After months of leaks, rumors, and speculation, Intel formally and officially released the details of its 11-generation processor, code-named Tiger Lake. The processor leverages Intel’s SuperFin 10 nm process and introduces Intel’s first integrated Iris Xe GPU claiming 2× the performance over the previous generation — 2× is a lot. The CPU and other processors as well as the communications … Read more
11th Gen core and new thinner, lighter platform
Switzerland maintained, Nvidia denied
The new normal is not normal, and may not be again for a long time. Q2 which has traditionally been a down quarter was up for Intel year-to-year, and flat quarter-to-quarter. But Q3 is being guided down, and Intel still is dealing with manufacturing issues—the new normal. By midday the day after Intel’s report, AMD soared over 15% while Intel … Read more
The PC GPU and CPU suppliers came forward and quickly to offer what they had in equipment, personal, and money.
(Source: Skitterphoto) AMD has been fertilizing their seedling cores and watering them every day, and now that the sun is out and the cold of winter tossed off, new cute little Ryzens are popping up, rolling hills and fields full of them. But, like all wonders of Spring, they won’t last. OEMs will be gobbling them up for the … Read more
Last week Intel introduced the 10th Gen Comet Lake Intel Core S-series desktop processors, including Intel's flagship Core i9-10900K processor, which the company is claiming is the world's fastest gaming processor.* The i9-10900K features up to 10 cores, 20 threads, and DDR4-2933 memory speeds. It comes with the new Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 which the company says can … Read more
Intel's 5.3 GHz 10th Gen Intel Core H-series processor The impact of the supply chain on downstream vendors has been shocking. Combined with massive layoffs and soaring unemployment, the economic engine of the world is traumatized and forecasting is all but impossible. Intel is not immune to any of that and, as a result, has reported a decrease in … Read more
Ever since you learned out to spell GPU, you’ve wanted to use one, program one, build a game or an app. Well, now you can. Imagination Technologies announces that it has rejuvenated and revitalized the Imagination University Programme (“IUP”). The company is now offering a complete mobile graphics course designed to teach undergraduates how to create graphics for mobile devices. … Read more
Join AMD and you too can have a ball on your cheek If any company in the computer industry can be described as the comeback kid, it’s AMD. All but written off eight years ago, AMD has risen out of the ashes with remarkable momentum and accomplishments. The company has grown market share in all segments from Client to … Read more
Image credit: phee hawberries Intel’s newest chip family, code-named Lakefield, is built with Intel’s Foveros technology. They are built in a totally new way, says Intel; not with the various IPs spread out flat in two dimensions, but with them stacked in three dimensions. Think of a chip designed as a layer cake (a 1-mm-thick layer cake) versus a … Read more
In 1993, facing heavy competition from Sun, HP set the design goal for its new 32-bit HP 9000/712 workstation to reach performance levels of 1992-era workstations and servers at a fraction of their fabrication costs. Their target was the earlier generation HP 9000/735. To accomplish that HP employed VLSI technologies for the processor components, which were state of the … Read more
