European Union gives away a large amount of cash to big tech
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Giving money to foreign companies much better than wasting it on health and social services 

The European Union agreed a 43 billion euro plan for its semiconductor industry in an attempt to catch up with the United States and Asia and start a green industrial revolution.

Intel releases Arc GPU Graphics 101.4311 beta driver
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Plenty of game optimizations and improvements

Intel has released its latest version of the Arc GPU Graphics Driver, version 101.4311 beta. This is a pretty big update, featuring an extensive list of Game On driver support for various games, further game perforamnce improvements, as well as some issue fixes.

Intel will work with Arm
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Thursday, 13 April 2023 11:46

Intel will work with Arm


Intel chip could be back in your mobile

Chipzilla said its chip contract manufacturing division will work with UK-based chip designer Arm to ensure that mobile phone chips and other products that use its technology can be made in Intel's factories.

Intel orders shedloads of GPUs from TSMC
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Tuesday, 04 April 2023 12:07

Intel orders shedloads of GPUs from TSMC


Believes it has a future

While many people don’t hold out much hope for Intel’s involvement in the GPU market, apparently Chipzilla has ordered a stack of chips from TSMC.

Intel promises Sierra Forest in the first half of next year
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Targeting data centre customers

Intel Sierra Forest, its first semiconductor for data centre customers focused on power efficiency, , would be delivered in the first half of next year.

Intel updates its Xeon roadmap
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Wednesday, 29 March 2023 21:59

Intel updates its Xeon roadmap


144-core Sierra Fores and Clearwater Forest on 18A

Intel held its Data Center and AI Investor webinar earlier today, updating its Xeon roadmap, and showing progress on its P-core Xeon and E-core Xeon lineups. The big surprise was the E-core Xeon lineup, the 144-core Sierra Forest Xeon, coming in 1H 2024, and the Clearwater Forest Xeon lineup, scheduled for 2025 on Intel 18A manufacturing process. The P-Core Xeon lineup is on track with Emerald Rapids in Q4 2023, and Granite Rapids, closely following Sierra Forest in 2024.

Intel releases new Arc Graphics 101.4257 beta graphics driver
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Game On optimizations for Crime Boss: Rockay City game

Intel has released its latest version of the Arc GPU Graphics Driver, version 101.4257 beta. This one only brings Game On support and optimizations for Crime Boss: Rockay City game.

Intel announced NUC 13 Pro Arena Canyon with 13th gen Intel Core CPUs
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Up to 64GB of DDR4 RAM and up to Intel Core i7-1370P

Intel has officially launched its latest NUC 13 Pro, a "4-by-4" inch mini PC, now powered by 35W Intel Raptor Lake-P CPUs.

Chipzilla founder Gordon Moore dies
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Monday, 27 March 2023 10:04

Chipzilla founder Gordon Moore dies


Moore’s Law continues

The bloke who famously observed that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubled about every two years, Gordon Moore has died, he was 94.

Intel releases Arc GPU Graphics Driver 101.4255 WHQL
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Resident Evil 4 Remake day-zero Game On driver

Intel has released its latest Arc GPU Graphics Driver update, version 101.4255 WHQL, which brings day-zero optimizations for Resident Evil 4 Remake, as well as some performance optimizations and bug fixes.