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  Intel and EKWB have announced a new Peltier cooler based on Intel’s Cryo Cooling technology, which the company describes as “a unique combination of hardware, software, and firmware designed to help unleash elite performance for gamers and overclockers.” In this case, a Peltier/TEC cooler is combined with an EKWB …

  SK Hynix has announced it will acquire Intel’s NAND memory business for $9B, including Intel’s NAND SSD foundry, its component and wafer business, and the manufacturing facility Intel built in Dalian, China. The announcement specifically states that Intel will retain its Optane business. Not the Fastest Timeline The two …

  Intel’s John Bonini, Intel VP and GM of Client Computing Group Desktop, Workstations and Gaming, writes that Intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake platform will debut in Q1 (other rumors say March), putting it about five months away. Beyond support for PCIe 4.0 and an emphasis on Intel’s continued ability to …

  SK Hynix launched the first DDR5-5600 RAM, even though you can’t currently purchase a computer that supports it. SK Hynix is well aware of this, of course, but launching the product is still an important step. It signals to anyone working on proofing a DDR5 solution or designing a …

  When Intel unveiled Tiger Lake last month, the company promised a chip that delivered uncompromising performance on both CPU and GPU. Today, it’s clear they weren’t kidding. Intel’s Tiger Lake is proof that the company still knows how to build performant CPUs. Incidentally, it’s also the best APU — …

  Today, Intel is formally launching its Tiger Lake family of CPUs, alongside its first public iteration of the Xe graphics architecture. We’ve covered Tiger Lake and its Xe GPU in previous deep dives, so I’ll refer you back to that coverage if you want additional details on the CPU …

  One of the areas Intel focused on during its Architecture Day 2020 event was its ongoing work to improve interconnect technology in both 2.5D and stacked 3D chip configurations. We’ve talked about these technologies in the past — they range from EMIB (used for Kaby Lake-G) and Foveros (Lakefield) …

  Huawei is trying to position itself as being minimally affected by the technology bans levied against it by the United States government. The company’s 24-core ARM-based Kunpeng 920 CPUs are apparently almost ready for launch in desktop systems. The Kunpeng 920 family extends up to 64 cores and is …

Rumor: TSMC Won’t Build New Capacity for Intel, Views Orders as Temporary Intel’s decision to tap pure-play foundries like TSMC for potentially any future project has sent shockwaves through the industry. One of the biggest questions raised in the wake of the announcement is just how temporary it truly is. …

Intel Core i9-10850K: A Little Less Clock, but (Maybe) a Lot More Traction Intel quietly launched the Core i9-10850K, a new CPU that’s almost a Core i9-10900K in every single particular save one — it’s 100MHz slower, and a little bit cheaper. What’s interesting about the Core i9-10850K is that …