Entry-level CPU lineup ditches ray tracing

Troubled Chipzilla is prepping its Wildcat Lake CPUs to replace the tired Alder Lake-N and Twin Lake offerings in the bargain-basement segment.

Arrow Lake chips get cheaper

Troubled Chipzilla is knocking down prices on its budget-tier Core Ultra 5 processors, with the Ultra 5 225 and Ultra 5 225F seeing hefty discounts across US and EU retailers.

Rumoured to be 55 per cent

Analysts at KeyBanc reckon Intel’s 18A yields have inched up to 55 per cent which is a modest five per cent improvement quarter-on-quarter.

AI chip boom lifts orders, but tariffs and uncertainty bite

Dutch chipmaking kit supplier ASML has shrugged off some tariff fears with better-than-expected results, though it is hardly brimming with confidence about the future.

Axe in the corridors

Troubled Chipzilla is showing no mercy as it swings the axe on more than 5,000 employees across four US states in its latest bid to slash costs.

Enthusiast class SoCs with massive iGPUs and cache

Troubled Chipzilla appears to be gearing up for a proper enthusiast class punch with Nova Lake AX, a new SoC designed to tackle AMD’s Halo APUs head on.

Zen 5 cores, DDR5-6400 support and eye-watering prices

AMD is about to unleash its Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series processors, with retail availability kicking off this month.

Intel taps TSMC for hybrid N2 and 18A process

Troubled Chipzilla has taken the next step in its endless comeback saga, with its Nova Lake CPUs reportedly taped out on TSMC’s shiny N2 node. It’s the latest sign that Intel’s once-proud fabs still can’t do it all alone.

There is a fight on for second place

Troubled Chipzilla appears to be clawing its way back into the semiconductor race, at least according to a research note from KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Tan tells staff that catching up to Nvidia is a lost cause

Troubled Chipzilla’s new chief Lip-Bu Tan has decided to pull off the sticking plaster and tell staff that Intel is no longer one of the leading semiconductor companies in the world.