
Beware Intel’s secret CPU inside
It takes over your PC
New Intel x86 processors have a secret control mechanism that runs on a separate chip that no one is allowed to audit or examine and according a security expert it exposes all affected systems to nearly unkillable, undetectable rootkit attacks.

Atom server chips might be toast
Intel is walking away like Craig David
The dark satanic rumour mill is suggesting that Intel is about to kill off its Atom’s for server programme.

Microsoft to delay Surface Pro 5
Wants to get Kaby Lake
It is beginning to look like the technology industry has written off 2016 as an annus horribilis and is only thinking about 2017. Microsoft has decided to delay its Surface Pro 5 from late 2016 to 2017 possibly so that it is not cursed.

Inventory issues as Intel and AMD delay CPU releases
New platforms not until January
We have been expecting Intel and AMD to release their new generation CPU’s by the end of the year, but now it looks like we will not see them until Janaury.

Intel’s HPC man clears out his desk
Takes early retirement
Intel's HPC director James Reinders is cleaning out his desk and Intel after 27 years.

Chipzilla pulls the plug on wireless charging project
So much for a world without wires
Intel appears to have given up on its wireless world project, which was based around its Core M chip.

Intel Apollo Lakes are 30 percent faster than Braswell
Goldmont 14nm will bring fast Atom notebooks in 2H16
Intel has not given up on its power saving roadmap even if it will not produce any more phone SoCs. In fact its Apollo Lake notebook platform can bring up to 30 percent better performance.

Intel does not think you need a GPU for HPC
Nvidia is losing ground to the coprocessor
Nvidia might have scored a few wins by touting its GPU’s in the HPC market, but it is starting to lose ground to the co-processor, according to Intel’s Diane Bryant.

Server market slumps
3.6 per cent less than last year
Beancounters working for IDC have been adding up some numbers and reached the conclusion that the worldwide server market is experienced a year-on-year revenue slump of 3.6 percent in the first quarter.

Intel strikes lucky with Thunderbolt at last
Thanks to USB type C
After years of Intel failing to convincing people that Thunderbolt has a use, the tech finally appears to be taking off.