Intel CEO admits Chipzilla is not in the top 10 anymore
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Tan tells staff that catching up to Nvidia is a lost cause

Troubled Chipzilla’s new chief Lip-Bu Tan has decided to pull off the sticking plaster and tell staff that Intel is no longer one of the leading semiconductor companies in the world.

AMD’s RX 9060 pokes its head out
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Wednesday, 09 July 2025 10:43

AMD’s RX 9060 pokes its head out


Vanilla RDNA 4 GPU spotted in AIDA64 ahead of official reveal

Looks like AMD’s budget-friendly RDNA 4 card is warming up in the wings. A new version of AIDA64 has tipped its hand by listing support for the Radeon RX 9060, a notch below the already-rumoured RX 9060 XT.

FinalWire releases new AIDA64 v7.70
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Tuesday, 08 July 2025 21:10

FinalWire releases new AIDA64 v7.70


Preliminary support for AMD Zen 6 and other improvements

FinalWire has released the latest version of AIDA64 diagnostic and benchmarking software, AIDA64 v7.70, bringing preliminary support for some upcoming products, improved support for CPUs and GPUs, new benchmarks, and fixes.

Intel Diamond Rapids leak show monster Xeon specs
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Up to 192 cores and 1.6 tb/s memory bandwidth in Intel’s next data centre gamble

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Intel is cooking up a monster for the data centre with its next-generation Xeon chip, codenamed Diamond Rapids.

Intel’s Arrow Lake Refresh arrives soon
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New chips try to plug the gap until Nova Lake shows up 

Troubled Chipzilla is preparing to flog an ‘Arrow Lake Refresh’ update in the second half of this year, offering a mild clock boost and a swapped-out neural processing unit in a bid to stay relevant in a desktop market that’s increasingly swinging red.

Steam on Linux dips slightly as AMD takes CPU crown
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Valve survey shows open-source crowd still keen on Deck-powered setups

Valve's latest Steam survey dropped a bit later than usual, but the Linux numbers are finally in and while there’s a tiny dip in overall share, the AMD crowd has reason to cheer.

ASML outlook dims as Intel wobble spooks investors
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Bank of America slashes forecast, doubts Intel and SK hynix will save high NA EUV tech

Bank of America has taken a scalpel to ASML’s share price target, hacking it down to €759 from €795 on the back of waning enthusiasm for its latest high numerical aperture (high NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography gear.

Intel CEO eyes ditching 18A to woo Apple and Nvidia
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Chen Liwu may dump billions into the bin

Intel’s new chief executive Chen Liwu, is ready to scrap its heavily hyped 18A process in a desperate attempt to snare big-name customers like the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Nvidia.

Intel readies Nova Lake cache brawler to take on AMD
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bLLC could mirror 3D V-Cache magic without the heat headaches

Intel is plotting a comeback in the desktop gaming CPU arena with Nova Lake processors kitted out with hefty chunks of BLLC [big Last Line Cache]

Intel bets big on Nova Lake to claw back CPU crown
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Intel’s leaked slide promise massive gains but remain years away

A leaked Intel slide is doing the rounds online, hyping its next-generation Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs with performance numbers that seem almost too good to be true.