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Intel Releases BIOS Version 0116 for Some of Its Desktop Boards

Intel has outed the 0116 BIOS version targeted at its DH61BE, DH61CR, DH61DL, DH61SA, DH61WW, and DH61ZE desktop boards, which includes a consistent number of fixes. Specifically speaking, the new version improves the stability of the SATA3 ports, and resolves the randomly USB port fails. Moreover, it fixes the pro...

19 June 2013
12:01 GMT

Here Is the Mightiest Supercomputer Ever, Milky Way 2

Intel has used the opportunity provided by the International Supercomputing Conference to once again affirm its dominance on the high-performance computing market. Which is to say, it has powered the strongest supercomputer ever. The TOP500 list of supercomputers gets updated twice a year. Sometimes, the leading sy...

18 June 2013
02:54 GMT

Intel Launches Knights Landing Xeon Phi PCIe Coprocessors

The 2013 edition of the International Supercomputing Conference is now underway, which means that Intel has a new range of products to offer its existing and possible future HPC customers. Before we speak about the newest top supercomputer, some context is needed: Intel has introduced the Knights Landing Xeon Phi P...

18 June 2013
02:15 GMT

Intel Pentium 2127U CPU Released for Ultrabooks

One would think that with Haswell out, Intel would be done with the Ivy Bridge architecture, or would at least put it on hold for a while, but this is not happening. In fact, it was just a short time ago that the Ivy Bridge Pentium 2127U microprocessor came out. It is a dual-core unit with a clock speed of 1.9 GHz,...

17 June 2013
08:06 GMT

Intel Core i7 8-Core Haswell-E CPU Platform Has DDR4, Will Debut in 2014

One would think that a few more months would pass before Intel shared information about a CPU collection scheduled for release in 2014, especially since the predecessor of that line has yet to come out itself. Nevertheless, the Haswell-E series of high-end central processing units has been detailed by the folks at ...

15 June 2013
03:54 GMT

Intel Basically Prevents Overclocking on All but K CPUs

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices seem to be going back and forth as far as their stance in regard to overclocking. Initially, they were against it, then they gave in to public pressure and started encouraging it, and now they are, or at least Intel is, moving back towards the first position. While Haswell CPU can de...

14 June 2013
08:40 GMT

Intel Outs HD Graphics Driver Build 5441 for Windows XP

Intel has released HD Graphics driver 14.56 build 5441 that is compatible only with Microsoft’s Windows XP operating systems, both bit versions, and includes a large number of fixes. Build 5441 installs the 6.14.10.5441 graphics version, and is developed only for Intel’s 4th Generation Core CPUs with emb...

14 June 2013
03:07 GMT

Ivy Bridge-EP Xeon E5 CPUs Exposed Prematurely

CPU support lists seem to be providing the public with a lot of pre-release information nowadays. ASRock has just increased the number of instances where CPU details have come out earlier than they should have. The company has revealed what seems to be the full collection of Xeon E5 Ivy Bridge-EP CPUs scheduled for ...

14 June 2013
02:57 GMT

Here Is the Intel Roadmap for 2013 and 2014

People may or may not have expected it, but Intel's plans for the rest of the year, as well as 2014, have been revealed. The folks at CPU World have discovered some slides. Three slides to be precise, which I have included in the gallery below. They reveal that a new high-end Haswell CPU will debut in Q3, th...

13 June 2013
07:48 GMT

Intel Releases HD Graphics Driver Version 9.18.10.3165 – Download Now

Intel has just released HD Graphics driver version 9.18.10.3165 that is targeted at most of its desktop boards, and is compatible only with Microsoft’s Windows 7 and 8 operating systems, both 32- and 64-bit versions. Through this release, Intel includes the 4th Generation Core CPUs to the support list, and wit...

13 June 2013
02:46 GMT

Intel DC S3500, Solid-State Drives for the Cloud

Intel's experience in the solid-state drive industry isn't on par with that of OCZ, Micron and other companies that have been making them for a longer time, but the company isn't exactly behind the times either. Intel has just launched the SSD DC S3500 Series of drives for data centers and cloud comp...

12 June 2013
03:57 GMT

Intel: We Are Not Exiting the Branded Server Motherboard Business

The other day, a rumor surfaced saying that Intel was going to back out of the branded server motherboard business. Now we can categorically say that nothing like that will happen. That's because Intel contacted us with an official statement on the matter. It's not a very large one but, then again, it doe...

12 June 2013
02:08 GMT

Intel Quitting Brand Server Motherboard Business

To focus more on processors and other semiconductors, Intel is leaving the motherboard industry. Despite some odd product appearances, Intel supposedly decided to quit the desktop mainboard market months ago. Now we learn that the Santa Clara, California-based company also intends to abandon the brand server moth...

11 June 2013
08:54 GMT

Intel Haswell Desktop Lineup Will Be Refreshed in 2014

The roadmap slide that revealed to us the ETA for the Broadwell Intel micro-architecture also held a piece of information that, in comparison, was more easily overlooked. And by that I mean that the slide mentioned a refresh planned for the Haswell micro-architecture. Apparently, Intel knows that asking its prosp...

10 June 2013
10:06 GMT

Intel’s PROSet/Wireless Bluetooth Software 3.0.1304 Is Available for Download

Intel has released the 3.0.1304 version of the PROSet/Wireless Bluetooth software, which is suitable for both end-customers (including home and business users) and IT Administrators (including large corporations, universities, and medical centres). The available packages are compatible only with Microsoft’s Wi...

10 June 2013
07:49 GMT

AMD: PC Versions of Next-Gen Console Games Won't Run Well on Intel Hardware

AMD is confident that the PC adaptations of next-generation console games for PlayStation 4 or Xbox One won't run well on Intel hardware, particularly graphics solutions, as developers won't have time to optimize their games for that niche of the market. AMD powers the PlayStation 4 through a modified Jagu...

10 June 2013
04:35 GMT

Intel Has So Far Failed to Get Any TV Contracts [Reuters]

Intel is setting up the Intel TV service as a mean to expand its pedigree beyond the industry of integrated circuits. Sadly, the company isn't enjoying the sort of success it probably hoped for. On the surface, the Intel TV service sounds like a godsend. A cable TV service that will earn content providers 75% ...

10 June 2013
04:18 GMT

Intel Haswell U, Two Low-Power Ultrabook Processors

In addition to the Haswell processors that Intel has launched at Computex 2013, the company has also revealed some information about the ones that will come out during the third quarter of the year. Sure, there was some information about the mobile lineup, but details were conspicuous in their scarcity, for a time....

7 June 2013
09:35 GMT

Haswell-Based Intel NUC Mini PC Set for Q3 Release

The NUC, short for Next Unit of Computing, was first invented as a means for Intel to infiltrate the small form factor PC industry. It's basically the only actual PC that Intel sells under its own brand. Sales haven't exactly been spectacular, but they must have been at least acceptable if Intel continues ...

7 June 2013
05:55 GMT

Lepa Releases New Liquid Cooler for CPUs

Closed-loop liquid coolers can become quite popular on the high-end PC market, since they don't need a large water reservoir and pump system. A good thing when some of those things are so big that they need to stay outside the PC. Lepa has released the HDB240 closed-loop liquid CPU cooler, or rather brought it ...

7 June 2013
05:28 GMT

AMD's Plan to Bridge PCs and Gaming Consoles Makes One Wonder

Having won the hardware contracts for the latest Sony PlayStation 4, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox game consoles, Advanced Micro Devices is in a very interesting position. And by that we mean that it can help lead to a future when developers have no trouble porting games from computers to consoles, or vice versa,...

7 June 2013
03:58 GMT

Leaked Intel Roadmap Says Broadwell Is Delayed to 2015

Intel may have finally released the fourth generation of Core-series central processing units, widely known as Haswell, but that doesn't mean its plans for the successor architecture haven't changed. According to a new roadmap slide, leaked through VR-Zone, Broadwell has either been delayed to 2015, or was...

7 June 2013
03:05 GMT

Prototype Thunderbolt Flash Drive from Intel Puts All Others to Shame

As good as some storage devices are, there is always one better out there, or on the way to the market. Intel has just proven this on the flash drive segment, by introducing the Thunderbolt 2. To make PC World's long story short, it is a flash drive with a capacity of 128 GB and the Thunderbolt connectivity int...

7 June 2013
02:53 GMT

Version 9.17.10.3165 for Intel’s Iris and HD Graphics Driver Is Now on Softpedia

Version 9.17.10.3165 of Intel’s Iris and HD Graphics driver, which is compatible with both 32- and 64-bit variants of Microsoft’s Windows 7 and 8 operating systems, is now available for download via Softpedia. The package fixes an issue with the monitors not supporting EDID when on a 1366x768 resolution,...

6 June 2013
07:06 GMT

Lenovo K900 Announced for More Asian Markets

Today, Intel and Lenovo officially announced the availability of the Atom Z2580-based Lenovo K900 smartphones in more markets in Asia, including Thailand and Malaysia. Available or set to become available in eight countries at the moment (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand, the Philippines and Viet...

4 June 2013
18:21 GMT

Intel Showcases Merrifield-Based Smartphone Reference Design

Chip maker Intel is moving forth with its development of mobile processors, and is moving closer towards the release of the first smartphones powered by its latest such solution, namely the Merrifield CPU. The company came to Computex in Taiwan this week with a smartphone reference design to showcase the next-gener...

4 June 2013
13:41 GMT

Intel Releases BIOS Version 0023 for Its Next Unit of Computing Devices

Intel has outed a new BIOS package, namely the 0023 version, that is targeted at the D53427RKE next unit of computing board and the DC53427HYE next unit of computing kit. The newly released version fixes the Integrator’s Toolkit hotkey <9> problem, adds Turbo Boost items in BIOS setup menu, and remov...

4 June 2013
09:56 GMT

Intel: Bay Trail 2 in 1 Tablets to Ship near Holidays for $399 / €305-399

Intel has launched desktop and mobile Haswell CPUs, but it has been advancing its Atom line as well. It had to, in order to ensure that its plans for the holidays became true. And by plans for the holidays I mean the promise it made on Twitter that 2 in 1 tablet-ultrathin notebook devices would come out in time for...

4 June 2013
08:01 GMT

ASUS FonePad Note Goes Official with 6-Inch Full HD Screen

Today, computer maker ASUS made official at Computex 2013 in Taiwan a new Android-based smartphone, the ASUS FonePad Note, which features a 6-inch 1080p touchscreen display. The new device packs an Intel Atom Z2560 SoC (Clover Trail+), along with 2GB of RAM, and support for a stylus. The handset also sports dual fr...

3 June 2013
04:16 GMT

Intel Mobile Haswell CPUs: Long Live North Cape

Having already covered the collection of fourth-generation desktop processing units from Intel, we are left with the mobile lineup. Intel hasn't provided a table of the raw specs like it has for the others, but that might just be because it has decided to wait until tomorrow (June 4, 2013). That is, after all,...

3 June 2013
03:06 GMT

Intel Formally Launches Haswell Desktop CPU Family

Computex 2013 hasn't started yet, since it will take place in Taipei, Taiwan between tomorrow (June 4) and Saturday (June 8). Things have already started moving though, and Intel is right there at the front of the convoy. Over the past few months, a lot of information was shared by Intel and, more importantly,...

3 June 2013
02:29 GMT

Celeron and Pentium CPUs Based on Atom Architecture Inbound

For some time, the Atom line of CPUs from Intel has been restricted to the low-end laptop, NAS industry and tablet segment. Now, though, the Santa Clara, California-based company wants to bring Atom back to the desktop market. It is so determined, in fact, that it is even willing to mask the brand with another, or ...

1 June 2013
04:43 GMT

Samsung Looking at Intel Atom CPU for Next Galaxy Tab Tablet [Reuters]

I have written about the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 tablet multiple times so far, alongside the Tab 3 8.0, but now a report published through Reuters opens a new can of worms. Long story short, it is believed that, rather than an ARM processor of some sort, the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 tablet will use an Intel chip instead. Spec...

31 May 2013
04:57 GMT

Here Is the Intel Core i7-4770K CPU Retail Box

As the time nears for the introduction of Intel's fourth-generation Core series of central processing units, the world is watching for it closely. So closely that even the smallest rumor or leak about the Haswell Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs is reported on. The latest such report comes form, surprise surp...

31 May 2013
02:09 GMT

Intel X87 LGA 1150 Motherboard Previewed Online

We really have to wonder if it was just a lie or a false report when Intel said it would stop making motherboards, back in January. The company certainly didn't stop announcing them, or leaking information about them, in the time since. Case in point, the company has prepared the DZ87KLT-75K "Kinsley," a mainb...

30 May 2013
04:11 GMT

Intel Buys ST-Ericsson's GPS Division

One would think that changing chief executive officers would force a company to take a sabbatical in terms of high-profile business decisions, but Intel has just showed the exception to the rule. Brian Krzanich has been the CEO of the company (Paul Otellini retired) for less than two weeks. Even so, however, he...

29 May 2013
03:45 GMT

ULV Intel Atom N2xxx CPUs Detailed

Having finished the examination of the upcoming embedded CPUs from Intel, we can give all our attention to the ultra low voltage models now. There are three of them, or at least three that will be marketed under the Atom N2xxx series. They are called N2805, N2810 and N2910. The first two are dual-core models with ...

27 May 2013
09:10 GMT

Intel Outs BIOS 0066 for Its DZ77GA-70K and DZ77RE-75K Boards

Intel has released a new BIOS package, namely the 0066 version, that is developed for its DZ77GA-70K and DZ77RE-75K desktop boards. These files will fix the blue screen error that would sometimes occur when installing Windows 8 OS, and the problem with the Integrator Toolkit that may stop working on the same platfor...

27 May 2013
08:11 GMT

Intel Haswell Lengthens Notebook Battery Life by 50%

While desktop owners have to contend with potentially incompatible PSUs, since Haswell CPUs are more efficient than most power supplies can cope with, the laptop industry can rejoice. Obviously, Haswell Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs, as well as all the eventual Pentium and Celeron chips based on the architecture...

24 May 2013
08:57 GMT

DZ75ML-45K and DH77EB Intel Desktop Boards Benefit from New BIOS Versions

Intel has released two new BIOS packages for two of its desktop boards, namely the 0101 and 0017 versions for the DH77EB and DZ75ML-45K boards, respectively. For each board, the packages resolve the issue with the 23.976 Hz video files that would show as 24.001 Hz, updates the CPU support, and resolves the Integrato...

24 May 2013
08:27 GMT

Intel’s 15.8.0 PROSet/Wireless Driver Version Is Now Available

Intel has released the PROSet/Wireless driver and software version 15.8.0 that is compatible with both 32- and 64-bit versions of Microsoft’s Windows XP, 7, and 8 operating systems. The download record provides two types of packages. The first one contains only the necessary drivers for installation, and the s...

24 May 2013
04:47 GMT

Core i7-4770 and i7-4770K Intel CPUs Now on eBay

It is true that Intel won't officially introduce the Haswell series of central processing units, the fourth generation Core series, before Computex Taipei, which will take place between June 4 and 8. That doesn't mean the chips aren't already out though, or at least up for pre-order in certain region...

23 May 2013
09:39 GMT

AMD Drops to Fourth Place on Processor Market

Market analyst firm IC Insight has finished its study of the year 2012, and discovered a surprising thing about the top rankings in terms of total semiconductor sales throughout the 12-month period. Long story short, AMD came up short compared to three other companies. While Intel came first, as expected, Advanced ...

21 May 2013
08:49 GMT

Fractal Design Lists PSUs Compatible with Intel Haswell CPUs

Intel's next-generation central processing units (fourth generation, Haswell) will be the most efficient in the company's lineup, ever. This, however, has raised some problems. Basically, the chips are more efficient than the power supply can be, to the point that they must either be limited in their powe...

21 May 2013
03:00 GMT

Mark Rein: Lack of Intel Graphics Progress Affected PC Game Development

Mark Rein, the executive vice president at Epic Games, believes that Intel’s failure to improve its graphics technology affected the PC market and the development of better video game experiences on the platform. Via Twitter, the developer states that, “For years we tried to convince Intel to fix their g...

20 May 2013
17:02 GMT

Wolfville Intel 20nm MLC SSD Spotted in Japan

Intel is always working on something, and I mean more than central processing units. While the company may have quit one of its minor outlets (motherboards), it is still involved in storage, SSDs in particular. Which is why the appearance of the upcoming Intel DC S3500 Wolfville solid-state drive did not go unnotice...

17 May 2013
11:05 GMT

Ex Intel Boss Regrets Saying “No” to Steve Jobs’ iPhone

Steve Jobs’ original iPhone could have been powered by an Intel chip, instead of an ARM one, had Paul Otellini (CEO of Intel at that time) followed his gut. Otellini this week stepped down as CEO from Intel, the American multinational semiconductor chip company he joined in 1974. In the mid-2000s, Intel and A...

17 May 2013
07:43 GMT

Intel Ethernet Connections Version 18.3 Is Up for Grabs – Download Now

After the 18.2 release, Intel’s team has outed a new driver version for its network adapters, namely the 18.3 packages. The download record includes separate files for each Windows operating system, and a huge file containing all the drivers and software for all of the supported Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD pla...

17 May 2013
03:11 GMT

Despite Huge Tablet Opportunities, Intel's Haswell Is More Important

It wasn't that long ago that Intel revealed the Atom Silvermont processor, and the supposedly massive implications it had for the tablet market. Intel hopes to finally score a big set of points on the tablet industry. Alas, if it thought it could truly ride the success of the slate market, it was mistaken, o...

16 May 2013
10:58 GMT

Core i7-4650U and i5-4350U ULV Haswell CPU Specs Exposed

Of the whole list of ULV Haswell mobile CPUs, only two have been detailed so far, while the others are completely wrapped up in mystery, except for the type of GPUs they have (HD 4000 / 5000 Series). The two chips that CPU World found more information on are the Core i5-4350U and the Core i7-4650U. The latter is, o...

15 May 2013
04:34 GMT


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