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Coming out of the dark times that preceded the launch of AMD's Zen CPU architecture in 2017, to say that AMD has turned things around on the back of Zen would be an understatement. Ever since AMD launched its first Zen-based Ryzen and EPYC processors for client and server computers, it has been consistently gaining x86 market share, growing from a bit player to a respectable rival to Intel (and all at Intel's expense). The first quarter of this year was no exception, according to Mercury Research, as the company achieved record high unit shares on x86 desktop and x86 server CPU markets due to success of its Ryzen 8000-series client products and 4th Generation EPYC processors. "Mercury noted in their first quarter report that...
Acer Unveils Ultralight 15.6-Inch Swift 5 Laptop: Less than 2.2 Lbs
Acer announced one of the company's thinnest and lightest 15.6-inch class laptops at its annual Next@Acer event. The laptop packs Intel’s latest Core CPU and can work for a...
12 by Anton Shilov on 5/23/2018
Intel Outs Z390 & X399 PCHs for Cannon Lake & Coffee Lake CPUs
Intel this week released its new Rapid Storage Technologies drivers, and thanks to their associated release notes, Intel has indirectly confirmed their upcoming Z390 and X399 PCHs. The drivers'...
26 by Anton Shilov on 4/26/2018
A Timely Discovery: Examining Our AMD 2nd Gen Ryzen Results
Last week, we published our AMD 2nd Gen Ryzen Deep Dive, covering our testing and analysis of the latest generation of processors to come out from AMD. Due to...
242 by Ian Cutress & Ryan Smith on 4/25/2018
Intel Announces Chip-Level Security Initiatives, iGPU-Based Malware Scanning
Taking place this week is the annual RSA conference, which has evolved to become a major trade show for security products and technologies. As one might expect, it's also...
36 by Anton Shilov on 4/17/2018
Intel Adds New Coffee Lake CPUs to Online Database
Intel has recently added eight unannounced desktop Coffee Lake processors to its MDDS (material declaration datasheet) database. Three new chips belong to the Core i3/i5 lineup are targeting mainstream...
11 by Anton Shilov on 2/7/2018
Intel Core with Radeon RX Vega M Graphics Launched: HP, Dell, and Intel NUC
Intel’s Performance Numbers *Disclaimer: All performance numbers in this section are from Intel and have not been independently verified On the face of it, this new product is a 7th Generation...
66 by Ian Cutress on 1/7/2018
Intel to Create new 8th Generation CPUs with AMD Radeon Graphics with HBM2 using EMIB
Today Intel (and AMD) are announcing a partnership to create processors using Intel's high-performance x86 cores, AMD Radeon Graphics, and HBM2 within a single processor package using Intel's latest...
254 by Ian Cutress on 11/6/2017
Intel Documents Point to AVX-512 Support for Cannon Lake Consumer CPUs
A new update to the Intel document for software developers indicates that the company will begin to introduce various AVX-512 instruction set extensions to its consumer CPUs soon. This...
50 by Anton Shilov on 10/19/2017
Acer Announces Nitro 5 Spin 15.6" Gaming Convertible: 8th Gen Core i7, GeForce GTX 1050
Acer has introduced one of the industry’s first convertible notebooks designed for casual gamers. The Nitro 5 Spin machine is a rather unusual form-factor. It has a 15.6” IPS...
23 by Anton Shilov on 8/23/2017
Intel Launches 8th Generation Core CPUs, Starting with Kaby Lake Refresh for 15W Mobile
This year has been enjoyably eventful for processor releases. Intel launched their 7th Generation processors, Kaby Lake, in January. Then we had AMD release their new high-performance microarchitecture in...
146 by Ian Cutress on 8/21/2017
Intel Officially Reveals Post-8th Generation Core Architecture Code Name: Ice Lake, Built on 10nm+
In an unusual move for Intel, the chip giant has ever so slightly taken the wraps off of one of their future generation Core architectures. Basic information on the...
106 by Ian Cutress on 8/15/2017
Intel to Announce 8th Generation Core Processors on August 21st
Today Intel has revealed that the company will be announcing their 8th generation Core processors and associated architecture on August 21st. This announcement of an announcement comes as the...
64 by Ryan Smith on 8/8/2017
Intel Compute Card: A Universal Compute Form-Factor for Different Kinds of Devices
At CES 2017, Intel introduced a new form-factor for computing platforms in order to enable easy development, configuration, maintenance, repair and upgrade of various devices. Intel’s Compute Card is...
35 by Ganesh T S & Anton Shilov on 1/11/2017
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