Intel Arc Battlemage could be announced next week
Two SKUs launching in mid-December
According to the latest information, Intel could announce its new Arc Battlemage graphics card next week, on December 3rd, with availability expected a week later, on December 12th. Intel will launch two SKUs, the Arc B580 and the Arc B570, with the rest of the lineup coming at a later date.
Qualcomm has lost interest in Intel takeover
Kicked the tyres and a bit worried about the rust
Pretty much as we expected, Qualcomm has lost interest in buying Chipzilla.
Intel might not spin off its Foundry arm
CHIPS act prevents it
Chipzilla said its deal for $7.86 billion in US government subsidies restricts the company's ability to sell stakes in its chipmaking unit.
Intel Arc B580 Battlemage leaks in Geekbench benchmark
Confirms 20 Xe2-cores, 12GB of VRAM and 2.85GHz clock
With the Intel B580 graphics card launch apparently just around the corner, it does not come as a surprise that we are now getting the first leaks from popular benchmarks. The latest one, from the Geekbench benchmark, pretty much confirms previous rumors of 20 Xe2 GPU cores, 12GB of VRAM, and a 2.85GHz clock.
Disparity in chipmakers' R&D budgets
Nvidia surges ahead of AMD and Intel
Tech Fund has revealed a significant disparity in research and development (R&D) budgets between competing hardware makers AMD and Nvidia. Troubled Intel appears weaker than both despite its vast R&D expenditure.
Intel loses a swag of CHIPS Act money
More than $2 billion
The Biden administration is expected to trim the federal grant funding troubled Chipzilla initially anticipated receiving from the CHIPS and Science Act after the semiconductor maker won a significant defence contract.
TSMC will lead markets in 2nm Revolution
On track for 2025
TSMC will mass-produce its 2nm process by 2025 according to a new company statement.
Chipzilla selling off family silver
Property sales
Chipzilla is flogging off its 150-acre campus in Folsom, California to cut costs amid plummeting sales. It is also considering the future of its 50-acre Hawthorn Farm property as part of a cunning plan to consolidate operations at its Silicon Valley headquarters.
Ryzen 7 7800X3D users will want an upgrade
AMD sees overclocking as the killer upgrade reason
AMD claims that AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D owners will want to replace it with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D to get overclocking features.
Intel Xe3 "Celestial" GPU development on track
Despite rumors of its demise
Reports suggest that Intel is still on track to develop the successor to its yet-unreleased Battlemage GPU lineup, with the Xe3, codenamed "Celestial."