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Intel IDF 2014 Keynote: From Wearables To Big Data With PCs and Mobile Devices In Between

By Seth Colaner published 9 September 14

Today at Moscone West in San Francisco, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich took the stage to deliver the keynote address to open this year's Intel Developers Forum (IDF).

Apple Beefs Up, Tunes Up iPhone Hardware

By Fritz Nelson published 9 September 14

Today Apple finally unveiled the iPhone 6, the rumored iPhone phablet, aka the iPhone 6 Plus, and the long-awaited Apple smartwatch, aka Apple Watch.

Intel Xeon E5-2600 V3 Review: Haswell-EP Redefines Fast

By Patrick Kennedy published 8 September 14

We compare three generations of Intel's Xeon E5-2690 processors, plus the flagship Xeon E5-2699 v3 to see how Haswell-EP affects the datacenter.

Intel's Broadwell Core M Processor: New Details, SKUs and Specifics

By Don Woligroski published 5 September 14

Intel reveals more technical details about the Core M, and we get our first peek of Broadwell-Y processing and battery performance comparisons.

HP Serves Two Masters With Intel Celeron N2830, NVIDIA Tegra K1 Chromebooks

By Seth Colaner published 4 September 14

HP is playing it safe with its refreshed lineup of Chromebooks by putting out both Intel Celeron-based SKUs and a couple of models rocking the NVIDIA Tegra K1 SoC.

AMD Updates Desktop FX Processor Line With Three New CPUs, Price Cuts

By Don Woligroski published 2 September 14

AMD Now Offers Eight-Core Processors For 95-Watt Motherboards, providing a low-budget upgrade path to respectable multi-threading performance. In addition, the new FX-8370 processor has arrived, and prices have been cut across the board.

Intel Core i7-5960X, -5930K And -5820K CPU Review: Haswell-E Rises

By Chris Angelini, Igor Wallossek published 29 August 14

Haswell-E Core i7-5820K Will Only Have 28 PCI-Express Lanes

By Niels Broekhuijsen published 21 August 14

Leaked Gigabyte X99 motherboard manuals appear to confirm that the Core i7-5820K will only be able to address 28 PCI-Express lanes, in contrast to the 40 lanes of its superior counterparts.

Analyst: Intel Should Buy An ARM Chip Company

By Lucian Armasu published 21 August 14

Intel's entrance into the mobile market has been glacially slow so far, and one analyst thinks the best way to change that would be for Intel to buy an ARM chip company like Mediatek.

Nvidia Shares More Information About Its Innovative 64-bit ARMv8-Based Denver Core

By Lucian Armasu published 12 August 14

After being more than 5 years in the works, Nvidia is getting closer to shipping its innovative brand-new 64-bit and ARMv8-based Denver core.

Khronos Group to Start Working on a Unified Redesign of OpenGL for PC and Mobile

By Lucian Armasu published 11 August 14

After 22 years of supporting legacy code, the Khronos Group wants a fresh start with a next-generation and unified OpenGL API for PC and mobile.

The Pentium G3258 Cheap Overclocking Experiment

By Chris Angelini published 29 July 14

You wanted a comparison of Intel's Pentium G3258 using low-cost platform components. Can an entry-level motherboard and bundled heat sink still deliver a satisfying overclocking experience, or does going cheap ruin this dual-core CPU's value appeal?

Imagination Technologies Reveals Low-Power Whisper RPU

By Kevin Parrish published 25 July 14

This architecture will enable multiple standards on a single SoC.

Tom's Hardware Visits STMicroelectronics In Rennes, France

By David Civera, Matthieu Lamelot published 20 June 14

Core i7-4790K Review: Devil's Canyon Tantalizes Enthusiasts

By Chris Angelini published 10 June 14

Despite a clear performance advantage, Intel just doesn't seem like an enthusiast-friendly company. Certain elements in the organization want to change that perception, though. Devil's Canyon is meant to allay power users with more speed.