The NEC V20 CPU was a chip that was a drop-in replacement for the Intel 8088 and made some performance improvements to it as well. Even though the 186 and 286 were available at the time of its ...

First used in the IBM AT in 1984, Intel's 286 was a 16-bit CPU that addressed 16MB of memory. ATs were just faster XTs, and memory above 1MB was rarely used for applications until Windows 3.0 ...

The x86 designation comes from the first PC, which used the Intel 8086 chip. The 8086 is the ancestor of all that followed: 286, 386, 486, Pentium, Core, Xeon, etc. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...

Back in 1985, the 286 version of Concurrent DOS could even multitask DOS apps, as The Register noted when OS/2 turned 30. DR ...

Intel may still be a dominant player in PC gaming since it sells a majority of all PC processors — and those chips have integrated graphics built into them — but as far as its presence in ...

We first reported on the Intel CPU instability issue in February 2024, and since then, Intel has offered various fixes that helped, but still failed to fix the problem once and for all.

Intel has finally gotten a grip on its disastrous instability problems that have been the bane of some of Intel’s best processors for nearly a year, including the Core i9-13900K and Core i9 ...

Intel (INTC) revealed a pair of artificial intelligence chips on Tuesday as it seeks to improve its data center business and steal market share from rivals AMD (AMD) and Nvidia (NVDA). The new ...

Chip giant Qualcomm made a takeover approach to rival Intel INTC1.46%increase; green up pointing triangle in recent days, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be one of the ...

Mobile chipset specialist Qualcomm approached Intel regarding a potential takeover, per a report in The Wall Street Journal. However, Nvidia would be a far better suitor, with the ability to pay ...

Intel is finally addressing how hot and power-hungry its desktop CPUs have become. Intel’s new flagship Core Ultra 200S series of processors, arriving on October 24th, are focused on performance ...

After a disastrous second quarter earnings report in August that resulted in the worst trading day for the company’s stock in 40 years, Intel (INTC) CEO Pat Gelsinger finally has some good news ...