News & Reviews:   Intel

Last week, Microsoft released a set of tech specs requirements for your laptop or PC to be eligible for the Windows 11 upgrade. Not only that, they sent us a PC Health Check app for that too but it seems that they are temporarily removing the app due to the feedback from users.

With Computex 2021 hitting off, Intel proudly presented two new 11th Gen Intel Core Mobile Processors - the i7-1195G7 and i5-1155G7. These processors will be used for thin and light Windows-based laptops and not only that but a new and first 5G product, the Intel 5G Solution 5000 was also introduced alongside the processors.

AMD has announced new CPU series that is aimed to level up the gaming experience in PC. The new Ryzen 5000G series processors not only bringing impressive tech specs but are also the first AMD processors with built-in graphics. They will combine the Zen 3 processing capabilities with Vega 8 integrated graphics to present an above-average GPU performance.

Earlier this month, it was reported that the chip shortage is likely to increase the price of upcoming smartphones. It appears that not only the smartphone industry is affected by it, other sectors including automobile, gaming console, laptop, and more are also facing the same problem. According to a new report, the shortage is expected to continue through 2022.

Based on a report by tweaktown.com, it seems that there was a rumour going around that TSMC could increase the price per wafer by up to 25% in the near future. With that being said, it could potentially affect the prices of products equipped with TSMC-made chips by up to 25% as well.

At the GDC Showcase, the VP and general manager of Client XPU Products and Solutions at Intel, Roger Chandler, has shown off something that AMD should worry about. In a session, Chandler has demoed the performance of the upcoming 8-core Tiger Lake laptop CPU with it running a game at 5GHz across multiple cores.

In conjunction with the release of new processors from Intel and AMD, major laptop manufacturers such as Acer, ASUS, Lenovo, HP, and Dell release more than 20 laptop variants in a year. That in mind, there are some stuff laptop manufacturers are doing right while other features felt like it doesn’t quite hit the mark. Let's have a look at what those are, shall we?

Earlier, the Geekbench test of the Intel Rocket Lake was leaked showing a record-breaking single-core result. With that said, it looks like that the upcoming CPU is something that other CPU makers like AMD should fear (hope so...). Now, it is rumoured that the next-gen Intel CPU will be arriving on 15 March.

Microsoft has officially announced that the Surface Pro 7+ is officially available in Malaysia starting from the price of RM4115. The products will be available for purchase in Malaysia via Surface Commercial Authorized Resellers.

In the last remaining days of Trump administration in the office, the group decided to revoke certain licenses on Huawei suppliers such as Intel. Although nothing has been confirmed yet, they are certainly trying to reject other applications as well in order to halt the supply, according to Reuters.