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Today β€” 4 February 2026Main stream

Purported Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs might bring extra performance with no price premium β€” early retailer listings show practically no price hike for some Core Ultra 200K Plus chips

4 February 2026 at 00:02
An overseas retailer has listed Intel's forthcoming Core Ultra 200K Plus (codenamed Arrow Lake Refresh) processors along with pricing, suggesting that the refreshed family will carry practically no premium over existing products.

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Intel mandates at least 7,467 MT/s RAM speed for Panther Lake β€” Slower memory will relabel the Arc B370 & B390 iGPUs as generic "Intel Graphics" in Task Manager

Panther Lake chips with Arc B370 and Arc B390 iGPUs will require RAM running at 7,467 MT/s or higher since integrated graphics rely on shared system memory. If the RAM config is any slower, those impressive iGPUs will be relabeled to generic "Intel Graphics" in Task Manager in an effort to prevent vendors from under-equipping machines.

Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 9 290K Plus appears on Geekbench with chart-topping scores β€” Arrow Lake refresh beats the 285K by ~10% across single- and multithreaded tests

As Intel gears to launch its Arrow Lake refresh, leaks for the lineup keep pouring in left and right β€” the latest one being a Geekbench spotting for the flagship Core Ultra 9 290K Plus. The chip scored 10.5% higher in single-core and 11.29% higher in multi-core tests compared to the existing Core Ultra 9 285K.

Intel Core Ultra 200 And AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs Reportedly Have Similar Failure Rates, Reveals Puget Systems Analysis

2 February 2026 at 18:55

The image shows two processor boxes side by side: an Intel Core Ultra series 9 processor box with 'Unlocked' branding on the left, and an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor box with 'AMD 3D V-Cache Technology' on the right.

The data shows that the latest processors from both brands are equally reliable, and the failure rates are almost identical. Puget Systems Tracking Reveals Nearly 2.5% Failure Rates for Latest AMD and Intel CPUs; Non-X3D Chips Reportedly Die More Often Than X3D Counterparts We mostly see AMD's Ryzen X3D chips on the news as the processors are often reported dead by users. While the reports largely comprise the Ryzen 9800X3D, other X3D and non-X3D Ryzen processors also get cooked regularly. Surprisingly, when the failure rates are compared against Intel processors, something interesting is revealed. Puget Systems data on its in-house […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/intel-core-ultra-200-and-amd-ryzen-9000-cpus-reportedly-have-similar-failure-rates-reveals-puget-systems-analysis/

The Intel 286 CPU was introduced on this day in 1982 β€” 16-bit x86 chip introduced protected mode memory, and would power the IBM PC/AT and a tidal wave of clones

1 February 2026 at 15:40
Today, in 1982, Intel introduced its β€œshowstopping” 80286 processor. This 16-bit fully x86 software compatible CPU delivered some major performance and architectural advancements over the 8086 and 8088, and would continue to be produced and feature in PC systems well into the 1990s.

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