Intel
Intel's Meteor Lake series of processors was launched in September 2023 with a focus on mobile platforms. Multiple mini-PC vendors have utilized these processors to market offerings in the SFF / UCFF desktop market. ACEMAGIC is an Asian manufacturer with products in multiple categories including micro-PCs, UCFF (ultra-compact form-factor) and SFF (small form-factor) PCs, and notebooks. They were one of the first to market with Meteor Lake-based desktop systems. The ACEMAGIC F2A 125H is the entry-level version of the F2A line, equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor. It is a bit larger than the traditional NUCs, slotting it in the SFF category. However, that allows for the processor to be operated at 65W (compared to the 28 - 40W adopted in the...
GIGABYTE Unveils MU71-SU0 and MD71-HB0 Xeon Motherboards For Professionals
Outside of the plethora of AMD-related announcements of late, GIGABYTE has announced a pair of Intel motherboards for its workstation and server board users. The GIGABYTE MU71-SU0 is designed...
7 by Gavin Bonshor on 12/23/2019
Kensington’s SD5500T TB3/USB-C Hybrid Docking Station: Titan Ridge Inside
Kensington has introduced its new Thunderbolt 3 dock that is guaranteed to work with all USB Type-C hosts. The SD5500T docking station has nine popular ports, which woukd be...
21 by Anton Shilov on 12/18/2019
ECS to Unveil LIVA Z3 Plus & LIVA Z3E Plus UCFF PCs at CES: Intel’s 10th Gen Core Inside
ECS this week disclosed plans to introduce new LIVA ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) PCs based on Intel’s 10th Gen Core processors. Set to be fully unveiled at CES next month...
6 by Anton Shilov on 12/18/2019
LG Updates Ultralight Gram Laptops & Convertible: Ice Lake Inside
Along with their flagship 17-inch model, LG this week has also given its 14 and 15.6-inch LG gram laptops an Ice Lake upgrade. The updated machines pair Intel’s Ice...
19 by Anton Shilov on 12/13/2019
The Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 Showdown: AMD's Ryzen Picasso vs. Intel's Ice Lake
Occasionally the stars align. It is very rare in the laptop space that we're able to test two devices, with two very different CPU platforms, with the fewest number...
174 by Brett Howse & Andrei Frumusanu on 12/13/2019
LG’s Lightweight Gram 17-Inch Laptop Gets Intel’s Ice Lake CPU
Thin-and-light notebooks with a 17-inch display are rather rare, as most 17-inch laptops are intended to be high performance desktop replacement-class machines. LG’s gram 17 has been a stand-out...
32 by Anton Shilov on 12/12/2019
Intel Hires Fab Veteran, Former GlobalFoundries CTO Dr. Gary Patton
Intel has hired Dr. Gary Patton, the former CTO at GlobalFoundries and an ex-head of IBM Microelectronics business. Dr Patton was leading Global Foundries leading edge processes before that...
21 by Anton Shilov on 12/11/2019
EUV Wafers Processed and TwinScan Machine Uptime: A Quick Look
One of the interesting elements that came out of some of our discussions at the IEDM conference this year revolve around the present deployment of EUV. Currently only one...
29 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/11/2019
Intel’s Manufacturing Roadmap from 2019 to 2029: Back Porting, 7nm, 5nm, 3nm, 2nm, and 1.4 nm
One of the interesting disclosures here at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) has been around new and upcoming process node technologies. Almost every session so far this...
138 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/11/2019
Intel: Lakefield in 2020, Possible 5G on Foveros
At the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) 2019, Intel had two package integration presentations, one on its Omni-Directional Interconnect and one on its 3D stacking Foveros technology. In...
37 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/11/2019
Intel Announces RealSense LiDAR Depth Camera for Indoor Applications
Intel has introduced the first member of its RealSense LiDAR family of depth cameras, the RealSense LiDAR L515. The sensor is primarily designed for indoor use, with Intel optimizing...
33 by Anton Shilov on 12/11/2019
Intel Launches Horse Ridge Chip for Quantum Computing Systems
Intel Labs has introduced its new cryogenic control chip codenamed Horse Ridge that will speed up development of full-stack quantum computing systems. According to Intel, Horse Ridge will enable...
10 by Anton Shilov on 12/10/2019
Intel Un-Discontinues Pentium G3420 ‘Haswell’ CPU
As spotted by ComputerBase.de, in a rare event, Intel has canceled its plan to EOL one of its low-end Haswell-generation processors, resuming processor shipments for the foreseeable future. Curiously...
49 by Anton Shilov on 12/9/2019
Supermicro Shows Off Intel Nervana NNP-T Servers: 8-Way PCIe and OAM
One of the key elements to deep learning and training is lots of very dense compute, as well as the dense servers to go through the computation. Intel’s Nervana...
15 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/4/2019
Intel Unveils Specificiations of NUC Element Modular PCs
In preparation to kick off sales of its NUC Element modular computers, Intel has disclosed some additional details about the product family. As expected, Intel will offer NUC Element...
14 by Anton Shilov on 12/4/2019
NAND Flash Revenue Peaks in Q3 Amid Production Cuts & Outages
Despite cuts in wafer starts by almost all NAND producers, and even disruptions in Kioxia (former Toshiba Memory) and Western Digital's fab operations, analysts estimate that bit shipments of...
10 by Anton Shilov on 12/4/2019
ASRock Reveals Mars UCFF PCs: 0.74-Liters With Intel Core Inside
ASRock has introduced its new Mars series of ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) barebones PCs. The Intel Core-based PCs come in a 0.74-liter chassis and can house up to 32 GB...
26 by Anton Shilov on 11/27/2019
Dell: Intel CPU Shortages Worsened in Q4, Premium & Commercial PCs Impacted
Shortages of Intel’s CPUs have persisted for well over a year now, but according to Dell, they actually got worse in the ongoing quarter because of unexpectedly high demand...
82 by Anton Shilov on 11/27/2019
Huawei Unveils MateBook D14 & D15 Laptops: AMD Ryzen or Intel Comet Lake Inside
Huawei this morning has introduced its latest-generation MateBook D laptops. The laptops, which use processors from both AMD and Intel, as well as discrete graphics from NVIDIA, will be...
18 by Anton Shilov on 11/26/2019
Intel Releases SSD 665p: Second-Gen QLC
Two months after being announced, the Intel SSD 665p is set to be released today. The 665p is the successor to the 660p, the most (only?) successful consumer SSD...
28 by Billy Tallis on 11/25/2019
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