Intel
Intel is possibly the most important chipmaker in the US, having pioneered semiconductor manufacturing for more than half a century while giving us some of the best processors ever made along the way.
Whether it’s in the best laptop or the best computer for the home or office, odds are that there is an Intel processor inside it. It is one of the few companies in the world that have the chip-making foundries necessary to produce semiconductors, and so it is a major player on the processor scene regardless of how its latest processors hold up against the competition, all of whom have to look for a foundry to produce their chips.
Founded in 1968 by Gordon Moore (of Moore's Law fame), Robert Noyce, and Arthur Rock, Intel has been a pillar of the digital age since its inception and its chip manufacturing capabilities put it in a special category among chipmakers. It is currently led by CEO Pat Gelsinger.
Latest about Intel
Excited about Snapdragon X Elite laptops? Forget them, says Intel, the true AI PC powerhouse CPU will be Lunar Lake
By Darren Allan published
Intel fans flames of hype around Lunar Lake laptop CPUs set to arrive as soon as Q3.
McAfee Deepfake Detector uses Intel Core Ultra NPU to spot fake and manipulated audio in videos
By Wayne Williams published
McAfee's Deepfake Detector uses the NPU in Intel Core Ultra processors to spot fake and manipulated audio in videos.
Forget Intel and AMD - Nvidia's next big competitor might be a company you've never heard of
By Aleksha McLoughlin published
As the AI computing boon surges on, smaller manufacturers have emerged with new solutions.
Intel Thunderbolt Share arrives with some truly neat tricks for two PCs sharing files, or a monitor, or even the same mouse and keyboard
By Darren Allan published
Thunderbolt Share app makes file and screen sharing between two PCs dead easy, and dead fast.
Intel's new CPUs may sound weak, but they could be great news for affordable Chromebooks
By Aleksha McLoughlin published
Intel's new Twin Lake processors have been leaked, and they should be a solid upgrade for low-end laptops.
Intel Arrow Lake leak suggests processors could arrive sooner than expected to help fend off threats from AMD, Apple and ARM
By Darren Allan published
Intel Arrow Lake leak spills details on desktop and laptop CPUs – and gives us hope that they might arrive before too long.
A new Spectre-esque cyberattack has been found — Intel CPUs under attack once again by encryption-cracking campaign
By Sead Fadilpašić published
AMD is immune this time around, though, and Intel claims previous mitigations still work.
MSI is quick to adopt Intel's new settings to prevent Core i9 CPUs from being unstable and crashing
By Aleksha McLoughlin published
Following Intel's official advice to consumers, MSI has been swift to act, changing its default BIOS settings.
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