Skylake

Intel has published a security warning in which the chipmaker addresses vulnerabilities in, among other things, its Management Engine from version 11. An attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities to execute code without users noticing.The…

On a slide of an Intel presentation from 2015, the chip company already mentioned a 'Cannonlake' GPU that could be integrated as an accelerator on a Skylake SP package. Intel therefore seems to be working on separate GPUs longer than…

Qualcomm has started delivery of the Centriq 2400, a soc the company is targeting for use in servers for cloud applications. The chip has to compete with Intel Xeons by, among other things, delivering better performance-per-watt.The…

Purism now supplies its open source laptops with the Intel Management Engine disabled as standard. Both the Librem 13 and Librem 15 come with ME deactivated. The component is considered a security risk.Not only does Purism now supply the…

VMware has released version 14 Workstation Player, skipping version 13. Player is free software to create and run virtual machines. However, a fee is charged for commercial use. Simply put, it is a simplified implementation of other…

VMware has released version 14 of its virtualization software Workstation Pro. With this program it is possible to create one or more virtual computers on which a large number of different operating systems can be installed. That way,…

Intel has announced its eighth Core generation of processors. These are two Core i3 quadcores, two Core i5 hexacores without HyperThreading and two Core i7 hexacores with HyperTreading.Intel mainly focuses on gamers, content creators and…

Researchers at the security firm Positive Technologies have found a way to disable the Intel Management feature on the chipmaker's CPUs. They discovered an undocumented feature created as part of an NSA program.The research focuses on the…

Microsoft follower Paul Thurrot has an internal memo from the company, in which it elaborates on the recent Consumer Reports reliability report. Microsoft lists statistics on the Surface Book and the Pro 4, which show that these have been…

Intel has announced that the Core i9-7920X with twelve cores will be released on August 28. The i9-7940X, i9-7960X and i9-7980XE, with fourteen, sixteen and eighteen cores respectively, will be available from September 25.Intel has…