Intel kills off RISC-V developer environment
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Tuesday, 31 January 2023 11:11

Intel kills off RISC-V developer environment


Can't find a way on Pathfinder

While the world+dog is looking closely at RISC-V, Chipzilla has killed off its open source RISC-V developer environment, Pathfinder.

China Academy of Engineering Physics runs on Intel and Nvidia chips
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So much for US sanctions 

The state-run China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP)  uses computers with Intel Xeon Gold processors equipped with Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics cards, despite being on the US export blacklist since 1997, according to its own research papers analysed by the WSJ.

Intel confirms Meteor Lake for second half of 2023
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Lunar Lake in 2024

During its rather disappointing quarterly and yearly financial call, Intel confirmed that both its Meteor Lake and Lunar Lake processors are still on course.

Intel seriously tanks
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Friday, 27 January 2023 11:02

Intel seriously tanks


Worst results in its history 

Intel has seen the worst results in its history and lost money as its margins collapsed.

AMD downgraded over Intel antics
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Wednesday, 25 January 2023 11:37

AMD downgraded over Intel antics


Market share expansion shut down

A leading Wall Street firm has downgraded AMD, due to Chipzilla’s destructive actions against its smaller rival in the desktop PC space to slow down its market share expansion.

Intel chairman steps down
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Wednesday, 25 January 2023 11:18

Intel chairman steps down


Just before announcing Q4 results 

The chairman of Intel’s board of directors, Omar Ishrak, is stepping down just days before the chipmaker is due to report its Q4 earnings.

Intel’s I226-V 2.5GbE Ethernet controller might have a design flaw
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I226-V controller causes frequent connection drops

Intel's latest I226-V 2.5GbE Ethernet controller, which debuted on 700-series motherboards, may have a design flaw. User reports from the Intel, Microsoft, and Asus communities claim that the I226-V controller causes frequent connections randomly.

Intel abandons Oregon trail
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Monday, 23 January 2023 11:20

Intel abandons Oregon trail


$700 million facility will not be built

Intel has officially abandoned its plans to build a mega lab in Hillsboro, Oregon. The Oregonian received a statement today saying that the $700M facility will not be built.

Intel admits VROC technology obit premature
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Wednesday, 18 January 2023 11:41

Intel admits VROC technology obit premature


Came a little too soon

Chipzilla surprised the world of tech on 6 January by announcing that it will kill off its Virtual Raid on CPU (VROC) technology that is popular with its data centre Xeon chips. Now it is telling us that the announcement was too soon.

Russian Empire now running on updated Intel chips again
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Lastest upgrades 

Tsar Putin has come up with a work around which will allow his military machine to be powered by Intel chip upgrades as it continues to march across Europe.