Significantly improves performance and image quality

Intel has released the new XeSS 1.3 update with an improved upscaler, promising a significant performance uplift in all presets, better image quality, as well as a whole new Ultra Performance preset.

Chipzilla's zombie chip invoked for mini-PC motherboard

Kaby Lake-G, the Intel CPU that incorporated an AMD GPU directly into the CPU package, was declared dead in 2019, yet this hasn't deterred a a plucky company's bringing it back from the dead and plonked it into a mini PC motherboard.

Featuring 20 and 24 Xe-Cores, and 12GB of VRAM

Intel is keeping the details of its upcoming Intel Battlemage GPUs under tight wraps, but now some of the information has been spotted in the SiSoftware Sandra database, including two Xe2 chips.

Optimizations for a couple of new games and performance improvements

Intel has released the latest version of its Arc GPU driver, the 101.5379 Beta, which brings Game On support for a couple of new games including Diablo IV Ray Tracing Update, Dragon's Dogma 2, Horizon Forbidden West, and The Legend of the Condor Heroes, as well as performance improvements across Intel Arc A-series graphics products and Intel Core Ultra with Intel Arc GPUs.

Raptor Lake Refresh that boosts up to 6.2GHz

Intel has officially launched its newest Core i9-14900KS Special Edition desktop processor, a flagship 24-core/32-thread Raptor Lake Refresh SKU that is meant to provide the most power possible, all at $689.

Gets you similar gaming performance as the Core i9-13900K

The sub-$400 desktop market is getting pretty crowded these days, and now, Intel's Core i7-14700K has seen a price drop down to $389 in some retail/e-tail shops.

AMD's Radeon woes spark a Twitter tantrum

TinyBox, the plucky little AI server that could, has hit a snag that's more than just a glitch.

Clearwater Forest taped-out, five nodes goal still on track

During its Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Direct Connect 2024 event, Intel revealed a new roadmap that includes the new 14A node, the first on High-NA EUV. Intel was also keen to note that Clearwater Forest CPUs are taped out on an 18A node and that its ambitious "five nodes in four years" (5N4Y) plan is still on track.

For Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Google as well

During the IFS Direct Connect 2024 event, Intel's CEO, Pat Gelsinger, answered a couple of questions from the members of the press, including a rather peculiar one from Tom's Hardware hack, Paul Alcorn, where Intel CEO expressed hope that customers for Intel Foundry Services will include Nvidia, Qualcomm, Google, and even AMD.

Fixes some minor issues as well

Bethesda has released the new Starfield 1.9.67 update that adds official support for AMD FSR 3.0 and Intel XeSS, as well as some stability improvements to the game.