Intel introduces 10th Gen Processors for Consumer Gaming and Media Creators Hungry for Speed

By Steve Makris

Today Intel launched its new 10th Gen Intel Core S Series Processors, touting the flagship i9-10900K processor described as “the fastest gaming chip on the planet” by presenter Brandt Guttridge Intel’s Director of Desktop Product Marketing. The processor is heating up the competition with rival chip maker AMD who has challenged Intel with its own next-gen processors at competitive price points. The Intel chip features a top speed of 5.3 GHz with Intel Thermal Velocity Boost out of the box for faster game frame rates and 10 cores and 20 threads for more multiple processing. The new series will include i7, i5, i3 and Celeron variants.

Billions of transistors in the new 10th Gen Intel processors keeping Moore’s Law alive
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Ban on Huawei Doing Business with US Companies Drives 2019 Profits Down

Cloudy days ahead for Huawei

It looks like the US ban on Huawei Technologies is having an effect on the Chinese telecommunications giant’s 2019 annual report. Although Huawei (HWT.UL) revealed that its net profit for the year was CNY62.7 billion CND$12.5 billion, Reuters noted it was its lowest increase in three years at 5.6%.

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