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System76 unveils the Galago Pro ultraportable laptop starting at $999
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System76 unveils the Galago Pro ultraportable laptop starting at $999 by Paul Hill System76, an OEM that’s focused on open-source computing, has announced the availability of the refreshed Galago Pro ultraportable laptop. The Galago Pro includes the latest 13th Gen Intel H-class CPUs, integrated Intel graphics, and a 144Hz screen. The company is pitching the Galago Pro to developers, students, and professionals who need a powerful computer but are always on the move. System76 believes this laptop will be a “top contender” in the ultraportable laptop market and the price reflects that, starting at $999. “The Galago Pro moving to H class CPU is a pretty big move,” said Benjamin Shpurker, Product Manager. “H class without NVIDIA has been desired for quite a while! So we're thrilled to be able to offer this.” The full specifications of the Galago Pro are as follows: Operating System Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Firmware System76 Open Firmware (coreboot, EDK2, System76 Firmware Apps) System76 Open Source Embedded Controller Firmware Processor 13th Gen Intel® Core i5-13500H: Up to 4.7 GHz - 18MB Cache - 4 P-Cores - 8 E-Cores 13th Gen Intel® Core i7-13700H: Up to 5.0 GHz - 24MB Cache - 6 P-Cores - 8 E-Cores Display 14.1″ 1920×1080 FHD, Matte Finish, 144Hz Graphics Intel® Iris Xe Graphics Memory Up to 64GB dual-channel DDR4 @ 3200MHz Storage 1 × M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe. Up to 4TB total. Expansion 1 × Thunderbolt™ 4, 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, SD Card Reader Input Multitouch Clickpad, Backlit Chiclet US QWERTY Keyboard Networking Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 Video Ports HDMI, Thunderbolt 4 Audio Stereo Speakers, 1× Headphone/Microphone Combo Camera 720p HD Webcam Security Kensington® Lock Battery Li-Ion - 53 Wh Charger 90 Watts, AC-in 100~240V, 50~60Hz, DC-out 19V, 4.74A 90W+ USB Type-C Charging Compatible Dimensions 12.79″ × 8.86″ × 0.72″ (32.49 × 22.50 × 1.82cm) Weight 3.2 lbs (1.45kg) Base weight. Varies on configuration. Model galp7 Some other interesting aspects of the Galago Pro are its glare-resistant display and the inclusion of customizable keyboard LEDs via the System76 Keyboard Configurator app. The company also said it will help you extend the life of your new Galago Pro by providing repair guides, replacement parts, lifetime support, and firmware updates. To design and buy a Galago Pro from System76, just head over to the company’s website and press Design + Buy. -
Intel Graphics v31.0.101.4091 WHQL driver includes fixes and support for Raptor Lake-P
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Intel Graphics v31.0.101.4091 WHQL driver includes fixes and support for Raptor Lake-P by Steven Parker Intel has released its latest WHQL driver version 31.0.101.4091 for Intel Arc, and Intel Iris Xe Graphics on supported versions of Windows 10 and 11. The biggest highlight of the new release is that it is the launch driver for the recently released 13th gen Raptor Lake-P series of mobile CPUs. Over on the Intel Arc side, Intel Arc Control now supports a standalone desktop mode. Aside from that, this release includes a few game-related fixes, but plenty of known issues. Find the full changelog below: HIGHLIGHTS: Launch driver for 13th Generation Intel® Core™ Mobile Processors with Intel® Iris® Xe and UHD Graphics (Codename Raptor Lake-P). Intel® Arc™ Control now supports a standalone desktop mode NOTES: The Intel® Arc™ 101.3490 BETA driver is bundled with the latest version of Intel® Arc™ Control to streamline installation experience, resulting in a larger driver package file size. FIXED ISSUES: Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide* (DX12) may experience application crash during character selection. Intel® Core™ Processor Products: Need for Speed Unbound* (DX12) May exhibit screen-space color corruption during gameplay. Total War: Warhammer III* (DX11) May exhibit an intermittent application crash when launching the game. Battlefield: 2042* (DX12) May experience color corruption on certain maps. KNOWN ISSUES: Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products: Halo Infinite* (DX12) may exhibit color corruptions during gameplay. Sea of Thieves* (DX11) may experience color corruption on water edges. Conqueror’s Blade* (DX11) may experience corruption in benchmark mode. Call of Duty: Vanguard* (DX12) may experience missing or corrupted shadows during the Submarine mission. System may hang while waking up from sleep. May need to power cycle the system for recovery. GPU hardware acceleration may not be available for media playback and encode with some versions of Adobe Premiere Pro. Blender may exhibit corruption while using Nishita Sky texture node. Intel® Iris™ Xe MAX Graphics Products: Driver installation may not complete successfully on certain notebook systems with both Intel® Iris™ Xe + Iris™ Xe MAX devices. A system reboot and re-installation of the graphics driver may be required for successful installation. Intel® Core™ Processor Products: Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection* (DX12) may exhibit texture corruption during gameplay. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide* (DX12) may exhibit texture corruption during gameplay. Dysterra* (DX12) may exhibit texture corruption during gameplay. Total War: Warhammer III* (DX11) may experience an application crash when loading battle scenarios. Call of Duty Warzone 2.0* (DX12) may exhibit corruptions on certain buildings and floors during gameplay. Conqueror's Blade* (DX12) may experience application crash during game launch. A Plague Tale: Requiem* (DX12) may experience application freeze and crash during gameplay. INTEL® ARC™ CONTROL FIXED ISSUES: Arc Control may report incorrect memory bandwidth value. INTEL® ARC™ CONTROL KNOWN ISSUES: Windows UAC Admin is required to install and launch Arc Control. The Live Performance Monitoring page may not apply the desired removal of some performance metric tiles. The Resizable Bar status may show an incorrect value on systems with multiple Intel® Graphics Adapters. Using Arc Control Studio capture with certain games may incorrectly generate multiple video files. Using Arc Control Studio capture with AVC codec selected may incorrectly use the HEVC codec Modifying performance sliders may fail to apply back to their default values. A workaround is to use the "Reset to Defaults" button. Intel® Arc™ Control Performance Tuning (BETA): Intel® Arc™ Control Performance Tuning is currently in Beta. As such, performance and features may behave unexpectedly. Intel® will continue to refine the Performance Tuning software in future releases. You can download the driver by heading over to Intel's official website at this link. The driver is compatible with Intel Arc discrete graphics cards alongside Intel 11th, 12th, and 13th Gen processor graphics. Download for Windows 10 and 11 .exe format or ZIP (1.1GB) View: Release Notes (PDF) | Intel Website for Detailed Description -
CES 23: Intel & AMD could completely wipe the floor with one another in very different ways
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CES 23: Intel & AMD could completely wipe the floor with one another in very different ways by Sayan Sen The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 event is scheduled to be held between January 5th and 8th. At the show, both Intel and AMD are expected to reveal their own new lineup of desktop CPUs. While AMD is expected to unveil the Ryzen 7000X3D chips and Ryzen non-X SKUs, Intel is apparently planning to announce its 13th Gen Raptor Lake non-K processors. A new report, courtesy of VideoCardz, reveals the alleged lineup. There will apparently be several new Intel CPU options spanning from the top-end 24 core 32 thread (24C/32T) Core i9-13900 model all the way down to the 4 core 8 threaded (4C/8T) i3-13100F. The prices start at $109 for the i3-13100F and go up to $549 for the i9-13900. An interesting thing to note here is the default DDR4 and DDR5 memory speed support. The i5 and the i3 SKUs are seemingly specced at DDR5-4800 while the higher-end i7 and i9 models are rated for faster DDR5-5600 speeds. You can view the full purported lineup, their specifications, and prices, in the image below: While AMD will have an answer to the new i9s, i7s with its own non-X models, there will be nothing to counter the i5s and even the lower-lying i3 models, at least price-wise. Hence, if Intel has sufficient stock for these chips and if prices are kept reasonable, Team Blue could take away a significant chunk of the entry-level AMD market share. Meanwhile, on the other side, AMD does have its own Ryzen 7000X3D lineup purportedly ready for CES as well. These chips with 3D-stacked V-cache are once again expected to perform really well at gaming and any such workloads that are sensitive to memory latency and speeds. Last year, AMD unveiled the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and it trumped the best competing Intel chips in gaming. Something similar is expected to happen this time too and AMD could re-claim the gaming crown by beating Intel's flagship i9-13900K model. Perhaps only the rumored 13900KS could compete though it is not confirmed as of now. Therefore it seems both AMD and Intel have a trump card this time around as the two companies are going to attack their rival in a segment where the other is ill-prepared for the moment at least. Source and image: VideoCardz -
Intel Core i9-13900KS spotted with 6GHz out of the box by Taras Buria Yesterday, Intel announced many new 13th Gen processors for desktop computers and mobile devices, such as laptops and tablets. Interestingly, the company did not reveal a new KS or "special edition" CPU. Intel's chips with the KS moniker traditionally feature record-breaking out-of-the-box clocks and higher TDP for more power. The upcoming Intel Core i9-13900KS is no exception. A Chinese retail store has spilled the beans on the new flagship CPU from Intel. The Core i9-13900KS will bring 6GHz clocks, more efficient cores, and improved memory support compared to the previous-gen Intel Core i9-12900KS. Here is how the upcoming model compares to other CPUs: Cores Max Clocks Base Clocks L3 Cache Memory TDP Intel Core i9-13900KS 8 P-cores 16 E-cores 6.0GHz 3.2GHz P 2.2GHz E 36MB DDR5-5600 DDR4-3200 150W Intel Core i9-13900K 8 P-cores 16 E-cores 5.8GHz 3.0GHz P 2.2GHz E 36MB DDR5-5600 DDR4-3200 150W Intel Core i9-12900KS 8 P-cores 8 E-cores 5.5GHz 3.4GHz P 2.5GHz E 30MB DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200 150W Unconfirmed rumors claim (via Videocardz) Intel plans to launch the Core i9-13900KS on January 12, 2023. Price-wise, expect the faster model to cost more. The processor briefly appeared in one French store for €949 ($1,007), which is €180 ($191) more than the standard Intel Core i9-13900K ($599 in the US). Our stories may contain affiliate links for products/apps where Neowin is paid an affiliate fee if you complete a purchase via those links.
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Intel releases new WHQL driver with support for the new 13th Gen chips and Alder Lake-N
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Intel releases new WHQL driver with support for the new 13th Gen chips and Alder Lake-N by Sayan Sen Intel has released a new graphics driver with support for the new Intel chips launched early today. The driver, version 31.0.101.4032, is WHQL signed and adds support for the new 65W 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S desktop CPUs, as well as new Alder Lake-N parts, that were unveiled on behalf of CES 2023. Unlike the other Alder Lake and Raptor Lake variants, Alder Lake-N is made entirely out of E-cores and is not a hybrid design. The new driver also fixes a few bugs but does still have plenty of open issues. You can view the full changelog below: HIGHLIGHTS: Launch driver for 13th Generation Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors with Intel® UHD Graphics 730 (Codename Raptor Lake-S) Intel® Processor and Intel® Core™ i3 N-Series Processors with Intel® UHD Graphics (Codename Alder Lake-N) FIXED ISSUES: Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products: Payday 2* (DX9) may exhibit flickering corruption on specific water surfaces. God of War* (DX11) may experience lower than expected performance on first launch within the main game menu. Intel® Core™ Processor Products: Battlefield 2042* (DX12) may exhibit color corruptions during gameplay. Watch Dogs: Legion* (DX12) may experience application crash during gameplay. Hitman 3* (DX12) may experience application crash while running benchmark. Assassin's Creed Valhalla* (DX12) may exhibit visual corruptions while changing graphics settings. KNOWN ISSUES: Intel® Arc™ Graphics Products: Fortnite* (DX12) may experience application crash with High and Epic graphics settings. May need to set graphics settings to Medium with Nanite set to Off to mitigate application crash. Diablo II: Resurrected* (DX12) may cause system instability or application crash. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide* (DX12) may experience application crash during character selection. A Plague Tale: Requiem* (DX12) may experience application freeze and crash during gameplay. Conqueror’s Blade* (DX11) may experience corruption in benchmark mode. Call of Duty: Vanguard* (DX12) may experience missing or corrupted shadows during the Submarine mission. System may hang while waking up from sleep. May need to power cycle the system for recovery. GPU hardware acceleration may not be available for media playback and encode with some versions of Adobe Premiere Pro. Blender may exhibit corruption while using Nishita Sky texture node. Intel® Iris™ Xe MAX Graphics Products: Driver installation may not complete successfully on certain notebook systems with both Intel® Iris™ X e + Iris™ X e MAX devices. May need to reboot the system and re-install graphics driver for successful installation. Intel® Core™ Processor Products: Dysterra* (DX12) may exhibit visual corruptions during gameplay. Total War: Warhammer III* (DX11) may experience application crash while loading battle scenarios. Call of Duty Warzone 2.0* (DX12) may exhibit corruptions on certain buildings and floors during gameplay. Conqueror's Blade* (DX12) may experience application crash during game launch. A Plague Tale: Requiem* (DX12) may experience application freeze and crash during gameplay. INTEL® ARC™ CONTROL KNOWN ISSUES: Windows UAC Admin is required to install and launch Arc Control. Some applications may exhibit a transparent or blank window when CMAA is set to “Force ON” globally. A 1440p resolution selection in Arc Control Studio Capture may be unavailable when the display native resolution is 4K. Arc Control Studio Camera overlay position may not retain desired position and size after a system restart. The Arc Control Studio Camera tab may take longer than expected responsiveness upon the first navigation. Arc Control may report incorrect memory bandwidth value. To download the new 31.0.101.4032 WHQL driver, head over to Intel's official website. The driver is compatible with all Xe-based graphics, which includes Arc discrete GPUs, DG1, as well as UHD 700-series integrated graphics. -
Intel announces new 65W desktop 13th Gen processors by Taras Buria Besides launching the 13th Gen mobile processor lineup consisting of more than 30 chips for laptops and tablets, Intel announced several desktop processors joining the existing 13th Gen CPUs. The updated lineup offers more affordable and less power-hungry 65W and 35W SKUs with and without integrated graphics. The new chips deliver faster performance cores with frequencies up to 5.6GHz out of the box (all new models do not support overclocking) and two times more efficiency cores, bringing the total core/thread count to 24 cores and 32 threads. Also, Intel has increased the L2 cache to 2MB per P-core and 4MB per E-core cluster. These improvements enable up to 11% single-threaded and 34% multi-threaded performance compared with the previous generation (Intel Core i9-13900 against Intel Core i9-12900). The lineup includes four F models without integrated graphics and six T models with 35W TDP and lower frequencies for reduced power consumption. Here are the highlights of the new 13th Gen Intel Core i9, i7, and i5 models: Intel Core i9: up to 11% faster performance in mainstream applications; 8 more E-cores and up to 18MB more L2 cache. Intel Core i7: max turbo frequencies are now at 5.2GHz out of the box; 4 more E-cores with up to 12MB more L2 cache. Intel Core i5: up to 39% performance improvements in multi-tasking performance; 8 more E-cores and up to 4MB more L2 cache. If you wonder what happened to the Intel Core i3 chips, these models are currently available in the entry-level Intel Processor N-series. You can find more information about the new 13th Gen Intel Core i3 CPUs in our dedicated coverage.
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Intel's 13th Gen chips bring 24-core processors to laptops
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Intel's 13th Gen chips bring 24-core processors to laptops by Taras Buria Intel has announced a massive list of new chips for all sorts of tablets, laptops, and other mobile computers. The 13th Gen Intel Core mobile processor family marks the first CPU generation to feature up to 24 cores in a single chip, something Intel calls the "world's fastest mobile processor." The new lineup consists of Core H, P, and U models, plus there are several fresh Intel Processor N chips for entry-level devices. Intel's 13th Gen Core H series aims at workstations and gaming laptops with frequencies up to 5.6GHz and up to 24 cores (8 performance and 16 efficiency cores). According to Intel, the 13th generation offers about an 11% uplift in single-thread performance and up to 49% in multi-core tasks. Like its predecessor, the Intel Core 13th Gen supports up to 128GB of DDR5-5600 or DDR4-3200 memory. There is also Bluetooth 5.2, Thunderbolt 4, and Wi-Fi 6E support. 13th Gen Intel Core HX lineup with overclocking support The Core U series trades raw horsepower for better battery life and energy efficiency, enabling long-standing, thin, and sleek laptops and tablets. Still, the 13th Gen U chips have up to 14 cores (6 performance and 8 efficiency cores), improved Intel Xe graphics, DDR5 and DDR4 memory support, up to four Thunderbolt 4 ports, and Wi-Fi 6E support. Another notable change is the Intel Movidius vision processing unit (VPU) co-engineered with Microsoft to enable the new Windows Studio Effects, a feature previously exclusive to Surface devices. If you want an ultrabook with a 13th Gen Intel processor, expect to have a hard time picking among more than 300 unique models from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, and others. As for those who cannot afford a computer with more expensive Intel Core H or U chips, Intel has a bunch of new CPUs under the N series, which replaced the Intel Pentium and Celeron brands. The N series focuses on the education segment, entry-level computing, and IoT. It features models with four or eight efficient cores built upon the new Gracemont architecture and the Intel 7 process technology. The company claims new chips deliver 28% "application" and 64% graphics improvements compared to the previous generation. Besides, the series now features the Intel Core i3 N series with an extra 42% application performance and 56% graphics boosts. According to Intel, its entry-level processors can deliver up to 10 hours of HD video playback on a single charge. The processors also support AV1 decode, 4K HDR display output, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, and LPDDR5, DDR5, and DDR4 memory coupled with UFS, SSD, or eMMC storage. Customers can expect up to 50 different designs from mainstream manufacturers in 2023. -
Windows 11 is still not really faster than Windows 10 despite what Microsoft suggested
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Windows 11 is still not really faster than Windows 10 despite what Microsoft suggested by Sayan Sen Back at its Architecture Day 2021 event, when Intel shared the core design details of its Alder Lake CPU architecture, the firm stated that Windows 11 was optimized in a way to best take advantage of the Alder Lake's Performance Hybrid architecture and the new Thread Director technology that helps Windows 11 task scheduling. Aside from that, Microsoft also claimed on a separate occasion that Windows 11 was designed to get the best out of the hardware available to it, and explained how it did so. Although it wasn't the case initially, Microsoft's claims certainly started to be proved somewhat right as Windows 11 was seen catching up to and keeping up with Windows 10, at least in the case of certain workloads. Getting back to the Intel hybrid CPU discussion, PCWorld tested a Raptor Lake-S Core i9-13900K on Windows 11 22H2 and compared it against Windows 10 22H2. Raptor Lake succeeds Alder Lake and is built on top of the same Performance Hybrid architecture. While there certainly were instances where Windows 11 was better, there were also many scenarios where it was not. And Windows 10 also came out ahead on quite a few occasions. Here are the benchmark figures for photo and video editing in PugetBench and UL's Procyon: Up next, we have the scores in Cinebench (rendering), Nero Score, which tests the CPU, AI photo tagging, and AVC (H.264) codec performance. There is also Handbrake which tests video codec conversion or transcoding: Following those, we have Chrome 107 tests, Procyon's Office benchmark results, and Bapco's Crossmark Enterprise test. Finally, we have the gaming results which show almost identical performance across both OS except in the case of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which is known to be a single-threaded title: Overall, it looks like the latest versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10 are still trading blows with one another, just like they had been when Windows 11 was first made available. There are generally single-digit performance differentials one way or the other. Source: PCWorld (YouTube) -
Thanks to Asus, Intel finally manages to break AMD's overclocking record
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Thanks to Asus, Intel finally manages to break AMD's overclocking record by Sayan Sen The world record for CPU overclocking (OC) was previously held by AMD's FX 8370. The 8370 was a faster variant of the highly popular Piledriver-based FX 8350. OC guru "The Stilt" achieved the feat back in 2014 when he reached 8722.78 MHz using liquid Nitrogen (LN2). While AMD's Bulldozer and Piledriver CPUs had poor instructions per cycle (IPC), they were designed to be absolute speed demons, which means new world records would be set left and right. It was basically the opposite of how AMD architected Zen. Now finally after eight years, Intel has finally managed to beat AMD in this as Asus' in-house overclocker, Elmor, and overclocking specialist SkatterBencher, were able to break 9GHz, 9008.82 MHz to be precise, on an Intel Core i9-13900K CPU. This was done on an Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Apex motherboard using Liquid Helium cooling. However, Intel did gimp the chip to only use its performance cores (P-cores), and hyperthreading was disabled as well. Here are the specs of the OC bench: Intel Core™ i9-13900K Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX 32GB DDR5-5600 CL46 RAM Kinston A400 120GB SSD Windows 7 64-bit Intel shared this video on its YouTube channel: While the i9-13900K is the current fastest mainstream Intel CPU, the company is likely to release the highly binned Core i9-13900KS sometime soon. The KS variants basically run at full turbo mode right out of the box and are built to offer enthusiasts the fastest clocks all the time. Via: HWBOT -
Windows 11 22H2 gets more secure on Intel 12th Gen PCs thanks to multi-key encryption
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Windows 11 22H2 gets more secure on Intel 12th Gen PCs thanks to multi-key encryption by Sayan Sen Ever since Windows 11 was released, Microsoft made it clear that security was a big aspect of the new OS. The company explained why features like TPM 2.0 and Virtualization-based Security (Core Isolation) play a key role on Windows 11 and also demoed hacking attacks on mock systems. With the launch of Windows 11 version 22H2, Microsoft detailed the security features users can expect in the new feature update. However, the 2022 update has now got a security upgrade as Microsoft has announced that Intel's Total Memory Encryption - Multi-Key (TME-MK) is now available on Windows 11 22H2 as well. In a new blog post penned by Microsoft's Jin Lin, who is the PM Manager at Azure and Windows OS Platform, the company confirmed this new development. In terms of hardware, TME-MK is available on Intel's 3rd Gen Xeon scalable Ice Lake CPUs, and Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake processors on the client side. TME-MK is available in Intel 3rd Generation Xeon server processors and Intel 12th Generation Core client processors. Azure, Azure Stack HCI, and now Windows 11 22H2 operating systems also take advantage of this new generation hardware feature. TME-MK is compatible with Gen 2 VM version 10 and newer. List of Guest OS’s supported in Gen 2 Here are the steps to enable multi-key total memory encryption: To boot a new VM with TME-MK protection (assigning it a unique encryption key from other partitions), use the following PowerShell cmdlet: Set-VMMemory -VMName -MemoryEncryptionPolicy EnabledIfSupported To verify a running VM is enabled and using TME-MK for memory encryption, you can use the following Powershell cmdlet: Get-VmMemory -VmName | fl * The following return value would describe a TME-MK protected VM: MemoryEncryptionPolicy : EnabledIfSupported MemoryEncryptionEnabled : True You may find more details on the official blog post. -
Everything at Intel Innovation 2022: Raptor Lake, Arc, XeSS, Unison Technology, and more
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Everything at Intel Innovation 2022: Raptor Lake, Arc, XeSS, Unison Technology, and more by Anushe Fawaz At the Intel Innovations event today, Intel introduced advanced graphic cards, processors, and software in pursuit of helping developers with their challenges. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger shared some of the solutions the company came up with to tackle the difficulties faced by software and hardware developers. Gelsinger showcased Intel’s Developer Cloud, which works like any beta program for partners and developers by giving them early access to Intel’s projects. These beta testers will try out Intel’s processors, such as the 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors, Intel Xeon D processors, 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, Intel’s Data Center GPUs, and a few others initially. Intel is also launching the Intel Geti platform with built-in optimizations for OpenVINO – Intel’s open-source toolkit that helps boost computer vision AI that enables enterprise members like developers and data scientists to create AI mode. Additionally, Intel announced new products like the 13th Gen Intel Core desktop processors, which the company claims to provide “41% better multi-threaded performance gen-over-gen” while giving a better gaming experience and “up to 15% better single-threaded performance.” Moreover, it introduced the Intel Unison Solution which allows PC connectivity with other devices across different operating systems to ensure a universal experience. It will let iOS and Android users transfer files, make calls, send and receive messages and see phone notifications from their PCs. It with be available on Intel Evo laptops with 12th Gen Intel Core processors from Lenovo, HP, and Acer this year while 13th Gen core-based models will receive it next year. Intel also disclosed the shipment of Intel Data Center GPU, otherwise known as Ponte Vecchio, which to be used in the Aurora supercomputer at the Argonne National Laboratory. As for the Flex Series GPUs, they will support deep learning platforms like OpenVINO, PyTorch, and TensorFlow. The company is also launching the A770 Intel Arc GPU on October 12th, enabling 1440p gaming performance as well as the Xe Super Sampling (XeSS) image upscaling algorithm, which will be available on 20-plus titles and existing games gradually. It is also adding the Intel On Demand activation model enabling customers to activate additional accelerators for AI analytics, networking, and more. Furthermore, Intel mentioned serving as a system foundry incorporating components and stated: “Intel and Intel Foundry Services will usher in the era of the systems foundry with four major components: wafer manufacturing, packaging, software and an open chiplet ecosystem.” Intel is also developing pluggable co-package photonics solution which it claims reduces costs and creates possibilities for development in the chip packaging industry. The company explains: a breakthrough pluggable co-package photonics solution. Optical connections hold promise to enable new levels of chip-to-chip bandwidth, particularly in the data center, but manufacturing difficulties make them untenably expensive. To overcome this, Intel researchers devised a robust, high-yielding, glass-based solution with a pluggable connector that simplifies manufacturing and lowers costs, opening possibilities for new system and chip package architectures in the future. On'package, removable silicon photonics. Oooh #IntelON pic.twitter.com/8bFIWXPSdd — 𝐷𝑟. 𝐼𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 (@IanCutress) September 27, 2022 Lastly, Intel disclosed three startups: Astera, Movellus, and SiFive, for having received the first round of the IFS Innovation fund announced in February. The $1 billion fund is Intel’s effort to develop the semiconductor industry and foundry ecosystem. Source: Intel -
Save up to 45% on Corsair Vengeance and Dominator DDR5 RAM
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Save up to 45% on Corsair Vengeance and Dominator DDR5 RAM by Taras Buria This year, AMD and Intel will move exclusively to DDR5 memory in their newest processors. While Intel's 12th Gen CPUs support DDR5 and DDR4, the upcoming models will ditch the old standard. Also, AMD's Ryzen 7000 CPUs are DDR5-only, making partial upgrades from previous generations impossible. Those planning to upgrade to Intel 13th Gen or AMD Ryzen 7000 processors better start looking for new components. While we wait for the companies to unveil new motherboards, DDR5 memory from Corsair is now available with hard-to-skip discounts. Note: DDR5 memory is not backward-compatible with motherboards and laptops made for DDR4 memory. Also, if you own a laptop, shop for narrower SODIMM sticks. For those fancy RGB-equipped RAM, Corsair has the Platinum RGB lineup: Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-5200 32GB (2x16GB) - $199,99, 26% off at Amazon US Corsair Donimator Platinum RGB DDR5-5200 64GB (2x32GB) - $329,99, 45% off at Amazon US If you want more stealthy looks that are also cheaper, here are the deals on Corsair's Vengeance DDR5 RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5-4800 32GB (2x16GB) - $139,99, 30% off at Amazon US Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32GB (2x16GB) - $159,99, 26% off at Amazon US Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5600 32GB (2x16GB) - $159,99, 29% off at Amazon US Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 64GB (2x32GB) - $289,99, 46% off at Amazon US Finally, there are also discounts for those owning a laptop with DDR5 memory. Corsair offers SODIMM sticks with discounts up to 40%: Corsair Vengeance DDR5-4800 SODIMM 8GB (1x8GB) - $65,99, 6% off at Amazon US Corsair Vengeance DDR5-4800 SODIMM 16GB (1x16GB) - $74,99, 31% off at Amazon US Corsair Vengeance DDR5-4800 SODIMM 32GB (1x32GB) - $159,99, 40% off at Amazon US Corsair Vengeance DDR5-4800 SODIMM 32GB (2x16GB) - $169,99, 21% off at Amazon US Corsair Vengeance DDR5-4800 SODIMM 64GB (2x32GB) - $429,12, 18% off at Amazon US Our stories may contain affiliate links for products/apps where Neowin is paid an affiliate fee if you complete a purchase via those links. -
Intel officially confirms Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K, i7-13700K, i5-13600K specs
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Intel officially confirms Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K, i7-13700K, i5-13600K specs by Sayan Sen Earlier today, Intel began its Technology Tour 2022 event where the company discussed about the upcoming 13th Generation Raptor Lake Core CPUs. During the discussion, it seemingly confirmed the clock frequency specifications of the binned Core i9-13900KS part which will have a base clock of a whopping 6GHz. Alongside that, other specs like DDR5 speed support as well as an 8GHz overclocking world record news were also shared. Following that, Intel, on its official website today has also published a gaming guide and in the article, the firm has confirmed the core and frequency specifications of the Core i9-13900K, the i7-13700K, and the i5-13600K. A screenshot of that portion of the webpage is given below: The information here matches with leaked purported official slides which contain more details about the Raptor Lake-S SKUs. The slides also feature details about the accompanying flagship Z790 chipset that will succeed Z690 LGA1700 motherboards. Like the previously leaked Intel slides, there is no mention of any Core i3 Raptor Lake which implies that such a chip is unlikely to launch alongside the top-end unlocked (overclockable) i5, i7 and i9 parts. However, earlier reports have hinted at the possible specifications one could expect from a Raptor Lake-S i3. Aside from the i3, some more i5 models have are also rumored. Source: Intel via momomo_us (Twitter) -
Intel seemingly confirms Raptor Lake i9-13900KS 6GHz base clock, and 8GHz overclock
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Intel seemingly confirms Raptor Lake i9-13900KS 6GHz base clock, and 8GHz overclock by Sayan Sen Intel's 13th Gen Raptor Lake launch is fast approaching according to leaked reports, and as such, plenty of information is trickling out here and there. Alleged details regarding the SKUs have surfaced, initially in the form of just basic specifications, followed later with more in-depth details. A few days ago, the accompanying Z790 chipset details as well as purported official Intel Raptor Lake slides were also leaked. At the Intel Technology Tour 2022 event today, Intel officially shared some more information about its upcoming Raptor Lake processors. The Tech Tour is for its Israel development center and the company spoke about all that it has achieved over the years at the Israel dev center, starting all the way back from the 8088 in 1979 to the latest upcoming 13th Generation Raptor Lake (RPL) Core. The exciting part about today's announcement is the clock speed confirmation on RPL. While Intel has been consistently pushing up clocks over its last few CPU generations, this time, the company has gone almost all the way with Raptor Lake as it is now confirmed to feature an insane 6GHz base clock. Previously leaked information regarding the Core i9-13900K and 13900KF does not come anywhere close to this level of speed. Hence, it's likely Intel is hinting at the base speed of the Core i9-13900KS SKU where the KS samples are basically pre-binned chips that pack very high clock speeds right out of the box. Intel has also revealed that an 8GHz world record clock frequency has been attained on Raptor Lake. The image above shows a 13900KF engineering sample (ES) running at 8.1GHz. The above image also confirms the 13900KF's Thermal Velocity boost frequency of 5.8GHz which had leaked earlier in slides. Images via Jim McGregor (Twitter), Daniel Rubino (Twitter), @wxnod (Twitter) -
Buyer beware: Not all PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs are made equal
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Buyer beware: Not all PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs are made equal by Sayan Sen PCIe 5.0 support was first introduced with Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake and LGA1700 platform. The actual utilization though has been very limited since devices based on the Gen5 PCIe are rare. There are currently no consumer GPUs with support for the interface and NVMe SSDs are just starting to roll out. But with the upcoming AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors also set to support the technology, the adoption is likely to grow and more storage makers are going to produce more Gen5 drives. Intel, too, will continue the use of the interface on its upcoming 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs. However, buyers must be careful. Those who are looking forward to purchasing a PCIe Gen5 SSD must be aware that different drives are advertising different maximum read and write sequential speeds. For example, the Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 10000 NVMe SSD - which was launched last month - is rated for 12.4GB/s of sequential reads and 10GB/s of sequential writes. Meanwhile, the Corsair MP700, which is also a Gen5 NVMe drive, is rated for ~10GB/s and ~9.5GB/s respectively. The reason for the difference is speed of NAND Flash interface used. While the Aorus 10000 uses faster 2400MT/s, the MP700 is based on something slower, likely 1600MT/s. According to Tom's Hardware, the production yields of 2400MT/s NAND is currently in short supply which means initially, most of the SSD models are likely to come with slower speeds. Meanwhile faster products like the Aorus 10000 maybe rarer for the time being, though things are expected to improve early next year. In fact, we could see even faster NVMe drives running at around 14GB/s. Source: Tom's Hardware -
Purported Intel Raptor Lake official launch slides leak revealing specs, Z790 details
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Purported Intel Raptor Lake official launch slides leak revealing specs, Z790 details by Sayan Sen With Intel's 13th Gen Raptor Lake launch fast approaching according to leaked reports, there are plenty of other leaks trickling out here and there. Alleged details regarding the SKUs have also surfaced, initially in the form of just basic specifications, followed later with more in-depth details. Today, courtesy of igor'sLAB, the entire purported official presentation slide deck for the Raptor Lake-S launch has leaked. First up, we have a slide (left below) showing the basic comparison between the previous 12th Gen Alder Lake-S and the new 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S CPUs. The image on the right shows the SKU chart. Interestingly, although the slide only lists the a couple of SKUs each from the i9, i7 and i5 series, previous reports have indicated more lower power T SKUs are also in the works. The spec list also says that 253W will be the Maximum Turbo power for the i9 and i7 chips. However, rumors have suggested that Intel may go even higher with an alleged 350W Extreme performance mode. What's mostly new in today's leak are details regarding the upcoming Z790 chipset succeeding the previous Z690 chipset on the same socket LGA1700 platform. From the slide, it looks like Intel will be lowering the PCIe 3.0 lanes in 700-series boards. On Z790, there will be eight PCIe Gen3 lanes instead of 16 on Z690. Meanwhile, PCIe 4.0 lanes go up from 12 to 20. USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 is also apparently going to get a slight upgrade from four ports on Z690 up to five in the upcoming Z790. Source and images: igor'sLAB -
More purported details on upcoming Intel Raptor Lake leaks: 13900K, 13700K and more
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More purported details on upcoming Intel Raptor Lake leaks: 13900K, 13700K and more by Sayan Sen AMD recently unveiled its Ryzen 7000 desktop CPU lineup based on Zen 4. To combat the new Zen chips, Intel will be releasing its 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S CPUs at the end of the month according to leaked information. It's going to be still competition between the two rival CPU lineups suggests leaked Geekbench performance numbers. As usual though, Intel's Raptor Lake-S lineup is expected to be a long one with several SKUs belonging to the i9, i7, i5 and i3 series. While an earlier leak gave us a pretty fair idea of that, a new report today from fellow site Wccftech alleges to have got in-depth specification details of the full Raptor Lake-S lineup including per core clock speed details, DDR4 and DDR5 supported speeds, among many other things. First up, we have the specs of the i9, i7 and i5 chips - both K (unlocked) and non-k (locked) - which will feature an Intel Xe LP integrated graphics. You can view the lineup in the image below. Interestingly it looks like DDR5 ECC support may be present on Raptor Lake right from the start. The 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs had the feature enabled long after it had launched. Up next, we have the F-series SKUs which lack or have the integrated graphics disabled: Finally, we hae the T-series lineup that are low TDP variants. The T series apparently consists of only two variants, the i9-13900T and i7-13700T: With the expected launch of the Raptor Lake looming not too far away from now, we could receive even more details about the chips as we inch closer. Source and images: Wccftech -
Following today's Ryzen 7000 (Zen 4) announcement, Intel Raptor Lake launch dates leak
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Following today's Ryzen 7000 (Zen 4) announcement, Intel Raptor Lake launch dates leak by Sayan Sen Earlier today, AMD unveiled its Ryzen 7000 series of desktop processors headlined by the flagship 16 core 32 thread (16C/32T) Ryzen 9 7950X. The company claims that the new chip is over 50% faster than the preceding 5950X and more than 60% faster than Intel's Alder Lake-S Core i9-12900K. Alongside tremendous multi-threading performance gains, Team Red says that the single-threaded (ST) side of things has also seen big improvements as the company is promising 13% IPC uplift in Zen 4, compared to Zen 3, and clock speeds of up to 5.7GHz. For Intel to be able to keep its lead in ST, Intel's upcoming 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S desktop processors need to shine. Leaked performance numbers already show impressive numbers with the Core i7-13700K apparently beating the previous generation flagship from AMD, the Ryzen 9 5950X. Speaking of the 13700K, here is the entire leaked Raptor Lake-S lineup including the i5 and i3. If you are wondering when Raptor Lake will be out, the announcement is expected at the Intel Innovation event, and a new leak today sheds light on when the chips may be available to purchase. The leak comes via Twitter user @wxnod who has posted a picture of what appears to be an internal Intel presentation slide which discusses the GTM (Go To Market) stratergy for Raptor Lake, referred to as RPL in short. According to this leak, the i9-13900K and similar SKUs, will be out of the door first on the 28th September. This will be followed by the i7 and i5 K-series SKUs on October 13, and so on. We will likely know a bit more about this come next month at the Innovation event. Interestingly, the Ryzen 7000 series processors too are scheduled to be available from September 27th onwards which means it will be clash of the titans between the Ryzen 9 7950X and the Core i9-13900K next month. Source and image: @wxnod (Twitter) -
Full alleged lineup of Intel 13th Gen desktop Raptor Lake including i9, i7, i5, i3 leaks
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Full alleged lineup of Intel 13th Gen desktop Raptor Lake including i9, i7, i5, i3 leaks by Sayan Sen At its upcoming Innovation 2022 event at the end of September, Intel is expected to unveil its Raptor Lake-S 13th Generation desktop CPU lineup. While plenty of purported details regarding the flagship Core i9-13900K and other i9 SKUs have leaked over the past few months or so, information regarding the more mid-range and entry level Core i3 and i5 SKUs have managed to elude us. Today, an alleged picture was posted on Chinese social media site Bilibili which seemingly leaks the entire upcoming Raptor Lake-S lineup including their core specifications. The “Cores” column in the table in the image above signifies the distribution of the Bigger P-cores (performance cores) and Big E-cores (efficiency cores). It looks like the P-core specifications in the upcoming Raptor Lake lineup haven't changed over the 12th Gen Alder Lake chips. The E-core specs however see some significant change as there appear to be double the E-cores in each of the SKU for Raptor Lake-S barring the Core i3-13100 which will seemingly feature the same core configuration as the 12100, basically making it a poor upgrade if we are to believe these specs. On the opposite spectrum, the Core i5s seem to gain the most with up to 8 E-cores, whereas most Alder Lake i5 SKUs except the 12600K had 0 E-cores. Source and image: EP极致玩家堂 (Bilibili) via @harukaze5719 (Twitter) -
After ASRock and Asus, MSI outs BIOS updates for Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake support
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After ASRock and Asus, MSI outs BIOS updates for Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake support by Sayan Sen MSI 600 series motherboards Intel Raptor Lake-S, which is the 13th Gen desktop Core processors from the company, are rumored to be launching in October according to some reports. The company too is expected to reveal more details about the architecture at the upcoming Innovation event in September. As such, motherboard vendor partners of Intel have also begun rolling out compatibility firmware for running the upcoming Raptor Lake-S CPUs on the current 600 series chipset motherboards. At the end of June, ASRock released the necessary firmware for Intel Z690, H670, B660 and H610 boards. Asus followed soon after and also released its firmware. Get ready for the NEXT GEN processors! ✨ Our ASUS Intel 600 series motherboards will have no problems handling the next gen of Intel processors 😎 Learn more 👉 https://t.co/pMHa0pfZT3#ASUS600series #Z690 #B660 pic.twitter.com/s8Z8IBl89i — ASUS North America (@ASUSUSA) July 14, 2022 Today, MSI is the third vendor to join the list as it has as released the firmware necessary for running 13th Gen Intel Raptor Lake-S chips on its 600 series boards. The list includes Z690, H670, B660 and H610. You can view the full list of motherboards and corresponding firmware versions in the image below: If you wish to update your motherboard BIOS, head over to the support page of your motherboard model where you should be able to locate the necessary update. Note however that this is just a compatibility firmware and the motherboard vendors have warned against serious performance and stress testing using these updates. Source: MSI -
ASUS readies 600 Series motherboards to support the next gen Intel processors
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ASUS readies 600 Series motherboards to support the next gen Intel processors by Anushe Fawaz In an announcement today, ASUS revealed that it is providing BIOS support and updates for its 600 motherboards with a Z690 chipset. The updated motherboards shall be geared towards the forthcoming new wave of 13th Generation Intel Raptor Lake CPUs. ASUS motherboards can be updated conveniently through tools such as BIOS Flashback and EZ Flash. Doing away with use of BIOS screen, the BIOS Flashback software updates BIOS seamlessly. Similarly, the ASUS EZ Flash 3 makes it easy to update ASUS motherboard BIOS without entering Windows. ASUS will make available all UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) BIOS for the following Series 600 motherboards with Z690 chipset for download, on its support website. The timeline as to when these updates shall become available is yet to be disclosed. As Intel’s Raptor lake is expected to be launched somewhere in October, according to some reports, the new lineup will go head to head with AMD's Ryzen 7000 (Zen 4). AMD's counterparts are also coming later this year. However, they will need new motherboards that support the upcoming AM5 socket platform and shall require DDR5 RAM. Source: Asus via TechSpot -
22H2 will see Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake lock horns with AMD's Ryzen 7000 (Zen 4)
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22H2 will see Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake lock horns with AMD's Ryzen 7000 (Zen 4) by Sayan Sen via rexssj (Reddit) Recently we had a leak related to Intel's 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S Core i9-13900K which suggested that the top-end Raptor Lake-S part will be a 24 core 32 thread CPU with loads of cache. And a new report today claims that the upcoming Intel CPUs could be launching later this year in October. The initial batch of Raptor Lake-S CPUs, which are generally high-end models, will be accompanied by the Z790 motherboards first, followed later by the H770 and B760 in Q1 of 2023. Meanwhile, the entry-level H710 may be the same as the H610 for Alder Lake-S. As such, the report suggests that Raptor Lake may also support DDR4 memory, much like Alder Lake did, which means those who purchased a DDR4 600-series chipset Intel motherboard maybe able to re-use it with the upcoming 13th Gen SKUs. Chinese (original) English (machine translated) The report also alleges that AMD's Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series CPUs, which were recently shown off at the Computex 2022 event, will be launching around August. This means we are set to see Intel and AMD with two new CPU launches in a head-on collision soon, which will also coincide with the GA of Windows 11 22H2 feature update. The report also adds a bit more detail about Intel Sapphire Rapids. The workstation lineup has evidently been delayed as it was supposed to be out by now, at least in small numbers. The report alleges that Sapphire Rapids and its accompanying W790 chipset motherboards will be also be launching alongside Raptor Lake in October. Source and image: ECSM_Official (Bilibili) via Wccftech | Image (English): VideoCardz -
Alleged details of Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S 24 core 32 thread Core i9-13900K leak
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Alleged details of Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S 24 core 32 thread Core i9-13900K leak by Sayan Sen Back in January, several Intel 700-series chipset motherboards comprising Z790 and Z760 were spotted when they were being certified by the EEC. This means motherboard testing for Intel's 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S desktop processors has been going on for a while and today we have a leak related to the next-gen flagship Core i9-13900K CPU too. The leak apparently shows the cache hierarchy of the i9-13900K and this also confirms other related details the core and thread count of the top-end Raptor Lake part. The leak comes in the form of a CPU-Z screenshot. The first line is L1D (Data), the second line is L1I (Instructions), the third and fourth lines are L2 and L3 cache respectively. Excluding the L1 cache, the L2 and L3 add up to 68MB, more than 70MB if we add in the L1 too. If this screenshot is accurate, we can also simultaneously gauge the core and thread count of the 13900K. The SKU is seemingly a 24 core 32 thread processor where eight of the cores are big Raptor Cove P-Cores while the remaining 16 cores are little Gracemont E-Cores. Hence compared to the Core i9-12900K and the other Alder Lake-S Core i9 variants, Raptor Lake-S seems to be doubling the E-cores while keeping the P-core count unchanged at eight. Source and images: Raichu (Twitter), Olrak (Twiter)