Intel, AMD, and other PC titans join forces to fortify x86 CPUs
For years, both AMD and Intel have energetically competed against one another in the PC processor market. But there’s a new force to be reckoned with — Arm — and both AMD and Intel are…
Mark Hachman
Mark Hachman
Meet CUDIMM: Micron unveils the PC’s first next-gen memory modules
Micron’s Crucial division today launched what the company says will be the next stage in the evolution of the PC’s humble memory module: CUDIMMs for laptops and CSODIMMs for desktops. Both will be necessary to…
How to use your phone as a webcam with Windows PCs
If I made webcams for a living, I’d be worried! A new feature in Windows 11 2024 Update (24H2) allows you to use your smartphone as your PC’s webcam, and it’s a powerful tool. Not…
Windows 11’s Snipping Tool gets smart about copying table data
Microsoft’s Snipping Tool has become progressively more useful, with the ability to make screen recordings as well as screenshots. Today Microsoft begins testing a new addition: the ability to copy data formatted as a table…
Warning: Windows 11’s big 2024 update takes a long time to install
How long will it take to update your PC to the Windows 11 2024 Update? If my tests are any indicator, you’d be twiddling your thumbs for a lot longer than usual. Microsoft characterizes Windows…
AMD pushes the power of Ryzen AI 300 CPUs to business laptops
AMD announced its third-generation Ryzen Pro processors for business laptops on Thursday, taking the AI power of its Ryzen AI 300 consumer processors and applying them to the business world. AMD launched three very similar…
Intel’s Arrow Lake CPUs offer ‘parity’ performance at half the power
Intel’s latest “Arrow Lake” desktop processor, otherwise known as the Core Ultra 200S, delivers a shocking one-two punch: significantly lower power consumption and package temperatures compared to its predecessor, while delivering comparable performance. Well, that’s…
Intel’s Arrow Lake CPUs keep AI simple to make gamers happy
Intel’s new Arrow Lake architecture, aka the Core Ultra 200S series, brings AI capabilities onto Intel desktops. But the chip doesn’t use the Copilot+ capabilities of Intel’s mobile Lunar Lake chip — its designers used…
Intel’s Arrow Lake roadmap includes laptop gaming chips too
Intel’s “Arrow Lake” processor plans include both desktop and laptop chips, creating two new performance tiers atop its existing “Lunar Lake” laptop processors plus the Core Ultra 200S desktop processors it’s launching today. Intel disclosed…
Intel’s new PC chips strike another blow against hyperthreading
Intel’s latest Arrow Lake processor for desktop PCs fuses its “Meteor Lake” and “Lunar Lake” architectures together, carrying over Meteor Lake’s NPU and Lunar Lake’s abandonment of hyperthreading. Yes, hyperthreading has been banned from Intel’s…