Chipzilla might want to call in a special operation

An online retail store Telemart based in Ukraine has unveiled six upcoming Raptor Lake-S Refresh SKUs. 

Intel PresentMon gets an official release

Intel has recently released its latest Arc Graphics graphics driver and has now shared some performance numbers, claiming up to 19 percent improvements in DirectX 11 gaming and significantly lower frame-times, resulting in a smoother performance with less jitter. Intel was also keen to announce the launch of PresentMon, a utility that analyzes system latencies, which can give you an idea of those same frame rates and frame times.

PC market appears to wake up

New figures from Mercury Research further point to signs of a market recovery in the sale of PC in the second quarter of 2023 and it seems that Intel is doing well out of it.

Based on ACM-G12 GPU

Intel has quietly added two more mobile graphics cards to the Arc A-series family, the Arc A570M, and the Arc A530M. Packing 16 and 12 Xe-Cores, these two GPUs have been spotted in the latest GPU driver and confirmed to use the ACM-G12 GPU.

Chipzilla has given up making them itself

Intel has announced ASUS as its first partner for its Next Unit of Compute (NUC) mini PC business.

Ramping its investment in mini PCs and NUC product line

While Intel has announced its intention to stop investment in the NUC lineup, Simply NUC has announced that it is prepared to take the lead and continue ramping its investment in the mini PC and NUC product lines, which means we will see more great systems in the future.

Available at Newegg

With Neweg Fantastech and Amazon Prime Day winding down there are still plenty of neat GPU deals, and ASRock is offering its Challenger Arc A750 8GB graphics card for $179 over at Newegg.com.

Uses generative AI to create realistic 3D visual content

Intel Labs and Blockade Labs have developed Latent Diffusion Model for 3D (LDM3D), a diffusion model that uses generative AI to create realistic 3D visual content.

Will generate a margin

Intel says its manufacturing business will work like a separate unit and will begin to generate a margin, but gave no clear timeline on when it will start scaling up.

Manufacturing and design into two different companies

UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri said he expects Intel to provide an update on its product roadmap and customer adoption of its foundry services business, and his theory is that the company is going to split itself into two.