GPU power consumption numbers under load. Credit: Andrew Cunningham Power consumption is another place where the Battlemage GPU plays a lot of catch-up with Nvidia. With the caveat that software-measured power usage numbers like ours are less accurate than numbers captured with hardware tools, it looks like the B580’s power consumption, when fully loaded, consumes somewhere […]
December 12, 2024 | Alchemist, battlemage, Gaming, Intel, Intel Arc, intel arc b580, Tech | No comments
Turnover at the top of the company isn’t stopping Intel from launching new products: Today the company is announcing the first of its next-generation B-series Intel Arc GPUs, the Arc B580 and Arc B570. Both are decidedly midrange graphics cards that will compete with the likes of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD’s RX 7600 […]
December 3, 2024 | Alchemist, arc b570, arc b580, battlemage, Gaming, Intel, Intel Arc, rtx 4060, rx 7600 xt, Tech | No comments
In a surprise move, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has stepped down as head of the company after less than four years, as reported by Reuters and other outlets. The change caps a chaotic year for Intel, which is poised to report its first annual financial loss since 1986 and announced layoffs of at least 15,000 […]
December 2, 2024 | CEO, foundry, idm 2.0, Intel, pat gelsinger, Policy, Tech | No comments
On Tuesday, the Biden-Harris administration finalized a CHIPS award of up to $7.865 billion to help fund the expansion of Intel’s commercial fabs in the US. By the end of the decade, these fabs are intended to decrease reliance on foreign adversaries and fill substantial gaps in America’s domestic semiconductor supply chain. Initially, Intel was […]
November 26, 2024 | AI chips, Chips Act, chips fabs, chips plants, Donald Trump, Intel, Policy, semiconductor | No comments