Steam has revealed its June 2019 hardware and software survey and as we can see, Windows 10 dominates the OS charts. Microsoft’s latest operating system has been adopted by 71% of the survey takers, leaving behind Windows 7 with 22% and Windows 8.1 with 3%. Continue reading Windows 10, Intel and NVIDIA dominate Steam’s June 2019 Hardware & Software Survey
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Intel acknowledges AMD’s high performance Zen2 CPUs, “competition shaping up to be especially tough”
AMD will officially release its new Zen2 CPUs on July 7th and it appears that Intel has internally acknowledged the impressive CPU models that the red team will bring to the table. Moreover, the blue team claims that competition will be tough in high performance computing. Continue reading Intel acknowledges AMD’s high performance Zen2 CPUs, “competition shaping up to be especially tough”
Report: Intel will slash the prices of its desktop CPUs by up to 15% in order to rival AMD’s Zen2 CPUs
DigiTimes has reported that Intel is planning to cut the prices of its 8th and 9th generation desktop CPUs by 10-15%. Not only that, but it appears that Intel has already notified its downstream PC and motherboard partners about these upcoming cut prices. Continue reading Report: Intel will slash the prices of its desktop CPUs by up to 15% in order to rival AMD’s Zen2 CPUs
Intel announces 10th Generation Core processors & Intel Core i9-9900KS; first 5Ghz CPU on all cores
Intel made a sweeping set of product and technology announcements at COMPUTEX 2019. The blue team has announced the new 10th Gen Intel Core processors and revealed the first-ever gaming processor with an all-core turbo of 5GHz. Continue reading Intel announces 10th Generation Core processors & Intel Core i9-9900KS; first 5Ghz CPU on all cores
RIDL is yet another security vulnerability affecting only Intel’s CPUs, AMD CPUs safe from it
Back in May 2019, we informed you about a new security vulnerability that affected Intel’s CPUs, Spoiler. And today, a brand new security vulnerability has been discovered that, once again, affects only Intel CPUs and is called RIDL. Continue reading RIDL is yet another security vulnerability affecting only Intel’s CPUs, AMD CPUs safe from it
Intel’s upcoming Xe graphics cards for data center will support hardware accelerated ray tracing
Intel confirmed today that its upcoming Xe graphics cards will support ray tracing hardware acceleration. What this basically means is that instead of mere software support, the Xe GPUs will feature dedicated hardware components that will accelerate the ray tracing calculations. Continue reading Intel’s upcoming Xe graphics cards for data center will support hardware accelerated ray tracing
Intel’s desktop and mobile CPU roadmap has been leaked, 10nm CPUs may come in 2022
It appears that the roadmap for Intel’s mobile and desktop CPUs has been leaked. According to the roadmap, Intel will stick with 14nm CPUs for the next couple of years and we may see the first 10nm Intel CPU in 2022. Continue reading Intel’s desktop and mobile CPU roadmap has been leaked, 10nm CPUs may come in 2022
ASUS claims that new 9th Generation Intel Core processors based on new stepping are coming in Q2 2019
ASUS has announced that Intel will release new 9th Generation Intel Core processors that will be based on new stepping. These new processors are meant to go live in Q2 2019 and ASUS has already released BIOS updates for all the 300 series motherboards in order to support them. Continue reading ASUS claims that new 9th Generation Intel Core processors based on new stepping are coming in Q2 2019
Spoiler is a brand new security vulnerability affecting all Intel CPUs, AMD’s CPUs safe from this threat [UPDATE: Intel responds]
After Spectre and Meltdown, a brand new security vulnerability – called Spoiler – has been discovered. This vulnerability was discovered by the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the University of Lübeck and affects all Intel CPUs (from 1st generation Core CPUs to the latest ones). Continue reading Spoiler is a brand new security vulnerability affecting all Intel CPUs, AMD’s CPUs safe from this threat [UPDATE: Intel responds]
Intel initiates “Odyssey” events for its discrete graphics card, focused on improving graphics and visual computing
We all know that Intel is currently working on its first discrete graphics card that is planned to be released by the end of 2020. And yesterday, the blue team announced Odyssey; a series of events built around a passionate community, focused on improving graphics and visual computing for everyone, from gamers to content creators. Continue reading Intel initiates “Odyssey” events for its discrete graphics card, focused on improving graphics and visual computing