Panther Canyon and Tiger Canyon NUCs get attention as well

Intel has recently announced its full NUC 11 lineup, and now we've checked out a full teardown of the flagship Intel NUC 11 Enthusiast Phantom Canyon. We also got the first look at the NUC 11 Performance Panther Canyon, including a first early review, as well as a detailed look at the NUC 11 Pro Tiger Canyon.

5nm in the second quarter

TSMC is to start making Intel's Core i3 on its 5nm process in 2H21 according to beancounters at TrendForce.

Updated: Wide range of SKUs, new form factor with Qi charging lid

While Intel rather quietly introduced its new NUC 11 mini PCs earlier at CES 2021, and we had a chance to see some of the first details, we now have more details on the Panther Canyon Performance NUC 11 lineup, which will be available from Simply NUC in February.

Analysis: Rejoins as a CEO after 12 years of absence

Back in mid-September 2009, we were sad to report that Kicking Pat Gelsinger was leaving Intel to take the CEO chair at EMC, later VMware. Now one of the key minds behind Pentium is coming back to the place that he still calls home, Intel.

Coming in four versions this time

Intel has rather quietly introduced the new NUC 11 mini PCs, which will now be available in four different versions, covering a couple of market segments, ranging from integrators, embedded, desktop, to gaming high-end markets.

Update Swan upped

Intel's new CEO will be Pat Gelsinger, who will take up his position after current CEO Bob Swan steps down in mid-February, CNBC reported today.

MEG, MPG, MAG, and PRO series coming

Following Intel's announcements, MSI has announced that its 500 series motherboards will be officially announced on January 27th, coming in all the popular MSI series, like MEG, MPG, MAG, and PRO.

Core i9-11900K will beat Ryzen 9 5900X when it launches later in Q1 2021

During its CES 2021 news conference, all about Intel's new 11th gen Core H-series processors, also gave a preview of the upcoming next-generation Alder Lake, and most importantly, its 11th gen Core S-series desktop CPUs, codename Rocket Lake-S, which, according to Intel, will bring significant UPC improvement, as well as reclaim the gaming performance crown.

Intel's 11th Gen Core vPro platform

Intel's EVP Gregory Bryant unveiled an array of new processors and technologies targeting virtually every market, from affordable Chromebooks to enthusiast class gaming laptops and high-end desktops.

Passively cooled

Asus has unveiled a rather neat passively-cooled Chromebox mini PC which will be based on Intel's 10th generation Comet Lake CPUs.