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Intel Ready To Rollout Spectre Fix For Haswell and Broadwell
Intel Continues to Rollout Fixed Spectre Microcode Last November, Intel learned about the new Spectre and Meltdown bugs. Since then, the company has been scrambling to issue bug fixes to mitigate the flaws. After stumbling a lot out of the gate, Intel has managed to find their footing. Following on…
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Intel Haswell and Broadwell Reboot Issue Cause Identified
Several days ago, Intel disclosed issues surrounding the update for fixing the recent Meltdown and Spectre flaws are actually causing problems on some systems. This update works perfectly fine on Skylake, Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake systems. However, it appears to be problematic for those on Broadwell or Haswell. Specifically,…
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Intel Security Fix Causing Reboot Issues on Haswell/Broadwell
Intel processors are the most hard hit with the the recent Meltdown and Spectre flaw revelations. Now it appears that the security firmware update designed to address the flaw is causing some issues for others. Specifically, those with Broadwell or Haswell CPUs experiencing reboot problems. This affects not just those…
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Intel Releases Xeon E7-8894 v4 Broadwell Processor
In just a few short weeks, Intel will be releasing their Skylake-X processors and AMD releasing their new Ryzen lineup. Despite debuting over half a year ago, Intel has curiously decided to add to their Broadwell-EX Xeon lineup with a new processor. The new Xeon E7-8894 v4 is a massive chip…
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Intel Starts Shipping 7th Gen Kaby Lake CPUs
Until recently, Kaby Lake didn’t even exist at Intel as a product. However, even Intel has run up against the limitations of silicon in recent years. One of the first signs was when the 14nm node shrink took longer than expected, leading to Haswell-Refresh filling in the gap for the…
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Official Intel Broadwell-E Specs Leaked!
When it comes to reveals and secrets, big events are normally where you’ll find the grand unveiling. With Computex just around the corner, companies are gearing up for big reveals and announcements such as backpacks PC’s, but with computers being only as good as their parts, we’ve managed to grab…
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Intel Broadwell-E Core i7-6850K Benchmarks Leaked
With Broadwell-E listings and CPUs popping up left and right, benchmarks would inevitably leak out. For the last week, Broadwell-E engineering samples have been selling on eBay and it seems that one fellow has managed to run some tests for the i7 6850K. The Core i7 6850K is hexacore Broadwell-E…
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High-End Intel Broadwell-E Processors Listed and Priced
With the official release nearly upon us, Intel’s Broadwell-E CPUs have started popping up everywhere. First, we had all of the various motherboard vendors announce support for the new Broadwell-E CPUs for their X99 motherboards. Next, Intel even leaked the chips on their driver website, confirming the rumoured specifications. Now, we…
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ASRock X99 BIOS Updates Reveal Broadwell-E Line Up
Ahead of Intel’s much awaited Broadwell-E processor launch, ASRock announced the release of a new BIOS with support for X99 CPUs that are available on today’s market. The update applies to all of the motherboard manufacturers’ X99 product lines. The new Broadwell-E processors will fit in the same LGA2011-V3 sockets as their Haswell predecessors and…
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Thecus N2810 2-Bay 4K Capable SMB NAS Review
Introduction Today’s review is a little bit special as I don’t just get the chance to test one of the newest NAS on the market, but also a new operating system at the same time. Thecus N2810 2-bay SMB multimedia NAS server with 4K playback is in the testing area…
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Intel Accidentally Leaks i7-6950X Broadwell-E CPU Listing
As with most product launches, Intel has kept Broadwell-E largely under wraps. The few pieces of information that have come out have largely been from leaks. This all changes today as Intel has been the one to accidentally reveal information about the i7 6950X. On the list of Intel Management Engine…
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Intel’s New Broadwell Xeon Chips Will have 22 Cores
In a growing trend for Intel’s server targeted chips, this Thursday they released the newest Xeon E5-2600 processors, which contain as many as 22 cores. The move to developing chips with an ever-increasing number of cores allows them to cater to the needs of cloud and mobile service providers, whose servers make…
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Intel Ditches ‘Tick-Tock’ for ‘Process-Architecture-Optimization’
Adopted in the troubled days of 2006 and Netburst, ‘Tick-Tock’ has served Intel well, pushing the processor firm ever forwards. Though it has served Intel well in the past, recent years have shown that the strategy has become untenable. It comes as no surprise now, that Intel has revealed the successor…
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Intel Broadwell-E Release Coming Soon – Includes 10 Core 6950X
For those of you waiting for Intel Broadwell-E, they may still be a bit ways away but it looks like they will be right on time. According to early leaks, Intel’s roadmaps pointed to an early Q2 launch the Haswell-E successor. It looks like those leaked roadmaps are right on target as…
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Intel Superclocked Broadwell Xeon Leaked
Even as the process nodes continue to decrease year after year, it seems like clock speeds only keep going up. When Intel launched Devil’s Canyon and Skylake, those chips basically had the highest stock frequencies ever shipped by them. An upcoming CPU though may soon top all previous record holders…
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