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AIDA64 Benchmark v5.20 released, support for upcoming processors provided
Finalware has released the newer AIDA64 v5.20 benchmark which provides optimizations for AMD ‘Carrizo’ APU and Intel ‘Broadwell’ series processors, along with support for upcoming Intel ‘Braswell’,...
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Micron and Intel’s new 3D NAND enables cost-effective SSDs up to 10TB
Both Micron and Intel have jointly collaborated on making a new type of 3D NAND which allows them to provide up to 32 layers of flash NAND per package. By doing so, manufacturers can provide storage...
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Intel 5th-Gen Broadwell CPUs to be available in June
The new processors which will be using the 5th 14nm Broadwell processors i5-5675C and i7-5775C will now be available for retail from June 1st and June 2nd in the Asia-Pacific Region. These processors...
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Intel, Microsoft and WPG launches ‘Made in India’ NUPC
With ‘Made in India’ stuff being a thing, Intel, Microsoft and a semiconductor/electronics distributor WPG Holdings released two NUC (Next Unit of Computing) pitched towards the Indian market, called...
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ECS shows-off Liva Core and Liva X² Mini PCs
ECS launched its new Liva Core and Liva X² mini PC which uses Intel M 14nm processor, 4GB RAM and an Intel 802.11 AC WiFi and 64GB M.2 SSD. The purpose of the devices is to provide good enough...
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Project Quantum arrives with a choice of either AMD or Intel CPU variants
When AMD showed off its pre-built small form factor liquid cooled gaming unit ‘Project Quantum’ with its dual Fiji GPU cores, it was unexpected to see that it will be using an Intel CPU. It is known...
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Intel Skylake-S ‘K’ desktop SKUs may not be bundled with a stock CPU cooler
A new report points out Intel will most likely not bundle its stock CPU cooler with its upcoming Skylake-S’ K series processor lineups. K series is long known to be unlocked processors which allow...
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Intel preparing ‘Ice Lake’ CPUs for 2017, ‘Kaby Lake’ for 2016
Intel ‘Cannonlake’ architecture processors were supposed to be the successor of the upcoming ‘Sky Lake’ processors with LGA 1151 package, but things seem to have changed. Intel will be introducing...
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Intel i7-6700K reviews leak, 29% more performance than Core i7 4790K
Intel may not be happy about it, but potential early adopters will be happy to know that the Sky Lake Core i7-6700K processor will be producing up to 29.1% more performance than its predecessor the...
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Intel to reveal i5-6600K and i7-6700K Skylake S CPUs on August 5th
Sources indicated that Intel will be revealing two of its Skylake S processors on August 5th. The Core i5-6600k and the Core i7-6700K along with Intel Z710 chipset motherboards would be showcased...
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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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