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Intel continues to embark on a major turnaround effort that began under the guidance of former CEO Pat Gelsinger and is now the responsibility of his recently appointed replacement, Lip-Bu Tan. It will take some time to assess Tan's performance as head of Intel. In the meantime, Intel posted financial results for the...
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We reported yesterday on Intel's new Boost profile for its Core Ultra 200S processors. More accurately, it's really the Core Ultra 200K processors, as the applicable chips are the Core Ultra 9 285K, the Core Ultra 7 265K, and the Core Ultra 5 245K, as well as their GPU-less "F" variants. We happen to have a Core Ultra...
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If you're the proud owner of an Intel Core Ultra 200-series CPU, rejoice, as there may be good gaming gains to be gotten from a new BIOS feature that Intel is rolling out. Intel's engineers dubbed the new feature the 200S Boost overclocking profile, and it promises to boost gaming performance without voiding your...
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If you haven't heard, Intel's graphics cards are actually good. However, the veracity of that reality strongly depends on your system's CPU. If you're rocking an older-gen chip, chances are you might be significantly less impressed with a new Arc GPU's performance. Fortunately, Intel has finally acknowledged this...
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Intel's been making some interesting moves in the AI space lately, and this week it's gone one better by open-sourcing its AI Playground software. In a fresh video posted to the Intel Software YouTube channel, Guy Tamir — Intel's director of oneAPI development and self-described "tech evangelist" — announced that the company is throwing open
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Bartlett Lake is a real, confirmed CPU family for Intel's LGA 1700 platform. The company confirmed its existence back at CES 2025. However, it's designed by the company's NEX group and aimed at edge compute and networking use, not high-end gaming. That may change according to the latest leaks and rumors, though, which...
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AMD put out a release yesterday, justifiably crowing that one if its EPYC "Venice" processors was the first HPC product to tape out and be brought up on TSMC's advanced 2nm (N2) chip process tech. That's certainly good news for AMD, but it's not the only firm seeing success with bleeding-edge chip fabrication...
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If you recall, Intel exited direct consumer PC sales altogether back in 2023, handing off its last remaining products of that type to ASUS with the NUC brand. Folks reading this site have a pretty high likelihood of having had a good experience with a NUC in the past, and the latest models sporting Arrow Lake...
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It's been less a month since Lip-Bu Tan took over as chief executive officer (CEO) at Intel and he might already be making some major moves. None bigger than a reported chipmaking deal with rival TSMC that would see the two chip behemoths form a joint venture. If true—and Tan did promise to focus on winning through...
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It should come as no surprise that the best-selling CPU on Amazon is AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D, a fantastic chip for gaming and one that managed to earn our Editor's Choice award when we reviewed it last November. And maybe you wouldn't be shocked to discover that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D—another Editor's Choice recipient...
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It took a minute (and not a New York minute), but Microsoft is taking the leash off of most of its Copilot+ features that were tethered exclusively to Snapdragon X series laptops, and letting them roam free on Copilot+ PCs powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 series and Intel Core Ultra 200V processors. The only exceptions are...
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When we reviewed the Intel Arc B580, we remarked at that time that we were hopeful Intel would launch a bigger version of that product. The Arc B580 has solid performance (at least, as long as you pair it with a fast CPU) and reasonable power efficiency, but it's a relatively small GPU and simply can't compete on...
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Intel's newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lip-Bu Tan, isn't wasting any time introducing himself to shareholders and the public at large. In an open letter to investors as part of Intel's 2024 Annual Report, Tan offered up a blunt assessment of the company's past performance and outlined focal points...
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While GPUs have been all the rage lately, CPUs deserve proper attention as they're vital to the gaming experience. XPG has unveiled its latest CPU cooler, the Ultimate LEVANTE II 360. This all-in-one liquid cooler is able to handle CPUs up to 320W TPD, which is quite the overhead for many products. AMD's popular Ryzen...
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We made the trek out to HP Amplify this week (as well as NVIDIA's GTC conference), and while there, we got to to go hands-on with a beastly laptop configuration that is available to preorder. It's the HP Omen Max 16, and as configured it pairs an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor based on Arrow Lake-HX with a mobile...
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Intel has achieved a significant early milestone in its Arizona semiconductor fabrication plant, with the first wafers successfully processed on its advanced 18A process node. This achievement, announced at the same time as its March 13th conference, signals positive momentum for the company's manufacturing...
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It took a few months, but Intel has found its next chief executive officer in Lip-Bu Tan, an industry veteran with decades of semiconductor and software experience, and founding managing partner of Walden Catalyst Ventures. He succeeds Pat Gelsinger, who abruptly retired from Intel last December amid reports he was...
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Back in September, Intel launched the Xeon 6900 series, which represented the top end of the Granite Rapids family with up to 128 Redwood Cove P-cores. Now, the rest of the Xeon 6 series has officially arrived. These parts are likewise based around Redwood Cove P-cores, but scale things down a bit, with up to 86 cores...
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Despite persistent rumors that Intel's discrete GPU ambitions are dead in the water, a new rumor suggests otherwise. According to well-known leaker Raichu, Intel's upcoming third-generation Arc "Celestial" GPU is still in the works and may be built on Intel's own process technology, rather than relying on TSMC. The...
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Intel Arrow Lake-H Powered MSI Prestige 16 AI Evo: Starting At $1,299.00 An MSI Prestige 16 AI Evo 16-inch laptop with Intel's Arrow Lake-H Core Ultra 9 285H platform was our test vehicle for this performance review, and we came away impressed by its strong CPU performance, excellent GPU performance and respectable...
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Specifications for Intel's next-gen mobile processors might have just surfaced in a new leak from leaker Jaykihn, a reasonably well-regarded source for Intel leaks. While unconfirmed, the details give us a possible look at what's coming with Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake, two upcoming CPU families that will form the bulk of Intel's mobile
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Intel is officially shelving its Falcon Shores GPU, marking another shift in the company's tumultuous AI hardware strategy. In its Q4 2024 earnings call, Interim Co-CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus confirmed that the chip will not see a commercial release. Instead, Falcon Shores will serve as an internal test platform...
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