Five SKUs, all available for pre-order

Intel has officially launched the new Core Ultra 200S "Arrow Lake" desktop CPUs, with five SKUs that are now available for pre-order and will ship out on October 24th. The new Arrow Lake architecture brings Lion Cove P-cores, Skymont E-cores, Xe-LPG GPU, and NPU3, all neatly stacked in tiles. In addition, Intel's Z890 motherboards are also launched and these are available as well.

8-core Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-7000 processor close but no cigar

Chinese tech magazine PC Watch has acquired the 8-core Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-7000 processor, China’s latest entry into the x86 CPU market.

He just has to max out his credit card

The IT industry has been adding up some numbers and concluded that Nvidia's boss, Jensen Huang, current personal worth is now so great that he could buy Intel.

Reviews and launch two weeks later

Intel has confirmed that it will officially announce Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake-S desktop CPU series on October 10th, with availability and reviews scheduled for October 24th.

Chipzilla can't get a break 

Chipzilla’s problems with its 13th and 14th-gen desktop processors are expected to go away with a new BIOS patch – the only problem is that it has bought a new instability update that seems to be dropping more speed than a Birmingham nightclub owner.

Chipzilla said it was not that desperate yet

Intel rejected an offer from the British chip designer Arm to buy its manufacturing operations.

Xeon 6 ‘Granite Rapids’ 6900P-series models

Intel has launched its high-performance Xen 6 ‘Granite Rapids’ 6900P-series models, featuring five new processors with 72- to 128-cores.

Reboot of x86 architecture making it more Zenish

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn, claiming that Chipzilla is planning a major reboot of its x86 architecture to make it a little more like its rival AMD.

AWS deal, U.S. Secure Enclave, Intel Foundry, and focus on x86

Intel's board members and CEO, Pat Gelsinger sent out and shared a letter to the employees that outlines the future of the company, revealing a bit more details and trying to ease off the pressure that was seen after the company's Q2 earnings report.

For chip manufacturers, not Sony

Reuters broke an exclusive story about Intel losing the PlayStation 6 deal to AMD. My argument is that it is hard to lose something that you didn’t have. What actually happened is that Intel simply didn’t want to go lower than AMD to secure the deal. The process is called negotiation. Sony as any other business will give the business away to a competitor at a lower price than it is paying right now.