Neowin News Feed for: Broadwell

Intel working on new Meteor Lake L4 cache for faster next-gen Windows, Linux, Chrome booting

Sayan Sen — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:28:01 +0000

Intel is making a new L4 cache specifically designed for improving boot times on its next-gen Meteor Lake processors. This means we could expect faster booting on next-gen Windows 11, and more. Read more...

Intel to fix Meltdown and Spectre in new chips; releasing code for older processors

Rich Woods — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:02:01 +0000

Intel announced today that future chips from the company will have Meltdown and Spectre fixes built into them, and that it's releasing new code for chips that were released in the last five years. Read more...

Intel: Stop deploying our buggy Spectre CPU patch; new fixes coming

John Keefer — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:12:01 +0000

Faced with growing criticism over the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities found in its chip designs, Intel has been trying to respond quickly with fixes and updates. But they may have been too quick. Read more...

AMD Ryzen sales to begin on March 2nd, bookings open today

Shreyas Gandhe — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:16:01 +0000

AMD's high-performance Ryzen processors will be going on sale worldwide, starting from the 2nd of March and will be available at a very aggressive price point compared to Intel's offerings. Read more...

Intel officially announces Skylake processor family

Moshe Jacobs — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 21:38:01 +0000

Intel finally unveils its range of Skylake processors from 4.5W to 65W for the 6th generation chips. From mobile to desktop, Intel's 6th generation processor family is in full swing. Read more...

Alienware laptops to gain Thunderbolt 3 and improved displays

Moshe Jacobs — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 01:26:01 +0000

Despite having an external graphics amplifier, Alienware laptops are to gain Thunderbolt 3 ports and improved displays. Despite the upgrades, these models do not include Skylake processors. Read more...

TechSpot: Intel Core i7-5775C Broadwell Processor Review

Julio Franco — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:34:01 +0000

Broadwell is the 14nm die shrink of Haswell, bringing a smaller die and lower power consumption, along a few minor tweaks. Today we have the flagship model on hand, the Core i7-5775C. Read more...

Intel unveils ten new chips, focuses on graphics

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 09:12:01 +0000

On stage at Computex, Intel unveiled ten new processor models, divided equally between mobile and desktop classes. All of the new chips feature Iris graphics and focus on media performance. Read more...

Panasonic's 20-inch Toughpad 4K Windows 8.1 tablet gets better specs, much lower price

Andy Weir — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:58:01 +0000

Panasonic has announced some big updates to its Toughpad 4K tablets, with Intel Broadwell processors, up to 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, HDMI-in and a 20-inch display with 3840x2560px resolution. Read more...

Dell XPS 13 Review: Sexiest Ultrabook on the market

Christopher White — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:14:01 +0000

Earlier this year Dell announced the XPS 13 at CES and it generated a lot of buzz within the industry. There's no question that the Ultrabook looks great, but is it a good machine to actually own? Read more...

With the big players now on Broadwell, all eyes turn to Surface Pro 4

Brad Sams — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:36:01 +0000

After Apple's announcement yesterday that they will be updating all of their laptops to Intel's Broadwell chips, Microsoft is now the only large player who has not announced its device revision. Read more...

Rumor: Microsoft's HoloLens is powered by Intel Atom chips

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:20:01 +0000

Despite the company's reluctance to talk about what's inside the HoloLens, information has started to trickle out and according to a report, Microsoft's AR headset is powered by Intel chips. Read more...

Intel unveils Broadwell Core family and Cherry Trail Atom tablet processors

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 15:42:01 +0000

Intel has just unveiled its latest generation of Core processors based on the Broadwell 14nm design. Alongside that, the company also showed off new Cherry Trail Atom CPUs for mobile devices. Read more...

With its CPU aging, how soon will Microsoft update the Surface Pro 3?

Brad Sams — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 13:40:01 +0000

Microsoft's top of the line tablet, the Surface Pro 3, is using a chip that is now over a year old but with Broadwell chips right around the corner will the company include the new chips soon? Read more...

Intel CEO: PCs with Broadwell chips on sale for the holiday shopping season

John Callaham — Tue, 20 May 2014 12:32:18 +0000

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich stated in a new interview its delayed Broadwell processors will be inside new PCs in time for the 2014 holiday shopping season but will likely miss the back-to-school period. Read more...

Intel offers new chipsets and refreshed Haswell processors; no word yet on Broadwell

John Callaham — Mon, 12 May 2014 14:49:18 +0000

Intel has launched two new chipsets for desktop and notebook PCs, along with faster versions of their Haswell processors, but there's no new info on its next generation Broadwell chips Read more...

Intel delays 14nm Broadwell processor launch until Q1 2014

John Callaham — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 06:13:50 +0000

Intel announced today that production of its 14nm processor, code named Broadwell, has been delayed from a late 2013 launch to the first quarter of 2014 due to a "defect density issue." Read more...

Report: Intel won't bring Broadwell CPU design to the desktop PC

John Callaham — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 03:00:00 +0000

A new report claims that Intel won't be bringing its upcoming Broadwell CPU design to the desktop and instead will offer a refresh of Haswell to desktops in 2014 before debuting Skylake in 2015. Read more...

Intel shows off tiny Quark chip and 14nm-based "Broadwell" notebook

John Callaham — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:53:10 +0000

Intel's keynote address at its annual IDF conference showed off a tiny new processor, Quark, made for wearable computers, along with a notebook that uses the 14nm-based "Broadwell" design. Read more...

Could Intel kill off the removable CPU?

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:31:36 +0000

Rumours are circulating that Intel is seriously considering a shift away from the LGA socket, introduced with the Pentium 4 Prescott CPU, in favour of a BGA, System on Chip solution. Read more...