Intel’s Tom Petersen joins us on The Full Nerd Podcast, TODAY
Intel has a lot going on at the moment–and some of it even has to do with chips! With apologies for the ribbing, Intel’s new Panther Lake CPU family really is looking to be a…
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How Panther Lake is made: We went inside Intel’s most advanced chip fab
Being a technology journalist isn’t nearly as cool as you might think. Most of the time it’s just reading and analyzing information, writing, talking with people via chat and email, and occasionally trying out a…
Have DIY PCs peaked? Why Intel’s Panther Lake reveal gave me existential dread
Welcome to The Full Nerd newsletter—your weekly dose of hardware talk from the enthusiasts at PCWorld. Missed the latest topics on our YouTube show or burning news from across the web? You’re in the right…
Benchmarked: Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme crushes Intel’s laptop CPUs
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite is once again threatening to upend the PC CPU market. About two years ago, Qualcomm debuted the Snapdragon X1 Elite, an Arm chip that replaced the company’s mediocre 8-series Snapdragon chips…
Nvidia and Intel’s collaborative PC chips might not happen for years
Neither Intel nor Nvidia have said exactly when the first fruits of its co-designed integrated CPUs will ship. But the thinking right now seems to be that it might a take a few years. Nvidia…
Intel’s deal with Nvidia could utterly rewrite the future of laptops
Intel’s blockbuster deal with Nvidia to jointly design custom PC processors containing RTX GPUs gives Nvidia an entry point into the vast majority of laptops even as Intel trades some of its future away in…
Intel’s chip chief is now Johnson, as Holthaus departs
Jim Johnson has been named head of Intel’s Client Computing Group, headlining a list of changes Intel made Monday to its leadership team. As part of the moves, Intel announced the departure of Michelle Johnston…
Intel’s confusing ‘Series 2’ CPU brand is a huge step backwards
I recently reviewed the Alienware 16X Aurora (with its Arrow Lake-based processor) and the Alienware 16 Aurora (with its Raptor Lake-based processor), and both were branded as “Series 2” chips—neither were Lunar Lake! That started…
Did a Spanish electronics vendor just leak AMD and Intel’s CPU roadmaps?
An apparent leak of the planned notebook CPU releases from AMD and Intel have revealed both company’s plans through 2025 and beyond, showing off a complex AMD roadmap that extends in 2027 with the release…
Intel’s new configurable VRAM option gives Core laptops an AI boost
For many months, AMD offered a special treat to enthusiasts wishing to run AI chatbot LLMs on their PCs: configurable VRAM that significantly improved performance. Now Intel can say the same. Bob Duffy, who oversees…