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Intel’s 14th-gen “Meteor Lake” chips will offer 20% higher clock speeds thanks to Intel 4 architecture

by Brad Linder 2 Comments on Intel’s 14th-gen “Meteor Lake” chips will offer 202 higher clock speeds thanks to Intel 4 architecture

The first 13th-gen Intel Core chips based on the company’s “Raptor Lake” architecture haven’t started shipping yet. But Intel is already talking about improvements we’ll see from its 14th-gen “Meteor Lake” chips which are set to debut in 2023. While Raptor Lake processors are manufactured using the same Intel 7 process as current-gen “Alder Lake” […]

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Intel’s 2025 roadmap: New architectures, new technologies, and the end of nanometer naming

by Brad Linder 6 Comments on Intel’s 2025 roadmap: New architectures, new technologies, and the end of nanometer naming

Over the years, chip makers have moved to smaller and smaller processor nodes in an effort to fit more transistors into a smaller space to improve performance and efficiency. But different manufacturers use different technologies, so what one chip maker calls a 7nm processor may not have the same characteristics as a competitor’s. Now Intel […]

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Lilbits: Nintendo Switch 4K, Qualcomm’s Switch knockoff, and Intel’s 7nm chips

by Brad Linder 3 Comments on Lilbits: Nintendo Switch 4K, Qualcomm’s Switch knockoff, and Intel’s 7nm chips

Rumor has it that Nintendo plans to launch a new version of its popular Switch game console later this year. We’d previously heard that it could have a bigger, better screen and support for 4K video output to an external display. Now Bloomberg reports that Nintendo plans to use a new NVIDIA processor with improved […]

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Intel ends 2020 on a strong note thanks to “record notebook sales,” but 7nm chips aren’t coming until 2023

by Brad Linder 2 Comments on Intel ends 2020 on a strong note thanks to “record notebook sales,” but 7nm chips aren’t coming until 2023

After years of stagnant or declining growth, global PC shipments were up in 2020 due largely to an increase in notebook sales as people hunkered down to work and school from home during the global pandemic. And it looks like Intel rode that success to better-than-expected revenue. In the company’s latest earning report, Intel says […]

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Lilbits: Microsoft brings new Windows Subsystem for Linux to older Windows 10 builds

by Brad Linder 5 Comments on Lilbits: Microsoft brings new Windows Subsystem for Linux to older Windows 10 builds

One of the most surprising things Microsoft did when the company introduced Windows 10 was to include a Windows Subsystem for Linux, which allows users to install Ubuntu or other GNU/Linux distributions and run them within Windows. The optional feature lets you open up a terminal window and run Linux commands without the need to […]

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Intel aims to be making 1.4nm processors within a decade (Update: maybe)

by Brad Linder 12 Comments on Intel aims to be making 1.4nm processors within a decade (Update: maybe)

It took a few years longer than expected for Intel to make the move from 14nm to 10nm processors… and the company still hasn’t completed that transition. Only some 10th-gen Intel Core chips are manufactured using a 10nm process, while others are 14nm chips. But according to a presentation slide from one of Intel’s partners […]

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AMD’s 3rd-gen Ryzen chips (for desktops) coming in mid-2019

by Brad Linder 6 Comments on AMD’s 3rd-gen Ryzen chips (for desktops) coming in mid-2019

AMD’s first 7nm Ryzen processors are coming this year. The company has announced that it’ll begin shipping its the new desktop chips in mid-2019. The numbers get a little confusing from there: we’re looking at the chip maker’s 3rd-Gen Ryzen chips with Zen 2 CPU cores. And AMD showed off an early model that features […]