Did Intel and Nvidia help China’s Uighur persecution?
Senators write a stiff letter
Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic Representative Jim McGovern sent letters to Intel and Nvidia seeking information on the sale of advanced computer chips allegedly used by China to conduct mass surveillance on Uighurs in the country’s remote Xinjiang region.
Simply NUC launches new Ruby and Topaz mini PCs
Ruby powered by AMD Renoir and Topaz powered by Intel Tiger Lake
Simply NUC has announced two new mini PCs, the AMD 4000-series Renoir powered Ruby, and the Intel 11th gen Tiger Lake powered Topaz, both packed in NUC 4x4 Universal Chassis created by Simply NUC, and coming in different SKUs with up to Ryzen R7-4800U or Intel Core i7-1165G7.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
