PC

What’s New With Intel’s Z77 Panther Point Chipset

Continuing its tick-tock release cycle, Intel plans to unveil a new CPU microarchitecture at the end of April. Codenamed Ivy Bridge (tick), the update will bring a 22nm die shrink of current 32nm Sandy Bridge technology (tock), bringing greater efficiency and allowing Intel to cram more into the same size die.


April 12, 2012
PC

Everything You Need To Know About Intel’s Ivy Bridge

Intel is set to roll out its latest generation of processors later this year despite a minor setback affecting ultra low-voltage models — the ones destined for super slim notebooks. By normal standards, the launch should mark a new “tick” in the company’s product roadmap, but Intel is going beyond just shrinking the current 32nm Sandy Bridge processor by introducing some fundamental advancements along with its new 22nm process.


January 20, 2012
PC

PC Overclockers, You Can Now Insure Your CPU

If you’ve ever fried an expensive CPU trying to overclock the thing, you should check this out. Intel is introducing something called the Performance Tuning Plan, which in plain English means overclocking insurance.


September 8, 2011
PC

Faux Futurists Want To Keep PC Gaming In The Past

Some day soon, Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is going to walk on stage at some obscure electronics industry event and say these words: “We love PC gaming. Our heritage is in 3D gaming hardware. And that’s why we’re more excited than ever to announce we’re never making another gaming video card again.”


March 8, 2011
PC

60-Year-Old Technology Could Change The Face Of Gaming

The future of gaming is more than 60 years old.


February 1, 2011
PC

Here’s How One PC Maker Is Dealing With Intel’s Recall

This morning Intel announced they found an issue with the 6 Series chipset and that they’ve stopped shipping them from their factory. They’re also recalling some. Here’s how one boutique PC builder is dealing with the issue.


PC

Intel Starts Partial Recall For Fancy New ‘Sandy Bridges’ Chip

Chipmaker Intel this morning halted some shipments of a support chip for their much ballyhooed Sandy Bridges microprocessor and is ordering a partial recall.


January 8, 2011
PC

This Is Portal 2 Played With A Magnetic Motion Controller

Keyboard and mouse controls got you down? Yeah, didn’t think so. But if millimeter precise motion control sounds like an interesting way to play Valve’s first-person puzzler Portal 2, you might want to buy yourself a Razer Sixense.


September 16, 2010
News

Hey Intel – Nice Glass

Kotaku AU

Intel’s graphics research group has recreated levels in the latest Wolfenstein with added elements such as chandeliers, for the purpose of accurately portraying light refraction using ray casting. TL;DR? It’s pretty damn impressive.


July 2, 2010
News

Intel’s "Project Offset" Game Cancelled

For years developers from computing giant Intel had been working on a game called Project Offset. Note the use of past tense in that sentence.