VUSec finds new Spectre-v2 vulnerability in Intel and Arm CPUs
Security researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUSec) found a vulnerability in most Intel CPUs. The team managed to leak kernel memory in modern Intel CPUs as unprivileged users.
Intel and Arm have been taking hardware measures to counter Spectre attacks since 2018. Spectre-v2, the se... Read more
Intel’s Mobileye intends to go public at a valuation of over €45B
Mobileye, Intel's autonomous driving division, has filed to go public with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
In its confirmation of the plan, Intel did not include financial information such as the number of shares to be sold. When Intel originally revealed intentions to take Mobileye p... Read more
The newest version of Intel vPro improves security and performance
Intel released a new version of its enterprise Intel vPro platform. The platform is based on 12th Gen Intel Core processors and should up the security, performance and manageability of its predecessor.
The new vPro platform consists of design pairs of Efficiency cores (E-cores) and Performance c... Read more
AMD, Intel, and others collaborate on chiplet technology standard
Giant chipmaker companies announce that they are coming together to make a chiplet technology standard.
Some of the major chipmaking companies of today, such as Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Arm LTS., ASE Inc., TSMC Ltd, and Qualcomm Inc., are collaborati... Read more
‘Italy allocates four billion euros to increase national chip production’
According to Reuters, the Italian government is allocating more than four billion euros to increase national chip production. The news has yet to be confirmed. Reuters says it has reviewed a leaked draft decree.
Reuters claims that the Italian government will invest four billion euros in nationa... Read more
Intel introduces new Xeon processors for 5G and data centers
Intel introduced a range of Sapphire Rapids Xeon processors for optimizing mobile 5G vRAN networks. Simultaneously, the chip giant launched the Xeon D processor series, which is more suitable for data centres.
Intel has been introducing new processors at a rapid pace in the past week. Recently, ... Read more
Intel releases 20 new Alder Lake laptop processors
Intel has released 20 new P- and U-series Alder Lake processors. The chips are primarily suited for laptops.
The processors are based on the 12th generation Intel Core or Alder Lake architecture. The P- and U-classifications indicate that the processors are designed for performance (P) and 'ultr... Read more
‘Intel will build an enormous chip factory in Magdeburg’
German broadcaster MDR reports that Intel will build an enormous chip factory in Magdeburg. According to the broadcaster, Intel will officially announce the news next week.
In a 2021-interview with Techzine, Intel revealed that it was considering ten European locations for a new chip factory. Mo... Read more
Intel wants to buy Arm with a consortium
Intel wants to collaborate with other manufacturers to acquire chip technology specialist Arm. According to Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, an Arm IPO is welcome as well.
Recently, Nvidia was necessitated to stop its planned acquisition of Arm. Now, Arm's backup plan is coming to light. Softbank, Arm's... Read more
Intel presents its multiyear Xeon roadmap
The chipmaker promises an advanced "Sierra Forest" CPU that will support cloud-native deployments.
Intel this week announced it's developing an ultra-efficient CPU, code-named Sierra Forest, to support cloud-native deployments. This new Efficient-core (E-core) Xeon will deliver performance per-w... Read more