Intel slags off AMD’s chips
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 13 July 2017 06:00

Intel slags off AMD’s chips


Full of more glue than Lloyd Bridges 


Intel is clearly feeling a little insecure about AMD’s new Epyc Server processor range based on the RyZen technology.

Supermicro releases Xeon X11 servers
Published in News
Wednesday, 12 July 2017 06:00

Supermicro releases Xeon X11 servers


Arriving in the second half of the year

Supermicro has released a line of new X11 generation servers and storage solutions based around Chipzilla’s Xeon Scalable processor family.

Intel could be limiting Pentium G4560 CPU production
Published in PC Hardware


In order to improve Core i3 sales

According to a report that surfaced online, Intel is allegedly limiting or even killing the production of its Pentium G4560 dual-core LGA1151 CPU in order to improve its Core i3 sales.

AMD appoints former Intel man to board
Published in News
Wednesday, 05 July 2017 11:12

AMD appoints former Intel man to board


Intel inside 

AMD has announced the appointment of Abhi Talwalkar to its board.

Is Intel quietly abandoning IoT plans?
Published in News
Wednesday, 05 July 2017 10:42

Is Intel quietly abandoning IoT plans?


Jobs going now


For ages Intel has been banging on about the Internet of Things and how it will be the saviour of the chip business.

AMD takes a bigger bite of Intel's pie
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 03 July 2017 13:18

AMD takes a bigger bite of Intel's pie


It now has 28 percent market share 

A  report from PassMark says that AMD increased its market share from 18 percent last quarter to 24 percent. This is AMD’s largest single quarter share gain in history and it is all thanks to Ryzen.

Intel X299 platform is an overclockers' nightmare
Published in PC Hardware


Motherboard manufacturers or Intel to blame?

A well-known overclocker, der8auer, went out on a limb saying that current motherboards based on Intel's X299 chipset are not properly designed and due to high-temperature VRM, and mostly due to a bad heatsink design, are an overclocking nightmare.

Biostar releases B250 mining motherboard
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 27 June 2017 23:02

Biostar releases B250 mining motherboard


With 12 PCIe slots

With cryptocurrency mining creating havoc on the GPU market, Biostar is looking to cash in on the craze by releasing a motherboard based on Intel's B250 chipset and with no less than 12 PCI-Express slots, the TB250-BTC Pro.

Intel extends life of IoT chips
Published in IoT
Tuesday, 27 June 2017 12:31

Intel extends life of IoT chips


Support life doubles

Intel has doubled the lifecycle support for its whole series of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions platforms from seven years to 15 years.

G.Skill announces new DDR4 specification for Intel X299
Published in Cloud


Memory modules and kits with Samsung 8Gb ICs

G.Skill has announced new high-speed DDR4 memory specifications designed to be used with Intel's latest Core X-series CPUs and X299 chipset motherboards.