President Donald Trump met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan at the White House, days after calling for his resignation over alleged China-linked conflicts of interest, to discuss the company’s future amid its technology struggles.
As Intel battles technology delays, mixed-bag products, stalled foundry growth, and internal boardroom rifts, there are now political calls for CEO Lip-Bu Tan's resignation over alleged ties to Chinese investments.
A high-resolution CT scan of Intel’s legendary 386 processor reveals its hidden inner world without breaking it open. See the complete 3D map of gold bond wires, detailed pin connections, and the layered power planes that powered one of computing’s most influential CPUs.
Core configs for Intel's Nova Lake mobile lineup has reportedly leaked, with the top HX variant featuring up to 28 CPU cores and 4 GPU cores. Nova Lake-H and Nova Lake-U families also detailed.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan defended his record and pledged cooperation with the U.S. government in a letter to employees after President Trump called for his resignation citing conflict of interests.
Intel has started upstream Linux patches for Nova Lake, its next-gen CPU family set to replace the 20-year-old Family 6 era. Classified under Family 18, Nova Lake will power desktops, laptops, and possibly handhelds, with early groundwork ensuring Linux readiness well ahead of its 2026 launch.
Intel has launched the Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F, two processors with silicon that seems to belong to the chipmaker's previous Alder / Raptor Lake lineup.
AMD’s Threadripper 9000 CPUs are set to arrive on July 31, offering up to 64 Zen 5 cores, a 350W TDP, and quad-channel DDR5-6400 support. Prices remain unchanged from the previous gen, starting at $1,499. With 80 PCIe 5.0 lanes and boosted clocks up to 5.4 GHz, they aim squarely at creators and professionals.
AMD’s 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX reportedly scores 73% higher than its predecessor in Cinebench R23, though the result raises doubts about its realism.
Intel is set to launch the Arrow Lake-S refresh in the latter part of this year and, clashing with previous rumors, it apparently doesn't even have a new NPU. The company might only be overhauling the clock speeds for its upcoming desktop lineup.
AMD shares the pricing and release date for the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 WX-series processors and Radeon AI Pro R9700 graphics cards for professional and workstation users.
Intel’s Nova Lake-AX SoC could mark a major leap for x86 mobile chips, pairing 28 CPU cores with a massive 384-EU Xe3 GPU and LPDDR5X at up to 10,667 MT/s. Aimed at hybrid APU competitors like AMD Strix Halo and Apple M-series, it might never even see the light of day.
AMD introduces the Ryzen AI 5 330, a budget-friendly quad-core processor with a 50 TOPS NPU that meets Microsoft Copilot+ PC requirements, aiming to bring AI features to inexpensive Windows 11 laptops.
Nvidia's consumer PC processors N1 and N1X, originally expected in 2025, have been delayed to at least 2026 due to reported 'critical hardware defects' in the chips, possibly requiring a costly and time-consuming silicon respin, according to unofficial sources.
Mozilla's engineering staff reports that Intel Raptor Lakes are sensitive to increasing ambient temperatures, resulting in several crash reports flooding in from areas affected by heat waves.
Someone just built a fully functional CPU from scratch using old memory chips and logic parts from the 8-bit era. Spanning four perfboards and over a kilometer of wire, it runs real code, handles interrupts, and even plays The Matrix—all using logic simulated entirely through EPROMs.
Intel is cutting 2,392 jobs in Oregon, with about 4,000 nationwide, mostly affecting technicians and engineers, despite claims of targeting managers, as part of a broader push for automation and decentralization.
In a weird twist, Intel's Core Ultra 5 245HX is allegedly faster than the desktop Core Ultra 5 245 in PassMark, featuring better single-core and multi-core scores.
As AMD's 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX approaches its launch, unofficial benchmark results have been posted to the Geekbench database, revealing some details about its performance.
AMD's nearly-forgotten refresh generation of Ryzen 5000 chips, called Ryzen 5000XT, is on a steep discount just before Prime Day ends. The Ryzen 9 5900XT is 38% off and is going for $218, the Ryzen 7 5800XT is 46% off, going for just $133.