Intel shuts Intel Studios
Published in News
Wednesday, 25 November 2020 12:12

Intel shuts Intel Studios


No AR/VR projects

Intel has pulled the plug on one of its most ambitious AR/VR projects and  shut down Intel Studios.

Intel boss pens letter to President-elect Biden
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Time to help the US semiconductor industry

Intel CEO Bob Swan has penned a letter to President elect Joe Biden acknowleging and congratulating him on being the next President.

Intel trumpets its Tiger Lake NUC M15 laptop kit
Published in PC Hardware


Platform for Intel Evo-qualified laptop

Intel's Next Unit of Computing (NUC) has been known for small form factor (SFF) desktop systems but, now, Intel has introduced its new NUC M15 Laptop Kit, codenamed Bishop County, that will help laptop partners to bring Intel Evo-qualified laptops to the market.

Apple’s move to dump Intel saved it $2.5 billion
Published in PC Hardware


IBM bloke adds up some numbers

Apple's decision to quit Intel and use its own M1 chip to power the latest MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac Mini will save the company $2.5 billion, according to a new report.

Intel’s 4004 is 49 years old today
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 16 November 2020 12:08

Intel’s 4004 is 49 years old today



Still used

Tim McNerney the project leader at 4004.com, a site commemorating Intel's original 4004 microprocessor has pointed out that Intel’s 4004 chip was first released 49 years ago.

Tame Apple Press claim benchmark proves M1 chip is faster than Intel’s old one
Published in PC Hardware


Which was more than a year old

The Tame Apple Press has been releasing benchmarks for Apple’s new M1 chip to prove that their favourite company makes better chips than Intel.  Unfortunately there is something rotten in the figures.

Intel releases Xe Max discrete GPU
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 05 November 2020 11:13

Intel releases Xe Max discrete GPU


Claims it beats Nvidia in every metric

Intel released preliminary information on its newest laptop part -- the Xe Max discrete GPU, which functions alongside and in tandem with Tiger Lake's integrated Iris Xe GPU.

Intel thinking about moving out of Oregon
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Tuesday, 03 November 2020 12:10

Intel thinking about moving out of Oregon


Wants to head to the Far East

Chipzilla is apparently thinking about moving leading edge production from Oregon to Asia and hiring one of its top rivals to make Intel's most advanced chips.

Intel reveals more Rocket Lake-S details
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 30 October 2020 14:50

Intel reveals more Rocket Lake-S details


Cypress Cove core and double-digit IPC increase

Intel shed some light about its upcoming Rocket Lake-S CPUs that will be launching in Q1 2021, and these will be based on Cypress Cove CPU cores bringing a double-digit IPC increase in performance.

Intel starts publishing Vulkan Linux driver
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 30 October 2020 10:17

Intel starts publishing Vulkan Linux driver


Patches are coming out

Intel's open-source developers have begun publishing their patches enabling their "ANC" Vulkan Linux driver to support Vulkan ray-tracing.