Tag: cpu
Firefox engineer warns Intel Raptor Lake CPUs are ‘crashing more often because of the summer heat,’ and it’s making me worry about the future of these chips
A Firefox engineer has flagged up an apparent issue with Intel Raptor Lake These CPUs are reportedly crashing more in the summer heat in Europe There’s a greater prevalence of crashes in places where temperatures have spiked due to heatwaves, and the 14700K CPU is suffering in particular Intel‘s Raptor…
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Intel CEO reportedly admits ‘it is too late for us’ to catch AI leaders like Nvidia, but here’s how it could still recover
Intel’s CEO has reportedly addressed staff members worldwide Lip-Bu Tan seemingly laid out some very frank observations and clear goals All this indicates a focus on streamlining and also breaking into the AI arena – though not to catch Nvidia directly, but with so-called edge AI Intel‘s (relatively) new CEO…
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Windows 11 desktop PCs could soon get Copilot+ AI powers, as Intel might radically switch tactics with next-gen CPUs
Intel’s Arrow Lake Refresh is rumored for the second half of 2025 These desktop CPUs supposedly come with a much more powerful NPU This will allow them to use Copilot+ features for the first time on the desktop – but gamers will be less than impressed, no doubt Intel‘s Arrow…
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Qualcomm isn’t giving us new Snapdragon chips at Computex – but there’s a surprise waiting in September
2024 was a banner year for Qualcomm at Computex, with the massive launch of its Snapdragon X Elite laptop processors putting it at the forefront of the event. In fact, Qualcomm’s keynote presentation last year was so impressive that I declared them the winners of the event, with guest stars…
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Intel releases new patch for CPUs affected by instability issues – but wait, weren’t we done with this already?
Intel has deployed a new patch for 14th-gen and 13th-gen chips This is another fix for the long-running episode around instability problems So it seems we weren’t done with fixes for those issues after all, but the new patch is admittedly addressing a niche scenario Intel has released another update…
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Hang on handheld fans, we could be seeing AMD’s FSR 4 upscaling on new handhelds after all – if this new RDNA 4 leak is legitimate
A reliable leaker revealed a diagram that indicates Medusa Point APUs may be powered by RDNA 4 architecture This would mean that FSR 4 can be used on future handheld gaming PCs and lightweight laptops using the processors There’s also still a chance that FSR 4 could be backported to…
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