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Intel Set to Lay Off Up to 20% of Its Factory Workforce

Up to 11,000 factory workers could lose their jobs as Intel tries to address its financial troubles.

By Jibin Joseph
Intel logo outside company headquarters in Santa Clara, California, US

First Look: Intel Sends Battlemage to Workstations With 24GB Arc Pro B60

At Computex 2025, we get a first look at Intel's new Battlemage-based workstation graphics cards, including a dual-GPU model with 48GB of RAM.

Maxsun Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual 48G Turbo

It’s Alive: Intel's Next-Gen ‘Panther Lake’ Silicon Shows a Second Proof of Life

At Computex 2025, the chip maker showed off desktop development kits and an SFF PC based on Intel next-generation Core silicon, up and running in real apps.

By John Burek
Intel Panther Lake

The Best CPUs for 2025

Whether you're upgrading your desktop PC or building a new one, choosing the right processor is the most crucial and complex choice you will make. Let's simplify it! Here's how to make sense of AMD's and Intel's lines, backed by dozens of our deep-dive reviews.

 Intel Core i9-9900K

Intel's Next Chip Node, 14A, to Boost CPU Speeds With 'Turbo Cells'

The company previews the new chip node as Intel's foundry business tries to take on TSMC and recruit more tech companies as clients.

By Michael Kan
Intel Direct Event

Intel Reportedly Plans to Layoff Over 21,000 Workers This Week

This would be the second mass layoff at the company in less than a year. 15,000 jobs were cut in August as part of cost-reduction measures.

By Jibin Joseph
Intel logo outside company headquarters in Santa Clara

How to Choose the Best Laptop Processor in 2025

With more chips and choices than ever, it can be downright puzzling to pick the right laptop processor. We make sense of the latest mobile CPUs to help you land the best notebook for your budget.

By Charles Jefferies
How to Choose a Laptop CPU

Intel's Former CEO Is Not Impressed With TSMC's $100B US Investment

Pat Gelsinger argues that TSMC's pledge to build additional fabs in Arizona will do little to revive US semiconductor leadership. He may not be the best messenger, though.

By Michael Kan
Pat Gelsinger

'Disrupt and Leapfrog': Intel's New CEO Charts a (Risky) Comeback Strategy

Intel's new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, indicates he wants the company to remain in the expensive foundry business, rather than spin it off.

By Michael Kan
Intel logo

Intel Names Former Board Member Lip-Bu Tan as Its New CEO

Lip-Bu Tan takes over as CEO as the US chip maker faces more competition than ever.

By Michael Kan
Intel Lip Bu Tian

Intel's $28 Billion Ohio Factory Delayed Again, Won't Open Until 2030

Intel says it won't complete construction on one of two New Albany fabs for another five years, citing its business needs and market demand.

By Michael Kan
Image of the Ohio factory last month in Jan 2025

With Trump Tariffs Looming, Intel Recruits Clients for US-Made 18A Process

Intel is emphasizing that its 18A chip production will occur in North America as President Trump prepares to tariff foreign-made semiconductors.

By Michael Kan
Intel logo

Average CPU Performance on PCs Stalls After 20 Years of Gains

PC performance scores submitted to PassMark show what appears to be the first-ever dip in average CPU performance across two decades of benchmarks.

By Michael Kan
A desktop chip

'Arrow Lake-H' Tested: Intel's Core Ultra 9 Mobile Chip Vies for First Place

We got our hands on an MSI laptop with the Core Ultra 9 285H, the top CPU in an all-new line of Intel laptop silicon. See how it performs on our latest benchmarks.

By Matthew Buzzi
MSI Prestige 16 AI Evo (Intel Arrow Lake H)

Bill Gates 'Stunned' by Intel's Decline

'I hope Intel recovers, but it looks pretty tough for them at this stage,' he says.

By Michael Kan
Bill Gates

ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 10GB OC

4.0

Intel's Arc B580 beats it on value, but the budget-minded Arc B570 (tested here as an ASRock Challenger card) delivers intense ray-tracing performance and competitive, if at times inconsistent, gaming speeds for the money.

$229.99
at Micro Center
ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 10GB OC

Intel's 2025 'Arrow Lake' Core Ultra Chips for Laptops Prioritize Power Over AI

At CES 2025, Intel has pulled back the curtain on "Arrow Lake" mobile silicon in the U, H, and HX series for the new year, focusing on increased power profiles and less on AI. Plus: "Lunar Lake" gets vPro.

By Joe Osborne & Brian Westover
Intel CES Keynote

Intel 'Arrow Lake' Patches Tackle a Lack of Gaming Pep: What You Need to Know

The chip maker has responded to widespread reports of its new Core Ultra 200S desktop CPUs delivering subpar frame rates. Some fixes are available to download now, and another is due in January.

Intel Core 5 Ultra

Intel Could Be Split Up By Next CEO

Intel's CFO, currently one of its interim CEOs, says Intel is already separating its manufacturing business' finances from the rest of the company.

By Kate Irwin
Intel Raptor Lake CPU in a motherboard.

Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition

4.5 Editors' Choice

A winner of a budget graphics card, Intel's "Battlemage"-based Arc B580 delivers superb 1080p performance at its $249 price, with very good ray-tracing pep and enough bandwidth to game at even higher resolutions with the right settings.

$349.95
at Amazon
Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition