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After spearheading development on AMD's Zen architecture and a brief stint at Tesla, chip designer Jim Keller is heading to Intel.

It's ASUS ROG's top-of-the-line H370 motherboard, but is £140 just too much to ask?

Intel has been trying to get a foothold in the wearable tech market for years now. Back in February, it looked like good progress was being made, after the Vaunt smart glasses were first shown. However, it looks like Intel will be taking a step back from wearables for now, …

A trio of listings have appeared online as a part of Intel’s Technical Documentation website, adding to the many leaks pointing towards a new 8-core CPU.

PC security has been a hot button topic so far this year. There has been no shortage of cryptocurrency related cyber attacks, and Spectre/Meltdown dominated the news cycle for most of January. Now, Intel has a plan in place to make PCs more secure in the future, with a new …

Rumour of Apple breaking away from Intel as its source for Mac processors have been floating around for years, with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich attempting to quell worries by stating that it will continue to be better than Apple’s own. Now, it seems that Apple feel differently, opting to move …

Since January, Intel has been working on mitigating the impact of the Spectre vulnerability by releasing microcode updates for past chips. Intel CPUs dating back an entire decade are prone to Spectre, so the company started at the top, and began working its way down towards older generations. Patches for …

By now, you've likely seen our coverage of Intel's new 8th Gen Coffee Lake processors for desktops, and the launch of three new 300-series chipsets. Now, the influx of new motherboards is starting to roll in, with Asus revealing new ROG Strix, Prime and TUF series motherboards for H370, B360 …

We've already covered Intel's Coffee Lake-H laptop launch today, but now we are turning out attention to announcements on the desktop side of things. Coffee Lake first launched for desktops back in October, but the lineup has been somewhat barebones, with just the Z370 chipset and a handful of CPUs …

Intel has officially launched its first six-core Coffee Lake processors for laptops. The new Coffee Lake-H series brings Core i9, Core i7 and Xeon chips to laptops, featuring six cores for the first time on an Intel mobile platform. Intel has been sticking with quad-core chips for high-end laptops since …

While the official launch isn't due to take place until tomorrow, the folks at Biostar have let the cat out of the bag early. Today, Biostar announced its new slate of motherboards, based on Intel's soon to be announced B360 chipset for Coffee Lake processors. Following on from the Biostar …

Back in January, Microsoft attempted to smooth over Intel’s buggy Meltdown fixes by issuing a patch of its own. Unfortunately, it seems that the Windows-maker has also dropped the ball on its patch, causing an even greater security hole in the process. It was obvious from the reveal of Spectre …

While most of the current crop of NVMe M.2 SSD's are aimed at the higher end of the mainstream and the enthusiast market sectors, Intel want to get a firm foothold at the other end of the market, producing very affordable NVMe drives at the entry level. Their latest drive …

Has ASUS ROG created the ultimate Z370 motherboard for watercooling?

We've been hearing whispers surrounding Intel's upcoming Coffee Lake S processors and new Z390 chipset for several months. Going by Intel's roadmap, these new CPUs are expected to launch in the second half of this year, and this week, we may have got a peek at the intended flagship, with …

It's a Z370 mini-ITX motherboard without all the gaming shenanigans. A bargain for £140?

Given how widespread the Spectre and Meltdown issues are, it’s only a matter of time before processor manufacturers release new CPUs circumventing the vulnerabilities. Intel is hard at work on its new chips set to release this year, revealing some of the hardware changes it’s making to ensure that future …

It's a tiny SFF rig from MSI, but at £1885 is it just too expensive for its own good?

Broadcom’s hostile takeover of Qualcomm was stopped in its tracks last week after the US began conducting an investigation into the risks the merger posed to national security. The investigation has now come to an end, with President Trump releasing an executive order blocking the acquisition entirely. Trump didn’t elaborate …

Broadcom’s journey in its attempt to acquire Qualcomm has taken some twists and turns, from the Snapdragon chipmaker declining a record-breaking buyout offer to possible delays in the acquisition due to fears of national security implications. Now, it seems that Intel is a little worried about the merger as it …

For 25 years, Intel sat on top of the pile as the undisputed king of the semiconductor hill, but last summer, Samsung took the number one revenue spot away for the first time. For 20 years, systems powered by American chips topped the charts of the world's most powerful supercomputers, …

It's a small ITX rig with an 8700K and GTX 1080 Ti. Is it worth £2799?

Last year, Intel and AMD made its collaboration official, with plans to launch a new chip packing an Intel CPU and an RX Vega M GPU with HBM2 on board. At CES we got more details on specific specs for all five G-series processors and now this week, we have …

Over the past couple of months, Intel has been churning out stable microcode fixes to help mitigate Spectre vulnerabilities across its line of processors. Microsoft has announced that it will begin lending a helping hand with distributing the firmware updates, provided that users are running Windows 10. As of yesterday, …

Six months on from the reveal of Intel’s Kaby Lake refresh, it seems that mobile variants of 8th generation Coffee Lake processors are coming to laptops. Multiple benchmarking scores have appeared on Geekbench, showing the flagship Intel Core i7-8750H to be a similar powerhouse to its desktop counterpart. Spotted in …

Last week, Intel addressed Spectre issues in the form of a stable software fix for Skylake, Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake. Just one week later, the company is now pushing out its supposedly stable microcode updates for Broadwell and Haswell processors. The latest update is seemingly a major improvement over …

The 5G connectivity arms race is on. Qualcomm has already outlined its ambitions for the always connected PC with 5G connectivity and today, Intel announced the steps it is taking to compete. Intel already has several collaborations in place with Dell, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft to bring 5G connected PCs …

Despite the Spectre flaw being hardwired into Intel’s current line of processors, the company is determined to clean up the mess with software fixes. Intel now has a fresh batch of microcode patches that hope to smooth things over for all variants of Skylake, Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake processors. …

Last year, the graphics industry had a major shakeup, with Raja Koduri switching to the blue team to take the reins on discrete GPU development for Intel. Since then, things have been somewhat quiet, but this week that changed with some discrete GPU prototype details making their way onto the web.

Razer has a new Blade Pro - this time with a GTX 1060 and 1080p display. Is it worth £2099?