Tag: Computing Components

Someone built a system with Intel’s first CPU that’s half a century old, and it can boot Linux – if you have a spare week to wait

Wish your PC booted up faster? Well, if you think your computer has a sluggish startup time, how about waiting the best part of a week for the machine to boot? That’s the length of time a Linux PC powered by an ancient Intel CPU will keep you tapping your…

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The Intel Core Ultra 5 245K, a budget CPU, blows past more expensive chips in new multi-core benchmark score leaks

There have been plenty of leaks surrounding the Intel Core Lunar Lake series and its capabilities, but a new CPU-Z benchmark result for the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K Arrow Lake desktop processor has leaked, and they’re quite impressive so far. According to popular Chinese hardware leaker ECSM_Official, the Intel…

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It’s happening: AMD is going to use AI in FSR 4 to drive much better battery life for PC gaming handhelds

AMD is going to power up the next-generation of its FSR tech by using AI, in what Team Red admits is a turnaround regarding its stance on using artificial intelligence for the purpose of boosting frame rates in PC gaming. This came to light in an interview that Tom’s Hardware…

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We’re witnessing the death of the graphics card in real time right now, and I couldn’t be happier about it

A little over two years ago, I wrote about how integrated graphics were the future of gaming. I stand by the things I said in that article – if anything, recent developments in the computer hardware industry have vindicated me, and further convinced me that we’re seeing the slow death…

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We could be witnessing the death of the graphics card in real time right now, and I couldn’t be happier about it

A little over two years ago, I wrote about how integrated graphics were the future of gaming. I stand by the things I said in that article – if anything, recent developments in the computer hardware industry have vindicated me, and further convinced me that we’re seeing the slow death…

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No, Qualcomm is not buying Intel: debunking this week’s most ridiculous computing headline

Is Qualcomm buying Intel? I saw this question plastered over X (cough, Twitter) today, and it got me thinking: what sort of upside-down world are these people living in? Indeed, even some actual news outlets have posted headlines posing the same question, and I’m here to set the record straight.…

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