Apple has confirmed that macOS 26 “Tahoe” will be the last version to support Intel-based Macs, with macOS 27 and onward reserved for Apple silicon and the A-series MacBook Neo. The company told developers that future macOS releases will focus entirely on its own ARM-based chips—a change first announced at …
Read More »Modder Gets Intel Core 9 273PQE Bartlett Lake Chip to Boot to Windows
The modder working to get Intel’s unique 12 P-core Bartlett Lake 273PQE CPU running on a consumer motherboard has hit a new milestone: It now boots to Windows! They were even able to get some basic system info apps running. No benchmark results yet, but after some more tweaking, I …
Read More »Intel Takes Flak for Testing a Tool From a Sanctioned Company
Intel just had a bumpy week in the headlines. Reports indicate the company may have tested a wet-etching tool from a sanctioned company. Its CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, is also attracting attention for investing in tech companies that interact with Intel, with a New York Times report exploring his priorities as …
Read More »Fired Intel Engineer Steals 18,000 Files, Then Disappears
One of the many thousands of Intel employees let go this year is being sued by Intel for $250,000 after allegedly stealing over 18,000 files from Intel servers, some of which are reportedly top secret in nature. Intel hopes to recover this data, but to date, the engineer hasn’t responded …
Read More »Overclocker Hits DDR5 World Record With G.Skill Memory and Intel Inside
Last spring, overclocker Seby took some G.Skill Triedent Z5 memory to new heights using extreme cooling and some skillful overclocking. Now, thanks to French overclocker Bl4ckdot, there’s a new record: DDR5-12872.“We are proud to see G.Skill Trident Z5 memory once again breaking the boundaries,” said Frank Hung, Marketing Manager of …
Read More »Intel May Unveil Refreshed Arrow Lake with Better Performance Before the Year is Out
Although Intel hasn’t confirmed reports of an Arrow Lake refresh, rumors have circulated for months that we’d see one in the second half of 2025. Now that we’re in July, a little more info on the possible refresh is available for the beleaguered CPU.As Wccftech points out, refreshed Intel CPUs …
Read More »Nvidia's N1X SoC Beats Intel in Single Threaded Performance Leak
Nvidia has been producing enterprise-grade CPUs to complement its capable GPUs for a while now, but it’s never released anything in the consumer space. That may be set to change, though, as the long-rumored N1X mobile SoC has popped up in Geekbench, and its performance is impressive—even beating the Intel 285HX in …
Read More »Apple Plans to Phase Out Intel Mac Support by 2028
Apple decided to part ways with Intel CPUs at least as far back as 2018, but the road to actually jettisoning systems with the processors has been a long one. The end is now in sight, though: Apple made clear during its WWDC event this week that it will finally …
Read More »Intel Confirms 12 P-Core Bartlett Lake S CPU In Nova Lake Slide
Intel has given the first confirmation of the long-rumored Bartlett Lake CPU with 12 performance cores and no E cores. The surprise reveal comes in a slide about Intel’s Time Coordinated Computing platform, which pushes high-performance edge computing. The document is designed to show how Intel’s CPUs can manage real-time and general-purpose …
Read More »Intel Teams Up With TSMC to Make Processors
The long-running saga of Intel’s foundry woes opened a hopeful chapter this week with the news that Intel and its partner/ rival TSMC will join forces to create a new venture. That entity will run Intel’s fabrication plants. Intel’s efforts to revive its chip manufacturing business to its former glory …
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