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Pat Gelsinger is a good choice for Intel's CEO, but he probably won't be leaving AMD in the rearview mirror any time soon.

Precursor chip maker Cyrix brought the world of personal computing to millions in the form of attainable budget PCs, only to be killed by its best product...

In a CPU, the pipeline is another name for the execution path. Essentially, it is a list of stages through which the processor goes to get something do...

Want to emulate PC games on a Pentium II? The new version of 86Box has you covered

Try to investigate the differences between the x86 and ARM processor families (or x86 and the Apple M1), and youll ...

Fast, or Floppy? In 1999, I had a DEC Celebris mini-tower for my desktop PC at UUNET. It had a Pentium Pro 200 MHz CPU, which was top of the line when the PC was purchased in 1996. But after several years, it had been far surpassed by newer PCs. PC hardware was advancing rapidly and the useful life of a PC was 3-4 years before it was obsolete. I was managing a group of web hosting developers, but I didn’t have the budget for buying new desktop PCs. My biggest problem with my PC was that it wa...

Intel Rehires Nehalem’s Chief Architect to Build a New High-Performance CPU By Joel Hruska on January 22, 2021 at 9:11 am This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Intel’s new CEO is already putting his own stamp on the company, even if he doesn’t formally take power until February 15. News broke today that Intel will rehire former Intel Senior Fellow Glenn Hinton to work on an “exciting high-performance CPU project.” Hinton ...

We’re following the state of play with Intel’s new CEO, Pat Gelsinger, very closely. Even as an Intel employee for 30 years, rising to the rank of CTO, then taking 12 years away from the company, his arrival has been met with praise across the spectrum given his background and previous successes. He isn’t even set to take his new role until February 15 th, however his return is already causing a stir with Intel’s current R&D teams. News in the last 24 hours, based on public statements, ...