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Intel to launch Haswell chip in '3,337,200,000,000,000 nanoseconds'

Intel announced today that it would launch the fourth generation Core processors, code named Haswell, in "approximately 3,337,200,000,000,000 nanoseconds" or June 3rd. More...

Intel exec confirms $200 Android devices, Core CPUs in $399 machines

Intel chief product officer Dadi Pelmutter has reiterated how $200 Bay Trail Android devices are coming, while Intel is hoping to bring mainstream Core-powered machines down to $399 More...

Intel reportedly shipping Haswell chip to PC OEMs

Intel has reportedly started to ship its next generation PC processors, code named Haswell, to the large PC OEMs. Some new Windows 8 notebooks and convertibles could have Haswell chips inside in June. More...

How To: Install "legacy" Intel HD Graphics drivers on Windows 8

Intel has made available beta Windows 8 drivers for computers with Intel HD Graphics, but have excluded users of first-generation Core CPUs. This article will show you how to get around that. More...

Intel working on 5 nanometer transistors

Leaked slides show how Chipzilla is already working, or better still researching on technology nodes pretty far in the future. The 5 nm chips will be here soon. More...

Intel chips go 3D with 22nm Tri-Gate transistor technology

Transistors. You won't find a single piece of electronics without them today. If you look at the processors in computers and mobile devices, they've all managed to continue to shrink, year by year, using more... More...

TechSpot: Fun Facts About Intel's Sandy Bridge Processors

Around this time last year TechSpot ran a story with some fun facts about Intel's then debutant 32nm manufacturing technology. For example, we learned that a 32nm transistor can switch on and off over 300... More...

Desktop computer sets new pi record

A comparitively humble desktop computer has successfully calculated pi to 2.7 trillion digits, 123 billion more than the previous record set by a supercomputer in August 2009. Since 1995, records for pi have been set... More...

Core i7 on a budget: MSI X58 Pro-E review

Perhaps the biggest problem we saw with initial Intel X58 motherboards was their substantial price. Add to that the serious price premium for DDR3 memory, and you ended up with a relatively affordable and fast... More...

Core FTP LE 2.1.1607

This free, secure FTP client gives you a fast, easy, reliable way to update and maintain your website via FTP. It also provides a secure method (via SSL, TLS, or SFTP) to upload /... More...

Core FTP LE 2.1.1603

This free, secure FTP client gives you a fast, easy, reliable way to update and maintain your website via FTP. It also provides a secure method (via SSL, TLS, or SFTP) to upload /... More...

Core FTP LE 2.1.1596

This free, secure FTP client gives you a fast, easy, reliable way to update and maintain your website via FTP. It also provides a secure method (via SSL, TLS, or SFTP) to upload /... More...

Core FTP LE 2.1 (Build 1585)

Core FTP LE - free Windows software that includes the client FTP features you need. Features like SFTP (SSH), SSL, TLS, IDN, browser integration, site to site transfers, FTP transfer resume, drag and drop support,... More...

Intel Core i7 hits the streets on Monday

This Monday Intel is scheduled to release its next generation processor, the Intel Core i7. While we have long since moved away from names like Pentium 4 and such it seems, there seems to... More...

AMD pushes triple-core processors

AMD has announced three new triple-core processors and improved support for Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualisation technology. The new chips include the Phenom X3 8750 Black Edition, with a Clock Multiplier Control and tuneable performance, and the... More...

Intel's Core 2 Extreme Mobile Chips: A New Speed King

How do you define "Extreme"? How about as a high-velocity, quad-core processor packed into a mobile platform? That's what Intel announced this afternoon at the Intel Developers Forum. Heretofore known as Core 2 Extreme, the... More...

More cores, bigger cache give boost to Dunnington

Intel plans to launch its six-core Xeon server processor next month, with the extra cores and a larger cache giving the chip a performance advantage over the company's existing quad-core chips. Code-named Dunnington, the six-core... More...

Nehalem to become Core i7 processor

Intel's Nehalem processor architecture will still hold to the Core naming scheme when it appears late this year, if an apparent leak of company logos proves authentic. Although the platform will make fundamental changes, Nehalem... More...

Intel Core 2 Duo E7200: The new budget king

The new Core 2 Duo E7200 is the first member of the "Wolfdale-3M" family. You may remember that not so long ago we looked at the new Wolfdale family of 45nm processors, which consists of... More...

Intel sued for Core 2 Duo patent infringement by University

Although Intel's mighty proud of the Core 2 Duo, it looks like the chip wasn't all home-grown - a lawsuit filed today by the University of Wisconsin claims that the processor infringes on patented technology... More...

Intel Core 2 Duo 45nm Wolfdale vs. 65nm Conroe

It was back in July 2006 when we got our first look at the then brand new Core 2 Duo processor technology. The processor code-named 'Conroe' was initially released in four different flavors ranging from... More...

Intel Core 2 Duo E7000 Set for a Q2 Launch

Intel is apparently set to begin transition the Core 2 Duo E4000 series with the new E700 series, which is based on the 45 nm Wolfdale core. According to reports, the company will launch the... More...

Intel Mobile Core Duo at CES

Intel's Mobile Core Duo processors aren't brand-new. But seeing the interesting ways third-parties have made use of them are. At this year's CES, we were able to check out some of form factors being... More...

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 review: A look at Penryn

Today we have in our hands the latest Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core processor, and I know what you are thinking but no, this is not yet another extremely expensive processor featuring the same four... More...

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Quad-Core Processor review

This just in from the Guru of 3D. Intel today (November the 12th) will release officially it's first new processor from the Penryn series of products. Penryn is all about the eternal quest for a... More...

Intel to up 45nm Core 2 Extreme prices by 50% next year

Upcoming 'Penryn'-based 45nm high-end quad-core CPUs may well attract an even higher price premium than before, it has emerged. Intel has apparently informed customers that next year's Core 2 Extreme processors will cost up to... More...

Intel to launch new Core 2 Extreme CPU for Skulltrail

Intel is planning to launch a new desktop processor for its upcoming Skulltrail motherboard, a high-end enthusiast and gaming platform, according to sources at motherboard makers. The quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX9775 has frequency of... More...

MS renames Xbox 360 Core to Xbox 360 Arcade, bundling change

Microsoft plans to cease the Xbox 360 "core" edition, but instead will offer an "arcade" version, which will feature five free arcade games along with a 256MB memory card and the Xbox Live Silver subscription,... More...

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 review

Late last year Intel unveiled the world's first quad-core desktop processor, stealing a bit of thunder from the amazing Core 2 Duo range. For a whopping $999, the new Core 2 Extreme processor would become... More...

Are Intel Core 2 Chips a Security Threat?

Intel's Core 2 CPUs shipped through April contain an unprecedented number of potentially serious security flaws, and the chip giant isn't releasing enough information to allow developers to assess or work around them, according to... More...

Introducing the AMD Phenom™ quad core processor

Delivering a four-core foreshadowing of innovations to come for PC enthusiasts worldwide, AMD today unveiled the upcoming AMD Phenom™ processor family name and publicly demonstrated the first all-AMD enthusiast platform, codenamed "FASN8." The industry's only... More...