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Intel on Tuesday unveiled its 10th Gen Intel Core processors at the Computex 2019 trade show and also revealed new details about its innovation programme — “Project Athena” — that will level up mobile computing. The new 10th Gen Intel Core processors are now shipping, with original equipment manufacturers (OEM) systems expected to be available by end 2019. “10th Gen Intel Core processors — our most integrated CPU — and ‘Project Athena’ are great examples of how our deep investments at a platform level will help fuel innovation across the industry,” Gregory Bryant, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Client Computing Group, said in a statement. The company’s first 10th Gen Intel Core processors bring high performance AI to the PC at scale with its Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost). The processors are built on the company’s 10nm process technology, new “Sunny Cove” core architecture and new Gen graphics engine. The 10th Gen Intel Core processors will range fr...

One of the biggest beneficiaries of Apple’s feud with Qualcomm has been Intel, which bagged the modem chip orders for iPhones just a few years ago and has since strengthened its business ties with Apple. Now, Intel has begun the production of the XMM 7560 modem chips for Apple’s new line-up of iPhones set to arrive later this year. “XMM 7560 [modem chips are] now in the process of being deployed… It is in trial and mass production” , Intel’s VP of Technology, Systems Architecture and Client Group, Asha Keddy, was quoted as saying by Nikkei Asian Review in an interview. Keddy added that the XMM 7560 modem chip is a milestone for Intel as it is its first with CDMA support, which means iPhones equipped with the new Intel modem chips will finally be available on all major carriers. Built on the 14nm process, it is also the first modem chip by Intel to offer download speed of up to 1Gbps with support for 35 LTE bands. Moreover, the XMM 7560 modem chip also marks the fi...