Intel digs up Comet Lake corpse and calls it Core i5-110
Published in PC Hardware


Chipzilla wants $200 for reheated 14nm leftovers

Troubled Chipzilla has decided that if it cannot impress punters with bleeding-edge innovation, it might as well re-sell the same old tat with a shinier sticker. It has released the Core i5-110, a Comet Lake processor that first saw daylight in 2020 and is inexplicably back from the dead.

Intel admits it has some desktop holes to fill
Published in News
Thursday, 11 September 2025 11:26

Intel admits it has some desktop holes to fill


Arrow Lake refresh only a stopgap

Troubled Chipzilla has confirmed that a refresh of its Arrow Lake processors will limp out in 2026, with proper Nova Lake chips finally crawling out with the enthusiasm of a slug after a Hamburg rainfall later that year.

Intel's Arc B770 “Battlemage” inches closer to launch
Published in Graphics


Intel hauls out big silicon and hopes gamers will bite

Troubled Chipzilla is gearing up for the release of its top Battlemage GPU, the Arc B770, and if shipping manifests are to be believed, it's already packing crates.

Intel is propped up by Uncle Sam and Softbank cash
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CFO insists government stake is “a great deal for taxpayers” while debt pile looms

Shares of Troubled Chipzilla crept up two per cent after Intel finance boss David Zinsner reassured the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street that the firm’s long delayed Altera divestment was finally close.

Nvidia tightens grip on GPU market with 94 per cent share
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Tariff panic sends buyers scrambling for cards

Nvidia has gobbled up 94 per cent of the GPU market as shipments jumped 27 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, a spike analysts reckon was fuelled by punters panic-buying ahead of looming tariffs.

TSMC muscles into silicon photonics, leaving Intel gasping
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A patent surge, Nvidia’s shove, and a 2026 CPO rollout crank up the pressure.

TSMC has charged into silicon photonics and is trampling Troubled Chipzilla’s toes. Japanese reports say TSMC has filed nearly twice as many US patents in the latest silicon photonics field as Intel.

Intel splurges $16 billion on R&D without much to show
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18a dream node keeps swallowing cash as rivals surge ahead

Troubled Chipzilla is still burning cash at an alarming rate, sinking more than $16 billion into research and development last year, yet it has little to brag about.

Applied Materials boss says US chip incentives barely register
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Shrugs at Washington’s pricey patriotism push

Despite a flood of government cash designed to drag chipmaking back to the US, one of the industry's key suppliers seems distinctly unimpressed.

Intel’s Arrow Lake-HX mobile chips look good
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Monday, 01 September 2025 10:23

Intel’s Arrow Lake-HX mobile chips look good


Core Ultra 5 235HX punches above its weight in early benchmarks

While Intel's desktop Arrow Lake CPUs turned out to be all mouth and no trousers, its mobile Arrow Lake-HX line appears to be the opposite, turning in surprisingly strong results where it counts.

Trump’s stake deal was all about locking Intel into foundry
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Real countries have fabs

Intel has been strong-armed into holding on to its bleeding foundry business after Donald Trump’s administration tied subsidies to an equity grab.