Intel’s Revenues Soar, Aided by A.I. Boom
The Hot Take: I find this to be VERY good news.
The chip maker reported a 7 percent rise to $13.6 billion in its latest quarter, more than $1 billion more than Wall Street expected.
Read the full articleIntel’s Hallock Blames Software, Not Silicon, For Gaming Gap — Claims 30% Performance Is Hiding Behind Poor Optimization
The Hot Take: Again the people out there are calling this cheating. I say if you optimized for your hardware how is it cheating????
While everyone wants faster hardware, Intel says the answer lies in software optimization, and the P and E cores are almost identical in gaming performance. Robert Hallock Says E-Cores Don't Degrade Gaming Performance and PC Enthusiasts are "Underestimating" the Importance of Software Intel might not have been able to deliver X3D-equivalent performance in gaming with its latest Core Ultra 200 series, but it has gotten closer with the Plus variants. While still noticeably behind when it comes to the leading gaming performance, Intel blames this regression more on the "software" optimization than the hardware itself. In an interview with PC […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/intels-hallock-blames-software-not-silicon-for-gaming-gap-claims-30-performance-is-hiding-behind-poor-optimization/
Read the full articleIntel’s Z970 Chipset Will Cover Both the Z890 High-End and B860 Mainstream Tiers for Nova Lake
The Hot Take: Interesting move, consolidate down to a single chip set. Less time to develop, they going to do disabling features at the firmware level to get more skus at different price points?
Intel's upcoming Z970 motherboards for Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs will replace both high-end Z890 and mainstream B860 options. Intel Z970 Motherboards To Cover An Extensive Market With Both High-End & Mainstream Options For Nova Lake Builders Intel's 900-series motherboards will have a wide range of options for PC builders. The flagship Z990 chipset will be the recommended choice for enthusiast Nova Lake Desktop CPUs, featuring a dual compute tile configuration, while the Z970 chipset will retain a primary focus on the high-end market. Based on a new post by Jaykihn at X, it looks like the Z970 chipset may not […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/intel-z970-chipset-cover-both-z890-high-end-b860-mainstream-tiers-for-nova-lake/
Read the full articleElon Musk says his TeraFab facilities will use Intel's 14A process technology to make AI chips — SpaceX will be responsible for high-volume chip manufacturing in likely Intel tech licensing deal
The Hot Take: Intel needs this licensing support as other law suits are back in court with patent trolls....
Elon Musk reveals details about TeraFab: Intel provides technology, Tesla builds pilot line, SpaceX constructs high-volume fab.
Read the full articleIntel Will No Longer Limit Overclocking To High-End SKUs, Plans To Include More Unlocked CPUs With Future Lineups
The Hot Take: In a bid to get the DYIers back onboard. I hope they're holding to this and keep supporting the DYI industry. It seems others out there don't want to continue that option to consumers.
Intel's Unlocked CPUs have been restricted to high-end desktop models, but that is about to change as the company plans overclocking support on more SKUs. Intel Changes Its Unlocked Desktop CPU Strategy: No Longer Limited To High-End SKUs, Also Coming To Budget & Mainstream Offerings The new Intel client division is making some drastic changes in the desktop segment. Recently, Robert Hallock revealed how Intel is planning to offer AMD-like socket longevity moving forward, while also keeping existing platforms fresh with new refreshes. For this matter, Intel has already launched Arrow Lake "Core Ultra 200S Plus" for LGA 1851, and […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/intel-no-longer-limit-overclocking-to-high-end-skus-plans-more-unlocked-cpus/
Read the full articleIntel Nova Lake-S Leak Points to Up to 288MB On-Die Cache Design
The Hot Take: I hope this helps them catch up and compete well with AMD as they just keep it coming in the performance department.
New leak information is shedding light on Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake-S desktop processors, with a strong focus on cache architecture. According to recent disclosures, the next-generation chips will adopt a broadcast last-level cache (bLLC) design and significantly increase L3 cache capacity across both single- and ...
Read the full articleIntel’s Answer to AMD X3D Leaked: Nova Lake “bLLC” CPUs Pack Up To 38% More Cache Than Ryzen 9950X3D2
The Hot Take: This reminds me of the days with L3 Cache for CPU's. Just the next iteration.
Intel Nova Lake-S "bLLC" cache configurations have been detailed, revealing a maximum of 288 MB of cache for next-gen desktop CPUs. Intel Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs Will Feature Up To 288 MB of bLLC Cache, 80 MB More Than 9950X3D2 Once again, more Nova Lake-S CPU details have been revealed by Jaykihn, this time focusing on the bLLC parts. While we know that the bLLC or Big Last Level Cache die variants will feature up to 144 MB in single and 288 MB in dual tile configurations, the insider has spilled the beans on the max caches of each bLLC […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/intel-answer-to-amd-x3d-nova-lake-bllc-cpus-pack-38-percent-more-cache-vs-9950x3d2/
Read the full articleIntel Expected To Land Big 14A Wins With Surprise Customers By The End of This Year
The Hot Take: More good news on them clawing back to relevance again in the manufacturing arena.
Intel's Foundry business will soon house some big names by the end of this year as its 14A technology gains huge momentum. Intel 14A Technology Will Be A Game Changer For Chipzilla As It Hopes To Get Some Big Names Onboard By The End of This Year Intel's Foundry success relies a lot of it's upcoming 14A process technology. The 14A node is designed to attract external customers more so than it is designed for internal use. That's something that 18A is built for. So far, Intel hasn't publicly named any big customers for its 14A technology, but it makes […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/intel-to-land-big-14a-wins-with-surprise-customers-by-the-end-of-this-year/
Read the full articleIntel eases reliance on TSMC with 'Merica-made Core Series 3 processors
The Hot Take: Good sign that Intel is clawing back it's manufacturing prowess.
Stripped-down Ultra for laptops and low-power edge boxes Intel brought a few more chips home from Taiwan this week, with a new round of budget-oriented Core Series 3 processors fabbed right in the US-of-A.…
Read the full articleUS appeals court restarts $3 billion patent infringement lawsuit against Intel — VLSI case from 2017 returns after court sets aside 2024 decision
The Hot Take: I really wish we could put these patent trolls to bed across the industry. Preventing these kinds of things from happening. I hope this doesn't impact Intel's clawing back to competitiveness.
The U.S. Court of Appeals determines $3 billion VLSI lawsuit was not suitable for summary judgment and must instead be evaluated by a jury, so it must return to a district court for proceedings.
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