Tag: Intel

Windows 11 To Support APX Instructions in Nova Lake CPUs Early

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

For some time now, Intel has been working on the APX extension, which adds more working registers to x86 CPUs along with other improvements that should make the x86 instruction set more competitive with, say, Arm processors. APX will be introduced in Intel Core Ultra 4000 “Nova Lake” CPUs. We assumed that it would take time for software to utilise it, and that it would initially be of little use. That turns out to not be the case. Read more “Windows 11 To Support APX Instructions in Nova Lake CPUs Early” »

Z990 Boards for Nova Lake Leaked: Gigabyte Preparing 24 Models

Motherboards, News | | Jan Olšan

Intel has a new generation of desktop processors, Core Ultra 4000 Nova Lake, coming around the year’s end. It should be a significant step forward compared to the ill-received Core Ultra 200 generation, but it also brings the new LGA 1954 platform, so it will require new motherboards. A list of some of the models Gigabyte is preparing has now leaked onto the internet, and it looks like board makers are expecting a lot from Nova Lake. Read more “Z990 Boards for Nova Lake Leaked: Gigabyte Preparing 24 Models” »

Intel Tried Their Own Process for Nova Lake, But Had to Capitulate

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Intel has had 1.8nm chips since January, while TSMC’s 2nm technology arrived much later. The official names don’t mean much, though—evidence has emerged that Intel’s 1.8nm process has significantly worse characteristics despite the “better number”. Intel has apparently developed versions of their next-gen processor for both technologies internally, but the in-house process suffered worse transistor density and poor performance. Read more “Intel Tried Their Own Process for Nova Lake, But Had to Capitulate” »

Intel Nova Lake CPUs Without “BFC” Reportedly Weak in Games

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Two years after the Core Ultra 200 “Arrow Lake” processors, Intel is finally close to launching new generation of CPUs for desktop computers, which are mostly used for gaming thee days. Gaming performance specifically was a weak point of Arrow Lake and that is is one of the things expected to be fixed by the upcoming Core Ultra 4000 “Nova Lake” processors. However, the improvements may not be as good as expected, according to leaks. Read more “Intel Nova Lake CPUs Without “BFC” Reportedly Weak in Games” »

Advanced Shader Delivery Comes to Nvidia, Intel & Qualcomm GPUs

Graphics, News, Software | | Jan Olšan

Advanced Shader Delivery appeared in the Windows gaming ecosystem a year ago, addressing the issue of modern games often spending many minutes compiling shaders after launch, if they were freshly installed or the GPU driver was updated (which happens frequently). With Advanced Shader Delivery, shaders are instead downloaded, which is much faster. Initially, only AMD GPUs supported the feature, but now the others are getting it too. Read more “Advanced Shader Delivery Comes to Nvidia, Intel & Qualcomm GPUs” »

Intel Nova Lake CPUs Already Passed USB4 and PCIe 5.0 Validation

Chipsets, News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

The final quarter of the year is here, and it increasingly looks like we will not see a new generation of x86 CPUs before the end of it, whether from AMD (Zen 6 has been launched in servers only) or Intel. There is a sign that the latter’s new CPUs are getting closer, though. The silicon for “Nova Lake” CPUs with a new architecture and 2nm manufacturing process has now successfully passed certification for USB4 and PCI Express 5.0 support. Read more “Intel Nova Lake CPUs Already Passed USB4 and PCIe 5.0 Validation” »

DLSS 5 na grafice Intel Arc 140V (Mortal Kombat 1, vlevo normální obraz, vpravo DLSS 5) (Zdroj: Uzbekunknown)

DLSS 5 Now Running on Intel GPUs Too: Support Vibe Coded by AI

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Nvidia’s clearly intended the DLSS 5 game AI image-enhancement technology to be exclusive for GeForce GPUs—as with previous DLSS versions—if not outright a “vendor lock-in” to stifle competition. Ironically, it currently seems to be the DLSS tech easiest to get running on competing hardware, hough actual practical viability of the unofficial ports remains unclear. And modders have now managed to get it running on Intel GPUs as well. Read more “DLSS 5 Now Running on Intel GPUs Too: Support Vibe Coded by AI” »

Intel Adds High-NA Tech to 1.8nm, Already Using it in Production

News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Last week, at the SPIE Photomask Technology + Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography conference, Intel and ASML announced a surprising development. In cooperation with ASML, Intel has already manufactured one million silicon wafers using High-NA, which is a technology representing the next major leap in advanced chip manufacturing after EUV litography. Prior to this, High-NA was expected to be deployed only several years from now. Read more “Intel Adds High-NA Tech to 1.8nm, Already Using it in Production” »

Intel Power Limit Inflation Is Back with 296W Nova Lake CPUs

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Cautiously optimistic news have been coming about the upcoming Intel Nova Lake processors lately (if a 9% 1T performance boost is a reason for optimism). Unfortunately, leaks that paint a bleaker picture are also coming in. Although Nova Lake processors will transition from a 3nm to a more advanced 2nm process, which would normally be expected to improve efficiency, their power consumption will reportedly increase instead. Read more “Intel Power Limit Inflation Is Back with 296W Nova Lake CPUs” »

Surprise Triumph for Intel? Razor Lake has a new P-Core

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

We recently reported that Intel is preparing special laptop CPUs with BLLC, its equivalent of AMD’s 3D V-Cache. CPUs with BLLC will feature up to 144 MB of L3 cache promising significant boost in games. BLLC will come to laptops in the Razor Lake lineup, but that will not be the only interesting thing about them. A leaker has shared further details, suggesting that this could be a surprisingly powerful generation. Read more “Surprise Triumph for Intel? Razor Lake has a new P-Core” »

First Intel Nova Lake Processors Spotted, with AVX-512 and APX

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

While AMD is preparing its next-gen Zen 6 CPUs, Intel is also approaching the launch of a significant next-gen CPUs codenamed “Nova Lake”. With 2nm process and a new architecture, it could improve the competitiveness of Intel’s chips after the  somewhat disappointing Core Ultra 200 “Arrow Lake” generation. The first functional and running Nova Lake chips have now apparently emerged, revealing these CPUs for the first time. Read more “First Intel Nova Lake Processors Spotted, with AVX-512 and APX” »

Intel CPUs To Get Hyper‑Threading Back in Two Years

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

One of the signs—or perhaps more a symbol—accompanying Intel’s decline in the processor space the company was an unchallenged leader of just a few years ago, was the removal of HT or Hyper‑Threading, a technology processing two threads on a single core that significantly boosted multithreaded performance. So much so that the new CEO promised a reintroduction. Intel has now confirmed this, providing an outlook on when it will happen. Read more “Intel CPUs To Get Hyper‑Threading Back in Two Years” »

Intel resumes investing in EU. Ireland will get a 3nm node Fab

News, Processors, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Under Patrick Gelsinger, Intel planned to build its first semiconductor fab in continental Europe, in Magdeburg, Germany to expand the company’s manufacturing capacity and turn Intel into a foundry rivalling TSMC. The project was also intended to help develop semiconductor manufacturing within the EU. Intel’s financial difficulties and cutting costs was the end of the project, but it seems Europe investments are back on the table now. Read more “Intel resumes investing in EU. Ireland will get a 3nm node Fab” »

Intel Core Ultra 300 Panther Lake pro notebooky (Autor: Intel)

Intel reportedly solves the yield issues of its 1.8nm process

News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Intel’s chip technology has been plagued by problems over the past decade. The infamous 10nm node only became viable after years of delays and while the successor 7nm node was ultimately successful, it still came late. Since then, the company has never fully succeeded with the 4nm, 3nm, 2nm, nor with the1.8nm process which was supposed to mark a turning point. But latest reports suggest that Intel has finally managed a breakthrough. Read more “Intel reportedly solves the yield issues of its 1.8nm process” »

Intel Nova Lake Processors Could Consume Up to 474 Watts

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Next-gen Intel Core Ultra 400 “Nova Lake” processors are expected to launch later this or early next year, bringing major changes to the desktop platform. The new LGA 1954 socket will support dual compute die CPUs, akin to AMD models such as the Ryzen 9 9950X, but with up to 52 cores. As a result, these processors are expected to have unprecedented power draw and we have finally learned just how high that figure will be. Read more “Intel Nova Lake Processors Could Consume Up to 474 Watts” »

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