Trump Claims Apple Will Partner with Intel for US Chip Manufacturing
INSIDE 硬塞 AI39 days agoBusinessUS President Donald Trump announced that Apple plans to partner with Intel to produce chips on American soil. The potential deal is seen as pivotal for Intel's ongoing effort to rebuild its foundry business and regain manufacturing competitiveness. For Apple, domestic chip production with Intel would reduce its deep reliance on Taiwan-based suppliers and hedge against geopolitical supply-chain risks.
Intel Computex 2026: 18A, Xeon 6+ and Ecosystem Strategy for Agentic AI
INSIDE 硬塞 AI56 days agoHardwareAt Computex 2026, Intel framed agentic AI as a key driver of computing demand. The company highlighted its 18A process for Core Ultra PCs and Xeon 6+ data-center products, while emphasizing the CPU's role in coordinating AI workloads. Its strategy also relies on partners to build a hybrid architecture spanning edge devices and cloud infrastructure.
Jensen Huang: Vera CPU Is Not Competing in the Same Arena as Intel and AMD
INSIDE 硬塞 AI56 days agoHardwareNVIDIA described Vera as the strongest competitor ever to Intel and AMD x86_64 processors in a keynote slide. However, Jensen Huang denied that Vera CPU was intended to take Intel and AMD's market when asked during a global media Q&A. The distinction suggests NVIDIA wants Vera viewed as more than a direct replacement for conventional x86_64 CPUs.
Firefox Bug 1950764: Work Around Crash on Intel Raptor Lake CPU
Hacker News (AI keywords)66 days agoIncidentMozilla's Firefox team has committed a patch addressing a crash reproducible on Intel Raptor Lake CPUs, tracked as Bug 1950764. The fix is framed as a workaround rather than a root-cause resolution, suggesting the underlying issue originates outside Firefox's direct control — likely in hardware microcode, drivers, or OS scheduling. Raptor Lake systems have a documented history of instability stemming from Intel's hybrid core architecture and errata.