Intel: Nvidia CPU Scare Is Smoke And Mirrors
Summary Intel sold off significantly recently due to news of Nvidia entering the (data center) CPU business. I consider the sell-off a short-term overreaction for multiple reasons. Primarily, the CPU…
Intel Core i5-11600K vs. AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs. Core i5-10600K
Rocket Lake is finally here and today we’re checking out the new Core i5-11600K. That’s right, for this generation we’re skipping a day-one look at the Core i9 and even…
Intel Core i9-11900K Review: Not a Great Flagship CPU
The Core i9-11900K is Intel’s flagship offering in their new Rocket Lake-S desktop CPU series. Earlier this week we reviewed another new Rocket Lake processor, the mid-range Core i5-11600K and…
SMIC to Build a New 28nm Fab in Shenzhen: Production to Start in 2022
One of the more interesting facets of the ongoing chip crunch has been just how widely it’s impacted the fabs and tech companies. The crunch isn’t just happening for high-performance…
Intel to Revive ‘Tick-Tock’ Model, Unquestioned CPU Leadership Performance in 2024/2025
As part of today’s announcements, during Intel’s Q&A session after the prepared remarks, CEO Pat Gelsinger explained how Intel is going to revive its fortunes when it comes to its…
Intel’s x86 Designs No Longer Limited to Intel on Intel: IP Blocks for Foundry, Cores on TSMC
Today Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger has outlined two key changes to Intel policy: one derived from Intel’s plans to offer foundry services to external partners, and the other from Intel…
AMD to Launch 3rd Generation EPYC on March 15th: Milan with Zen 3
We’ve known for a while that AMD was set to launch its next generation enterprise EPYC processor family, collectively known by its codename Milan, sometime in the first quarter of…
Intel to Build Silicon for Fully Homomorphic Encryption: This is Important
When considering data privacy and protections, there is no data more important than personal data, whether that’s medical, financial, or even social. The discussions around access to our data, or…
Intel Ice Lake Xeon Scalable Shipments To Date: 30 Customers, 100k+ Units
We’re gearing up for a busy time when it comes to server announcements, with the recent news that AMD will be launching its next generation platform on March 15th, but…
Ryzen 7 1700 vs. Ryzen 3 3300X: GPU Scaling
AMD’s first generation old-time favorite, the Ryzen 7 1700 seems to have aged rather well. In a recent test we compared it against its direct competition at the time, the…