Intel's latest Arrow Lake CPU firmware reportedly offers little to no performance gains — users test the microcode ahead of launch on the ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF

The 0x114 microcode for Arrow Lake has leaked online but initial performance numbers suggest minimal gains in performance. Source

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Future Apple Watch Models Will Reportedly Ditch Intel Modems, And Transition To MediaTek’s Solutions, Which Will Make These Devices 5G-Ready

Current-generation Apple Watch models are probably the only devices whose internals comprise of Intel’s modems, but it appears that this alliance will come to an end, with the California-based giant…

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Intel Arc B580 trades blows with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT in leaked 3D Mark Time Spy benchmark

The Intel Arc B580 has been tested on 3D Mark Time Spy. Its overall, graphics, and CPU scores are 15,551, 14,719 and 22,881 points, respectively. This gives credence to Intel's…

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30-year-old Pentium FDIV bug tracked down in the silicon — Ken Shirriff takes the microscope to Intel's first-ever recall

Ken Shirriff, noted reverse engineer and processor historian, has identified the specific transistors, incorrectly laid, which caused the original Pentium to be recalled at a cost of $475 million. Source

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Intel’s Former CEO Pat Gelsinger Was Against The Company Splitting Up Even Back In 2022, Said Directors Should Hire a “PE Guy” For Such A Decision

Intel's now "ousted" CEO Pat Gelsinger was apparently against a business split-up from the very start, as evident by a statement given in an interview two years ago. Intel's Former…

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I've never taken Intel's GPU competition seriously, but the Arc B580 has left me no choice – it just surpassed the RTX 4060 and RX 7600 in Vulkan benchmarks

Intel's Battlemage Arc B580 GPU just scored higher than the RTX 4060 in Vulkan testingAMD's RX 7600 loses to both Nvidia and Intel GPUs in Vulkan testsThe new GPU will…

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