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Microsoft acquired Havok physics engine from Intel
Intel’s Havok engine was used in many well-known titles such as Mortal Kombat X, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Destiny, Watch Dogs and The Elder Scrolls Online. Recently, Microsoft was able to complete the...
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Intel adds SGX in newer Skylake, to be out by late October
Intel said that a newer batch of Skylake based processors will have its Software Guard Extensions technology enabled. Intel SGX was first introduced in 2013, which does raise the question why wasn’t...
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Intel i7-6950X Broadwell-E chip is a 10-core 20-thread CPU
The next-generation HEDT Processor will be based on Broadwell-E architecture. The upcoming HEDT flagship ‘i7-6950X’ will have ten physical cores and twenty threads, clocked at 3GHz with 25MB cache....
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Some CPU Coolers may damage Intel Skylake CPUs, Companies respond
Intel Skylake has a thinner substrate compared to the previous generation Haswell Processors. But it seems that some CPU coolers may apply more pressure on the socket once installed that the end result...
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Intel Broadwell-E details conveniently leaked
Earlier, it was mentioned that Intel has a 14nm based Broadwell-e to succeed the 22nm Haswell-E HEDT processors. Now it is known that there are four Broadwell-E SKUs. According to the information leak,...
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Prime95 workload causing Intel Skylake CPUs to freeze
It is recently discovered that the sixth-generation Intel Skylake processors have a bug which can be triggered when running Prime95. The issue was initially discovered in December 2015 where testers...
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AMD takes a jab at SYSmark 2014 benchmark, deems it unreliable
After an attempt (failed one at best) to discredit tech reviewers at one point, including a brief Twitter battle between HardOCP and Roy Taylor (hence deactivating the account following the backlash),...
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Intel dumps ‘tick-tock’ development strategy
Intel’s long used ‘tick-tock’ product development strategy is now no more. The chip maker introduced this method ten years ago to have a predictable introduction for new manufacturing techniques on...
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Intel reveals i7-6950X HEDT Extreme Edition CPU info
Intel has updated its Management Engine software which is now available for download. As its pointed out in the changelog, this new version also works with a particular upcoming HEDT processor- a...
View ArticleIntel ‘Kaby Lake’ i7-7700K at 3.6 GHz, USB 3.1 Native Support
It is reported that the upcoming successor to Skylake/Broadwell will be Kaby Lake and not Cannonlake. The Kaby Lake architecture will be using 14nm process with USB 3.1 support, along with full...
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