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At a recent event, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said the company is preparing Nova Lake as its next high-end desktop CPU push, with Nova Lake intended to fill the gap. Tan said Intel's Core Ultra 200S processors had not closed that gap against AMD's Ryzen 9000 chips, leaving Intel without a competitive high-end desktop option. -
Hardware Unboxed tracked retail GPU prices across ten countries and found that the cheapest cards actually in stock became more expensive again in October, continuing a months-long climb. The monthly increase was 10% excluding the GeForce RTX 5090, and 11% when that card was included. October's rise followed increases of 15% in August and 7% in September. -
Intel's latest projections for Nova Lake-S come with an important caveat: the comparison uses different power limits and memory speeds, so the claimed gaming gains are not directly comparable to the Core Ultra 9 285K. -
Intel's guidance for the current quarter rattled investors, sending the stock down 23% in after-hours trading even after the company posted a strong third quarter. Revenue for the quarter ended September 30 reached $16.51 billion, up 21% from a year earlier, while adjusted earnings per share came in at 52 cents, ahead of analysts' 39-cent estimate. -
At a Chinese American Semiconductor Professional Association fireside chat on October 24, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said Intel's 14A process is moving toward PDK 0.9 and that the company has already discussed possible cooperation with AMD CEO Lisa Su, though he did not say what form that partnership might take. -
Microsoft's latest Windows 11 Insider build adds an Intel APX option for testers, giving developers an early look at a future processor feature. Insider Preview Build 29695.1001, released through the experimental Future Platforms channel, includes an APX setting; Intel developed the extension for x86-64 processors. The changes are aimed at compatible future chips, not existing CPUs. -
AMD and Intel announced a collaboration to channel their PyTorch x86 acceleration work into oneDNN. As part of the effort, AMD is moving its ZenDNN optimizations into the shared library, with no completion timeline specified. -
Among the Nova Lake-HX chips, Intel's unreleased Core Ultra 9 4995HX is said to feature eight performance cores, 16 E-cores and four low-power cores. Hardware leaker Jaykihn shared the chip's alleged configuration in a post on X. -
Intel engineer Damian Tomczak has put forward a Proton patchset that would let Windows games on Linux use Intel's XeSS upscaling accelerated by XMX hardware. The goal is to speed up upscaling on compatible Intel graphics cards, but the changes are still under review and have not been merged. Phoronix reported on the proposal. -
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said the chipmaking race between the United States and China will ultimately come down to which companies can best serve enterprise customers and consumers. In a question about whether China could catch up in advanced chipmaking within five to 10 years, he noted that companies in both countries have different strengths and weaknesses. -
Luumi has claimed a new HWBot record for the Intel Core i5-4670K by scoring 10.8 points in Cinebench R11.5, a result achieved with liquid nitrogen cooling at 6.3 GHz. That beat the previous mark in the category, even though the chip's separate frequency record is much higher. -
Intel senior vice president Cho Min-sung said Razor Lake-AX processors are planned to arrive in 2028 and are targeted at 700 TOPS of AI performance. He shared the figure at a seminar on semiconductors for humanoid robots in Seoul, and Intel has not yet disclosed detailed specifications for the chips. -
Intel has unveiled the D270, the first data-center GPU in its D-Series lineup, and says its own card will ship with 160 GB of LPDDR5X memory. The accelerator is based on the Xe3P architecture and is aimed at AI inference workloads, while partner models will offer up to 480 GB of memory. -
Processor makers are passing rising manufacturing costs on to suppliers, with Intel and Qualcomm both adjusting laptop chip prices in recent weeks. Intel's new prices took effect on September 1, while Qualcomm's increases for its laptop platforms became effective on October 1; it remains unclear whether retail prices will rise by the same amounts. -
Intel has tapped former Marvell executive Dean Jarnac to help drive a push into custom ASICs and other specialized chips. Jarnac joined Intel as executive vice president and sales director, reporting directly to CEO Lip-Bu Tan, and he also oversees sales of PC and server processors. -
Intel is already making changes after Microsoft used WinHEC 2026 in May to launch the Driver Quality Initiative, a push aimed at improving the quality, reliability, and security of Windows drivers from Intel, AMD, and Nvidia. Microsoft also plans to tighten driver requirements and how they are distributed. -
GIGABYTE has already prepared BIOS support for Intel's upcoming LGA1700 processors, which are expected to arrive in early 2027. The updates cover the company's B760 and H610 motherboards, including models with both DDR4 and DDR5 memory, so owners of supported boards should be able to upgrade without replacing their systems; the new chips are tied to LGA1700 socket in early 2027. -
ASUS has expanded its entry-level mini PC line with the NUC 14 Essential Fanless, a model built for quiet operation and a compact footprint rather than gaming performance. The lineup includes a configuration with an eight-core Intel Core 3 N355 processor. -
A leak from LC Tech Leaks posted a list of seven unreleased Intel Nova Lake-S desktop processors, with the 28-core Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC at the top of the lineup. The leaked models span the Core Ultra 9, Core Ultra 7, and Core Ultra 5 families: the Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC, 4950K, and 4900 BFC; the Core Ultra 7 4870K BFC and 4850K; and the Core Ultra 5 4650KF and 4650K. -
HWiNFO 8.53 Build 6075 now includes support for Intel Nova Lake QS, giving the clearest public hint yet that the chips have entered the qualification sample stage. It is the first time the hardware monitoring tool has directly recognized Nova Lake QS, a sign that the platform is moving deeper into validation before any commercial launch.
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