Intel Intel has launched its latest desktop PC chips having had to retrofit some of its recent semiconductor designs to work on older transistor tech to deliver the processing power required. The stopgap effort has consequences for both the speeds and heat they produce. The US firm claims the Rocket Lake chips deliver a 19% […]
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Intel works with Deci to speed up machine learning on its chips
The power of audio From podcasts to Clubhouse, branded audio is more important than ever. Learn how brands are increasing customer loyalty and personalization with these best practices. Register Now Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Intel today announced a strategic business and technology collaboration with […]
Leaked image reveals future Intel exascale chips with PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 memory
Intel’s next-generation Xeon processors could come with support for new technologies to make servers fast, according to the latest leaked images. Leaked schematics for an engineering sample of Intel’s 4th-gen Xeon — which has a code name of Sapphire Rapids — indicate that the processor may add support for PCIe 5.0 and new eight-channel DDR5 […]
Can ARM chips drive innovation in the PC industry?
The PC market is currently dominated by Intel and AMD. Could the disruptive potential of ARM-based silicon lead to innovation? In an interview at CES 2021, ARM chief executive Simon Segars offered hope for the future of the PC industry — a market his company has long sight to break into. “What we’re starting to […]
Intel at CES: Alder Lake looks a lot like M1, plus new chips for gaming laptops
Some initial specs for the new Core i9-11900K. Intel And here’s a slide for the H-series mobile CPUs. Intel More on those ultraportable gaming laptop CPUs. Intel The Consumer Electronics Show this week was never going to be where Intel would venture into extreme detail on major new 12th-generation CPUs, but nonetheless, the company hosted […]
Apple working on monstrous 32-core chips for future Macs
When Apple launched the first M1 Macs packing its custom-designed processors, the company made it clear that it was just the beginning. Now, if a new report from Bloomberg is to be believed, future Macs could get an enormous boost from these chips. The report says Apple is working on the next generation of its […]
Amazon and Apple Shift From Intel’s Chips, Driving Industry Change
SAN FRANCISCO — For close to a decade, supporters of the chip technology that powers mobile phones vowed to shake up the market for computers. For the most part, they made little headway. Now that finally seems to be changing, in a potential power shift over the direction of the computer industry. The change is […]
Intel launches 10-core 10th-gen desktop chips. Can they hold up against Ryzen?
Intel has finally launched its latest generation of new desktop chips, known as 10th-gen Comet Lake-S. They were announced months ago, and in that time, leaks with nearly every spec have been posted online. Intel still has a couple of tricks up its sleeve, though. These processors, ranging from Core i3 up to Core i9, […]
AMD reveals Ryzen 3 chips that open Zen 2 up to budget gaming PCs
AMD’s Zen 2 chips have swept through the desktop PC market with the powerful, efficient, and affordable 3000-series Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7, and Ryzen 9 CPUs. But up until this point, Zen 2 hasn’t had any representation on the low-end of the price spectrum. This has forced people looking to upgrade to turn to less […]
Intel’s newest 10th-gen chips bring blazing 5.3GHz speed, trail AMD in cores
Intel has launched a new series of laptop processors, the 10th-gen Comet Lake-H chips. These are 45-watt CPUs meant for gaming laptops and powerful content creation machines. This comes hot on the heels of an aggressive attack from its rival, AMD. The company’s new Ryzen 4000 laptop processors bring eight-core, sixteen-thread power to laptops as […]
New MacBooks with Apple’s own chips will reportedly arrive by late 2020
Apple will introduce new MacBooks running its own chipsets in late 2020 or early 2021, predicts renowned KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in a research note obtained by MacRumors. Kuo didn’t specify whether these laptops will belong to the Air or Pro lineup but previous reports have suggested that the Cupertino-based manufacturer eventually intends to […]
Samsung’s latest RAM chips can move data superfast on your next-gen smartphone
Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends Despite the slow rollout of 5G network infrastructure, Samsung is trying to do its part to get superb 5G and A.I. technologies in consumer hands as quickly as possible. The electronics giant has announced the mass production of 12-gigabit LPDDR5 mobile DRAM in 6 and 12 GB capacities. While many high-end phones […]
ARM is the latest partner to shun Huawei, so how will it design chips?
Enlarge Getty Images It looks like Huawei is not just being shunned by the US, but now, the world! According to a report from the BBC, ARM has told its employees the US export ban means it can no longer work with Huawei, dealing a crippling blow to Huawei’s SoC division, HiSilicon, and to Huawei’s […]
New speculative execution bug leaks data from Intel chips’ internal buffers
First disclosed in January 2018, the Meltdown and Spectre attacks have opened the floodgates, leading to extensive research into the speculative execution hardware found in modern processors, and a number of additional attacks have been published in the months since. Today sees the publication of a range of closely related flaws named variously RIDL, Fallout, […]
Intel stockpiling 10nm chips, warns that 14nm shortages will continue
Intel Skylake die shot, built using the 14nm process. Intel In its earnings conference call, Intel has warned that chip shortages are set to continue into the third quarter of the year, However, the company has also said that its 10nm manufacturing process is improving faster than anticipated and that it will be able to […]