Arrow Lake die shots show Chipzilla's chiplet gamble
Published in PC Hardware


Looks slick, plays slow, and still can't beat its own last-gen gear

Troubled Chipzilla has taken its trousers down to show off the innards of Arrow Lake, and while the chiplet-based design is a visual treat, it’s struggling to keep up where it matters in games.

Chipzilla’s axe is swinging again
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Wednesday, 23 April 2025 09:33

Chipzilla’s axe is swinging again


Intel to slash 20 per cent of workforce in latest bloodbath

Troubled Chipzilla is back in the firing line, reportedly preparing to boot 20 per cent of its staff in what looks like the biggest cull since it last had a go in August.

Chipzilla hit by export curbs
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Thursday, 17 April 2025 10:28

Chipzilla hit by export curbs


Gaudi chips now need a licence for China

Troubled Chipzilla has started warning Chinese customers that it now needs a licence to flog advanced AI processors into China, as Washington’s export grip tightens. 

Chipzilla offloads Altera stake for a cut-price $4.46B
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Garage sale as Intel bleeds from old bets

Troubled Chipzilla is flogging 51 per cent of its Altera programmable chip arm to buyout outift Silver Lake for $4.46 billion, marking new Intel boss Lip-Bu Tan’s first big move since taking over in December.

Chipzilla lurches into 18A risk production
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Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:10

Chipzilla lurches into 18A risk production


Panther Lake to be first guinea pig

Troubled Chipzilla has just pushed its long-delayed 18A node into "risk production"—the transitional stage before actual mass manufacturing—signalling that real chips might finally roll off the line by year’s end.

Chipzilla doubles down on 18A with Panther Lake
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New client CPU platform to hit shelves in early 2026 with chiplet graphics twist

Troubled Chipzilla is throwing everything it’s got at its Panther Lake CPU platform, eyeing a launch window in the second half of 2025 and cranking up volume supply by early 2026.

Chipzilla’s new boss admits it’s all a bit of a mess
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Tan promises custom chips, cuts, and contrition at Intel Vision debut

Troubled Chipzilla’s newly appointed CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, took the stage in Las Vegas and confessed to a crowd of unimpressed attendees that the chipmaker had lost its way.

Trump blacklists more tech firms
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Thursday, 27 March 2025 11:48

Trump blacklists more tech firms


Putting the screws on Intel, Nvidia, and other chipmakers

Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s administration has dusted off its national security megaphone again and added another 80 companies and organisations to the US export blacklist.

Ex-Intel boss trades chips for church chatbots
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Still living on a prayer

Once tasked with rescuing Troubled Chipzilla from its decade-long spiral into mediocrity, Pat [kicking] Gelsinger has now found his true calling.

Gelsinger claims Nvidia’s AI GPUs are overpriced
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Jensen just got lucky on AI

It appears that former troubled Chipzilla CEO Pat Gelsinger is still upset about Nvidia’s AI dominance, taking a swipe at Jensen Huang’s pricing strategy and implying that Nvidia’s meteoric rise in AI was more a matter of luck than strategy.