Intel Foundryannounced Thursday that it had completed the assembly of the industry’s first commercial High Numerical Aperture (High-NA) Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) machine in its D1X fab in Oregon – an important milestone as the company readies research and development for its 14A process in 2025. Intel Foundry is the lead customer for toolmaker ASML’s Twinscan EXE:5000 machine, beating commercial rival TSMC and others to begin R&D with the machine. Tom’s Hardware spoke with Intel’s Director of Lithography Hardware and Solutions to learn more about the new technology, and cost concerns that surround it....

Intel laid off an unspecified number of employees in its Sales and Marketing division and confirmed thesefindings with CRN. Intel didn’t give any specifics, but the company’s representative confirmed the layoffs are a part of its restructuring process, which involves a new operating model. Despite not revealing the specific number of layouts, the company had to reveal that its layoffs affected more than 50 people in a month, as required by theWARN Act....

Intel released guidelines to its board partners regarding default BIOS settings to alleviatestability issues that some 13th and 14th Gen Core i9 CPUowners are experiencing. The new guidelines encompass recommended settings board makers should use to increase stability. However, Intel states that it’s not done investigating the root cause of the stability issues. It’s also careful to not blame its board partners for the aforementioned instability issues.Intel’s guidelines consist of a graph showing a number of parameters it recommends its board partners apply by default (for the “out of the box” experience)....

Intel’s Core i9-14900KS Special Edition processor has the highest clock rate of any desktop PC processor yet, blasting up to 6.2 GHz on two cores and allowing Intel to claim once again that it has the fastest desktop processor in the world. But at $689, the 14900KS is not only Intel’s fastest mainstream chip, it’s also the priciest. The 14900KS faces off with AMD’s brutally competitive Ryzen 7000X3D processors, which still hold the title of the fastest gaming chips around, albeit with a narrowing margin, as Intel seeks to dethrone AMD’s top processors on our list of thebest CPUs for gaming....

Intel demoed working Panther Lake Core Ultra 300 silicon for laptops, its first chips based on its crucial18A process node, here atComputex 2025in Taipei, Taiwan. Unlike thefirst public demoes at CES 2025that merely showed the chips powered on, Intel put Panther Lake its paces in real-time rendering and AI applications, showing that the silicon is healthy and on-track for retail availability in early 2026. Intel also shared more information about its performance and power consumtpion expectations for the new chips....

Igor’s Labseems to have obtained a message originally destined for motherboard manufacturers concerning a prolonged stability issue on the company’s 13th GenerationRaptor Lakeand 14th GenerationRaptor Lake Refreshchips, which rank among thebest CPUs. It made sense for the company to clarify the issue where many blamed the motherboard manufacturers in a race to become ‘the fastest’ performer by having over-aggressive voltages for allowing higher clock speeds.The company specifically points out the issue with 600/ 700 series motherboard manufacturers that disable thermal and power protection to achieve the highest possible overclocks, even at the cost of instability....

Intel this week revealed defect density metrics for its 18A (1.8nm-class) process technology and said that it was healthy at the Deutsche Bank’s 2024 Technology Conference. The company also said that the number of customers potentially interested in using this production node was growing. “I am happy to update the audience that that we are now, for this production process, we are now below 0.4 d0 defect density, this is now a healthy process,” said Pat Gelsinger, chief executive of Intel, at the technology conference....

In 2005, Intel CEO Paul Otellini surprised the company’s board. According to a report fromtheNew York Times, he suggested that Intel buy Nvidia for “as much as” $20 billion. According to theTimes’s sources (“two people familiar with the boardroom discussion”), even some Intel executives thought that Nvidia’s designs could eventually play an important role in data centers. While that idea would come to fruition with the modern AI boom, the board pushed back against it....

Today, Intel announced thelaunch of Thunderbolt Sharesoftware, which is designed to be an easy, fast, and efficient way to share screens and files across two PCs. With a growing number of people across most PC segments using multiple computers, this new software is designed to allow customers to make the most of their PCs without bogging down WiFi or ethernet networks. ThunderboltShare will allow PC owners to connect their two computers with a wired connection that leverages Thunderbolt’s speed, low latency, and built-insecurity....

InWin showcased its new offering atCES 2025with two PC cases and fans that use USB type-C for daisy-chaining which caught our attention. Both PC cases cater to different types of users— with the Prism case being the mid-tower and an open frame chassis called ‘Shift’ with the ability to stand upright. Prism Prism should appeal to many users looking for a good-looking PC case to house an ATX form factor-based build....

After Donald Trump announced plans to slap a 10% tariff on Chinese imports, leading PC makersDell, HP, andMicrosoftdecided to prepare and asked their manufacturing partners in China to maximize their output in November and December to lower costs and mitigate potential disruptions, reportsNikkei. The longer-term plan of all three companies (and the industry at large) is to transfer production from China to other countries. “We have been in meetings with several U....

Intel’s Lunar Lake processors aren’t slated to launch until this September, but we’re now seeing trickles of allegedbenchmarksappear online.Benchleaksjust shared Vulkan test results marked asIntel Core Ultra 7 258V, with the first one getting 31,560 points, followed by a second test after 15 minutes showing 34,181 points. The tests list the following CPU information: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V 2.2 GHz with eight cores and eight threads. The system used for the tests shows 32GB of RAM withWindows 11EnterpriseOS, and the involved processor could hit a maximum frequency of 4....

If your macOS update is stuck, you might see a frozen Apple logo or your Mac can be completely unresponsive. This error may occur due to many reasons including bugs or outdated drivers. Before moving on quickly to the fixes, it’s best to confirm if your Mac is frozen or the update is just taking too long. Is My macOS Update Stuck? You can follow the given steps to check if your macOS update is actually stuck:...