Intel officially announces 9th generation Core CPUs
Published in PC Hardware


Including the 8-core Core i9-9900K

At its special event "Fall Desktop Launch Event" in New York City, Intel has officially unveiled its new 9th Generation Core CPUs, the six-core Core i5-9600K, eight-core Core i7-9700K, and the flagship eight-core Core i9-9900K. Intel also unveiled the new Z390 chipset, a minor update to the Z370.

Intel's Bob Swan secretly wants the CEO job
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 03 October 2018 21:19

Intel's Bob Swan secretly wants the CEO job


Exclusive: Murthy a serious candidate too

Well informed sources close to the matter have confirmed that despite publicly denying it, Bob Swan of Intel secretly wants the CEO job. The only other serious candidate within Intel is ex-Qualcomm's  Dr. Venkata (Murthy) Renduchintala, group president of the Technology, Systems Architecture & Client Group, and chief engineering officer at Intel.

AMD 30 percent market gain won’t happen
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 03 October 2018 19:21

AMD 30 percent market gain won’t happen


Now Wall Street realizes

AMD is the second best x86 maker out of two, and this is how things will remain. The recent rumors and prediction by fellow analysts and journalists that AMD can win up to a third of the market is,  pure and simple, science fiction.

Intel Core i9-9900K shows up on Amazon
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 03 October 2018 00:34

Intel Core i9-9900K shows up on Amazon


With fancy new packaging

Ahead of Intel's official launch, the flagship Core i9-9900K has appeared in an online listing, together with a fancy new packaging.

AMD will take a third of the desktop
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 26 September 2018 11:15

AMD will take a third of the desktop


Intel has blinked.

AMD may regain 30 percent of global desktop CPU market share in the fourth quarter of 2018 as Intel continues to lose ground.

Qualcomm accuses Apple of Intel collusion
Published in News
Tuesday, 25 September 2018 17:19

Qualcomm accuses Apple of Intel collusion

Things go from bad to worse

The legal feud between Apple and Qualcomm ratcheted up a notch today after the Cupertino firm was accused of passing proprietary information to Intel.

iPhone XS has Intel modem inside
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 24 September 2018 09:34

iPhone XS has Intel modem inside


L shaped battery phone starting at 1.149 € / $999+ tax / £999

iPhone XS and XS Max have started reaching their early adaptors, and at the same time iFixit managed to dismantle it and tell us which chips are inside of the precious overpriced phone.

Apple confirms eSIM for iPhone X
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 12 September 2018 20:42

Apple confirms eSIM for iPhone X


Intel-powered Gigabit LTE dual SIM in China

Phil Schiller just talked about iPhone Xs and Xs Max, (Nike MAX anyone) and confirmed that there is an eSIM solution for the S 2018 refresh of iPhones.

Intel's latest graphics driver fixes many bugs
Published in Graphics


And Chipzilla promises better performance

Intel has updated its graphics driver, bringing both support for new games like Strange Brigade and Pro Evolution Soccer 2019, performance improvements for some games like World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth and Jurrasic World Evolution, as well as some security fixes and improvements.

Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme comes with Nvidia graphics
Published in News


15.6-inch screen, up to Core i9, and GTX 1050 Ti

Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 has been the favorite business-class notebook for quite some time and its latest version got a serious update with a larger screen, CPU update, and discrete graphics, courtesy of Nvidia.