Tag: Processors

Intel’s future might be rosier now that Nvidia is partially on board but at this moment in time, AMD rules every roost in the CPU coop

Intel’s future might be…

If there’s one thing that’s predictable about the tech world, it’s that it’s all very unpredictable. I mean, who…
Intel says Arc GPUs aren’t going anywhere just yet despite the new Nvidia collaboration

Intel says Arc GPUs…

Our Jeremy said it best when he reported on the surprise announcement of an Intel-Nvidia collaboration yesterday: it’s cats…
‘We’re going to build revolutionary products’ says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about his newly-announced collaboration with Intel: ‘Nothing of its kind has ever been built before’

‘We’re going to build…

Speaking at a press conference earlier this evening, Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang, and Intel chief Lip-Bu Tan took questions…
If you’re wondering what those newly announced Intel-Nvidia PC chips might look like, there’s already an Nvidia ‘Superchip’ that could provide the answers

If you’re wondering what…

So Intel and Nvidia dropped a CPU-GPU bomb earlier today, announcing a distinctly unexpected plan to collab’ on new…
Researchers argue that ‘at least 40%’ of the bloated x86 ISA could be removed and emulated to improve CPU efficiency

Researchers argue that ‘at…

The x86 instruction set architecture (ISA) doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. We’ve had people declaring the impending ascent…
Intel has rebranded the dusty old Core i5 10400 as the Core i5 110, presumably because it found a bunch of them tucked down the back of the couch

Intel has rebranded the…

Ah, you know how it is. You start looking for a pen, or a sticky note, or maybe some…
AMD candidly admits ‘we charge more for our CPUs than our competitor’ and that ‘customers feel good about the price’

AMD candidly admits ‘we…

You can’t fault AMD for its honesty. Not when it is unambiguously, almost proudly, admitting that it charges more…
Intel promises ‘leadership across the board on desktop’ when its next-gen Nova Lake CPU launches in late 2026

Intel promises ‘leadership across…

Intel’s been on a roll of late in all the wrong ways. Borked CPUs, failing fabs, haemorrhaging cash, run-ins…
Intel’s patent for ‘software defined super cores’ probably won’t make an appearance in CPUs any time soon but implementing the tech could spell the end of the P-core

Intel’s patent for ‘software…

In the world of CPUs, GPUs, and all things chip-based, patent applications are so frequent that there’s little point…
Even after performance fixes and price cuts, Intel’s CEO admits that it ‘fumbled the football’ with Arrow Lake CPUs but claims that Nova Lake will fix everything

Even after performance fixes…

Despite receiving numerous updates and enhancements since its rough launch in October 2024, Intel’s Arrow Lake desktop CPUs have…