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Google and Intel are teaming up to co-develop new architectures and solutions for CSPs to accelerate the implementation of 5G networks across the globe. Google and Intel will help partners to plan, test and deploy the technology and infrastructure needed to deliver a cloud-native 5G network for consumer and enterprise-grade products. …

The latest Rocket Lake-S benchmark leak has arrived. This time around, a new Geekbench 5 entry was found for the Intel Core i5-11400, which appears to have a whopping 35 percent single-core performance improvement over its 10th Gen equivalent.  As shared by @BenchLeaks, the Geekbench 5 database entry for the …

Until now, the only Rocket Lake-S processors spotted on benchmark databases have been Core i7 and i9 processors, but that has changed this week with the first Core i5 entry appearing on Geekbench 5. The new entry details the Intel Core i5-11600K, giving us some early performance numbers to compare against the competition. 

We are still quite far away from the launch of Intel Alder Lake CPUs, but early leaks keep coming. The latest leak comes from an alleged Intel presentation slide, detailing that Alder Lake CPU cores will feature a "20% single-threaded uplift" in performance compared to some previous architectures. Alder Lake also apparently boasts double the multi-thread performance of Tiger Lake-U. 

The line-up of Tiger Lake-H45 processors has apparently leaked, revealing three 8-core CPUs in addition to a 6-core processor.  During CES 2021, Intel officially announced the Tiger Lake-H35 series with up to 4x cores and 8x threads. Aimed at slim and mid-range gaming laptops, these SKUs have a 35W TDP and reach …

Alongside the 11th Gen Core lineup of desktop processors, Intel is also planning to release refreshed Comet Lake-S SKUs. Proof of this has begun to surface, with one retail worker in Malaysia uploading photos of the new CPU packaging. These photos confirm that Intel won't rebrand its refreshed Core i3's …

Raja Koduri, Intel's senior vice president, chief architect, and general manager of Architecture, Graphics, and Software, has teased the upcoming Xe HPG gaming GPU on Twitter. The post contains a screenshot of the UL 3DMark Mesh Shader Feature test, showing the “Xe HPG mesh shading in action”. Following the launch …

As the launch of Alder Lake processors comes closer, there has been an increase in the number of benchmark database entries for these CPUs. The latest Alder Lake-S leak comes via Geekbench 4, showing the performance of a 16C/24T processor.  First of all, unlike SiSoftware Sandra, Geekbench 4 hasn't yet received …

Intel has confirmed that the entry-level H410 and B460 motherboards won't support 11th Gen Intel Core processors. The remaining Intel 400-series motherboards will support these processors when using an updated BIOS. This information came from Intel itself, on a support page to help people that may not be able to boot the system …

We've already had one Intel Core i9-11900K benchmark leak, but an updated test run this week shows improved performance. In a new Geekbench 5 run, the Core i9-11900K scored over 1,900 points in the single-core benchmark and 11,000 points in the multi-core benchmark.

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Over the course of 2020, the PC market surged due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been particularly good for Intel, as the company has regained an impressive amount of market share in desktop PCs, laptops and servers.

We've known that Intel is working on Alder Lake-P processors for laptops for a while now, but we haven't had much indication of performance or specs. That is beginning to change this week, as an Alder Lake-P CPU has finally appeared in a benchmark database.  According to the Geekbench 5 …

The unreleased Intel Core i9-11900K has topped the PassMark single-core benchmark ranking thanks to benchmarks based on early samples.

While Intel's CEO recently stated that he was confident that future CPUs would continue to be manufactured internally, a contradictory report has surfaced this week. Sources seem to be suggesting that Intel is planning on outsourcing 3nm CPU production to TSMC.  According to the report shared and translated by Retired …

Someone with early access to the upcoming Intel Core i9-11900KF stress tested it using a 360mm AIO CPU cooler. At stock settings, with an all-core frequency of 4.8GHz, the images shared by the user show the processor hitting 98ºC while under load.

Since Intel's announcement of Tiger Lake-H45, we have been wondering when the company will release its planned 8-core SKUs. Thanks to an XMG representative, we now have a fairly trustworthy source sharing a possible release date, stating that laptops powered by Intel Tiger Lake-H45 will be available in Q2 2021. …

A chart from MSI confirming the specifications of the upcoming Rocket Lake-S processors has been leaked. The chart appears to be part of a 500-series motherboard presentation and contains the core configuration, operating frequencies, L3 cache, and TDP of Intel's 11th Gen Core “K” processors. As per the leaked chart …

Intel has officially entered the dedicated desktop graphics market by partnering up with AiBs to produce discrete Iris Xe graphics cards for OEMs.  The Intel Iris Xe is based on the Xe-LP architecture, featuring 80 EUs (Execution Units), 4GB of LPDDR4X memory across a 128-bit memory bus, and PCIe 4.0 x4. With …

Thanks to a new leak, we now know even more about Intel's upcoming Alder Lake-S series of CPUs. These processors aren't due out until the second half of 2021, but SiSoftware Sandra has been updated with support for the full stack of Alder Lake CPUs. In addition to this, the …

Once again, the Geekbench 5 database is giving us a glimpse of what to expect from Intel and AMD's upcoming processors. This time, the two CPUs spotted in the database were the Intel Core i7-11375H and the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS, with Intel coming out ahead in single-core and AMD's …

Intel just had its Q4 earnings call and during its presentation, the current CEO of Intel, Bob Swan, and the upcoming CEO, Pat Gelsinger, gave shareholders updates on the status of several upcoming CPU launches.  First of all, Intel CEO, Bob Swan, has confirmed that the company has already started to …

Intel's upcoming Rocket Lake-S processors are beginning to appear in benchmark databases. This time around, the processors spotted were the Core i9-11900K and the Core i7-11700K, both in the Geekbench 5 database. Both the Intel Core i9-11900K and the Core i7-11700K are 8C/16T processors with a 125W TDP that are expected …

A new entry for an Alder Lake-S 16-core processor paired with DDR5 memory has been found on the SiSoftware database. Although this isn't the first entry of an Alder Lake-S processor found in this database, it's the first time we've seen one with DDR5 memory being mentioned.

Some retailers have started to list upcoming Intel 11th Gen Core series CPUs on their websites, accompanied by the respective price of each SKU. The listed SKUs include both the higher-tier Rocket Lake-S and the entry-level Comet Lake-S processors. Initially shared by @momomo_us, the list of prices of the 11th …

Intel has discontinued all of its Optane Memory-only SSDs from the client-market segment without providing a new successor. As per Intel, from now on, the new Optane Memory H20 with solid-state storage will be the company's product for that same segment. As per TomsHardware, Intel's discontinuance of the Optane Memory-only SSDs …

It looks like Intel will finally introduce memory overclocking support on non-Z motherboards, starting with the 500-series. By enabling memory overclocking support, systems equipped with H570 or B560 motherboards will allow memory modules to operate above their official specifications for increased performance. Unlike AMD, which offers overclocking support on almost all …

Both MSI and ASUS have revealed the MSRPs for their Z590 lineups, and by the looks of it, they are a bit pricey. In MSI's case, the pricing table clearly states that it's just indicative, meaning that the final price may still be adjusted – for better or for worse. …

Intel has announced that CEO Bob Swan is to step down on February 15. He will be replaced by Pat Gelsinger, current CEO of VMWare. The move comes almost exactly a year on from Bob Swan's appointment as CEO in January 2019, and Intel maintains the announcement is ‘unrelated' to …

At CES 2021, Gigabyte announced its latest gaming laptops featuring RTX 30 series laptop GPUs. Besides upgrading the existing Aorus and Aero series of gaming laptops, Gigabyte also introduced two new series of mid-range gaming notebooks: the G-series featuring Intel processors, and the A-series featuring AMD Ryzen 5000H processors. The …