A developer benchmarked how Intel, AMD, Arm and Apple processors handle IEEE 754 subnormal floating-point numbers—the tiny values near zero that require special handling. Testing double-precision arithmetic on Intel Granite Rapids and Emerald Rapids Xeons, AMD Zen 5, AWS Graviton, and Apple M4 Max chips, the results showed Intel processors suffer dramatic slowdowns, sometimes 40-plus times slower, when computations involve subnormal values compared to normal ones.
lemire.me
· 2026-09-15
Apple's coming macOS 27 (Golden Gate) update will support MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models with Apple silicon going back to 2020, but it will not run on any Intel-based Mac. Since Apple stopped selling Intel MacBooks in 2021, those machines will only get limited security patches on their last compatible macOS version going forward.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-15
Leaker Jaykihn reports that Intel has cancelled a Nova Lake-S desktop chip variant pairing 4 P-cores, 8 E-cores, 4 LPE-cores with a 12 Xe3P integrated GPU. Instead, that high-graphics APU configuration is said to be delayed and reintroduced with Razor Lake, the architecture succeeding Nova Lake.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-15
New cost-per-frame analysis across 10 countries shows Nvidia's GeForce cards have risen in price more sharply than AMD's Radeon or Intel's Arc lineups, eroding Nvidia's value proposition for gamers. At original MSRP, Intel's Arc B580 and AMD's Radeon RX 9060 XT offered the best value in the budget segment, while AMD's RX 9070 XT beat Nvidia's RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti on cost per frame in the mid-to-high end.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-15
A software engineering essay makes the case for proactively doing other people's jobs when they won't act themselves, citing Intel engineers who reportedly added 32-bit CPU support directly into Microsoft's compiler rather than waiting for Microsoft to do it. The piece extends this logic to dealing with unresponsive managers and slow-moving 'Scaled Agile' planning processes, suggesting direct patches often beat waiting for bureaucratic scheduling.
yosefk.com
· 2026-09-15
Dell has revived the XPS 13 line with a redesigned thin-and-light laptop starting at $699.99, positioning it as a lower-cost alternative to Apple's MacBook Neo. The tested units pair a six-core Intel Core 5 320 'Wildcat Lake' chip with 512GB storage, differing only in RAM—8GB in the base model and 16GB in the $999.99 version. Dell has since introduced a new $699.99 base configuration with just 256GB of storage while raising prices on the 512GB models by $100.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-14
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an open letter urging a slowdown in AI development over safety concerns, a stance OpenAI's Sam Altman and other industry leaders publicly backed over the weekend. The comments rattled markets Monday, sending shares of AMD, Nvidia, Intel and Sandisk lower in premarket trading and dragging down broader indices.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-14
Intel archived the GitHub repository for its One Mono developer typeface earlier this week as part of a broader trimming of open-source projects, then reversed course and reinstated the project. Reports indicate the company may keep maintaining it going forward.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-13
Homebrew has released version 7.0.0, its first major update since 6.0.0, adding faster installations and upgrades, stronger sandboxing for casks, a native macOS app, built-in vulnerability checks with an advisory database, and greater concurrency for downloads and installs. The release also drops support for macOS 10.15 Catalina and downgrades Intel Macs to Tier 3 support status.
brew.sh
· 2026-09-13
An early Geekbench 7 submission attributed to Apple's unreleased A20 Pro chip shows single-core and multi-core scores of 4,006 and 11,460, roughly 23% and 27% higher than the A19 Pro. The result reportedly tops single-thread scores from AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Intel's Core i9-14900KS by 26% and 32% respectively.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-12
A newly leaked specifications sheet, sourced from MacObserver, details Lenovo's upcoming Googlebook 15, revealing it as a high-end machine rather than a budget Chromebook. The leak points to an Intel Core Ultra 5 325 chip, up to 32GB of RAM, a 15.3-inch 120Hz OLED touchscreen, and a lightweight 2.84-pound chassis, though pricing and launch timing remain unconfirmed.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-11
A new leak reported by MacObserver reveals specifications for the Lenovo Googlebook 15, one of the first Android-based laptops arriving under Google's upcoming Googlebook platform. The device reportedly includes a 15.3-inch 120Hz OLED screen with 2,880 x 1,800 resolution, an Intel Core Ultra 5 processor, up to 32GB of RAM, and up to 512GB of storage. It also carries a distinctive LED accent called a 'glowbar' and support for Gemini AI features like Magic Cursor.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-11
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