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Intel Hires AMD’s Raja Koduri, Will Work On Its Own Discrete GPUs
Intel has announced the appointment of Raja Koduri as Intel chief architect, senior vice president of the newly formed Core and Visual Computing Group, and general manager of a new initiative to drive edge computing solutions. In this position, Koduri will expand Intel’s leading position in integrated graphics for the PC market with high-end discrete graphics solutions for a broad range of computing segments. “Raja is one of the most experienced, innovative and respected graphics and system architecture visionaries in the industry and the latest example of top technical talent to join Intel,” said Dr. Murthy Renduchintala, Intel’s chief engineering officer and group president of the Client and Internet of Things Businesses and System Architecture. “We have exciting plans to aggressively ex...
Intel And AMD Team Up to Bring AAA Gaming To Mainstream Laptops
Long time rival companies Intel and AMD will be partnering up to work on a new laptop chip. The chip in question will have an Intel processor along with an AMD graphics unit, bringing them directly in competition with NVIDIA. The new chips are aimed to make slim and portable laptops powerful enough to make them a viable option for graphics intensive games. Simply put, it will help to bridge the gap between high-end gaming laptops and the more affordable but less powerful mainstream ones. It will be launched as a part of Intel’s eighth generation Core lineup. Apparently, the new laptops will not be competing with AMD’s mobile Ryzen versions, which are due for release soon. AMD has specified that the new Intel lineup will focus mainly on serious gaming, while the Ryzen chips aren...
Intel Announces Eighth-Generation Coffee Lake CPUs, Aims To Target The Mainstream With Affordable Pricing
Intel has finally announced it’s 8th Generation of CPUs known as Coffee Lake. According to Intel, the new chips are up to 32% faster compared to the previous gen(Kaby Lake) and up to 65% than a three-year-old system that would be used for video editing, gaming, and streaming. The most noticeable difference being the increased core counts all across the board.The i3 being 4 core processors instead of 2 cores, the i5 now has 6 cores instead of 4 without hyperthreading and the i7 comes with 6 cores along with hyperthreading which is not present on the i3 or i5. Intel is calling the i7-8700k as the company’s “best gaming CPU to date” which is quite understandable as the i7-7700k is currently the undisputed king of gaming. According to AnandTech, Intel is offering six, ...
Quick Review: BIOSTAR J3160NH Motherboard
The J3160NH Motherboard is a part of BIOSTAR’s new lineup of motherboards feturing the 14nm Intel Braswell Refresh SoC processors. The new 14nm processors offer a more efficient yet powerful experience than its older 22nm counterpart Baytrail SoC, consuming less power and producing less heat. The 14nm fabrication process processor a smaller die that needs less power. The new, improved 8th-gen Intel HD Graphics are used to power the display, enhancing your overall experience by a great margin. The motherboard also features numerous options to improve the connectivity across devices, including 2 SATA III ports for storage, 1 RJ 45 port for LAN, 3 total USB 3.0 Ports and 3.5 mm audio ports. CPU Intel® Celeron J3160 Quad-core 2.24G MEMORY Support Dual Channel DDR3L 1600/1066 MHz 2 x DDR...