Intel will issue five upgrades to process over four years
We are on track
US chip group Intel is on track to deliver five upgrades to its advanced manufacturing process in four years, CEO Pat [kicking] Gelsinger said.
Canon plans to barrel its way onto ASML’s turf
Undercutting the Dutch
Canon plans to price its new chipmaking gear at a fraction of the cost of ASML Holding NV's best lithography machines.
Microsoft extends Surface PC firmware support
Six years of updates in some cases
Microsoft has extended the firmware update support for some Surface PCs from four to six years.
Itanium retired from Linux by Torvalds
It was a long time coming
Linus Torvalds removed some 65,219 lines of Itanium-supporting code in a commit earlier this week, giving the architecture a “well-earned retirement as planned.
Apple’s benchmarks disappoint
Slight improvements but it nothing to do with the design
While the Tame Apple Press is telling the world+dog that Apple's new M3 processors will cure cancer the Geekbench 6 benchmark tells a slightly different story.