Intel
Intel's Meteor Lake series of processors was launched in September 2023 with a focus on mobile platforms. Multiple mini-PC vendors have utilized these processors to market offerings in the SFF / UCFF desktop market. ACEMAGIC is an Asian manufacturer with products in multiple categories including micro-PCs, UCFF (ultra-compact form-factor) and SFF (small form-factor) PCs, and notebooks. They were one of the first to market with Meteor Lake-based desktop systems. The ACEMAGIC F2A 125H is the entry-level version of the F2A line, equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor. It is a bit larger than the traditional NUCs, slotting it in the SFF category. However, that allows for the processor to be operated at 65W (compared to the 28 - 40W adopted in the...
The ASUS Z370-I Gaming Review: Mini-Me Mega Motherboard
The ASUS ROG Strix Z370-I Gaming is one of the major Mini-ITX options for Intel's latest Coffee Lake processors. ASUS has a good history of building substantial Mini-ITX offerings...
38 by Joe Shields on 5/21/2018
Intel Discloses Plans to Spend $5 Billion on Fab 28 Expansion in Israel
Intel and two Israeli ministries this week announced that the chip giant plans to invest $5 billion in its Kiryat Gat fab complex – Fab 28 – through 2020...
35 by Anton Shilov on 5/18/2018
Intel Shows Xeon Scalable Gold 6138P with Integrated FPGA, Shipping to Vendors
Part of the story behind the Xeon Scalable platform, built upon server-level Skylake processing cores with AVX-512 and a new mesh topology, was that the CPU was designed to...
32 by Ian Cutress on 5/17/2018
HP Upgrades EliteOne 1000 All-In-Ones with Coffee Lake CPUs
HP has introduced new versions of its EliteOne 1000 business All-In-One (AIO) PCs that are based on Intel’s Coffee Lake processors with up to six cores. The EliteOne 1000...
11 by Anton Shilov on 5/16/2018
HP EliteBook 1050 G1: Six-Core CPU, NVIDIA GPU, RAID, 15.6-inch 4K LCD
HP has introduced a new high-end laptop aimed at demanding users. The new EliteBook 1050 G1 notebook comes with Intel’s Coffee Lake CPUs with up to six cores, a...
7 by Anton Shilov on 5/16/2018
The Intel Optane Memory M10 (64GB) Review: Optane Caching Refreshed
Intel's Optane Memory M.2 caching drives are being updated. The new drives gain a new model number (M10), the same power management improvements introduced by the Optane SSD 800P...
98 by Billy Tallis on 5/15/2018
HP Envy 27-Inch AIO Updates: Six-Core Coffee Lake, 4K Display, NVMe
HP on Monday announced new versions of its Envy AIO systems with 27-inch displays. The latest all-in-ones are upgraded across-the-board with the newest six-core Coffee Lake CPUs as well...
6 by Anton Shilov on 5/14/2018
Intel Releases Z390 Chipset Product Information: New Motherboards Inbound
In an unexpected disclosure of information, Intel’s Z390 Product Brief documentation went online today. No prior warning was given, and we were expecting something similar to perhaps pop up...
35 by Ian Cutress on 5/14/2018
Intel NUC8i7HVK (Hades Canyon) Gaming Performance - A Second Look
The Intel NUC8i7HVK (Hades Canyon) was reviewed back in late March, and emerged as one of the most powerful gaming PCs in its form-factor class. Our conclusion was that...
40 by Ganesh T S on 5/14/2018
First 10nm Cannon Lake Laptop Spotted Online: Lenovo Ideapad 330 for $449
In the fruitless efforts to get an answer from Intel as to exactly who is buying their first 10nm processors using the new Cannon Lake microarchitecture, we seem to...
84 by Ian Cutress on 5/13/2018
The ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex Review: X Marks the Spot, Literally
The ASUS ROG Apex line of boards have always been known for its focus on overclocking as well as unique design implementations like the "X" shaped board and the...
40 by Joe Shields on 5/11/2018
Latest Windows 10 Version Incompatible With Intel SSD 600p
Microsoft has advised that the most recent version of Windows 10—version 1803, codenamed Redstone 4—is currently incompatible with the Intel SSD 600p and the related Intel SSD Pro 6000p...
32 by Billy Tallis on 5/11/2018
The AnandTech Podcast, Episode 46: More Choice on x86
The recent discussions at AnandTech have been about the latest updates in desktop computing. We recently went live with our Ryzen 2000-series review of all four processors, and our...
22 by Ian Cutress on 5/9/2018
The MSI X299 XPower Gaming AC Review: Flagship Fantasy
MSI's flagship motherboard for HEDT the X299 XPower Gaming AC. The XPower Gaming AC pulls from its overclocking and enthusiast pedigree as well as including features more focused on...
17 by Joe Shields on 5/9/2018
Spectre Watch: More Spectre-class CPU Vulnerabilities to be Announced Soon?
This morning has seen an interesting turn of events in the world of processor security. c't magazine has published an exclusive report stating that they got wind of a...
78 by Ryan Smith on 5/3/2018
German IT Distributor Publishes AMD+Intel Roadmaps: Z490, Z390, 8-Core CFL in Q4
With Computex just around the corner, a lot of thought is being put to exactly what are we expecting to see at the show. There are questions about AMD’s...
30 by Ian Cutress on 5/3/2018
AKiTiO's Node Lite Optane Drive: An External Intel 905P SSD in Exclusive Red
AKiTiO and Intel this week announced plans to release a special product bundle consisting of AKiTiO’s Node Lite Thunderbolt 3 box and Intel’s Optane 905P SSD. The Node Lite...
6 by Anton Shilov on 5/3/2018
Intel Taps Additional Facility to Assemble & Test Boxed Coffee Lake CPUs
Intel last week announced plans to start using an additional assembly and test facility to produce boxed versions of its six-core Core i5/i7 (Coffee Lake) processors. The addition of...
15 by Anton Shilov on 5/2/2018
Intel Announces EOL Plan for Kaby Lake-X Processors
Intel this week revealed plans to discontinue its Kaby Lake-X processors. The chips will not be supported by the company’s upcoming X399 platform for high-end desktops, so initialization of...
40 by Anton Shilov on 5/1/2018
Intel Optane SSD 905P Coming Soon
Intel hasn't officially announced it yet, but a refresh of their flagship consumer SSD is on the way. The Intel Optane SSD 905P will feature slightly improved performance and...
23 by Billy Tallis on 5/1/2018
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