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In a launch event on Monday, Intel unveiled its ninth-generation CPUs, including the monstrous Intel Core i9 desktop processor. With 5GHz, 8 Cores, and 16 threads, Intel is touting its i9-9900k chip as “the world’s best gami…
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Intel acknowledges supply issues, will prioritize premium chips
Intel interim CEO Bob Swan issued an uncharacteristically frank letter today, highlighting the company’s supply issues. The executive blames the surprising growth of an unexpectedly rebounding PC industry for the shortage. Swan says that rebound is driven by “strong demand for gaming as well as commercial systems.” It’s a bit of a perfect storm here. […]
View More Intel acknowledges supply issues, will prioritize premium chipsIntel teases a massive 28-core, single-socket chip that will launch later this year
Intel is feeling increasing pressure from AMD and Qualcomm and the competition will get even more intense if reports that Apple is working on its own chips to replace Intel processors in Macs are true. In an interview with Engadget last week before Computex, Intel’s client computing head Gregory Bryant said that Intel would reveal […]
View More Intel teases a massive 28-core, single-socket chip that will launch later this yearIntel discloses a new Spectre exploit variant, but leaves mitigation off by default
The specter of Spectre still looms above Intel, which just today disclosed a new variant of that most dire of chip flaws. It’s issuing a mitigation patch in tandem with the announcement that may come with a serious performance hit — which is why it will be off by default.
View More Intel discloses a new Spectre exploit variant, but leaves mitigation off by defaultIntel announces hardware fixes for Spectre and Meltdown on upcoming chips
When the Spectre and Meltdown bugs hit, it became clear that they wouldn’t be fixed with a few quick patches — the problem runs deeper than that. Fortunately, Intel has had plenty of time to work on it, and new chips coming out later this year will include improvements at the hardware/architecture level that protect against the flaws. Well, two out of three, anyway.
View More Intel announces hardware fixes for Spectre and Meltdown on upcoming chipsSecurity researchers find flaws in AMD chips but raise eyebrows with rushed disclosure
A newly discovered set of vulnerabilities in AMD chips is making waves not because of the scale of the flaws, but rather the rushed, market-ready way they were disclosed by the researchers. When was the last time a bug had its own professionally …
View More Security researchers find flaws in AMD chips but raise eyebrows with rushed disclosureIntel details performance hit for Meltdown fix on affected processors
Now that the Meltdown and Spectre cats are out of the bag and patches are being issued left and right, the main question people have is: will this affect my everyday work? Intel’s latest performance metrics suggest that yes it might, but not too much — more so if, like me, you have an older processor. Read More
Kernel panic! What are Meltdown and Spectre, the bugs affecting nearly every computer and device?
If you’re confused by the avalanche of early reports, denials, and conflicting statements about the massive security issues announced today, don’t worry — you’re far from the only one. Here’s what you need to know about Meltdown and Spectre, the two huge bugs that affect practically every computer and device out there. Read More