Today, Intel; tomorrow the world

Elon [look at me] Musk, Global Foundries, and Qualcomm are in Florida, where they will are rumoured to be plotting to buy Intel.

After 28 years working for Chipzilla

Sailesh Kottapalli, a 28-year Intel veteran and lead engineer on numerous Xeon server processors, has exited the company to join Qualcomm.

Thank the gods for the regulators

Three years after US chip giant Intel's $5.4 billion bid to acquire Tower Semiconductor fell through due to regulatory delays, the Israeli company has reached new heights.

Intel Capital goes it alone

Intel has announced plans to spin off its venture capital arm, Intel Capital, into a standalone fund with the chipmaker serving as an “anchor investor.”

Bundled with new Core Ultra CPUs

While Intel did not have a lot to show at the CES 2025 event, mostly since most of the things were leaked earlier, but the new boxed CPU Laminar coolers that will be bundled with the Core Ultra 200 non-K series have now been spotted.

Company will remain under Intel Capital.

Chipzilla is planning to spin off its RealSense operations into a stand-alone company, a move that could benefit the tech giant in the future.

New CEO pledges protection

Despite rumours that Intel was going to abandon its GPU plans, it appears Chipzilla is going to stick with them.

X3D Technology

AMD is allegedly working on a successor to its Dragon Range (Ryzen 7045HX) processor lineup, codenamed Fire Range.

More woe for Chipzilla

Chipzilla’s latest "0x114" microcode update appears unable to resolve persistent performance issues plaguing its Arrow Lake-S processors.

Foundry Division issues

Intel’s former CEO Pat [kicking] Gelsinger and current co-CEO and CFO David Zinsner are being sued by a shareholder accusing the executives of mismanagement and misleading disclosures related to the company’s Intel Foundry Services (IFS) division.