AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Faceoff
Today, we’ll put the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K in a heated contest to see which chip comes out on top. The best processor is not necessarily the one with the most number of cores or the highest clock speeds; rather, it is the
CEO reorganizes Intel with new CTO and AI lead
Lip-Bu Tan, the newly appointed chief executive of Intel has launched a major leadership overhaul aimed at streamlining decision-making at the company, according to Reuters. With the new changes, Sachin Katti will become chief exectuvie officer of Intel and will lead the company’s AI effort. Also, the new management structure
I reviewed the X9-14 Aura Edition laptop – and it’s like Lenovo and Intel had a next-gen love child
Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Lenovo ThinkPad X9-14 Aura Edition: 30-second review With Intel’s 200 series chips now widely available, a whole new generation
Intel and TSMC agree to form chipmaking joint venture: Report
Did the semiconductor manufacturing world just shrink a nanometer or two? Intel and TSMC have reportedly reached a preliminary agreement to create a joint venture to operate Intel’s fabs in the U.S. The news comes from Reuters, which cites a report from The Information based on two sources familiar with
Intel Arc B580 vs B570: Which Battlemage GPU is right for you?
Compute Units: 20Shaders: 2,560Ray processors: 20AI/Tensor processors: 160Boost clock: 2,670 MHzMemory type: GDDR6Memory pool: 12 GBMemory speed (effective): 19 GbpsMemory bandwidth: 456 GB/sBus interface: 192-bitTGP: 190WPower connector: 1 x 8-pinSlot width: Dual For Fantastic 1440p performance Very affordable Great design Against Ray tracing lags behind Nvidia Non-gaming performance cannot keep up with Nvidia Compute Units: 18Shaders: 2,304Ray processors: 18AI/Tensor processors: 144Boost clock: 2,304 MHzMemory type: GDDR6Memory pool: 10 GBMemory speed
Qualcomm debuts new Snapdragon G handheld gaming PC chips to compete with Intel and AMD
Qualcomm expanded its Snapdragon G series with three new gaming chips targeting handheld devices. The trio, consisting of the Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, Snapdragon G2 Gen 2, and Snapdragon G1 Gen 2, will power the next generation of offerings from OEMs, including Ayaneo, OneXPlayer, and Retroid Pocket. The Snapdragon G3
Intel reaches ‘exciting milestone’ for 18A 1.8nm-class wafers with first run at Arizona fab
While the whole market was looking at the appointment of Lip-Bu Tan as Intel chief executive, there was another major development at the company this week. The first 18A (1.8nm-class) wafers are running around Intel’s Arizona fab. Intel’s Fab 52 and Fab 62 in Arizona are high-volume production facilities, so
Intel appoints Lip-Bu Tan as permanent CEO
Intel late on Wednesday said it had appointed Lip-Bu Tan as its new chief executive officer effective March 18, 2025. Lip-Bu Tan is a semiconductor industry veteran who served Intel’s board of directors from 2022 to August, 2024, when he left allegedly due to disagreements over the company’s strategic direction.
AMD outsells Intel in the datacenter for the first time in Q4 2024
AMD on Tuesday announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024 and for the whole year. As expected, the company managed to post impressive results driven by its client and datacenter CPUs. Perhaps AMD’s biggest achievement in the quarter is that the company managed to outsell Intel in
Intel receives $536 million payment from EU following antitrust fine reversal
Intel has secured a $536 million (€515.55 million) payout from the European Commission following a lengthy legal battle over an antitrust fine dating back to 2009. This payment covers interest on the original $1.1 billion (€1.06 billion) penalty, which the EU’s second-highest court largely annulled in 2022. The case stemmed
