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Intel promises 'leadership across the board on desktop' when its next-gen Nova Lake CPU launches in late 2026
By Jeremy Laird published
News Beating AMD will be a tall order, but maybe 52 cores will do it.

'The game is ass on anything else but a 9800X3D': Esports players are complaining about using Intel CPUs at sponsored tournaments rather than AMD X3D chips, with multiple claims of crashing and significantly worse performance
By Andy Edser published
News Intel might be inside, but some wish it wasn't.

Nova Lake shipping manifest confirms rumours that Intel's flagship CPU will be packing up to 52 cores, but more cores aren't all Intel needs
By James Bentley published
News Catching up to AMD will take a big effort.

Intel's patent for 'software defined super cores' probably won't make an appearance in CPUs any time soon but implementing the tech could spell the end of the P-core
By Nick Evanson published
News No P, no E. Just cores. Super cores.

Save Intel's fabs before 'the rust of time makes them worthless': Four former Intel board members want a joint venture between Nvidia, Qualcomm, Google, Amazon, Apple, Broadcom and others to create an 'American Foundry'
By Jeremy Laird published
News Missed deadlines, poor execution, and a misguided strategy. Ouch.

Intel's bad news year rolls on as new 18A chip manufacturing node is reportedly in trouble with 10% yields and doubts over profitability of the Panther Lake CPU
By Jeremy Laird published
News Will Intel ever turn the corner?

Intel has just 18 months to 'land a hero customer on 14A' or its cutting-edge fabs are toast, says chip industry analyst
By Jeremy Laird published
News Tick, tock, the clock's a tickin'.

Move over, GPUs and CPUs: AMD is looking into creating AI accelerator cards to improve the neural performance of ordinary PCs
By Nick Evanson published
News It's early days yet, so don't expect to see anything for a while.
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