Category: cpu

Intel Arrow Lake CPU leak reveals a hidden trick up its sleeve

We’ve been treated to another leak around Intel’s Arrow Lake processors – next-gen chips expected to arrive in around a year’s time – with details being spilled about the integrated graphics. Coelacanth Dream, a known leaker (hat tip to Tom’s Hardware), flagged up that Arrow Lake’s integrated graphics will be…

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Want to build a new PC with an Intel Arrow Lake CPU next year? Here’s how you might save a bit of money

Intel’s next-gen desktop processors, Arrow Lake, will be compatible with current-gen CPU coolers, according to new information. Tom’s Hardware picked up on this one with the observation that Azza has recently launched a couple of new liquid coolers (the Cube 240 and 360) which state that they support the LGA1851…

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Nvidia and AMD’s rumored plans to make Arm-based PC CPUs could turn the laptop world upside down

Nvidia is planning to make Arm-based processors to challenge Intel’s dominance in the world of Windows PCs, according to a new report – as is AMD. Reuters has the scoop with this one – add an appropriate dose of caution as ever with rumors – and on the Nvidia side,…

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Intel said 14th-gen desktop CPUs support Thunderbolt 5 – but it turns out that was a mistake

Intel has corrected itself when it comes to the new Raptor Lake Refresh range of desktop processors, clarifying that these 14th-gen chips won’t support Thunderbolt 5 after all. When Raptor Lake Refresh launched, Intel’s release statement observed that the 14th-gen processors “include support for … upcoming Thunderbolt 5 wired connectivity.”…

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Intel leak suggests MacBook-beating laptops could trouble Apple sooner than expected

Intel’s Lunar Lake processors have been somewhat under the radar thus far, so it’s interesting to see a leak pop up around the future CPUs. As a quick refresher – the various lakes Intel employs are confusingly numerous – the next-gen chips from Intel are Meteor Lake (laptop chips, due…

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Intel Core i9-14900KF leak is good and bad news for those hoping for a speedy flagship CPU

Intel’s inbound Core i9-14900KF flagship has been spotted in a leaked benchmark which shows some impressive single-core performance, though the multi-threaded result isn’t quite such an eye-opener. As VideoCardz noticed, we’ve had some PassMark results pop up for the 14900KF (so not technically the 14900K, but pretty much identical –…

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