News & Reviews:   Intel

At this year's CES, Intel has gone all out by announcing four new processor families that aim to cater to users' different needs. The processors announced are the 11th Gen Intel Core H-series mobile processors, 11th Gen Intel Core vPro processors, N-series 10-nanometer Intel Pentium Silver and Intel Celeron processors, and 11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors. Besides that, the tech giant has also given a sneak peek at the next-gen processor "Alder Lake" which could compete with Apple's M1.

After teasing the KFConsole for a release on 11 December, the KFConsole has been launched. Made in conjunction with KFC gaming, Cooler Master, Intel, ASUS and Seagate, the KFConsole turns out to be a gaming PC that will be VR ready and can deliver 240fps with up to 240Hz output and 4K-TV gaming. Oh, and yeah, that Chicken Chamber which will keep your fried chicken warm is real too.

AMD unveiled its Ryzen 5000 series desktop CPUs early last month and are expected to be available soon. Reviewers have begun testing the CPUs, with results showing that the Ryzen 5 5600X comfortably beating its Intel counterpart.

When it comes to graphics for laptops, most compact ones just use integrated graphics processing unit (iGPU) that are included with the CPU. Intel has been doing that for years, but the company has just officially launched its Intel Iris Xe MAX GPU, which is a discrete GPU (dGPU) instead.

At the end of September 2020, Lenovo announced that its fancy new ThinkPad X1 Fold would be coming to Malaysia. But that probably won't be the only laptop with a foldable display we'll be seeing. In fact, a new report claims that Intel, Microsoft, and Samsung will be working together to make more laptops like that.

It's important to note that laptops are not like desktop PCs, in that many of the components can't be replaced. So, how do we choose a laptop that suits us? Well, let's take a look at four key tech specs you need to consider before you choose your laptop!

MSI has recently announced that they’ve officially unveiled several new laptops to their Prestige and Modern series, as well as the new Summit series which is focused more on business and productivity workloads. While there is no official information on the Malaysia release date and local pricing of all the laptops mentioned, we do know that they will all come equipped with Intel’s latest 11th Generation Core Processors.

Intel has recently unveiled their new 11th Generation Intel Core Processors which consists of 9 processors spread across the Intel Core i3, Core i5, as well as the i7 series. But that’s not all, all the processors mentioned comes equipped with Iris X Graphics, which provides an additional boost when it comes to graphically intensive workloads.

Collaboration is always a good idea to boost sales by working with brands that are already popular. With that said, it has been announced that Intel will release special editions of Intel Core Desktop processors by featuring Marvel's Avengers Collector's Edition Packaging.

The Intel's Architecture Day 2020 took place today and gave us some insights about its next-generation Tiger Lake processors (Intel’s 11th Gen Core processors). Other than that, the company has also shared some updates regarding the first generation of Intel’s Xe-LP integrated graphics. Let us find out what else Intel has promised to bring in the near future!