With a title like “Intel Just Matched Apple Silicon. Seriously.“, the latest video from [Jeff Geerling] makes some pretty bold claims. But as we’d expect from [Jeff], he’s got the benchmarks up on GitHub for both the MacBook Neo and … Read more
The emulation space is going crazy, after my previous post on Windows booting on DEC Alpha es40 emulator, there is now another huge breakthrough in the emulation of other non-x86 CPU emulation. Yufeng Gao with help from gdwnldsKSC (the man … Read more
Coming to a Panther Lake notebook near you! In April 2024 I pulled on a bunny suit at Intel’s D1X fab in Hillsboro, Oregon, and stood a few feet from a machine the size of a bus and worth a … Read more
Table of Contents Introduction One of the key factors for AI-focused GPUs is memory capacity. In order to run models well — if at all — they must be stored in memory local to the GPU compute die. And given … Read more
Intel announced the 486 CPU at Comdex on April 10, 1989. It was an expensive chip, priced at $950 each in quantities of 1,000. I thought it would be fun to look back at what the magazines at the time … Read more
6 min read Samuel K. Moore is IEEE Spectrum’s semiconductor editor. Intel’s prototype FHE chip can keep a secret. Worried that your latest ask to a cloud-based AI reveals a bit too much about you? Want to know your genetic … Read more
Intel could supply Apple’s lowest-end M chips by 2027, supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts. Intel could supply Apple’s lowest-end M chips by 2027, supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts. by Andrew J. Hawkins Nov 28, 2025, 7:25 PM UTC … Read more
ChkTag: x86 Memory Safety Memory safety violations due to programming errors have long afflicted software. Industry and academia have been searching for solutions to this problem. As first noted in August 2025 posts by Intel and AMD x86 Ecosystem Advisory … Read more
Moore’s Law Is Dead on YouTube
Intel has officially expanded its professional GPU portfolio with the launch of the Arc Pro B50, designed specifically for small-form-factor workstations. The card is based on the Battlemage BMG-G21 GPU, configured with 16 Xe2 cores. It comes paired with 16 … Read more