Intel’s promising upcoming Nova Lake-S lineup reportedly includes an iGPU-focused SKU with 12 Xe3P cores — new leak claims a midrange 16-core CPU with powerful integrated graphics is in the works

A new leak claims Intel is prepping a 16-core CPU featuring 12 Xe3P iGPU cores, likely targeting the Ryzen G-series APUs. AMD’s latest desktop APUs top out at only 8 RDNA 3.5 CUs, while the Arc B390M in Panther Lake alread…

New tech can see a CPU’s transistors in action — terahertz radiation can potentially steal data as a chip is running

Researchers have discovered a way of probing a microchip processor’s individual transistors while it is working with terahertz radiation.

Intel’s Nova Lake CPUs gear up to seize AMD’s 3D V-Cache gaming throne — early leak points to up to 52 cores, blazing DDR5-8000 support, and massive 175W TDP

VideoCardz shares the alleged preliminary SKU list for Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 400S (codenamed Nova Lake) processors.

Why we spent 50+ hours retesting Intel’s Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus

Although we’ve known for a long time that Intel planned to refresh its Arrow Lake CPUs, the 270K Plus and 250K Plus still posted results that were difficult to believe during our review period.

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs Ryzen 7 9700X faceoff — a new midrange CPU champ emerges

Intel’s new Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is going after the Ryzen 7 9700X with its $300 price point. We put the two head-to-head in a series of rounds based on our own testing to see which comes out on top.

Fueled by Musk’s TeraFab tie-in, Intel’s market cap hits highest level in 25 years — tops $300 billion on CPU, AI, and foundry momentum

Intel tops $300 billion, its highest market capitalization in 25 years on AI, CPU, and foundry announcements momentum.

Geekbench 6.7 adds Intel BOT detection to spoof out ‘unrealistic’ CPU scores — Benchmark runs with BOT enabled will be marked as invalid

Geekbench 6.7 comes with Intel BOT detection to ensure any runs using it are flagged. The developer argues BOT gives unrealistic performance bumps to select workloads that don’t represent real-world performance.

Google and Intel deepen AI infrastructure partnership

The two tech giants are looking to co-develop custom chips, at a time when demand for CPUs is high due to a growing global shortage.

Intel and Google announce multi-year chip deal — Google will deploy Intel Xeon with custom IPUs for next-gen AI, cloud infrastructure

Although Google now has its own Arm-based Axion CPUs, Intel’s Xeon processors with custom IPUs will continue to be used for AI and other demanding workloads in Google’s data centers for years.

Intel developing two-lever retention mechanism for LGA 1954 socket, according to new leak — Premium Nova Lake-S motherboards will feature 2L-ILM sockets

Some high-end motherboards for Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake processors have been tipped to include a dual-lever retention mechanism called “2L-ILM.” We’ve seen something similar before with LGA 2011, but that a server platfo…