
Sparkle makes a comeback with Intel Arc graphics cards
Titan, Orc, and Elf series cards
Sparkle has not been around in the GPU market for quite some time, but it appears to be coming back with Intel's Arc graphics cards.

Intel kills off Koduri blockchain project
Blockscale 1000-series chips end of lifed
A project pushed by former Intel graphics-chief Raja Koduri to create a Custom Compute Group within the AXG graphics unit to support its Bitcoin ASICs has been mothballed.

European Union gives away a large amount of cash to big tech
Giving money to foreign companies much better than wasting it on health and social services
The European Union agreed a 43 billion euro plan for its semiconductor industry in an attempt to catch up with the United States and Asia and start a green industrial revolution.

Intel releases Arc GPU Graphics 101.4311 beta driver
Plenty of game optimizations and improvements
Intel has released its latest version of the Arc GPU Graphics Driver, version 101.4311 beta. This is a pretty big update, featuring an extensive list of Game On driver support for various games, further game perforamnce improvements, as well as some issue fixes.

Intel will work with Arm
Intel chip could be back in your mobile
Chipzilla said its chip contract manufacturing division will work with UK-based chip designer Arm to ensure that mobile phone chips and other products that use its technology can be made in Intel's factories.

Intel orders shedloads of GPUs from TSMC
Believes it has a future
While many people don’t hold out much hope for Intel’s involvement in the GPU market, apparently Chipzilla has ordered a stack of chips from TSMC.

Intel promises Sierra Forest in the first half of next year
Targeting data centre customers
Intel Sierra Forest, its first semiconductor for data centre customers focused on power efficiency, , would be delivered in the first half of next year.

Intel updates its Xeon roadmap
144-core Sierra Fores and Clearwater Forest on 18A
Intel held its Data Center and AI Investor webinar earlier today, updating its Xeon roadmap, and showing progress on its P-core Xeon and E-core Xeon lineups. The big surprise was the E-core Xeon lineup, the 144-core Sierra Forest Xeon, coming in 1H 2024, and the Clearwater Forest Xeon lineup, scheduled for 2025 on Intel 18A manufacturing process. The P-Core Xeon lineup is on track with Emerald Rapids in Q4 2023, and Granite Rapids, closely following Sierra Forest in 2024.

Intel releases new Arc Graphics 101.4257 beta graphics driver
Game On optimizations for Crime Boss: Rockay City game
Intel has released its latest version of the Arc GPU Graphics Driver, version 101.4257 beta. This one only brings Game On support and optimizations for Crime Boss: Rockay City game.

Intel announced NUC 13 Pro Arena Canyon with 13th gen Intel Core CPUs
Up to 64GB of DDR4 RAM and up to Intel Core i7-1370P
Intel has officially launched its latest NUC 13 Pro, a "4-by-4" inch mini PC, now powered by 35W Intel Raptor Lake-P CPUs.