Intel talks up Software Defined Silicon
All very scaleable
Chipzilla has been talking about the Software Defined Silicon (SDSi) capability of its next-generation Xeon Scalable processors including the official brand name.
Sapphire Rapids gets a launch date
10 January 2023
Intel's Xeon Scalable processors, previously code-named Sapphire Rapids, have a launch date of 10 January 2023.
US chip restrictions on chip inevitable
Intel sees no way out
Intel Chief Executive [kicking] Pat Gelsinger (pictured) said that recently imposed US restrictions on semiconductor-industry exports to China were inevitable as America seeks to maintain technological leadership in competition with China.
Gigabyte also jumps on the Intel Arc train
Starts with custom Arc A380/A310 cards
Following the likes of ASRock, ASUS, MSI, and other partners, Gigabyte is now joining the Intel Arc party, and according to a few leaked EEC filings, we will see at least five SKUs, based on A380 and A310 GPUs.
Intel's Arc A750 and A770 GPUs glitches are annoying
Glitchy, no DirectX 12 or Vulkan graphics APIs
While Intel's Arc A750 and A770 GPUs have been finally released after so delays that even those waiting for Godot would have given up, there is some muttering amongst users about first-generation woes.
Intel boss announces glorious five year plan
Letter to staff contains a plan so cunning it used to be a professor of cunning at Oxford
Intel's Kicking CEO Pat Gelsinger has mapped out the next steps in his plan to get the company off life support and into rehab.
Intel Arc A770 and A750 available worldwide as of today
Both Limited Edition and custom designs from other OEMs
Intel has officially announced the general availability of its Arc A770 and Arc A750 desktop graphics cards. Some have already been spotted in retail/e-tail earlier and some have already started to show up in Europe as well.
Intel planning major layoffs
Thousands to go
Intel is planning its first major layoffs in almost six years and let thousands of its 113,700 employees go.
Intel involved in DARPA’s internet in space
Getting everyone to talk to each other
DARPA's project to build an "internet of satellites" will see Intel develop the optical communications subsystem to enable links between satellites.
Alder Lake BIOS source code leaked
Chipzilla plays it down
Intel's Alder Lake BIOS source code has been leaked to 4chan and Github, with the 6GB file containing tools and code for building and optimising BIOS/UEFI images.