Qualcomm has approached Intel with an acquisition offer
A lot has to happen before any deal materializes
Mobile Arrow Lake leak reveals Core Ultra 9 285HX with 24 cores and 5.5GHz boost clock
The first Arrow Lake Core Ultra 3 CPU may have also just leaked
Intel's Royal Core and Cobra Core architectures could bring better performance, efficiency
Next-gen P-cores could debut as soon as 2026
Intel Raptor Lake RMAs can result in free upgrades or no-questions-asked refunds, if you get lucky
Users have reported surprising upgrades, downgrades, refunds, and out-of-stock notices
No One Is Buying AMD Zen 5 CPUs, So What's Going On?
Zen 5 sales have not gone well and AMD is struggling to sell Ryzen 9000 CPUs. Let's analyze the flow-on effects this is having across the rest of the CPU market.
iPhone 16's A18 Pro tops Android flagships in benchmarks, but Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 could be even faster
Has Qualcomm finally caught up with Apple?
Budget laptops with AMD's Kraken Point APU launching in early 2025, possibly starting at $799
Kraken Point will compete against Intel Lunar Lake and Qualcomm Snapdragon X
Chinese chipmaker Loongson claims their next GPU will match RTX 2080's performance
Company leadership also teased a CPU with "world-leading" performance
Intel's 15th-gen Arrow Lake CPUs are branded as "Core Ultra 200K" in early UK listing
Prices have been revealed, too, although we would take that with a pinch of salt
Thermaltake says 71 existing coolers are ready for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs
The coolers also work with AMD AM5 socket CPUs
Apple shows off new A18 and A18 Pro chips with significant performance gains for iPhone 16
Apple claims the A18 Pro brings desktop-class GPU and 2x faster NPU
TechSpot PC Buying Guide: 2H 2024
The TechSpot PC Buying Guide helps you navigate the current state of the PC hardware market. With AMD's Ryzen 9000 series underperforming and Intel facing stability issues, we guide you to the best current options.
Qualcomm considering buying parts of Intel's chip-design business
Say it isn't so: It's no secret that Intel has been going through a rough patch lately. Sensing an opportunity, Qualcomm has been eyeing Intel's design units with great interest. It is reportedly exploring acquiring Team Blue's PC design division.
Intel Panther Lake CPU specs leak, could pack up to 18 cores and 12 Xe3 GPU cores
A peek at Panther Lake's rumored SKU stack
Intel is out of stock of replacement Raptor Lake CPUs
Replenishing stock could take three to five weeks
Light takes over: Researchers demonstrate logic gates without electricity
It's just a proof-of-concept for now, but the scientists are dreaming big
Intel's Lunar Lake reignites PC competition, Core Ultra Series 2 is now official
Intel's answer to Arm-based competition
What was the first consumer desktop CPU to achieve 4GHz out of the box?
Was it the Pentium 4, Core i7 Haswell, AMD FX Bulldozer or Ryzen?
Latest Steam survey shows Windows 11 finally overtaking Windows 10, gaming laptops on the rise
Almost three years after the broad release of Windows 11
Struggling Intel is considering selling divisions and slashing expenditures
The company's Altera programmable chips unit could be on the chopping block
In brief: Desperate times call for desperate measures at Intel. The once-dominant chipmaker is putting everything on the table as it scrambles to regain its footing in the AI era. According to sources familiar with the company's plans, CEO Pat Gelsinger and other top executives are preparing an ambitious proposal to streamline Intel's operations. This strategy, set to be presented to the board later this month, could see the company shedding entire business units and slashing capital expenditures.
Intel promises upcoming Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake CPUs are not affected by instability issues
Impacted processors are so widespread that it's apparently easier for Intel to list the CPUs that don't have issues
Intel mulls splitting divisions as financial woes continue
Pat Gelsinger's plans for a comeback aren't working out (yet?)
Startup taps GlobalFoundries to produce 166x more efficient embedded chips
Partnership combines Efficient's novel architecture with GloFo's manufacturing
Latest MSI BIOS adds "TDP to 105W" mode for AMD Ryzen 9700X and 9600X
A one-click solution to increase performance on AMD's newest CPUs