Intel has just announced that the company will be discontinuing its entire 9th gen Coffee Lake “refresh” lineup of desktop processors. All last shipments will be made till December 2021. It appears that a total of 117 boxed and tray SKUs will reach discontinued status soon. Continue reading Intel’s 9th generation “Coffee Lake” refresh desktop CPU lineup to reach End of Life status by end of 2021
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Rumor: DELL might bring INTEL’s “Tiger Lake” mobile CPUs to Desktop PCs
According to a recent report coming via Phoronix, Dell is working on getting Linux Power Management optimized for their latest systems, and also for upcoming Tiger Lake Desktop CPUs. Both Intel and Dell are currently working on implementing S0ix power-saving states into the LINUX kernel (heuristic S0ix support). Continue reading Rumor: DELL might bring INTEL’s “Tiger Lake” mobile CPUs to Desktop PCs
Intel’s upcoming 14nm Core i9-11900K Rocket Lake CPU spotted in Ashes of the Singularity/AOTS gaming benchmark
Back in October, Intel officially revealed its upcoming 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S desktop CPU lineup, based on the Cypress Cove core architecture. Rocket Lake (RKL) is a planned microarchitecture designed by Intel as a direct successor to the 10th gen Comet Lake-S series of desktop CPUs and high-performance mobile devices. Continue reading Intel’s upcoming 14nm Core i9-11900K Rocket Lake CPU spotted in Ashes of the Singularity/AOTS gaming benchmark
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AMD’s “Smart Access Memory” feature tested on INTEL Z490 platform, first third-party gaming benchmarks leaked [UPDATE]
AMD’s SAM or Smart Access Memory is a new tech feature that allows AMD CPUs to access all the VRAM in any Radeon RX 6000-series GPU. Just few days ago, board partner ASUS enabled BIOS support for SAM on Intel’s 400-series motherboard chipsets as well. Continue reading AMD’s “Smart Access Memory” feature tested on INTEL Z490 platform, first third-party gaming benchmarks leaked [UPDATE]
AMD slowly, but steadily, increases its CPU market share on Steam
Valve has shared the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey, revealing some interesting details about the CPU and GPU markets. According to the survey, 26.9% of Steam users are using an AMD CPU. To put things into perspective, 21.5% of Steam users were using an AMD CPU in November 2016. Continue reading AMD slowly, but steadily, increases its CPU market share on Steam
ASUS enables AMD’s “Smart Access Memory” feature support on Intel’s 400-series motherboards
As you know, AMD recently introduced three new RDNA 2 GPU features: RAGE Mode, Smart Access Memory and Infinity Cache. The SAM or Smart Access Memory is a new tech feature that allows AMD CPUs to access all the VRAM in any Radeon RX 6000-series GPU. Continue reading ASUS enables AMD’s “Smart Access Memory” feature support on Intel’s 400-series motherboards
ZLUDA project aims to offer drop-in open source CUDA support on Intel GPUs
According to a recent finding posted by Phoronix, ZLUDA is a new independent project built off Intel’s oneAPI Level Zero Application Programming Interface (API), which appears to be a drop-in replacement for CUDA on Intel GPUs. Continue reading ZLUDA project aims to offer drop-in open source CUDA support on Intel GPUs
AMD plans to bring its “Smart Access Memory (SAM)” tech to Nvidia GPUs, ensuring compatibility on both Intel/Nvidia platforms
In case you didn’t know, AMD recently detailed three new RDNA 2 features: RAGE Mode, Smart Access Memory and Infinity Cache. The SAM or Smart Access Memory is a new feature that allows AMD CPUs to access all the VRAM in a Radeon RX 6000-series GPU. Continue reading AMD plans to bring its “Smart Access Memory (SAM)” tech to Nvidia GPUs, ensuring compatibility on both Intel/Nvidia platforms
Here are some alleged specs of INTEL’s upcoming Rocket Lake-S CPU lineup, Core i9-11900K to sport 8C/16T
Intel has already revealed its upcoming 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S desktop CPU lineup, based on the Cypress Cove core architecture. Rocket Lake (RKL) is a planned micro-architecture designed by Intel as a direct successor to the Comet Lake-S series of desktop CPUs and high-performance mobile devices. Continue reading Here are some alleged specs of INTEL’s upcoming Rocket Lake-S CPU lineup, Core i9-11900K to sport 8C/16T
Microsoft announces a new “Pluton” Security CPU in collaboration with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm
It appears that Microsoft is working on a new security processor, dubbed as PLUTON. Microsoft is doing this in collaboration with AMD, Intel and Qualcomm. These companies will integrate the technology into their own processors. Continue reading Microsoft announces a new “Pluton” Security CPU in collaboration with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm