The most important power limits for Intel CPUs are PL1 and PL2. While PL1 is the sustained or average power that the CPU is set to draw over time, PL2 is the turbo power that the CPU can draw for ...

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With CPU design shifting to an emphasis on improved performance per watt, Intel has followed suit. On Thursday, Intel updated its CPU roadmap with an emphasis on maximizing power efficiency. In a ...

Intel's next-gen Panther Lake CPU leaks: 16C/16T laptop chip launches end of 2025 with upgraded Xe Celestial GPU, made on Intel 18A and TSMC N3E nodes.

Intel’s Meteor Lake chip will certainly be used as an engine for specific AI tasks on the PC. But Intel is also applying AI to how the chip operates, too: specifically applying AI to how it manages ...

Of all the metrics we commonly discuss at ExtremeTech, we'd argue TDP (Thermal Design Power) is easily the worst. If clock speed, core counts, IPC, and memory bandwidth are imperfect methods of ...

Despite the two families of processors being closely-related, Intel's extant 13th-Gen desktop processors (codenamed Raptor Lake) are a very solid upgrade over the previous-generation of Intel Alder ...

Fancy, expensive processors are fun, but for most people who just want to build a decent middle-of-the-road PC for gaming (and anything else), the best advice is usually to buy a Core i5 or Ryzen 5 ...