Intel
Intel's Meteor Lake series of processors was launched in September 2023 with a focus on mobile platforms. Multiple mini-PC vendors have utilized these processors to market offerings in the SFF / UCFF desktop market. ACEMAGIC is an Asian manufacturer with products in multiple categories including micro-PCs, UCFF (ultra-compact form-factor) and SFF (small form-factor) PCs, and notebooks. They were one of the first to market with Meteor Lake-based desktop systems. The ACEMAGIC F2A 125H is the entry-level version of the F2A line, equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor. It is a bit larger than the traditional NUCs, slotting it in the SFF category. However, that allows for the processor to be operated at 65W (compared to the 28 - 40W adopted in the...
Rocket Lake Redux: 0x34 Microcode Offers Small Performance Gains on Core i7-11700K
One of the leading questions as to our original Core i7-11700K review was the validity of those results given that, as usual with launches, motherboard vendors push BIOS updates...
90 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 3/14/2021
Intel Ice Lake Xeon Scalable Shipments To Date: 30 Customers, 100k+ Units
We’re gearing up for a busy time when it comes to server announcements, with the recent news that AMD will be launching its next generation platform on March 15th...
30 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 3/9/2021
Intel to Build Silicon for Fully Homomorphic Encryption: This is Important
When considering data privacy and protections, there is no data more important than personal data, whether that’s medical, financial, or even social. The discussions around access to our data...
31 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 3/8/2021
Intel Core i7-11700K Review: Blasting Off with Rocket Lake
The march on performance with desktop platforms has unique challenges compared to other platforms. Peak single thread throughput is often considered the Holy Grail, with a fast follow up...
541 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 3/5/2021
Axiomtek Unveils IMB700 Motherboard, LGA4189 For Intel Ice Lake-SP
Everyone wants to know what's in Intel's new Ice Lake Xeon server platform, right? Well the first promited board has been disclosed: Axiomtek (who?) has unveiled its latest motherboard...
20 by Gavin Bonshor on 3/4/2021
The Intel Moonshot Division: An Interview with Dr. Richard Uhlig of Intel Labs
Some analysts consider Intel to be a processor company with manufacturing facilities – others consider it to be a manufacturing company that just happens to make processors. In the...
30 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 3/2/2021
Intel Discontinues Performance Tuning Protection Plan for Overclocking Warranties
After a 9-year run, Intel today has begun to wrap up its Performance Tuning Protection Plan service, the company’s optional extended warranty for CPU overclocking. As of today, Intel...
17 by Ryan Smith on 3/1/2021
The Intel SSD 670p (2TB) Review: Improving QLC, But Crazy Pricing?!?
Intel's third generation QLC SSD delivers much-needed performance improvements due to its new 144-layer 3D QLC NAND and a new low-cost SSD controller from Silicon Motion.
73 by Billy Tallis on 3/1/2021
Lenovo Updates ThinkPads: New Intel and AMD Processors, New Displays, New Designs
Today Lenovo is announcing a slew of updates across a large portion of their ThinkPad lineup, and updating their business-focused products for 2021. Some of the big changes for...
25 by Brett Howse on 2/23/2021
2021 NAND Flash Updates from ISSCC: The Leaning Towers of TLC and QLC
The annual IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference covers a range of topics of interest to AnandTech. Every year the conference includes a session on non-volatile memories where most of...
76 by Billy Tallis on 2/19/2021
Intel's Tiger Lake NUC11: Panther Canyon for Asia Alone
The electronics industry supply chain is facing a number of issues due to the ongoing pandemic. Companies are unable to meet product demand, and are being forced to fine-tune...
27 by Ganesh T S on 2/4/2021
The MSI Z590 Godlike, Comparing it to the Z490 Godlike
One of MSI's most prominent motherboard ranges is its Godlike series, set as the premium model no matter which platform it is aimed at. As Intel has recently launched...
24 by Gavin Bonshor on 2/1/2021
OnLogic’s New Fanless Systems Contain Intel's Elkhart Lake (10nm Atom)
Earlier this year Intel indicated that it was launching its new Jasper Lake platform very soon, built on a foundation of 10nm manufacturing with the latest Tremont Atom cores...
18 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 2/1/2021
Intel Teases Ponte Vecchio Xe-HPC Power On, Posts Photo of Server Chip
In what’s turning into an Xe sort of day, Intel’s GPU guru and frontman for their GPU division, Raja Koduri, has tweeted that the company is getting ready to...
31 by Ryan Smith on 1/26/2021
Intel Iris Xe Video Cards Now Shipping To OEMs: DG1 Lands In Desktops
Following plans first unveiled last year during the launch of their DG1 GPU, Intel sends word this morning that the first Iris Xe video cards have finally begun shipping...
34 by Ryan Smith on 1/26/2021
Intel Reports Q4 2020 Earnings: Analyst Q&A Transcript
At the end of every financial call, invited financial analysts have an opportunity to probe the key members of the company on the numbers, as well as future products.
24 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/21/2021
Intel Reports Q4 2020 Earnings: 2020 Delivers A Profitable Pandemic
Earnings season is once more upon us, and once again leading the charge is Intel, who this afternoon reported their Q4’2020 and full-year 2020 financial results. The 800lb gorilla...
18 by Ryan Smith on 1/21/2021
Intel Core i7-10700 vs Core i7-10700K Review: Is 65W Comet Lake an Option?
Over the years, Intel’s consumer processor lineup has featured its usual array of overclocking ‘K’ models, and more recently the ‘F’ series that come without integrated graphics. The bulk...
217 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/21/2021
New Intel CEO Making Waves: Rehiring Retired CPU Architects
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...
114 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/21/2021
Intel Announces Phantom Canyon: Tiger Lake and Turing Tango in 3rd Gen Enthusiast NUC
As part of its CES 2021 announcements, Intel officially unveiled a number of NUCs based on their Tiger Lake SoCs. The NUC11 Performance lineup was covered earlier. This piece...
33 by Ganesh T S on 1/20/2021
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