On Friday afternoon, Intel confirmed what everyone already knew: that the U.S. government is taking the unprecedented step of investing $8.9 billion into the company. On Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said…
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U.S. confirms plans to invest in Intel, following SoftBank
Suddenly, Intel is a hot topic again — but this time as an investment property. As the company weathers layoffs and a struggling foundry business, both the U.S. government and SoftBank plan…
The U.S. government may take a stake in Intel
The U.S. government is discussing whether it will take a stake in beleaguered chipmaker Intel Corp. as a way to bail it out of its financial struggles, according to a report. Bloomberg…
AMD’s X3D continues to dominate desktop PCs
AMD’s share in the desktop PC market climbed by a mammoth total of 9.2 percentage points versus last year, a ringing endorsement for AMD’s Ryzen chips and especially its X3D lineup of…
Former Intel CEO Barrett says customers should bail out Intel
Is there a way that Intel can be saved? Former Intel chief executive Craig Barrett thinks so, and it isn’t the way the company’s former board members suggest. Intel should have a…
Trump demands resignation of Intel’s new CEO
Intel is a company in crisis, failing to compete with the products of its booming rivals and struggling to get back on its feet after a high-profile leadership shakeup and devastating layoffs….
Bargain! AMD leaves new Threadripper 9000 prices unchanged at $5,000
While AMD jacked up the price of its Threadripper Pro chips to equal a used car, consumers are getting a break: AMD is now leaving the price of its Threadripper 9000 series…
Intel’s ‘Panther Lake’ CPUs remain on track amid massive layoffs
Intel said Thursday that the company’s next big CPU bet, Panther Lake, remains on track to begin shipping this year, and the supporting 18A manufacturing process has already entered production. However, Intel…
Intel CPUs are crashing again during summer heatwaves, Firefox dev warns
Europe’s summer heatwave may be highlighting Intel’s “Raptor Lake” bug in a different way: users may have not paid attention on how to patch it, and their systems are crashing as a…
AMD debuts a cheaper Ryzen AI 300 laptop chip as tariffs slow PC sales
Whether it’s tariffs or some other reason, CPU makers seem to be pushing downward into cheaper alternatives, expanding their available market. The most recent example is AMD’s latest addition: the Ryzen AI…