Intel's next-generation architecture, codenamed Haswell, isn't just another "tock" in Intel's tick/tock cadence; it's a serious threat to both AMD and Nvidia. For the first time, Intel is poised to ...

How Intel came to care about low power As we all know, some of the key fundamentals of CPU design take years to develop. Intel’s new generation every second year… How Intel came to care about low ...

Intel may call every "tock" of the tick-tock model a new architecture, but not all architectural iterations are created equal. With Haswell, Intel did something rather dangerous. Specifically, ...

(AP) PC gaming has been a withering entity lately. Consoles rule, and game makers primarily target Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox as the game systems of choice. That hasn’t stopped PC gaming ...

What these laptops have in common are microprocessors that belong to a new family of Intel chips called Haswell. The chips consume less power than previous generations and promise a 50 percent boost ...