The Hot Take: New out there about the AMD 10k's makes sense why this is coming out now. I wouldn't put it paste intel to leak it to say "Hey folks we're coming back!" Soften the AMD 10k impact on their bottom line. I for one am excited about this news and it means healthy competition is hopefully coming back to the x86 environment at least.
VideoCardz shares the alleged preliminary SKU list for Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 400S (codenamed Nova Lake) processors.
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The Hot Take: This is getting me excited....
If you read this site regularly, you'll already be well-informed about Intel's upcoming Nova Lake family of processors; at least, as well-informed as it's possible to be from early leaks and rumors. We have another such leak on the news desk today, this time coming from Videocardz, which has exclusively leaked what it calls a "preliminary
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The Hot Take: This has me burning for an upgrade....
A preliminary SKU list for Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 400 “Nova Lake S” desktop processors has surfaced, pointing to a significant expansion in core counts and platform capabilities.
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The Hot Take: It's going to be interesting if Intel can make a sudden comeback with actual functional management. I have a feeling this is going to be my next system.
Some high-end motherboards for Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors have been tipped to include a dual-lever retention mechanism called "2L-ILM." We've seen something similar before with LGA 2011, but that a server platform. Boards with 2L-ILM will live alongside standard ILM (1L-ILM?) variants that are cheaper to produce.
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The Hot Take: They did state prices were going up. Now is it inflation or greed?
Following earlier listings, AMD has now confirmed the US $899 price tag for its Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 flagship. The new flagship CPU with dual 3D V-Cache comes with a hefty premium compared to its single 3D V-Cache counterpart, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D.
Confirmed by AMD’s VP and GM of Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics, David McAfee, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, which will be officially available on April 22nd, will be selling for $899, depending on the supply and demand. In case you missed it, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is a 16-core/32-thread SKU that features dual 3D…
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The Hot Take: It appears intel is back on the offensive and actually innovating again. This is what competition is supposed to bring us.
Intel's next-gen Nova Lake-S CPUs will feature a 44-core "Dual Compute Tile" CPU config instead of a 42-core configuration. Intel Nova Lake-S 42-Core Desktop CPU Spec Upgraded To 44 Cores, Retains Dual Compute Tile Config With bLLC A few months back, we reported that Intel was working on a range of Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs that will come in 52, 42, 28, and 24 core configurations, all featuring bLLC cache. It looks like one of these SKUs will be getting a spec upgrade. As per Jaykihn, the 42-core spec has now been upgraded to 44 cores,…
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The Hot Take: I'm really hoping the US domestic production kick starts here soon.
Intel may be preparing another processor price increase in May, according to fresh channel checks and market research claims circulating through Asian supply-chain sources.
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The Hot Take: If this is true, I feel ARM may have serious competition on their hands.
Many believe that Apple makes the most efficient laptop chips and that MacBooks have the best battery life because the Arm ISA supposedly offers superior performance and efficiency over the crufty x86 ISA. But that is not the case. Apple's products are relatively strong because Apple's engineers do an excellent job at designing them for a
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The Hot Take: I'm sorry optimization is optimization. Stop crying.
Intel’s Binary Optimization Tool (BOT) has come under scrutiny following a technical analysis conducted by Geekbench, which examined how the software impacts benchmark performance.
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The Hot Take: I really hope that the rumors of Intel following AMD with keeping chipsets and sockets around longer. This new board and chip with these prices is crazy expensive these days.
With some leaks, a single screenshot is enough to keep the rumor mill churning for a few days. With Intel Nova Lake-S, things have gotten a bit more uncomfortable for anyone still hoping for a loose collection of speculations: Since early February, several separate clues have emerged that all point in the same direction. First, […]
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