Lake-S Refresh SKUs.

Intel's latest Arc Graphics driver brings 19 percent improvement
Intel PresentMon gets an official release
Intel has recently released its latest Arc Graphics graphics driver and has now shared some performance numbers, claiming up to 19 percent improvements in DirectX 11 gaming and significantly lower frame-times, resulting in a smoother performance with less jitter. Intel was also keen to announce the launch of PresentMon, a utility that analyzes system latencies, which can give you an idea of those same frame rates and frame times.

Intel claws back market from AMD
PC market appears to wake up
New figures from Mercury Research further point to signs of a market recovery in the sale of PC in the second quarter of 2023 and it seems that Intel is doing well out of it.

Intel quietly adds Arc A570M and A530M GPUs
Based on ACM-G12 GPU
Intel has quietly added two more mobile graphics cards to the Arc A-series family, the Arc A570M, and the Arc A530M. Packing 16 and 12 Xe-Cores, these two GPUs have been spotted in the latest GPU driver and confirmed to use the ACM-G12 GPU.

ASUS will make Intel NUCs
Chipzilla has given up making them itself
Intel has announced ASUS as its first partner for its Next Unit of Compute (NUC) mini PC business.

Simply NUC to double down on NUC innovation and growth
Ramping its investment in mini PCs and NUC product line
While Intel has announced its intention to stop investment in the NUC lineup, Simply NUC has announced that it is prepared to take the lead and continue ramping its investment in the mini PC and NUC product lines, which means we will see more great systems in the future.

ASRock Challenger Arc A750 8GB drops down to $179.99
Available at Newegg
With Neweg Fantastech and Amazon Prime Day winding down there are still plenty of neat GPU deals, and ASRock is offering its Challenger Arc A750 8GB graphics card for $179 over at Newegg.com.

Chipzilla shows off Latent Diffusion Model for 3D
Uses generative AI to create realistic 3D visual content
Intel Labs and Blockade Labs have developed Latent Diffusion Model for 3D (LDM3D), a diffusion model that uses generative AI to create realistic 3D visual content.

Intel separates its manufacturing arm
Will generate a margin
Intel says its manufacturing business will work like a separate unit and will begin to generate a margin, but gave no clear timeline on when it will start scaling up.