Linux-based System76 prefers to shut off the Intel Management Engine
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Open Sauce outfit worried about the closed firmware

Linux computer vendor System76 has said that it prefers to disable the Intel Management Engine wherever possible to reduce the amount of closed firmware running on System76 hardware.

Intel releases mobile parts
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Tuesday, 01 June 2021 10:28

Intel releases mobile parts


Tiger Lake for ultrabooks

Chipzilla introduced two new 11th-gen Core mobile parts which are essentially enhanced versions of Tiger Lake processors for ultrabooks and an M.2 5G network module developed in partnership with MediaTek and Fibocom.

First Chromebook with Intel's Tiger Lake in the shops
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Asus first into the market


The first Chromebook with Intel's Tiger Lake 11th gen processor is in the shops.

Simply NUC launches new Ruby and Topaz mini PCs
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Ruby powered by AMD Renoir and Topaz powered by Intel Tiger Lake

Simply NUC has announced two new mini PCs, the AMD 4000-series Renoir powered Ruby, and the Intel 11th gen Tiger Lake powered Topaz, both packed in NUC 4x4 Universal Chassis created by Simply NUC, and coming in different SKUs with up to Ryzen R7-4800U or Intel Core i7-1165G7.

Intel trumpets its Tiger Lake NUC M15 laptop kit
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Platform for Intel Evo-qualified laptop

Intel's Next Unit of Computing (NUC) has been known for small form factor (SFF) desktop systems but, now, Intel has introduced its new NUC M15 Laptop Kit, codenamed Bishop County, that will help laptop partners to bring Intel Evo-qualified laptops to the market.

Tiger Lake Xe GPU beats 4800U Renoir by 67.5 percent in Warcraft
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Beat Geforce MX350 by 26 percent

An interesting development and a story has resurfaced as we have the performance results of three notebooks featuring Tiger Lake CPU with Integrated Xe, Gen 10 Core i7 with MX 350, and Ryzen 7 4800U Renoir.

Asus VivoBook Flip 14 spotted with Iris Xe Max GPU
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Tiger Lake paired up with Intel discrete GPU (DG1)

The VivoBook Flip 14 has already been announced with Intel's Tiger Lake CPU and it might also feature Intel's discrete GPU.

HP Pavilion 14 launched with Intel Tiger Lake processors
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With Nvidia GeForce MX450 GPU

HP has completely overhauled the Pavilion 14 with an 11th Gen Intel Core processor and an optional Nvidia GeForce MX450 GPU.

Intel's Tiger Lake shows performance gains
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Friday, 18 September 2020 10:51

Intel's Tiger Lake shows performance gains


Benchmarks out

Intel formally announced its 11th Gen Core mobile processor family, known by the code name Tiger Lake, a few weeks ago and made some bold performance claims.  Now the benchmarks are out and suggest that Intel's claims might have legs.

Intel launches new 11th gen Core Tiger Lake CPUs
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Wednesday, 02 September 2020 20:45

Intel launches new 11th gen Core Tiger Lake CPUs


With Iris Xe graphics and Intel Evo Platform

Although most of the details regarding Intel's new 11th gen Core CPUs, codename Tiger Lake, has already been detailed during the Intel Architecture Day 2020, today we have details about the SKUs and their details, performance, and Intel's new Evo Platform.