Nvidia puts AMD inside Battlebox
Published in PC Hardware


It wanted the best


Nvidia is putting AMD under the bonnet of its “GeForce GTX Battlebox” PC – although obviously not its GPU gear.

Intel Core i9-7900X Skylake X processor spotted
Published in PC Hardware


Base clock of 4GHz with Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz

One of Intel’s Core i9 range with the current top tier Core i7 processors has been spotted on the SiSoft Sandra online benchmarking database.

Chipzilla leans on MB partners to provide Optane
Published in Transportation


MSI did, but others are unhappy

Chipzilla is leaning on its motherboard chums to bundle Optane on motherboards, much like MSI did.

More light shed on Intel's Radeon powered CPU
Published in Graphics


Update: Chipzilla is licensing AMD's graphics 

Our original story about Intel licensing AMD graphics created quite an impact, with shock, horror and disbelief from the Intel, AMD and Nvidia types.   

ARM is coming back to mobile devices in a big way
Published in News


The x86 battle is about to get a lot hotter

Qualcomm is expected to show its ARM goodies at Computex event

Intel is licensing AMD's graphics
Published in Graphics


Done deal

We can now confirm the rumours that Intel has given up on Nvidia because it has written a cheque to license AMD's graphics.

Intel Skylake-X Core i9 CPUs is tantalised
Published in PC Hardware


Specifications on four Skylake-X and two Kaby Lake-X SKUs

An internal presentation from Intel leaked online over the weekend, showing the full specifications of four upcoming Intel Skylake-X lineup, which will be the first to carry the Core i9 branding, as well as two Kaby Lake-X SKUs.

Intel’s management engine is security nightmare
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EFF warning


The Electronic Frontier Foundation is warning that Intel's largely-undocumented "Management Engine" is a security nightmare.

Intel wins patent case
Published in PC Hardware


That is two billion it does not have to spend


Chipzilla has seen off a patent case which would have forced it to pay $2 billion to AVM Technologies.

Intel worried about McAfee’s phone
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It insists it owns his name

Intel is fuming that MGT Capital Investments went ahead with the announcement of the “John McAfee Privacy Phone” when it previously said that it did not plan to launch products and services under the McAfee mark.