Hacker News with Generative AI: Intel

Intel direct liquid cooling for up to 1000W CPUs package-level approach (tomshardware.com)
Intel Arc Pro B50 and B60 for Lower Cost Pro GPUs (servethehome.com)
This week at Computex 2025, we got to see the Intel Arc Pro B50 and B60 GPUs. These are lower cost and lower power GPUs with what Intel hopes to be a major key differentiator: memory capacity. In the next room over, we saw the Intel 18A Panther Lake system running.
Intel's Lunar Lake intricacies revealed in new high-resolution die shots (tomshardware.com)
New Intel CPU Flaw Bypasses Spectre v2 Defenses to Leak Kernel Memory (cyberinsider.com)
Researchers from ETH Zurich have uncovered a new class of vulnerabilities affecting all modern Intel CPUs, undermining key hardware defenses against Spectre v2 attacks.
Reverse engineering the 386 processor's prefetch queue circuitry (righto.com)
In 1985, Intel introduced the groundbreaking 386 processor, the first 32-bit processor in the x86 architecture.
Intel: Winning and Losing (abortretry.fail)
This article continues a lengthy series. You may be interested in the start of silicon valley, Fairchild, the founding of Intel, the start of the x86 architecture, Intel’s pivot to become a processor company, the i960 and i486, the Intel Inside campaign, the FDIV bug and the Pentium Pro, MMX, the Pentium II, and the Pentium III, Pentium M, and the launch of Intel Core.
Linux drops support for 486 and early Pentium CPUs: 20 years after Microsoft (zdnet.com)
Intel<p>RIP, 486 processor. You've had a long run since Intel released you back in 1989. While Microsoft stopped supporting you with the release of Windows XP in 2001, Linux kept you alive and well for another 20+ years. But all good things must come to an end, and with the forthcoming release of the Linux 6.15 kernel, the 486 and the first Pentium processors will be sunsetted.
Why Intel Deprecated SGX? (hardenedvault.net)
The rumors about Intel SGX deprecated in new processors has been confirmed, 12th generation processors (Workstation/Desktop/Laptop/embedded platforms) will deprecate SGX and the SGX will continue to support only in high-end Xeon CPU for server:
Arrow Lake die shot shows off the details of Intel's chiplet-based design (tomshardware.com)
Intel details 14A performance and Turbo Cells for maximum CPU and GPU frequency (tomshardware.com)
Intel rolling out laptop GPU drivers with 10% to 25% better performance (arstechnica.com)
Intel says it’s rolling out laptop GPU drivers with 10% to 25% better performance
Intel admits what we all knew: no one is buying AI PCs (xda-developers.com)
Intel Removed All CPU information pages before 2nd generation processors (reddit.com)
Intel's AI PC chips aren't selling well – instead, old Raptor Lake chips boom (tomshardware.com)
Lip-Bu Tan: Our Path Forward (intc.com)
A message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company employees.
Intel to cut 20pc of global workforce, putting Irish jobs at risk (independent.ie)
Intel is poised to announce plans this week to cut more than 20pc of its staff, aiming to eliminate bureaucracy at the struggling chipmaker, it is understood.
Intel to announce plans this week to cut over 20% of staff (scmp.com)
Intel is poised to announce plans this week to cut more than 20 per cent of its staff, aiming to eliminate bureaucracy at the struggling chipmaker, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
TSMC Dismisses Intel Tie-Up Talk, Says No Intent to Share Tech (bloomberg.com)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. isn’t engaged in discussions to form a venture or share its technology with any company, its top executive said, dismissing persistent speculation that the Taiwanese company is negotiating a tie-up of some sort with ailing chipmaker Intel Corp.
Linux 6.15 Features Deliver a Lot for Intel and AMD, Many Other Changes (phoronix.com)
The Linux 6.15 merge window ended on Sunday with the release of Linux 6.15-rc1. There is a lot of exciting features and updates that were merged during the two-week merge window. Here is a look at all of the most prominent changes to be found with Linux 6.15.
Intel, TSMC tentatively agree to form chipmaking joint venture (yahoo.com)
Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co have reached a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture to operate the U.S. chipmaker's factories, the Information reported on Thursday, citing two people involved in the discussions.
Linux 6.15 Goes Heavy on Intel and AMD x86_64 CPU Changes (phoronix.com)
Merged today for the recently-opened Linux 6.15 merge window were all of the "x86/core" changes that are particularly heavy on new feature work for both Intel and AMD x86/x86_64 processors.
Intel RealSense Stereo Depth Cameras (intelrealsense.com)
Stereo Depth cameras, Lidar cameras, Coded light and Tracking cameras from Intel RealSense
Intel's technology development chief Ann Kelleher to retire (tomshardware.com)
Looking Ahead at Intel's Xe3 GPU Architecture (chipsandcheese.com)
Intel’s foray into high performance graphics has enjoyed impressive progress over the past few years, and the company is not letting up on the gas.
Intel AVX10 Drops Optional 512-Bit: No AVX10 256-Bit Only E-Cores in the Future (phoronix.com)
Intel updated their AVX10 whitepaper and associated open-source compiler patches around this next Advanced Vector Extensions standard... While AVX10 had intended to allow either 256-bit or 512-bit modes depending upon processor capabilities, Intel has dropped the 256-bit-only approach and going for 512-bit everywhere.
Raytracing on Intel's Arc B580 (chipsandcheese.com)
Intel’s discrete GPU strategy has emphasized add-on features ever since Alchemist launched. Right from the start, Intel invested heavily in dedicated matrix multiplication units, raytracing accelerators, and hardware video codecs. Battlemage continues that trend. Raytracing deserves attention because raytraced effects are gaining prominence on an increasing number of titles.
TSMC pitches Intel foundry joint venture to Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom (seekingalpha.com)
Wanna save Intel? Fire the board, bring back Pat, ex-CEO Craig Barrett says (theregister.com)
Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett has a simple solution to the x86 giant's woes.
Is an Intel N100 a better value than a Raspberry Pi? (jeffgeerling.com)
About one year ago, I bought an Intel N100 mini PC (specifically the GMKtec N100 NucBox G3) and compared it to the Raspberry Pi 5 8GB.
'Fire the Intel board and rehire Pat Gelsinger,' argues former Intel CEO (tomshardware.com)