Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
Intel's Core Ultra 7 265KF "Arrow Lake" CPU has been tested and ends up almost as fast as the Ryzen 9 7950X in Geekbench 6 benchmark. Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF "Arrow Lake" CPU Shows Strong Single & Multi-Core Performance In Geekbench 6 Benchmark Leak The Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF is going to be the second fastest Arrow Lake CPU within the Core Ultra 200K Desktop lineup. The chip will feature 20 cores, 20 threads, a base clock of 3.9 GHz, and boost clocks of up to 5.50 GHz. The chip will also carry 33 MB of L3 cache […]
Intel's next-generation Granite Rapids "Xeon 6900" CPU has been spotted in Geekbench with 120 P-Cores and loads of cache. Intel Granite Rapids "Xeon 6900P" Leak Shows 120 P-Core CPU With 504 MB L3 Cache Running On Dual-Socket Platform The CPU was spotted within the Geekbench 6 benchmark database and ran on the Intel AvenueCity RVP (Reference Evaluation Platform) which features two LGA 7529 sockets & a load of DDR5 DIMM slots. The chip itself is an engineering sample which we will explain why. Starting with the specifications, the leaked Intel Granite Rapids "Xeon 6900P" CPU features 120 cores and 240 […]
Acer will unveil the first batch of Intel Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200V" laptops on September 4th at its "Next@Acer" 2024 event. Acer Reveals Plans For Its "Next@Acer" 2024 Event, Will Likely Include Several Copilot+ Certified AI Laptops Based on Intel's Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200V" SOCs We are officially entering the launch timeline of Intel's upcoming Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200V" SOCs, and it looks like Acer has become one of the first firms to announce a dedicated event to welcome the debut of Team Blue's next-generation chips. The firm announced the development on its YouTube channel, stating that […]
It is an all-hands-on-deck type of situation at Intel, where the former behemoth of the semiconductor sphere is now trying to conserve cash by slashing dividends and payrolls, and attempting to raise additional funding by culling extraneous investments. A case in point: Intel has now sold all of its stake in Arm Holdings. As we've noted in a number of recent posts, Intel is traversing a multidecadal nadir at the moment, having failed to meet the consensus expectations of analysts for its top-line and bottom-line metrics in Q2 2024, and compounding this failure by posting underwhelming results for the key […]
According to Bernstein, Intel's PC CPU shipments grew in the second quarter, which is a rare good news for the firm after its bloodbath second quarter results earlier this month. These shipments came when the PC market grew sequentially and exceeded pre-coronavirus demand. Intel and AMD's PC market, which the pair dominate, grew by 9% over Q1, according to analyst Stacy Rasgon. This growth follows a 1% annual growth in Q1, but Intel's woes aren't over, as, according to the analyst, PC shipments continue to lead CPU shipments. AMD Eats Away At Intel's Notebook Share As Latter Appears To Find […]
Intel's new "0x129" microcode has been tested on Linux, and fair enough, the results show that the Raptor Lake CPUs don't see a major performance impact. Intel's Latest "0x129" Microcode Hasn't Brought In Any Performance Dips Except For a Few "Single-Threaded" Focused Scenarios In Linux Intel has recently released a new microcode patch to address the 14th Gen and 13th Gen CPU instability issues. After a long chain of "updates," it looks like the "0x129" patch might have done the job for Intel, as disclosed in our previous coverage, where the microcode was benchmarked on Windows. Now, credit to Phoronix, […]
GPD has unveiled the first AMD Ryzen AI 300 "Strix" powered handheld & also shared benchmarks of Radeon 890M against Intel's Arc 140V "Xe2" iGPU. AMD Ryzen AI 300 "Strix" Powered Handhelds Are Now Making Their Official Debut & Come Packed With New Technologies Including The Radeon 890M iGPU Which Is Faster Than The Intel Arc 140V "Xe2" iGPU GPD has disclosed its next-generation Pocket 4 handheld "AI PC" which is an ultra-portable platform that not only serves gamers but casual PC audiences too who want something with lots of performance in a compact form factor. This new PC device […]
Global client CPU shipments are expected to witness a subtle quarterly drop, but the CPU markets look strong and bullish on the broader outlook. CPU Shipments See a Quarterly Drop, Likely Associated With Lack of Consumer Demand & Intel's Instability Issues A report from market researcher Jon Peddie Research (JPR) discloses that global consumer CPU shipments are on the right track for consistent growth. However, in the upcoming Q4 2024 quarter, the figures will see a slight decline, going down by 5% in quarter-on-quarter comparison. While JPR hasn't disclosed the reason behind this drop, we can certainly associate it with […]
A new rumor from leaker, Jaykihn, suggests that Intel's Nova Lake-S CPUs will be the desktop follow-up to Arrow Lake-S while Panther Lake will be mobile only. Intel Panther Lake Reportedly Mobile Only, Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs To Replace Arrow Lake-S Intel has several next-generation client CPU families in the work but it looks like things are going to get a bit confusing moving forward. Previously, Intel used to have one lineup that scaled across all segments but that started to change with Tiger Lake CPUs which were aimed at mobile platforms & Rocket Lake served as a slight architectural […]
Intel looks to ramp up outsourcing efforts as the firm chooses TSMC for its mainstream semiconductor needs while adding new Taiwan suppliers as well. Intel Becomes More Reliant On Taiwan Suppliers As The Firm Apparently Shifts Away From Its Own Division Services Well, it looks like Team Blue has decided to take market competition seriously. That's why they have decided not to trust IFS for now and rather move towards "well-established" alternatives in the markets. Previously, we reported on how Intel's next-gen Falcon Shores AI accelerators will be handed over to TSMC for development, particularly utilizing the 3nm process, showing […]
Intel's Core Ultra 7 265KF "Arrow Lake" CPU has been tested and ends up almost as fast as the Ryzen 9 7950X in Geekbench 6 benchmark. Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF "Arrow Lake" CPU Shows Strong Single & Multi-Core Performance In Geekbench 6 Benchmark Leak The Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF is going to be the second fastest Arrow Lake CPU within the Core Ultra 200K Desktop lineup. The chip will feature 20 cores, 20 threads, a base clock of 3.9 GHz, and boost clocks of up to 5.50 GHz. The chip will also carry 33 MB of L3 cache […]
Intel's next-generation Granite Rapids "Xeon 6900" CPU has been spotted in Geekbench with 120 P-Cores and loads of cache. Intel Granite Rapids "Xeon 6900P" Leak Shows 120 P-Core CPU With 504 MB L3 Cache Running On Dual-Socket Platform The CPU was spotted within the Geekbench 6 benchmark database and ran on the Intel AvenueCity RVP (Reference Evaluation Platform) which features two LGA 7529 sockets & a load of DDR5 DIMM slots. The chip itself is an engineering sample which we will explain why. Starting with the specifications, the leaked Intel Granite Rapids "Xeon 6900P" CPU features 120 cores and 240 […]
Acer will unveil the first batch of Intel Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200V" laptops on September 4th at its "Next@Acer" 2024 event. Acer Reveals Plans For Its "Next@Acer" 2024 Event, Will Likely Include Several Copilot+ Certified AI Laptops Based on Intel's Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200V" SOCs We are officially entering the launch timeline of Intel's upcoming Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200V" SOCs, and it looks like Acer has become one of the first firms to announce a dedicated event to welcome the debut of Team Blue's next-generation chips. The firm announced the development on its YouTube channel, stating that […]
It is an all-hands-on-deck type of situation at Intel, where the former behemoth of the semiconductor sphere is now trying to conserve cash by slashing dividends and payrolls, and attempting to raise additional funding by culling extraneous investments. A case in point: Intel has now sold all of its stake in Arm Holdings. As we've noted in a number of recent posts, Intel is traversing a multidecadal nadir at the moment, having failed to meet the consensus expectations of analysts for its top-line and bottom-line metrics in Q2 2024, and compounding this failure by posting underwhelming results for the key […]
According to Bernstein, Intel's PC CPU shipments grew in the second quarter, which is a rare good news for the firm after its bloodbath second quarter results earlier this month. These shipments came when the PC market grew sequentially and exceeded pre-coronavirus demand. Intel and AMD's PC market, which the pair dominate, grew by 9% over Q1, according to analyst Stacy Rasgon. This growth follows a 1% annual growth in Q1, but Intel's woes aren't over, as, according to the analyst, PC shipments continue to lead CPU shipments. AMD Eats Away At Intel's Notebook Share As Latter Appears To Find […]
Intel's new "0x129" microcode has been tested on Linux, and fair enough, the results show that the Raptor Lake CPUs don't see a major performance impact. Intel's Latest "0x129" Microcode Hasn't Brought In Any Performance Dips Except For a Few "Single-Threaded" Focused Scenarios In Linux Intel has recently released a new microcode patch to address the 14th Gen and 13th Gen CPU instability issues. After a long chain of "updates," it looks like the "0x129" patch might have done the job for Intel, as disclosed in our previous coverage, where the microcode was benchmarked on Windows. Now, credit to Phoronix, […]
GPD has unveiled the first AMD Ryzen AI 300 "Strix" powered handheld & also shared benchmarks of Radeon 890M against Intel's Arc 140V "Xe2" iGPU. AMD Ryzen AI 300 "Strix" Powered Handhelds Are Now Making Their Official Debut & Come Packed With New Technologies Including The Radeon 890M iGPU Which Is Faster Than The Intel Arc 140V "Xe2" iGPU GPD has disclosed its next-generation Pocket 4 handheld "AI PC" which is an ultra-portable platform that not only serves gamers but casual PC audiences too who want something with lots of performance in a compact form factor. This new PC device […]
Global client CPU shipments are expected to witness a subtle quarterly drop, but the CPU markets look strong and bullish on the broader outlook. CPU Shipments See a Quarterly Drop, Likely Associated With Lack of Consumer Demand & Intel's Instability Issues A report from market researcher Jon Peddie Research (JPR) discloses that global consumer CPU shipments are on the right track for consistent growth. However, in the upcoming Q4 2024 quarter, the figures will see a slight decline, going down by 5% in quarter-on-quarter comparison. While JPR hasn't disclosed the reason behind this drop, we can certainly associate it with […]
A new rumor from leaker, Jaykihn, suggests that Intel's Nova Lake-S CPUs will be the desktop follow-up to Arrow Lake-S while Panther Lake will be mobile only. Intel Panther Lake Reportedly Mobile Only, Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs To Replace Arrow Lake-S Intel has several next-generation client CPU families in the work but it looks like things are going to get a bit confusing moving forward. Previously, Intel used to have one lineup that scaled across all segments but that started to change with Tiger Lake CPUs which were aimed at mobile platforms & Rocket Lake served as a slight architectural […]
Intel looks to ramp up outsourcing efforts as the firm chooses TSMC for its mainstream semiconductor needs while adding new Taiwan suppliers as well. Intel Becomes More Reliant On Taiwan Suppliers As The Firm Apparently Shifts Away From Its Own Division Services Well, it looks like Team Blue has decided to take market competition seriously. That's why they have decided not to trust IFS for now and rather move towards "well-established" alternatives in the markets. Previously, we reported on how Intel's next-gen Falcon Shores AI accelerators will be handed over to TSMC for development, particularly utilizing the 3nm process, showing […]