Intel has just launched the new 9-Series chipsets, specifically Z97 and H97, upgrades to Z87 and H87 respectively, designed to support performance desktops. The 9-series is claimed to offer few improvements over…
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Intel’s PC market steadies; mobile-tablet market falters
Intel on Tuesday announced a profit decline by 4.8 percent in Q1, amid some improvement in the PC market. The chip maker reported revenue of $12.8 billion and net income of $1.9…
Intel bets on Android to expand its tablet market
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich on Tuesday announced the processor shipment numbers for the first quarter of the current year wherein one of the key highlights was that Intel-powered Android tablets shipments were…
Intel launches Education 2-in-1 convertible laptop
Intel has unveiled the new Education 2-in-1, a laptop-tablet hybrid with Windows 8.1 for the education market. The new Intel Education 2-in-1 will come with a detachable keyboard base, which will allow…
Intel, SGI & 3M team up to showcase ‘revolutionary’ cooling technology
Recent reports reveal that tech giants Intel and SGI are working together to build a new supercomputer that can be kept cool by submerging in a special kind of fluid developed by…
Intel to shutter Costa Rica plant; lays off 1,500 employees
Intel has announced that it is shutting down its assembly and test operation site in Costa Rica installed in 1998, resulting in 1,500 job cuts. The company’s latest move falls within a…
Intel’s Thunderbolt 2 promises 10Gb ethernet
At the NAB 2014, Intel announced networking support for its Thunderbolt 2 that enables high speed transfers through a peer to peer connection between Macs running OS X Mavericks operating system. The…
Intel: $129 Windows 8 tablets coming soon
At the Intel Developer Conference (IDF 2014) held in China, Hermann Eul, VP, Intel Corporation, claimed those days are not far when consumers will be able to buy Windows 8 tablets for…
Intel unveils Braswell chip for entry-level devices
Intel has taken the wraps off a new product codenamed Braswell, to be manufactured on the upcoming 14nm process, at the IDF 2014 conference in China. The company is yet to give…
USB cable gets reversible connector
The USB cable, which was always required to be plugged in the right way, will be receiving a welcome upgrade in the form of a reversible connector allowing users will plug it…
Tech giants team up to form Industrial Internet Consortium dedicated to ‘Internet of Things’
AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM and Intel have all teamed up to form the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the Internet of Things, to ‘improve the integration of the…
Intel tweaks Edison to add more connectivity capabilities
Intel has tweaked its recently unveiled Edison board for wearable devices to add more connectivity capabilities including sensors and wireless connectivity. The move comes after developers and initial adopters asked for more…
Intel bags wearable device maker Basis Science
Intel has acquired yet another wearable device maker Basis Science for an undisclosed amount thereby strengthening its position in the hardware market. Basis Science is known for its high-end health and wellbeing…
Intel unveils 800Gbps MXC optical cables, connector
Intel has unveiled its new MXC optical cables and compatible connector based on company’s silicon photonics technology that combines optical networking with silicon components. The MXC cables and the connector are a…
Apple likely to cease selling 13-inch MacBook Pro in favour of thinner Retina models
Apple is likely to cease production of 13-inch MacBook Pro models by mid-2014 and instead will concentrate on thinner models with Retina display, new report has claimed. Reasons behind Apple’s move haven’t…