Intel launches 13th-gen vPro chips

Intel’s 13th-gen Core chips are already available in consumer products including laptop and desktop computers. Now the company is introducing a new set of 13th-gen processors designed for business-class systems. The new 13th-gen Core chips with …

Intel’s 13th-gen Core chips are already available in consumer products including laptop and desktop computers. Now the company is introducing a new set of 13th-gen processors designed for business-class systems. The new 13th-gen Core chips with Intel vPro technology bring enhanced security, management, and virtualization features to help businesses manage fleets of computers. Intel says […]

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ASRock’s first fanless DeskMini hsa a passive heat sink (and a 4-year-old processor)

The ASRock DeskMini line of computers are compact desktop PCs that typically support desktop-class 35- to 65-watt Intel or AMD processors. But the new ASRock DeskMini 4205 is powered by a 15-watt laptop chip instead… because it’s the first…

The ASRock DeskMini line of computers are compact desktop PCs that typically support desktop-class 35- to 65-watt Intel or AMD processors. But the new ASRock DeskMini 4205 is powered by a 15-watt laptop chip instead… because it’s the first member of the DeskMini series to feature passive, fanless cooling. What I don’t quite understand though, is why […]

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(g+) Kaufberatung: Der Weg zum richtigen Notebook

Bei der Auswahl des passenden Notebooks kann viel falsch gemacht werden. Golem.de gibt Tipps, wie man es richtig macht. Ein Ratgebertext von Oliver Nickel (PC & Notebooks, Notebook)

Bei der Auswahl des passenden Notebooks kann viel falsch gemacht werden. Golem.de gibt Tipps, wie man es richtig macht. Ein Ratgebertext von Oliver Nickel (PC & Notebooks, Notebook)

Spionage: USA fürchten sich vor chinesischen Kränen

Mit ihren Sensoren könnten Kräne des chinesischen Herstellers ZPMC für Spionage missbraucht oder der Warenfluss in Häfen gestört werden. In den USA ist man besorgt. (Spionage, Politik)

Mit ihren Sensoren könnten Kräne des chinesischen Herstellers ZPMC für Spionage missbraucht oder der Warenfluss in Häfen gestört werden. In den USA ist man besorgt. (Spionage, Politik)

Japan Industrial Partners: Toshiba wird verkauft

Mit der größten Privatisierung in der Wirtschaftsgeschichte Japans findet Toshiba einen neuen Eigner. Das Traditionsunternehmen ist nur 15,3 Milliarden US-Dollar wert. (Toshiba, Western Digital)

Mit der größten Privatisierung in der Wirtschaftsgeschichte Japans findet Toshiba einen neuen Eigner. Das Traditionsunternehmen ist nur 15,3 Milliarden US-Dollar wert. (Toshiba, Western Digital)

Chipmakers fight spread of US crackdowns on “forever chemicals”

Intel helped form lobbying group that has opposed state legislation on PFAS.

Chips on a wafer

Enlarge / The surface of a semiconductor wafer in the cleanroom at the Tower Semiconductor Ltd. plant in Migdal HaEmek, Israel, on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Intel Corp. agreed to acquire Tower Semiconductor for about $5.4 billion, part of Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsingers push into the outsourced chip-manufacturing business. Photographer: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Intel and other semiconductor companies have joined together with industrial materials businesses to fight US clampdowns on “forever chemicals,” substances used in myriad products that are slow to break down in the environment.

The lobbying push from chipmakers broadens the opposition to new rules and bans for the chemicals known as PFAS. The substances have been found in the blood of 97 percent of Americans, according to the US government.

More than 30 US states this year are considering legislation to address PFAS, according to Safer States, an environmental advocacy group. Bills in California and Maine passed in 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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