Laptop touchpads have always been the quiet workhorses of portable computing—handy, dependable, but not exactly stealing the show. That’s about to change with Intel’s Smart Base tech teaming up with E Ink’s ePaper displays, ready to turn the humble touchpad into something way cooler. This combo blends Intel’s clever platform with E Ink’s low-power, paper-like screens to make a touchpad that’s basically a mini interactive hub.
Intel officially launches their Xeon 6 with Performance-cores (P-cores) and Gaudi 3 processors, designed for high-performance enterprise AI systems. The former boasts twice the performance of its predecessor, thanks to increased core count, double the memory bandwidth and AI acceleration capabilities embedded in every core.
It’s official, the first Intel Core Ultra 200V Series Lunar Lake laptop processors have been unveiled, and the company touts it as having the best built-in GPU. These chips mark the debut of Intel’s new X2 graphics microarchitecture, offering a 30% uplift in mobile graphics performance.
The modular, user-repairable Framework Laptop 13 (2024 model) now comes equipped with Intel Core Ultra Series 1 processors, as well as an optional 13.5” 2880×1920 120 Hz display. This processor boasts a new graphics architecture, up to 6 Performance cores / 8 Efficient cores, and support for up to 96 GB of DDR5 memory.
The Sparkle Intel Arc A380 ELF 6GB GDDR6 graphics card is best for budget gaming PC builds, and you can get one for $99.99 shipped today, originally $139.99. Featuring numerous hardware and software optimizations, including advanced Xe-cores, AI-enhanced XeSS upscaling technology, as well as Game On drivers. Product page.
