Intel Core i9-11900K “Rocket Lake” to Feature i9-9900K-like Fancy Retail Package
Intel’s upcoming flagship desktop processor, the Core i9-11900K, is expected to feature a fancy retail package, much like the original Core i9-9900K. VideoCardz just tweeted a teaser shot of what looks like an acrylic retail package of the chip, with its prominent i9 branding, in Intel’s favorite shade of blue....
Intel Rocket Lake-S Lands on March 15th, Alder Lake-S Uses Enhanced 10 nm SuperFin Process
In the latest round of rumors, we have today received some really interesting news regarding Intel’s upcoming lineup of desktop processors. Thanks to HKEPC media, we have information about the launch date of Intel’s Rocket Lake-S processor lineup and Alder Lake-S details. Starting with Rocket Lake, Intel did not unveil...
Manufacturing: Samsung Semiconductor Fabs in Texas Shut Down Following State-wide Power Shortages
News just keep flowing that are bound to have impact on pricing for components users of this website know and love. The Austin-American Statesman reports that Samsung has been ordered to shutter its Texas factories in wake of recent power shortages that have impacted the state. The order, which came...
Intel Core i9-11900T “Rocket Lake” Processor Allegedly Catches Up with Zen 3 in Single-Threaded Performance
When AMD announced its Ryzen 5000 series of processors based on the new Zen 3 architecture, the performance of these processors was the best on the market. Even in our own testing, we have found that AMD’s Zen 3 core is the highest performing core on the market, even beating...
Pat Gelsinger Becomes CEO of Intel
Today marks Intel’s official CEO transition as Pat Gelsinger becomes the company’s eighth chief executive officer in its history. Gelsinger is an accomplished CEO and industry veteran with more than four decades of technology and leadership experience – including 30 years at Intel, where he began his career. Gelsinger shared...
Intel Readies Core i9-10900KS Special Edition Processor, Refreshes “Comet Lake”
Intel is reportedly giving finishing touches to the Core i9-10900KS Special Edition desktop processor. The SKU was leaked to the web in an “eligible products list” as part of a “Crysis Remastered” game bundle campaign. This would be the third in a string of special edition processor models from Intel,...
EK Quantum Velocity Full Nickel Series Goes D-RGB
EK, the leading premium water cooling gear manufacturer, is upgrading its full nickel series of high-performance Velocity water blocks for modern AMD and Intel CPU sockets with a 5 V digital RGB LED. There is still a single LED hidden under the EK badge, but this time it is compatible...
Intel Apparently Discounting 10th-Gen CPUs in Bid to Claw Market from AMD
As if CD Projekt Red needed any more problems on their plate that weren’t of their own creation, it seems that the hackers who recently infiltrated the company’s infrastructure have turned out a profit on sensitive data. After source code for CD Projekt Red’s Red Engine, Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher...
First Comprehensive Review of the Core i7-11700K (ES) Surfaces
Lab501 posted the first comprehensive review of an Intel Core i7-11700K “Rocket Lake-S” engineering sample. The ES has clock speeds matching the rumored clock speeds of the retail version, and should give you a fair idea of how the finished product should perform. The i7-11700K, which is an 8-core/16-thread chip,...
Intel’s Raja Koduri Teases Xe HPG Mesh Shading in Action, A Hint at DirectX 12 Ultimate Readiness?
Intel’s head for architecture, software, and graphics divisions, Raja Koduri, on Wednesday (10/02) teased a Xe HPG discrete GPU prototype running the upcoming 3DMark DirectX 12 Mesh Shaders feature test. Mesh Shaders are one of the four key features for graphics solutions to achieve the DirectX 12 Ultimate logo readiness,...
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