Intel has been hyping up its entry into the incredibly competitive discrete GPU market for a couple of years. But for something so highly anticipated, the actual debut of Intel Arc graphics is underwhelming. The debut laptop designs are now showing up in the United States, priced much higher than their GPU performance probably justifies.…
Intel launched its 12th-gen mobile and desktop Core processors for businesses today—Alder Lake processors with included vPro technology. And, in the way it continues to segment its processor lineup, Intel has added two new categories of its vPro technologies: vPro Essentials for small businesses, and vPro Enterprise for Chrome devices. Intel expects its customers to…
In this episode of The Full Nerd, Gordon Ung, Brad Chacos, and Adam Patrick Murray go over Intel’s aggressive roadmap, its new Alder Lake P CPUs, and Newegg’s PR disaster. The Full Nerd crew kicks off the discussion with Intel’s roadmap including its 24-core Raptor Lake CPU due later this year, and what it means…
Intel representatives said Wednesday that the company currently doesn’t have any plans to release an Evo specification for gaming, even as Evo PCs containing Intel’s H-series gaming processors roll out this year. Still, the Evo specification itself will help define what features laptops shipping with Intel’s new 12th-gen Core chips inside will include. Intel formally…
If history is any guide, your next notebook’s new processor launched today, as Intel unveiled a fresh lineup of 12th-gen Core CPUs for laptops—specifically the chips codenamed Alder Lake-P for mainstream notebooks, and Alder Lake-U for ultraportable PCs and tablets. Intel ships about 80 percent of all notebook PC processors each year, meaning that you’ll…
As the worldwide chip shortage persists, Intel said Friday that it’s trying to build its way out of it. The chip giant announced plans for a new fab complex in Licking County, Ohio, near Columbus. Intel committed $20 billion to the new facility, which Time had earlier reported would include a pair of fabs. Intel…
Intel’s Core i9-12900HK indeed fulfills the company’s proclamation of being the “The fastest mobile processor. Ever,” based on the results of our early, exclusive hands-on performance testing of several 12th-gen laptops. Intel, which unveiled its 12th-gen Alder Lake laptop CPUs just last week at CES, let PCWorld take four nearly identical laptops outfitted with the…
The Internet narrative for Intel’s stupidly fast 12th-gen Alder Lake CPUs has been set: They’re stupidly power hungry too. While that can be true, especially under heavy all-core loads, the actual truth is far more nuanced than the Twitter hot takes you’ve seen jammed into 280 characters. We briefly covered some of the nuances around…
Gordon Mah Ung Retailers are beginning to reveal their street prices and availability for Intel’s new 12th-gen Core “Alder Lake” processors, and while they’re not outlandish, they’re not especially pretty either. Intel’s next-gen CPUs are slated to officially hit the streets on November 4, though several sites already have them available for preorder. Intel unveiled…
Gordon Mah Ung After months of sky-high price leaks and hand-wringing by the tech press over how much more expensive the new chip would be, Intel’s 12th-gen Alder Lake CPUs are here and the the prices are surprisingly friendly. If you don’t already know, the flagship 16-core Core i9-12900K will cost $589, the 12-core Core…