Microsoft says pre Skylake chips will suffer badly from security patch
Published in PC Hardware


At odds with Intel statements

Microsoft and Intel seem to be at odds over whether the Spectre and Meltdown patches slow down machines significantly.

Microsoft fixes Haswell based Surface Pro 3
Published in AI


USB card-reader flaw

Microsoft has issued a firmware update for its unlucky Surface Pro 3.

Intel leaks Purley details
Published in PC Hardware

 

Not just another Haswell 

Slides about Intel's upcoming Xeon Skylake Platform: Purley have been leaked to the great unwashed.

Zotac introduces new R Series ZBox Mini PCs
Published in News


Mini PC with RAID support

Zotac has unveiled the new R Series in its well known ZBox Mini PC lineup which will feature two models, The ZBox RI323 and the Zbox RI531, both base on Intel's CPUs.

Skylake chipset supports three M.2 / PCIe SSDs
Published in Transportation


Coming this year

For those who came in late, Intel has a Tick - Tock strategy happening for the last few years, although lately there has been more tocking than ticking.

Intel releases major graphics driver update
Published in Graphics


4K, Chrome video, VP9 and H.265 tweaks

Intel has a new graphics driver for Haswell and Broadwell parts and it should bring a number of new features and improvements, especially for home theatre users.



100MHz clock bump

alienware

$550 for Xmas Steam machine



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