100MHz more, TDP unchangedThe official launch of the Intel Haswell Refresh lineup is steadily approaching and we finally have some details regarding the lineup, frequencies, L3 cache and the TDP.
A total of nine new SKUsIntel is preparing to launch its second wave of Atom Bay Trail-T CPUs for tablets and it appears that we will see nine new SKUs which will be a part of Atom Z37x5 series, which should launch sometime later this quarter.
Z97, H97 and X99Hermitage Akihabara have been leaking what appears to be an Intel document showing the features of chipzilla's upcoming Z97, H97 and X99 chipset. Z97 will be the basis of the upcoming Haswell refresh CPU and allow for overclocking. H97 is going to be the mainstream model and X99 will address high-end desktop market segment.
Devils Canyon comes in JuneAccording to a fresh report, Intel's first batch of Haswell Refresh parts should launch on May 11th while the recently announce Devil's Canyon CPUs will be released later this year, most likely somewhere around June, or just in time for Computex 2014. The recent leak also sheds a bit more details regarding the X99 chipset "Wellsburg".
Haswell-E, Devils Canyon and BroadwellIntel has now officially released its new and update desktop roadmap revealing some rather interesting details, especially for the enthusiasts.
New Core i7 Extreme CPU and X99 chipsetAccording to a fresh report from KitGuru.net, it appears that Intel might be releasing its Haswell-E processors a bit earlier than expected, or to be precise, during Computex 2014 show, scheduled to kick off on 3rd of June in Taipei.
Meet the August Rxpress August Ridge PCI-Express SSDAfter the official announcement of the new Intel 730 SSD series, we now have some details regarding the upcoming PCI-Express based Intel 750 SSD series aimed at enthusiasts and professional users.
Made for gamers and workstationsIntel has now officially unveiled its newest 730 series solid state drivers aimed at gamers and workstations. Intel designed the 730 SSD series in order to take on some of the competitors high-end offers including Samsung's 840 and achieved it with a bit of overclocking on the both controller and the NAND. The new Intel 730 SSD series is Intel's way of bringing the enterprise-class a bit more closer to consumers.
Brings Quick Sync to some Pentium, Celeron CPUsIntel has released its new set of graphics drivers which will bring support for Quick Sync on some Pentium and Celeron chips, as well as fix certain bugs and add certain new features.
Ivy Bridge-EX not compatible to Ivy Bridge-EP platformA few days back Intel announced their new Ivy Bridge-EX processors and it seems these new processors are not compatible motherboards that supported Ivy Bridge-EP. It seem there will be yet another version of the Socket LGA2011.
Rock and Maple CanyonAccording to a fresh set of slides from Fanlesstech.com, it looks like Intel definitely means business when it comes to it NUC boxes as it plans to bring Broadwell-based NUCs in fourth quarter this year. The new NUCs will be available as mainstream, codename Rock Canyon, and professional/business, codename Maple Canyon, SKUs and pack quite a few new features.
Coming to more than 40 systems from 21 vendorWe already wrote some information regarding the 15-core Xeon E7 v2 CPU, which Intel shared during the ISSCC, but today, the company has officially announced it and has saying that it will be available in more than 40 systems from 21 different vendor. In addition to higher core count, when compared to the Xeon E7, the new Xeon E7 v2 will bring some impressive improvements and features as well.
All but confirmedAlthough it was previously scheduled to launch sometime in the third quarter of 2014, Intel Broadwell, company's first 14nm architecture, is apparently delayed for a full quarter, according to the latest set of slides published by VR-Zone.
God bless BIOS updatesIntel has released a new BIOS version for their tiny NUC PCs, which helps to make these devices compatible to Linux environments. Until today it was impossible to run Linux on Intel's NUC. Making these little boxes compatible to Linux definitely creates new opportunities for tech geeks.
A total of nine CPUsIntel has released a new discontinuance schedule for nine CPUs, two Ivy Bridge mobile CPUs and a total of seven Bay Trail CPUs. Some of them will be available for order until 21st of February while the rest will get their last orders on August 22nd.
Specifications revealedThere were quite a few rumors about Intel's upcoming new v2 Xeon CPUs, including some details for new Xeon E7-2800 v2, E7-4800 v2 and E7-8800 v2, which are expected to launch sometime during this quarter and showed up in October last year, but today, we got some more details regarding the rest of the lineup which will have no less than 21 different models.
With 2.5-inch drive support as wellThere has been quite a few NUC devices from Intel recently but the one based on Bay Trail CPU, which has been rumored since September last year, has finally showed its thick body, with support for 2.5-inch drive as well as availability in the US.
Due to flat quarterly resultsWith ten new CPUsIntel has extended and refreshed its CPU mobile lineup with no less than ten new Core i7, Core i5 and Celeron chips including the new flagship Core i7-4940MX quad-core CPU working at 3.1GHz.
Full-year revenue of US $52.7 billionIntel has revealed its revenue results with a total full-year revenue of US $52.7 billion which is a one percent loss when compared to the last year. The fourth quarter 2013 revenue was US $13.8 billion which is actually up by 3 percent when compared to the fourth quarter 2012. The three percent gain in Q4 2013 was not enough as Intel's financial revenue, gross margin, incomes, and earnings per share were down by quite a margin compared to the last 2012 financial year.
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