
Intel faces $2.18 billion patent payout
VLSI payout largest in history
Intel was told to pay VLSI Technology LLC $2.18 billion by a federal jury in Texas after losing a patent infringement trial over technology related to chip-making.

Rocket Lake claims higher PCIe Gen4 storage performance
At least according to Intel
Intel has released some numbers comparing PCIe Gen 4 NVMe storage performance of the 11th gen Core Rocket Lake-S desktop CPU with AMD's Ryzen 5000 series CPU.

Intel Core i9-11900T allegedly does well in single-threaded mode
Geekbench 5 results shows it catching up with Zen 3
According to the latest rumor, it appears that Intel has a horse in the single-threaded race, at least according to the Geekbench 5 single-threaded result of the Core i9-11900T Rocket Lake CPU.

Intel sues Microsoft defector
Claimed he took trade secrets
Chipzilla sued a former Oregon employee last week, alleging he took trade secrets with him when he left for Microsoft and used the information to gain an advantage in subsequent business negotiations with Intel.

H410 and B460 motherboards won't support Rocket Lake
Intel support document says no support
Intel says that H410 and B460 motherboards won't support Rocket Lake.

Tame Apple Press disses Intel’s benchmarks
Nothing is faster than the M1
The Tame Apple Press is incandescent with rage after Intel published benchmarks that proved its chips were faster than Apple’s M1.

Intel ships Iris Xe video cards to OEMs
Desktop counterpart to Iris Xe MAX laptop accelerators
Chipzilla has announced that its first Iris Xe video cards have finally begun shipping to OEMs.

Intel says "Good Morning, Vietnam!"
Invests $475 million in its plant
Chipzilla has invested $475 million in its plant in Vietnam to improve technologies and boost production of its 5G products and core processors.

First Intel Iris Xe DG1 for desktop is an 80 EUs 30W card for OEMs
Asus and Colorful OEM cards pictured
Intel has now officially announced its first Iris Xe (codename DG1) discrete desktop graphics card for OEMs, and it features 80 execution units and a 30W TDP.

Intel announces strong Q4 2020 financial report
Intel had a good 2020
Intel has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2020, as well as financial results for the full 2020 year, and it was a record quarter for Intel, despite the coronavirus pandemic. The highlight of the Q&A session was the old and the new CEOs, Bob Swan and Pat Gelsinger, responding to some serious questions about the current state and the future of the company.