DIY

Google has designed its own Argos video transcoding units (VCU), that have one solitary purpose: processing video and will use them to replace tens of millions of Chipzilla CPUs with its silicon.

Driver optimizations underway

Intel's Raja Koduri has teased the Xe-HPG (DG2) chip with 512 EUs on Twitter, showing that the chip is ready but that there are still a lot of things to be done, including upcoming game and driver optimizations from the software team.

Tiger Lake for ultrabooks

Chipzilla introduced two new 11th-gen Core mobile parts which are essentially enhanced versions of Tiger Lake processors for ultrabooks and an M.2 5G network module developed in partnership with MediaTek and Fibocom.

Gelsinger talks about the explosive growth in semiconductors

Intel CEO Kicking Pat Gelsinger said it could take several years for a global shortage of semiconductors to be resolved, a problem that has shuttered some auto production lines and is also being felt in other areas, including consumer electronics.

Using Intel’s Horse Ridge

Intel and QuTech have demonstrated for the first time high-fidelity two-qubit control using Horse Ridge, Intel’s cryogenic qubit control processor.

Blade 15 Advanced is thinner, faster, and with a better webcam

Razer has updated its Blade 15 gaming laptop lineup, adding new Intel 11th gen Core Tiger Lake-H CPUs, new Nvidia Geforce RTX cards, as well as giving it a slight design update.

Up to 8-core/16-threads and with Xe-based 32 EUs Intel UHD Graphics

Intel has now officially announced its new 11th gen Core Tiger Lake-H 10nm mobile CPUs based on Willow Core CPU architecture and ite latest Xe-LP integrated graphics, covering essential, thin enthusiast, and halo enthusiast markets.

But losing a bit of ground in mobile

For some strange reason, AMD is making gains on Intel's server market while losing a little ground against Chipzilla in the mobile PC area.

Strategic reversal is the order of the day

Pat Gelsinger has revealed the cunning plan that got him the job of Intel CEO.

Part of chip production modernisation

Chipzilla is to invest $3.5 billion in the Rio Rancho technical campus as part of its global chip production modernisation.