Wi-Fi gets its AX
Published in Network
Wednesday, 18 September 2019 11:07

Wi-Fi gets its AX


Standard finalised

The Wi-Fi Alliance has finalised its Wi-Fi Certified 6 programme, aka. 802.11ax.

Tiger Lake specs spotted
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 17 September 2019 12:19

Tiger Lake specs spotted


Making a clean sweep of the specs

It is starting to look like Tiger Lake-U will feature a 50 per cent  increase in L3 cache capacity, going from 8MB to 12MB.

Intel responds to NetCat bug
Published in News
Thursday, 12 September 2019 11:34

Intel responds to NetCat bug


Not much to worry about

Intel has responded to the news that a bug, dubbed NetCat, can in specific scenarios abuse DDIO to obtain keystrokes and possibly other types of sensitive data that flow through the memory of vulnerable servers saying it is "low severity".

Another security bug found in Intel chips
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 11 September 2019 10:48

Another security bug found in Intel chips


Forces of darkness nicked my keystrokes

Insecurity experts have found a flaw in Intel's Data-Direct I/O [DDIO]which enables hackers to capture keystrokes.

Intel Core i9-9900KS comes next month
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 06 September 2019 11:02

Intel Core i9-9900KS comes next month


Running all cores at 5.0GHz Turbo

At the pre-IFA show held in Berlin, Intel has now officially announced that the special edition Core i9-9900KS, one running all cores at 5.0GHz Turbo, will be launching next month.

Intel GM of desktop slams Ryzen 5Ghz claim
Published in PC Hardware
Saturday, 31 August 2019 13:38

Intel GM of desktop slams Ryzen 5Ghz claim


Core i9-9900K at 5GHz is Regular Nitrogen

John Bonini, a Vice President, General Manager Desktop, Workstations, Gaming at Intel came out with a great tweet.

Intel confuses with Comet Lake
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 22 August 2019 10:31

Intel confuses with Comet Lake


Why, oh why, oh why

Intel has launched a new series of 14nm notebook CPUs code-named Comet Lake, but no one is certain why.

Intel releases its first AI chip
Published in AI
Wednesday, 21 August 2019 11:09

Intel releases its first AI chip


Never mind that Nervana smells like a 10 nanometer Ice Lake processor 

Intel unveiled its latest processor that will be its first using artificial intelligence (AI) and is designed for large computing centres.

New leaks surface about Intel’s Phantom Canyon
Published in PC Hardware


NUC gaming PC

A new round of leaks is revealing more conceptual details about Intel’s next-generation “Phantom Canyon” Next Unit of Computing (NUC) gaming PC.

AMD stomps on Chipzilla’s tail
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 05 August 2019 12:09

AMD stomps on Chipzilla’s tail


Sold 79 percent of all processor units in July

AMD beat Intel in the sale of processors in July -- at least in one German store.